Tag World-cup-2011

South Africans were stubborn for using seamers irrespective of conditions in previous several tournaments but in this world cup 2011, they seem to have made a contious change to their mind-set, playing quantity of spinners in their eleven on this sub-continent world cup 2011 and so far everthing seems to going according to plan..

Today, South Africa crashed Netherlands to the 4th biggest defeat in world cup history, winning by 231 runs at PCA stadium in Mohali. Spinners Imran Tahir, Robin Petersen and JP Duminy shared 6 wickets between them as minnows fell to 120 all out in just 34.5 overs. None of Netherland batsmen made an impression with the exception of opener Wesley Barresi who scored a fine 44.

Earlier, South Africans were inserted in to bat and they faced tough conditions as new ball bowlers Mudassar Bukhari and Berend Westijk found their line & length. Captain Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis fell cheaply but in-form Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers made sure Proteas set a platform for huge total. Both scored their centuries and then, JP Duminy cracked four sixes in his 15 ball stay to accelerate innings part 350 run mark.

It was a walk in the park for South Africa but in next match this weekend, they face tough challenge against England side which is desperate for an outright win.

The scorecard :-

South Africa innings (invited in to bat)
Batsman			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hashim Amla	c Cooper	b ten Doeschate	113	130	8	0
Graeme Smith		b Loots	20	32	1	0
Jacques Kallis	c Barresi	b ten Doeschate	2	12	0	0
AB de Villiers	run out	(Bukhari)	134	98	13	4
Francosis du Plessis	not out		18	14	1	0
JP Duminy	c Borren	b ten Doeschate	40	15	2	4
Morne van Wyk	not out		0	0	0	0
Robin Petersen
Dale Steyn
Morne Morkel
Imran Tahir
Extras (24)	byes=2, lbyes=5, wides=16, noballs=1

Total = 351 for 5 wickets from 50 overs.
Bowlers :-	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wickets	Extras
Mudassar Bukhari	10	0	44	0	2 wides
Berend Westijk	9	0	76	0	4 wides
Ryan ten Doeschate	10	0	72	3	1 wide
Bernard Loots	9	0	60	1	1 no ball
Pieter Seelaar	10	0	74	0
Tom Cooper	2	0	18	0

Netherlands innings (target = 352 from 50 overs)
Batsman			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Alexie Kervezee	c & b	b Kallis	10	18	1	0
Wesley Barresi	st van Wyk	b Duminy	44	66	5	0
Tom Cooper	c Steyn	b Kallis	9	21	1	0
Bas Zuiderent	lbw	b Petersen	15	26	1	1
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw	b Steyn	11	21	0	0
Tom de Grooth	run out	(Smith)	12	26	0	0
Peter Borren	lbw	b Petersen	3	13	0	0
Mudassar Bukhari		b Tahir	0	4	0	0
Pieter Seelaar	not out		2	5	0	0
Bernard Loots	lbw	b Tahir	6	7	0	1
Berend Westdijk	lbw	b Tahir	0	2	0	0
Extras (8)	byes=0, lbyes=0, wides=8, noballs=0

Total = 120 all out in 34.5 overs.. lost by 231 runs.
Bowlers :-	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wickets	Extras
Dale Steyn	6	1	26	1	3 wides
Morne Morkel	5	0	18	0	1 wide
Jacques Kallis	6	0	19	2
Imran Tahir	6.5	0	19	3	2 wides
Robin Petersen	5	0	22	2	1 wide
JP Duminy	6	0	16	1	1 wide