CRICKET SA vs England

WonderBob said:
he has been doing very well in the domestic 20/20 and 45 over games over the last season or two. I think he made a conscious move to improve his strike rate and one day batting after being branded as a test player. Tried to prove he is an all round batsmen, not just a test player.
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Like I said for the past year or so, he is a strike player!!! He adapts his game to the type of cricket he plays, SA board labelled him a test player and I still dont know why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nevermind.:rolleyes:
 
The results for the warmup game yesterday against the English Lions team.

From Cricinfo:

Gibbs and Steyn cull the Lions

South Africans 185 for 6 (Gibbs 81) beat England Lions 184 (Key 51, Steyn 3-27, Ntini 3-48) by four wickets


Scorecard


Herschelle Gibbs is finding his form ahead of the one-day series © Getty Images


The South Africans continued to move into one-day gear with a four-wicket win against England Lions at Grace Road, led by an impressive return from Dale Steyn and Herschelle Gibbs' 81. They chased a disappointing Lions total of 184 with more than 11 overs to spare,although a flurry of late wickets made the margin look less impressive.

The performances of Steyn and Gibbs were especially timely for the tourists. Steyn was working his way back after missing the last two Tests with a broken thumb and Gibbs only recently joined the tour as a one-day specialist. Steyn took the first wicket of the day, bowling Joe Denly, and returned to grab two more later on as the Lions fell away from 107 for 2.

Gibbs then made significant inroads into the target with his 104-ball innings, although the performances of his team-mates were less convincing. Hashim Amla and Justin Ontong both failed while AB de Villiers and JP Duminy fell in the 20s. Gibbs provided more than half the runs while he was at the crease but when he was removed by Luke Wright the South Africans couldn't quite finish off the match in style.

Wright, whose role for the upcoming one-dayers is uncertain, put his hand forward for more bowling duties by cleaning up Duminy and Steve Kirby added to his early wicket of Amla with Albie Morkel's scalp. However, Vernon Philander and stand-in captain Johan Botha completed the job in the 39th over.

Given the recent wet weather around the country it wasn't surprising that this became a low-scoring match. However, the Lions looked poised for a more commanding total after Robert Key and Ravi Bopara carried them past hundred. But not for the first time Bopara was run out - trying to steal a single to Duminy - and the much-vaunted talents Matt Prior and Samit Patel, who are both in the England squad, failed as they made one run between them. Patel drove his first ball from Andre Nel straight to extra cover.

Surprisingly the successful Kent opening partnership of Denly and Key was separated to allow Owais Shah a chance to open, although both openers were gone with 58 on the board. Key, though, continued his strong one-day form with 51 off 62 balls before he was part of the collapse when he was bowled by Makhaya Ntini.

Wright and James Tredwell did their best to extend the total towards 200 but the innings ended with more than three overs unused. The South Africans' fielding wasn't quite up to its usual mark as four catches went down. They have another chance to sharpen their skills when they face the Lions again, at Derby, on Saturday.
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So this Mendis guy destroys India again. :eek::eek:
In a 1 day game.


Sri Lanka have dismantled India with a ruthlessly efficient bowling performance. The medium-pacers were disciplined with the new ball and three early wickets created the pressure for Mendis and Murali to exploit. The Indians looked no closer to deciphering Mendis and he finished with 3 for 21 off nine overs. He helped reduce India to 87 for 7 after which he was taken out of the attack a move that allowed India to inch towards 150.
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His action for bowling is awesome... Tryed it the other night in a cricket warmup and I have no idea how he does it :o
 
Devill said:
His action for bowling is awesome... Tryed it the other night in a cricket warmup and I have no idea how he does it :o
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:)
If u tried Murali's u'd be very sore now.

If those Indians can't figure him out, I don't think we will.
Thank goodness they got him before we did.
I hope Mickey is watching.
 
bit a $hitty weekend for sa sport.

got fscked up in the rugga and lost the warm up game vs the Eng Lions in the cricket.

Hope we do better in the 20/20 on Wednesday! looking forward to it!
 
South Africa team
GC Smith, HH Gibbs, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, MV Boucher, VD Philander, J Botha, A Nel, DW Steyn, M Ntini
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England won the toss and they gonna bat. Time for me to go home. :D
 
mercurial said:
Not the best team. I see ganja is back. Pffft. Albie should be ready for the 2nd match.
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yeah, it does not look so great on current form, but if they fire then it will be something to watch.
 
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