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Cricket World Cup - warm up game SriLanka vs SA

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
09 Feb 2015, 07:06
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09 Feb 2015, 07:06#1

The game is in Christchurch and SriLanka made 279 runs for 7 in 44,4 overs when rain interrupted play.


SA then came on to bat and the match was reduced to 30 overs with a target of 224 runs on the DL-system.    The score after 15 overs  is now as follows:-


*  De Kock         -       66  (54 balls)

*  Amla             -       45  (37 balls)


The original run rate required was 7,47 - SA is batting at 7,57 rpo and the required rate is down to 7,2 rpo.   No wickets lost thus far.


Rain again interrupted play and it is doubtful whether the game will be completed. 


The game continued and De Kock was caught in the 1st ball in the 16th over.    Amla was clean boowled in the same over for 46 runs off 40 balls.


Duminy and du Plessis is batting - but the rpo his been dragged down massively and the rpo now required is 8,80.   Duminy is out for 17 runs scored off 16 balls.


Miller is out for 4 runs off 5 balls.   Things are not looking good for the Proteas.   They need 41 runs off 25 balls.


They now need 31 runs off 18 balls.   Du Plessis is batting at a snails pace.    Bad news Du Plessis is out or 19 runs scored off 18 balls.   They now need 18 runs off 12 balls.   They made 14 runs from the second last over.    


The Proteas now need 4 runs from 6 balls.   Should be able to win the game.   e game with 3 balls to spare.   


Made 188 for 5 wickets in 24,3 overs at an rpo of 7,47.


The bowlers seemed to have been a bit flat - but De Kock was very good and Amla good.   The rest of the batsmen was rather flat - De Villiers was not playing.


A very difficult game with far too many rain interruptions, which pushed the required rpo rate to over 7,2 rpo.         



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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
09 Feb 2015, 09:44
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09 Feb 2015, 09:44#2
Tx for the report Mike, it wasn't shown here for obvious reasons. 
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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
09 Feb 2015, 10:23
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09 Feb 2015, 10:23#3
 Denny
Surprisingly it was not shown in SA either - I got the info from cricinfo.   Here is the ESPN Report on the match:-

"South Africa got the pressure situation they wanted to practice ahead of a major tournament - they were without regular captain AB de Villiers due to tightness in the hip, were under the cosh for 44.4 overs in the field, weathered three rain delays and two reduced targets -and they rose above it.

They were 116 for 0 after 15 overs and the chase seemed fairly simple, but South Africa lost 5 for 51 and seemed in serious danger. Calm was needed and was found in Rilee Rossouw and Vernon Philander, who took them home with three balls to spare.

Sri Lanka will not be happy with how they let things slip, especially after Tillakaratne Dilshanscored his fourth century in eight matches against international opposition, albeit not in an official ODI, to set up a solid total. He set the platform for Angelo Mathews to accelerate and Sri Lanka would have soared above 300 had rain not curtailed their innings.

That didn't matter when they left Lasith Malinga with just four to defend in the final over.

Malinga made his return after almost five months out of the game to recover from ankle surgery, bowled three overs upfront and two at the death but could not pull off the toe-crunching paralysis he is known for. Although he maintained his pace and showed no discomfort, he conceded 12 runs in his second over and 13 in his fourth, which swung the pendulum South Africa's way at the beginning and end of the match.

Hashim Amla was the first to take advantage of Malinga's rustiness with a couple of fours to kick off a 116-run opening stand. De Kock, his partner, appeared at ease coming back from his own ankle injury and was particularly harsh on Sachithra Senanayake, plundering 19 runs before the rains came down.

Repetitive showers were a theme for the day and they meant Sri Lanka were unable to bat their full 50 overs and South Africa's target too had been reduced to 224 off 30 overs and then to 188 off 25 overs.

Rangana Herath removed de Kock and Amla immediately after the second delay to leave Faf du Plessis and JP Duminy with a tricky situation.

Conscious of the required rate rising towards eight, Duminy stepped out to Herath and was stumped in the 20th over. When David Miller was bowled in the next and South Africa needed 40 off the last four overs.

Du Plessis eased some of the nerves by taking 10 runs off the first three balls of Malinga's penultimate over under the revised conditions. Du Plessis was dismissed after that but had done the bulk of the damage and left it to the lower middle-order to finish off. This time, they did exactly that.

Sri Lanka, though, would be concerned about their middle and lower order. Dilshan anchored the first half of their innings, the rest failed to push on against a South African attack that looked like they'd rather be anywhere but bowling in 13 C weather and swirling wind.

Dilshan raced from 63 off 69 balls to a century 13 deliveries later, with the spinners taking punishment at a venue with inviting straight boundaries. Dimuth Karunaratne also took advantage of that opportunity and broke through a lean patch with a composed 46, but was caught off the bowling of Wayne Parnell, who also accounted for Dinesh Chandimal. Mathews pushed on though. He was batting in his first innings for nearly three weeks after injury and illness, but will remain concerned about Sri Lanka's inability to seize the big moments in New Zealand, especially as the World Cup draws nearer."

They are playing a further match against New Zealand and that would also not be aired in SA.
I am particularly happy with the performance of De Kock and the fact that Rilee Rossouw showed fighting spirit u nder a serious stress situation. 
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BlikkiesPro1,526 posts
09 Feb 2015, 12:13
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09 Feb 2015, 12:13#4
I see Morkel said that the Proteas will not show their hand in these warm-up games. He did not elaborate. 
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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
09 Feb 2015, 15:52
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09 Feb 2015, 15:52#5
 Blikkies
Probably true - it would be foolish to go all out.   I may mention that the absence of AB is a typical example.
I am becoming more and more of a Rillee Rossouw fan.   He is developing nicely.     


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