Australia vs South Africa

[Jimmy]

great bowling taity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dinglinga]

9/280 south africa

99 to win 27 balls

[Ian]

It's nearly all over
South Africa 279/9 (45.4 ov)
South Africa require another 99 runs with 1 wicket and 26 balls remaining

FWIW Tyler, most Aussies dislike of the SA cricket side would have nothing to do with skin colour, you talk about arrogance, the Dutch heritage in the SA side would have a monopoly on that.
You don't ever here of too many Aussie's that dislike the West Indies side, and they have a lot more blacks playing for them.

[Ian]

Australia 377/6 (50 ov)
South Africa 294/10 (48.0 ov)
Aussies by 83

[dinglinga]

well thank you south africa for winning the toss and making us bat first

when the big games come australia come to play ....

[Ian]

Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
AC Gilchrist c Gibbs b Langeveldt 42 42 6 1 100.00
ML Hayden c Gibbs b Kallis 101 68 14 4 148.52
RT Ponting c de Villiers b Ntini 91 91 8 2 100.00
MJ Clarke run out (Pollock/Langeveldt) 92 75 7 4 122.66
A Symonds b Hall 18 13 2 0 138.46
MEK Hussey c Kallis b Hall 5 3 1 0 166.66
SR Watson not out 14 9 2 0 155.55
Extras (lb 4, w 9, nb 1) 14

Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 377


Did not bat GB Hogg, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath


Fall of wickets 1-106 (Gilchrist, 14.5 ov), 2-167 (Hayden, 23.3 ov), 3-328 (Ponting, 45.1 ov), 4-347 (Clarke, 46.4 ov), 5-353 (Hussey, 47.2 ov), 6-377 (Symonds, 49.6 ov)



Bowling O M R W Econ
SM Pollock 10 0 83 0 8.30 (2w)
M Ntini 9 0 68 1 7.55
CK Langeveldt 10 0 82 1 8.20 (1nb, 2w)
AJ Hall 10 0 60 2 6.00
GC Smith 2 0 14 0 7.00
JH Kallis 9 0 66 1 7.33



South Africa innings (target: 378 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
GC Smith c Gilchrist b Hogg 74 69 9 2 107.24
AB de Villiers run out (Watson) 92 70 14 2 131.42
JH Kallis c Clarke b Hogg 48 59 5 0 81.35
HH Gibbs st Gilchrist b Hogg 17 19 1 1 89.47
AG Prince c Hayden b McGrath 1 3 0 0 33.33
MV Boucher b Tait 22 26 1 1 84.61
JM Kemp lbw b Tait 1 6 0 0 16.66
SM Pollock b Watson 7 11 1 0 63.63
AJ Hall not out 8 12 0 0 66.66
CK Langeveldt b Bracken 0 6 0 0 0.00
M Ntini b Bracken 7 8 1 0 87.50
Extras (w 11, nb 1, pen 5) 17

[b]Total[/b] (10 wickets; 48 overs) 294


Fall of wickets 1-160 (de Villiers, 20.6 ov), 1-184* (Smith, retired not out, 25.1 ov), 2-220 (Gibbs, 31.3 ov), 3-223 (Prince, 32.2 ov), 4-256 (Boucher, 38.5 ov), 5-264 (Kemp, 40.5 ov), 6-267 (Smith, 41.3 ov), 7-277 (Kallis, 43.1 ov), 8-279 (Pollock, 44.1 ov), 9-280 (Langeveldt, 45.2 ov), 10-294 (Ntini, 47.6 ov)



Bowling O M R W Econ
NW Bracken 9 0 40 2 4.44
SW Tait 10 0 61 2 6.10 (1nb, 4w)
GD McGrath 9 0 62 1 6.88
SR Watson 8.1 1 46 1 5.63 (2w)
GB Hogg 9.5 0 61 3 6.20 (1w)
A Symonds 2 0 19 0 9.50

[Ian]

Matthew Hayden (101 runs)

[am Bays]

from Cricinfo:

Three events halted the frenetic run-chase: Watson's throw to run out de Villiers. Kallis walking in at no 3 and batting the way he did. Perhaps, Gibbs could have been promoted. And then Smith cramping up. And Australia started hussling the batsmen. Pressure was intense, the required rate started rocketing and one by one, the batsmen went down.

Mal, your serve.....

[Coorong]

I thought Gilly keeping over the stumps to Bracken was an intimitating move. Saw Ponting talking to Bracken that last ball and reckon he told him what to bowl.

[mal]

AU 377
SA 294

SA 0/160 OFF [20.5] were cruising
WATSON 0/29[3] was smashed as were most bowlers.
WATSON produced the run out of the tournament to run out DE VILLIERS [Symondsesque run out]
SA 1/220 needing 158 of 112 balls and on a primary school ground were looking winners.
Enter HOGG
Enter TAIT
Enter WATSON
Enter BRACKEN
4 magnificent efforts for the rest of the game.

HOGG [some said should have been dropped pre tour[not me] 3/61 [10] match winner
TAIT with reverse swing put the wind up them last 6 overs 2/32 approximately gets 2/61[10]
WATSON 0/39 [4] unlucky 4th over with 9 wides with keeper up to stumps bowled the spell of
his career when SA were killing us his last 4 overs took 1/8, and got swing[what happened]
He also had 2 confident appeals for catches disallowed
BRACKEN the superstar 9 overs 2/40 absolutely sensational economy rate
last time SA hit that 438 BRACKEN got 5/67 in a spell we all forgot about.

What a fightback SA lost 9/74 in the that last hour, the AU are back
AU now has 5 scores of 300+ so the batting has not been a problem
in our slump leading up to the world cup
And ROY will be fitter for his 18[13] and 0/19[2]
Not too bad for a guy resuming from a long spell

Spare a thought for HODGE the best 12th man on tour.

For those who follow WATSONs career closley his batting ball by ball chart

drive 1
off drive 1
sweep off off stump 1
sweep to a ball well outside off stump 4
lofted cover drive 2
sweep to a ball wide of off stump 4
mistimed cover drive 0
sweep to ball just missess off stump o
on drive 1

now has
18*[11]
12*[4]
14*[9]

44 off 24 balls

over too you ROD

[Dogwatcher]

that run out of Watson's was sensational.


How's the PM of St Kitt's & Nevis giving Hayden and Gibbs honorary citizenship after the game? Bet they treasure that....

[rod_rooster]

For those who follow WATSONs career closley his batting ball by ball chart

drive 1
off drive 1
sweep off off stump 1
sweep to a ball well outside off stump 4
lofted cover drive 2
sweep to a ball wide of off stump 4
mistimed cover drive 0
sweep to ball just missess off stump o
on drive 1

now has
18*[11]
12*[4]
14*[9]

44 off 24 balls

over too you ROD

Lol. Having just got home from watching my club lose a GF by 1 run (after seeing what could only be described as consistently confounding umpiring decisions) i didn't think anything could cheer me up but you've managed it mal. Pointing to scores of 18, 12 and 14 as an indication of a players worth

[Booney]

For those who follow WATSONs career closley his batting ball by ball chart

drive 1
off drive 1
sweep off off stump 1
sweep to a ball well outside off stump 4
lofted cover drive 2
sweep to a ball wide of off stump 4
mistimed cover drive 0
sweep to ball just missess off stump o
on drive 1

now has
18*[11]
12*[4]
14*[9]

44 off 24 balls

over too you ROD

Lol. Having just got home from watching my club lose a GF by 1 run (after seeing what could only be described as consistently confounding umpiring decisions) i didn't think anything could cheer me up but you've managed it mal. Pointing to scores of 18, 12 and 14 as an indication of a players worth

Little bit of credit Rod.Mate,two of those scores were against the kilts'men and the Clog dancers.Worthy opposition,even you must now concede....

[mal]

For those who follow WATSONs career closley his batting ball by ball chart

drive 1
off drive 1
sweep off off stump 1
sweep to a ball well outside off stump 4
lofted cover drive 2
sweep to a ball wide of off stump 4
mistimed cover drive 0
sweep to ball just missess off stump o
on drive 1

now has
18*[11]
12*[4]
14*[9]

44 off 24 balls

over too you ROD

Lol. Having just got home from watching my club lose a GF by 1 run (after seeing what could only be described as consistently confounding umpiring decisions) i didn't think anything could cheer me up but you've managed it mal. Pointing to scores of 18, 12 and 14 as an indication of a players worth

Little bit of credit Rod.Mate,two of those scores were against the kilts'men and the Clog dancers.Worthy opposition,even you must now concede....

Im sure HUSSEY would agree with you BOONEY