End of over 29 (12 runs) - South Africa 178/2 (RR: 6.13)
JH Kallis 75* (84b 8x4 1x6) LP van Troost 1-0-12-0
HH Gibbs 32* (30b 3x4 1x6) DLS van Bunge 3-0-20-0
29.1 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Violence! Gibbs charged down the track and hoicked it over long on.
29.2 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Murder! Floated on the leg and middle stump line and Gibbs sends it soaring over long-off.
29.3 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Carnage! Flatter one this time but it makes no difference to Gibbs. He just stands there and delivers. This one also has been sucked over long off
29.4 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Wah Wah! Low full toss and guess where this went Yep. A slap slog and it went over deep midwicket! He is going to go for 6 sixes in this over!
29.5 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Short in length, on the off stump line and Gibbs rocks back and swat-pulls it over wide long off. SImply amazing. What a batsman. This is pure violence!
29.6 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, He has done it! One-day record. No one has hit six sixes in a row. GIbbs stands alone in that zone. And the minnow bashing continues! Full and outside off and bludgeoned over long off
End of over 30 (36 runs) - South Africa 214/2 (RR: 7.13)
HH Gibbs 68* (36b 3x4 7x6) DLS van Bunge 4-0-56-0
JH Kallis 75* (84b 8x4 1x6) LP van Troost 1-0-12-0
Friday, March 16, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Tie
Irish ties are smiling
The Bulletin by Martin Williamson
March 15, 2007
Zimbabwe 221 (Matsikenyeri 73*, Sibanda 67) tied with Ireland 221 for 9 (Bray 115*)
Scorecard
Jeremy Bray reaches his outstanding hundred ... but it was in a losing cause © Getty Images
Zimbabwe tied with Ireland in one of the greatest World Cup matches ever, the match at Sabina Park producing some of the most pulsating, enthralling cricket you could ever ask for. Zimbabwe will wonder how they threw away an almost certain victory, but while the points are shared, the day belonged to the Irish, and the body language as Ed Rainsford was run-out off the final ball going for the winning single could not have been more contrasting.
KJ O'Brien 2-1-8-1
S Matsikenyeri 66* (71b 9x4 1x6) AC Botha 10-2-32-1
Rainsford the No.11 for Zimbabwe, at the non-striker's end. White's back into the attack
49.1 White to Matsikenyeri, 2 runs, full toss, hammered through cover and long off has a chase to his left...and does well, saving four
49.2 White to Matsikenyeri, 2 runs, too short, square cut powerfully into the deep
49.3 White to Matsikenyeri, 1 run, full toss, spooned to midwicket - but no! Dropped? The man came in and appeared to just stop in his tracks, the ball dropping short!
But Matsikenyeri is now off strike
This is epic. 4 from 3
49.4 White to Rainsford, 1 run, driven past cover - and he gets the single! This gets Matsikenyeri back on strike - not a good ball from White. Not a good over.
49.5 White to Matsikenyeri, 2 runs, well what a mad ball. Short, wide, cut just behind backward point who made a brilliant attempt to catch it. They go for a single, in comes the throw - but the batsman appears to run in front of his stumps...and he's home safe! My word this is madness
Last ball
49.6 White to Matsikenyeri, OUT, drives, misses and it's a tie! What a match; what an incredible last 10 overs. Only the third tie in World Cup history - all three have involved an African nation - and Ireland jump in delight
The Bulletin by Martin Williamson
March 15, 2007
Zimbabwe 221 (Matsikenyeri 73*, Sibanda 67) tied with Ireland 221 for 9 (Bray 115*)
Scorecard
Jeremy Bray reaches his outstanding hundred ... but it was in a losing cause © Getty Images
Zimbabwe tied with Ireland in one of the greatest World Cup matches ever, the match at Sabina Park producing some of the most pulsating, enthralling cricket you could ever ask for. Zimbabwe will wonder how they threw away an almost certain victory, but while the points are shared, the day belonged to the Irish, and the body language as Ed Rainsford was run-out off the final ball going for the winning single could not have been more contrasting.
KJ O'Brien 2-1-8-1
S Matsikenyeri 66* (71b 9x4 1x6) AC Botha 10-2-32-1
Rainsford the No.11 for Zimbabwe, at the non-striker's end. White's back into the attack
49.1 White to Matsikenyeri, 2 runs, full toss, hammered through cover and long off has a chase to his left...and does well, saving four
49.2 White to Matsikenyeri, 2 runs, too short, square cut powerfully into the deep
49.3 White to Matsikenyeri, 1 run, full toss, spooned to midwicket - but no! Dropped? The man came in and appeared to just stop in his tracks, the ball dropping short!
But Matsikenyeri is now off strike
This is epic. 4 from 3
49.4 White to Rainsford, 1 run, driven past cover - and he gets the single! This gets Matsikenyeri back on strike - not a good ball from White. Not a good over.
49.5 White to Matsikenyeri, 2 runs, well what a mad ball. Short, wide, cut just behind backward point who made a brilliant attempt to catch it. They go for a single, in comes the throw - but the batsman appears to run in front of his stumps...and he's home safe! My word this is madness
Last ball
49.6 White to Matsikenyeri, OUT, drives, misses and it's a tie! What a match; what an incredible last 10 overs. Only the third tie in World Cup history - all three have involved an African nation - and Ireland jump in delight
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Aus vs NZ ODI [3-0]
New Zealand v Australia, 3rd ODI, Hamilton
A flurry of sixes, and a rare clean sweep
S Rajesh
February 20, 2007
New Zealand's incredible one-wicket victory against Australia not only meant a clean sweep in the Chappell-Hadlee series, it also pushed Australia to their sixth defeat in their last seven ODIs. Cricinfo looks at some of the highlights of the humdinger at Hamilton.
The Australians troop back after being at the receiving end in another high-scoring match © Getty Images
# New Zealand's total of 350 for 9 is the second-highest in a successful run-chase, next only to South Africa's 438 for 9 in that astonishing game at Johannesburg. This result also means that the top four successful run-chases in ODIs have all come against Australia.
# Craig McMillan's 67-ball century is the fastest by a New Zealander in ODIs, beating Jacob Oram's earlier record of 71 balls against the Australians - again - at Perth in the CB Series earlier this year.
# Australia's defeat at Hamilton was their fifth in a row. The last time they suffered such a dismal run was nine years ago, when South Africa and England combined to beat them in five successive matches.
# This is also the first time since 1997 that Australia have been blanked 3-0 in a bilateral series. On that occasion, England had thrashed them by that margin in the Texaco Trophy series.
# Matthew Hayden's unbeaten 181 has now become the highest ODI score in a losing cause, beating Robin Smith's unbeaten 167 against Australia in a Texaco Trophy match at Edgbaston in 1993. Hayden's score is also the third-highest by an opener who carried his bat in an ODI - Gary Kirsten scored 188 not out against UAE in the 1996 World Cup, while Sachin Tendulkar made an undefeated 186 against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999-2000.
# The 26 sixes blasted in this match - 16 by Australia and 10 by New Zealand - equals the record for most number of sixes in a game. And no prizes for guessing which previous match had as many hits going over the boundary.
# The 165-run stand between Craig McMillan and Brendon McCullum is the joint highest for the sixth wicket in one-day internationals. In September at Kuala Lumpur last year, Michael Hussey and Brad Haddin had added the same number of runs against West Indies in a match which was Hussey's first as captain. Australia's defeat in that game, coupled with their three losses here, means that Hussey has the unflattering record of having lost every ODI he has captained.
# The only two players who have been a part of all four highest run-chases are Michael Hussey and Nathan Bracken, and neither has done a bad job in these games. Hussey has notched up scores of 88 not out, 81, 105 and 13 - 287 runs at 95.67 - while Bracken has taken 9 for 218 from 38.3 overs - an average of 24.22, and an economy rate of 5.66 runs per over.
# Shane Watson's figures of 2 for 88 is the second-most expensive ten-over spell by an Australian in ODIs. Only Mick Lewis, who haemorrhaged 113 at Johannesburg last year, has gone for more. Watson's stats put to the shade Brett Lee, who twice went for 85 from ten.
# This is the third instance of both teams going past 300 in successive games of a series. The first such instance was during India's tour of Pakistan in 2004-05, when both teams exceeded 300 at Karachi and at Rawalpindi. This was repeated in the previous edition of the Chappell Hadlee Series, when both New Zealand and Australia went past 300 at Wellington and Christchurch.
© Cricinfo
A flurry of sixes, and a rare clean sweep
S Rajesh
February 20, 2007
New Zealand's incredible one-wicket victory against Australia not only meant a clean sweep in the Chappell-Hadlee series, it also pushed Australia to their sixth defeat in their last seven ODIs. Cricinfo looks at some of the highlights of the humdinger at Hamilton.
The Australians troop back after being at the receiving end in another high-scoring match © Getty Images
# New Zealand's total of 350 for 9 is the second-highest in a successful run-chase, next only to South Africa's 438 for 9 in that astonishing game at Johannesburg. This result also means that the top four successful run-chases in ODIs have all come against Australia.
# Craig McMillan's 67-ball century is the fastest by a New Zealander in ODIs, beating Jacob Oram's earlier record of 71 balls against the Australians - again - at Perth in the CB Series earlier this year.
# Australia's defeat at Hamilton was their fifth in a row. The last time they suffered such a dismal run was nine years ago, when South Africa and England combined to beat them in five successive matches.
# This is also the first time since 1997 that Australia have been blanked 3-0 in a bilateral series. On that occasion, England had thrashed them by that margin in the Texaco Trophy series.
# Matthew Hayden's unbeaten 181 has now become the highest ODI score in a losing cause, beating Robin Smith's unbeaten 167 against Australia in a Texaco Trophy match at Edgbaston in 1993. Hayden's score is also the third-highest by an opener who carried his bat in an ODI - Gary Kirsten scored 188 not out against UAE in the 1996 World Cup, while Sachin Tendulkar made an undefeated 186 against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999-2000.
# The 26 sixes blasted in this match - 16 by Australia and 10 by New Zealand - equals the record for most number of sixes in a game. And no prizes for guessing which previous match had as many hits going over the boundary.
# The 165-run stand between Craig McMillan and Brendon McCullum is the joint highest for the sixth wicket in one-day internationals. In September at Kuala Lumpur last year, Michael Hussey and Brad Haddin had added the same number of runs against West Indies in a match which was Hussey's first as captain. Australia's defeat in that game, coupled with their three losses here, means that Hussey has the unflattering record of having lost every ODI he has captained.
# The only two players who have been a part of all four highest run-chases are Michael Hussey and Nathan Bracken, and neither has done a bad job in these games. Hussey has notched up scores of 88 not out, 81, 105 and 13 - 287 runs at 95.67 - while Bracken has taken 9 for 218 from 38.3 overs - an average of 24.22, and an economy rate of 5.66 runs per over.
# Shane Watson's figures of 2 for 88 is the second-most expensive ten-over spell by an Australian in ODIs. Only Mick Lewis, who haemorrhaged 113 at Johannesburg last year, has gone for more. Watson's stats put to the shade Brett Lee, who twice went for 85 from ten.
# This is the third instance of both teams going past 300 in successive games of a series. The first such instance was during India's tour of Pakistan in 2004-05, when both teams exceeded 300 at Karachi and at Rawalpindi. This was repeated in the previous edition of the Chappell Hadlee Series, when both New Zealand and Australia went past 300 at Wellington and Christchurch.
© Cricinfo
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Pakistan vs South Africa
Pakistan waste promising position
January 11, 2007
Close Pakistan 242 for 5 (Inzamam 35*, Akmal 18*) v South Africa
Scorecard
Hameed batted attractively for his 65 but wasted his wicket © AFP
South Africa fought back valiantly in the afternoon with three quick wickets as Pakistan wasted a promising position on the first day at Centurion. And despite Inzamam-ul-Haq going to stumps unbeaten on 35, Pakistan have a lot of hard work ahead of them.
At tea Pakistan were 160 for 2, with Younis Khan and Yasir Hameed seemingly cruising; South Africa went wicketless in the afternoon session, with their bowlers lacking the venom which had brought them two early wickets in the morning session. This isn't to discredit the two Pakistan batsmen who showed impressive resolve and application on a pitch which was still offering considerable seam movement. However, whereas in the morning session South Africa's attack bowled short-of-a-length, they dropped it too short in the afternoon and allowed the batsmen onto the back foot.
Younis is Pakistan's street-fighter; a tough, gritty character who thrives on a battle. And, coming to the wicket at 50 for 2, he was in his element. Defending solidly, pouncing on anything short and wide and admittedly riding his luck, he produced several delightful cuts past point and worked singles through midwicket. At the other end Yasir was no less industrious, although lacked Younis's steadfast defence and, on several occasions, was beaten by Shaun Pollock's perfect away-swingers. Batting was tough work.
But it was the introduction of Jacques Kallis which really relieved the pressure on the batsmen. Neither bowling the right line or length, and lacking pace on a slowish pitch, he was worked through midwicket for ease - particularly by Younis - and although Paul Harris bowled tidily at the other end, the combination never threatened to make the breakthrough. Yasir produced the shot of the day: a lazy, elegant, lofted flick off his legs for six over midwicket to bring up his fifty. It was a rare stroke of flamboyance on a pitch which required diligence, not dramatic strokeplay.
South Africa went to tea with hunched shoulders and bruised egos but, 15 minutes later, they returned a renewed side. Pakistan's calm tenacity was replaced by an injection of madness as Younis, so careful before the interval, eyed a Pollock bouncer but mis-hooked it straight to fine-leg. With Younis back in the pavilion, Yasir contracted the same hook-happy disease against Andre Nel in what was clearly a planned attack from the South Africa bowlers.
Off successive deliveries Yasir attempted to hook Nel, but could only top-edge them: once just short of deep midwicket, and the other just over short midwicket's head. Both were unnecessary shots, both fortunately evading the fielder. Suddenly, South Africa's bowlers looked rejuvenated and refreshed - Nel steaming in from one end, Pollock metronomically accurate from the other.
Yasir's newfound liking for the hook continued unabated, but his luck ran out and he top-edged one straight to Makhaya Ntini at deep square leg. It was a depressing end to what had been a fighting knock and, all of a sudden, Pakistan had two new batsmen at the crease. Faisal Iqbal didn't last long, though, edging Kallis through to Mark Boucher who took an easy catch - his 367th in Tests - passing Ian Healy's record of 366 catches in Tests. Pakistan had lost 3 for 21 in 10 overs.
Inzamam, perhaps inevitably, steadied the ship from sinking altogether with a typically counterattacking innings towards the close of play. But with the second new ball still only five overs old, Inzamam holds the key to both sides fortunes tomorrow.
January 11, 2007
Close Pakistan 242 for 5 (Inzamam 35*, Akmal 18*) v South Africa
Scorecard
Hameed batted attractively for his 65 but wasted his wicket © AFP
South Africa fought back valiantly in the afternoon with three quick wickets as Pakistan wasted a promising position on the first day at Centurion. And despite Inzamam-ul-Haq going to stumps unbeaten on 35, Pakistan have a lot of hard work ahead of them.
At tea Pakistan were 160 for 2, with Younis Khan and Yasir Hameed seemingly cruising; South Africa went wicketless in the afternoon session, with their bowlers lacking the venom which had brought them two early wickets in the morning session. This isn't to discredit the two Pakistan batsmen who showed impressive resolve and application on a pitch which was still offering considerable seam movement. However, whereas in the morning session South Africa's attack bowled short-of-a-length, they dropped it too short in the afternoon and allowed the batsmen onto the back foot.
Younis is Pakistan's street-fighter; a tough, gritty character who thrives on a battle. And, coming to the wicket at 50 for 2, he was in his element. Defending solidly, pouncing on anything short and wide and admittedly riding his luck, he produced several delightful cuts past point and worked singles through midwicket. At the other end Yasir was no less industrious, although lacked Younis's steadfast defence and, on several occasions, was beaten by Shaun Pollock's perfect away-swingers. Batting was tough work.
But it was the introduction of Jacques Kallis which really relieved the pressure on the batsmen. Neither bowling the right line or length, and lacking pace on a slowish pitch, he was worked through midwicket for ease - particularly by Younis - and although Paul Harris bowled tidily at the other end, the combination never threatened to make the breakthrough. Yasir produced the shot of the day: a lazy, elegant, lofted flick off his legs for six over midwicket to bring up his fifty. It was a rare stroke of flamboyance on a pitch which required diligence, not dramatic strokeplay.
South Africa went to tea with hunched shoulders and bruised egos but, 15 minutes later, they returned a renewed side. Pakistan's calm tenacity was replaced by an injection of madness as Younis, so careful before the interval, eyed a Pollock bouncer but mis-hooked it straight to fine-leg. With Younis back in the pavilion, Yasir contracted the same hook-happy disease against Andre Nel in what was clearly a planned attack from the South Africa bowlers.
Off successive deliveries Yasir attempted to hook Nel, but could only top-edge them: once just short of deep midwicket, and the other just over short midwicket's head. Both were unnecessary shots, both fortunately evading the fielder. Suddenly, South Africa's bowlers looked rejuvenated and refreshed - Nel steaming in from one end, Pollock metronomically accurate from the other.
Yasir's newfound liking for the hook continued unabated, but his luck ran out and he top-edged one straight to Makhaya Ntini at deep square leg. It was a depressing end to what had been a fighting knock and, all of a sudden, Pakistan had two new batsmen at the crease. Faisal Iqbal didn't last long, though, edging Kallis through to Mark Boucher who took an easy catch - his 367th in Tests - passing Ian Healy's record of 366 catches in Tests. Pakistan had lost 3 for 21 in 10 overs.
Inzamam, perhaps inevitably, steadied the ship from sinking altogether with a typically counterattacking innings towards the close of play. But with the second new ball still only five overs old, Inzamam holds the key to both sides fortunes tomorrow.
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