Morkel takes five as S.Africa increase advantage
November 14, 2010 by Trend PK
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DUBAI: South Africa progressed steadily to increase their lead after paceman Morne Morkel took a five-wicket haul against Pakistan on the third day of the first Test here on Sunday.
South Africa reached 47-1 in their second innings at tea, having an overall lead of 179 after Morkel dismissed Pakistan for 248 with a sustained spell of fast bowling during which he took four wickets for ten runs in seven overs.
Graeme Smith, who hit 100 in the first innings, was unbeaten on 20 as Alviro Petersen fell leg-before to spinner Abdul Rehman for 26 in the last over before the break.
The 26-year-old Morkel, who registered his third five-wicket haul in his 27th Test, helped South Africa take the last five Pakistani wickets in the space of 34 runs after they were 214-5 at lunch.
Morkel, who built on off-spinner Johan Botha’s three wicket haul in the first session,
Morkel takes five as S.Africa increase advantage
November 14, 2010 by Trend PK
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DUBAI: South Africa progressed steadily to increase their lead after paceman Morne Morkel took a five-wicket haul against Pakistan on the third day of the first Test here on Sunday.
South Africa reached 47-1 in their second innings at tea, having an overall lead of 179 after Morkel dismissed Pakistan for 248 with a sustained spell of fast bowling during which he took four wickets for ten runs in seven overs.
Graeme Smith, who hit 100 in the first innings, was unbeaten on 20 as Alviro Petersen fell leg-before to spinner Abdul Rehman for 26 in the last over before the break.
The 26-year-old Morkel, who registered his third five-wicket haul in his 27th Test, helped South Africa take the last five Pakistani wickets in the space of 34 runs after they were 214-5 at lunch.
Morkel, who built on off-spinner Johan Botha’s three wicket haul in the first session,
Patient Younus leads Pakistan to frenetic win
November 6, 2010 by Trend PK
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DUBAI: Veteran Younus Khan scored a patient 73 to lay the foundations for what turned into a frantic one-wicket victory for Pakistan with just a ball to spare in the fourth one-day international against South Africa on Friday.
Chasing a formidable 275 for victory, Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals.
But they always maintained the required run rate with almost everybody contributing to a run chase which levelled the series at two-all after the teams produced a thrilling finish for the third match in a row.
It should have been so much more comfortable for Pakistan who needed 64 to win from the final 10 overs with five wickets intact and a batting powerplay to come.
But Morne Morkel claimed the pivotal wickets of Younus and Abdul Razzaq (33) to spread panic in the Pakistan camp.
It was left to a mad scramble by tailenders Wahib Riaz,
Amla, Morkel mastermind South African win
November 3, 2010 by Trend PK
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ABUDHABI: Opener Hashim Amla hit a fighting century and paceman Morne Morkel took four wickets as South Africa pulled off a narrow two-run win over Pakistan in the third day-night international here on Tuesday.
South Africa, put into bat by Pakistan, owed it to the 27-year-old Amla who carried his bat through the innings with a resolute 119 and helped his team to a defendable 228-9 before surviving another scare by Pakistan who managed 226-9.
It was the bearded right-hander’s sixth one-day hundred — his fifth this year — which brought South Africa back in the match after they struggled initially on a tricky Dubai Stadium pitch.
South Africa, who lost the second match in Abu Dhabi by one wicket after Abdul Razzaq’s incredible 72-ball 109 not out, this time negated Fawad Alam’s brilliant 59 not out which almost turned the tables again.
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South Africa survive fiery Roach burst to clinch series
BRIDGETOWN: South Africa survived a fiery spell of fast bowling to complete a seven-wicket victory over West Indies before lunch on day four of the third test on Tuesday and clinch the series 2-0.
Needing 47 to win, the Proteas limped to 49 for three after fast bowler Kemar Roach struck Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis on the helmet and the umpires had to intervene to keep the peace as tempers flared between the players.
West Indies resumed overnight on 134 for seven with Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 57. The Guyanese left hander ran out of partners and finished on 71 not out from 179 deliveries with seven fours and a six after Morne Morkel took three wickets to run through the tail.
Morkel sent Sulieman Benn”s off stump cartwheeling and Roach edged a wide delivery to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher. The innings ended on 161 when last man Brandon Bess steered a short lifting delivery to Kallis at second slip.
Roach delivered a series of brutish short balls, one of which rocked the grill of Smith”s helmet and shook up the Proteas captain.
In Roach”s next over Smith (10) pulled another short delivery straight to Chanderpaul at mid-wicket.
Alviro Petersen, on six, attempted to drive through the covers and edged the ball on to his stumps and Hashim Amla”s poor series continued when he was caught at gully for 25.
AB de Villiers clinched victory with a four through third man off his first delivery.
Earlier, Morne Morkel too, wrapped up the West Indies innings in the first
hour, when he ended with three for 33 from 14.1 overs.
Morkel bowled Sulieman Benn for nine, had Roach caught behind for eight, and Brandon Bess caught at second slip for a first-ball duck, leaving Shivnarine Chanderpaul unbeaten on 71.
Johan Botha was named Man-of-the-Match for his match figures of seven for 102, and Dale Steyn was named Man-of-the-Series for his 15 wickets at 18.13 runs apiece.
Pietersen sets up England win over Proteas
BRIDGETOWN: Kevin Pietersen laid the platform for a commanding 39-run victory over his native South Africa as England took a giant stride towards the World Twenty20 semi-finals here on Saturday.
Man-of-the-match Pietersen”s high-class 53 was at the heart of England”s 168 for seven against the land of his birth at the Kensington Oval.
South Africa, in reply, suffered a dramatic top-order collapse against England spinners Graeme Swann (three wickets for 24 runs) and Michael Yardy (two for 26).
The Proteas lost four wickets for 19 runs as 34 for one was transformed into 53 for five. JP Duminy, the only batsman in the innings to score more than 19, made 39 but by that stage the game was all but beyond South Africa”s grasp.
He became one of a trio of wickets for Ryan Sidebottom (three for 23), who ended the match with an over to spare by bowling Morne Morkel as South Africa were dismissed for 129.
Victory left England with two wins from two second round matches after Pietersen made an unbeaten 73 in a six-wicket win over defending champions Pakistan on Thursday.
However, it is possible for three of the four sides in a pool that also features New Zealand to end the second round, which concludes for Group E teams in St Lucia on Monday, with two wins each.
If that is the case, net run-rate will decide which two teams go through to the last four. But if Pakistan beat South Africa, England will be in the semi-finals before their match against New Zealand.
South Africa”s slump against spin started when Herschelle Gibbs, on eight, top-edged a sweep off left-armer Yardy”s first ball and was brilliantly caught by a diving Sidebottom, running back at short fine leg.
Proteas captain Graeme Smith then holed out when his slog-sweep off Swann was caught in the deep by Michael Lumb.
Albie Morkel, who”d hammered 40 off just 18 balls in South Africa”s 13-run win over New Zealand here on Thursday, was out for a duck after a Yardy delivery turned past the outside edge and clipped the top of off-stump.
AB de Villiers did not last long either before skying Swann to England captain Paul Collingwood at midwicket.
Earlier, Pietersen shared a stand of 94 in just under 12 overs with fellow South Africa born batsman Craig Kieswetter, who made 41, after Collingwood won the toss.
The pair relished the pace of fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, whose combined eight overs cost a hugely expensive 90 runs.
Steyn, arguably the world”s leading quick, was treated with disdain in a four-over spell that went for an extraordinary 50 runs.
Pietersen struck a huge six over long-on off Steyn and then casually advanced down the pitch to drive him for four.
But former South Africa Under-19 wicketkeeper Kieswetter had made just seven when he guided Morne Morkel straight to third man only for the Proteas” joy to be cut short because the delivery was a no-ball.
It may not have been as expensive as the ”wicket” Morne Morkel took in the first round, when India”s Suresh Raina was on five before going on to complete a hundred, but it was an expensive mistake nonetheless.
Pietersen”s 33-ball innings, which featured a six and eight fours, ended when he top-edged an attempted sweep against off-spinner Johan Botha, who took an impressive two for 15.
South Africa win toss and bat against New Zealand
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in a Super Eights match at the World Twenty20 at the Kensington Oval here on Thursday.
The Proteas made two changes from the side that beat Afghanistan by 59 runs here on Wednesday with veteran Herschelle Gibbs recalled in place of opening batsman Loots Bosman and off-spinner Johan Botha chosen instead of left-armer Roelof van der Merwe.
New Zealand were unchanged from the team that beat Zimbabwe by seven runs in Guyana on Tuesday.
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Gareth Hopkins (wk), Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (captain), Nathan McCullum, Shane Bond, Tim Southee
South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Albie Morkel, Mark Boucher (wk), Johan Botha, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Charl Langeveldt
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Steve Davis (AUS), TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (WI)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS).
Ind Vs Sa Live Score
KOLKATA:Ind Vs Sa Live Score, India Vs South Africa, South Africa were bowled out for 296 in their first innings on the second morning of the second and final test against India at the Eden Gardens on Monday.
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South Africa’s last wicket pair of Morne Morkel (11 not out) and Wayne Parnell (12) put on another 30 runs in four overs before left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan struck after the tourists resumed on 266-9.
Zaheer dismissed Parnell lbw with the new ball to finish with four for 90 after triggering a stunning collapse on the opening day in which the tourists lost seven wickets in the final session.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh finished with three for 64 after playing a key role in India’s fightback after debutant Alviro Petersen (100) and in-form Hashim Amla (114) hit centuries to give South Africa a solid start.
India must square the series to hold on to the number one ranking.
The tourists are bidding for their first test series victory in India in almost a decade after taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series with an innings win in Nagpur.
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Ind Vs Sa Live Score was first posted on February 15, 2010 at 11:43 am.
India Vs Southafrica, Ind vs Sa Score in Day 4
India Vs Southafrica, Ind vs Sa Score in Day 4, NAGPUR: Sachin Tendulkar smashed a defiant, unbeaten half century as India reached 162-4 at lunch on the fourth day Tuesday in its bid to avoid an innings defeat to South Africa in the first test Tuesday.
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India, which was forced to follow on the third day, still trails South Africa by 163 runs after the visitors declared for 558-6 on Sunday.
After resuming on the overnight score 15, with India on 66-2, Tendulkar played judiciously to anchor the innings and reach 77 not out at the end of the first session. He faced 125 deliveries and hit eleven boundaries.
Tendulkar was dropped by Jacques Kallis at first slip off a Wayne Parnell ball in the 15th over of the day when on 45. He went to the break with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 9.
South African skipper Graeme Smith introduced left arm spinner Paul Harris for Morne Morkel (1-36) after the first five overs in an effort to force a break through, .
Paceman Dale Steyn (1-36), who claimed seven wickets for 51 runs in India’s first innings, continued from the other end.
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The ploy paid immediate dividends as Harris claimed Murali Vijay for 32.
The departure of Murali saw Subramaniam Badrinath join Tendulkar, but he was dismissed for 6 shortly after to a full length delivery from Wayne Parnell that he edged to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher.
India Vs Southafrica, Ind vs Sa Score in Day 4 was first posted on February 9, 2010 at 12:57 pm.
England Beat South Africa in 2nd Test
DURBAN: Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad bowled South Africa out for just 133 as England completed victory by an innings and 98 runs on the fifth day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Wednesday.
The pair of Nottinghamshire bowlers took nine wickets between them as South Africa, who began the day on 76 for six, were all out for 133 after 18 overs on the final day.
Swann claimed five for 54 and Broad took four for 43 to help England take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
“It’s not far off the best performance I’ve seen by an England team,” said England captain Andrew Strauss, “but I’m aware the series is very much alive and there is still hard work to be done.”
South African captain Graeme Smith admitted his side had been outplayed.
“We’ve got to look at ourselves in the mirror and bounce back very quickly,” he said.
The third Test starts in Cape Town on Sunday.
Off-spinner Swann had match figures of nine for 164 and earned his second successive man of the match award following a five-wicket haul and an innings of 85 in the drawn first Test in Centurion.
South Africa’s faint hopes of extending the match beyond lunch evaporated when Morne Morkel was out to the 11th ball of the morning.
Morkel was dropped by Strauss off the previous delivery from Swann, which the left-hander edged low to the England captain’s right hand, with the ball going on for four.
But Swann pushed the next ball through quicker and Morkel, stuck in his crease, was trapped leg before wicket.
Mark Boucher went on to make 29 before he gloved Stuart Broad down the leg side to fellow wicketkeeper Matt Prior.
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He was given not out by umpire Amish Saheba but England asked for a review and replays showed clearly the ball had deviated off his glove so Boucher had to depart for the second time in the match after initially being given not out.
Paul Harris hit 36 before he scooped James Anderson to Broad at mid-on and Swann completed a comprehensive win when he had Dale Steyn leg before wicket.
England Beat South Africa in 2nd Test was first posted on December 30, 2009 at 5:42 pm.
