Rain ruins SA chase
13 Nov 2009
England continued their dominance over South Africa with a one-run win thanks to the Duckworth Lewis method.
The weather turned at the Wanderers when the South Africans were on target, but their bowlers were again hammered by the Poms – ala the Champions Trophy – leaving the batsmen too much to do.
The South African attack again looked vulnerable and lacked impetus, with Ryan McLaren the pick on his T20 international debut in claiming three wickets. However, the supposed spearhead, Dale Steyn, looked off the pace and took some embarrassing punishment from Irishman Eion Morgan, whose one pull shot hit the flats outside the ground.
Morgan smashed 85 off 45 and his 98-run partnership with Paul Collingwood was instrumental in them reaching 202-6 after losing the toss and being put in by Graeme Smith.
In the chase, Smith and Loots Bosman got off to the ideal start as they put on 97 for the first wicket off just 8.3 overs. But both lost their wickets within an over of each other, and the momentum was lost.
At 127-3 after 13 overs, the rain intensified and the players left the field, with SA one run short of drawing level with England and two away from the win. The rain had been falling for sometime, with the target clear for the batsmen out in the middle. However, Albie Morkel and AB de Villiers unforgivably only got six off the final Jimmy Anderson over, and with that the players never returned.
England 202-6 in 20 overs
Eion Morgan 85*, Paul Collingwood 57, Ryan McLaren 3-33
South Africa 127-3 in 13 overs
Loots Bosman 58, Graeme Smith 41
England win by one run via the Duckworth Lewis method
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10 Comments
13 Nov 2009, 19:34 pm
Proteas choke again – bowling let us down large…
13 Nov 2009, 19:45 pm
Hopefully we can rock the batting! We’ve started our innings.
13 Nov 2009, 19:54 pm
Bosman gets us off to a GREAT start!
13 Nov 2009, 20:05 pm
Something has to be done with our T20 bowling…it sucks!
13 Nov 2009, 20:10 pm
What a start with the BAT thanks to Bosman and Smith!!!!! Awesome aggressive start!!!!!
13 Nov 2009, 22:20 pm
We lost that game because of our bowlers…DAMN!
14 Nov 2009, 00:03 am
albi morkel never comes to the party, always big talk never any delivery when needed no bmt.
14 Nov 2009, 00:35 am
Ryan McLaren should replace Albie Morkel in ODIs. Albie’s bowling is terrible now, and McLaren is a frontline bowler, and his has much control in his deliveries.
Loots Bosman… I want to see how he performs on more challenging tracks. Just want to see if he’d step up to the plate then. But he is the kind of unorthodox, attacking player SA needs in the top order in T20s.
My T20 line-up:
1. Smith
2. Kallis/Bosman
3. De Villiers (wk)
4. Duminy
5. A. Morkel
6. McLaren
7. van der Merwe
8. Parnell
9. Botha
10. Steyn
11. Langeveldt
ODI:
1. Smith
2. Kallis
3. De Villiers
4. Duminy
5. Gibbs (SA needs a boundary hitter at 5)
6. McLaren (batting averages over 37 in limited over cricket)
7. Boucher
8. Botha
9. Parnell
10. Steyn
11. Langeveldt
12th. H. Amla/ van der Merwe
14 Nov 2009, 01:15 am
McLaren is on match to Albie in terms of batting and power hitting in particular. We need Albie to work on his bowling. He wasnt the only guy who bowled badly anyway.
But let’s be honest. You cant be too harsh on them. Flat deck at the Wanderers, small boundaries. 200 is par…
So it is not like they got a giant score at all… We were on track to chase it too after that brilliant start from Loots and Smithy…
14 Nov 2009, 01:16 am
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*no match…
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