Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tahir and de Villiers star in seven-wicket win
De Villiers, who was named ODI Player of the Year for 2010, barely put a foot wrong in his knock, ticking along at better than a-run-a-ball from the start and sounding an ominous warning for South Africa's opponents in this tournament. He shared in a decisive 119-run stand for the third wicket with Graeme Smith and shut down the game by adding a further 84 in JP Duminy's company.
South Africa's batsmen built upon the good work of their bowlers as Imran Tahir had a debut to remember, picking up four wickets and striking at crucial moments to peg West Indies back on a pitch that displayed none of the demons that led to the abandonment of the last international game at this ground in December 2009.
South Africa were in dire need of a counterpunch when de Villiers entered at the end of the fifth over with West Indies' new-ball bowlers in the midst of an inspired opening spell. Hashim Amla, whose 1,322 runs in the year leading up to this World Cup has made him one of the vital cogs in South Africa's one-day line-up, and Jacques Kallis both fell to sharp catches behind the wicket as Kemar Roach bowled with real pace and, continuing the trend already being set by other teams in this competition, left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn shared the new ball with success.
South Africa vs West Indies Highlights 2011
In the 7th Match of the World Cup 2011 we will have South Africa taking on West Indies in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Both the teams will be looking to start their campaign with a winning match and West Indies will have comeup with something really special in order to get anything out of this match as South African’s are a very strong squad and they will be eager to put up a real show in this year’s event. This match will be played at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi on Thursday afternoon. You can tune in here to watch the action live here.
Jaques kallis is back in the squad and he wil be eager to show what has to offer in argubaly his last world cup before he hangs his boots. South African’s are the most inform team in ODI cricket at the moment and they have a very solid squad with combination of Youth and Experience in the team. Their batting lineup is very much up there with the best while they have the most inform fast bowler in the world today with Dyle Stayn. They always have been among the favourites to win the world cup every time they take the field but for some reason or the other they choke at the last moment may be just may be this is the year !
West Indies on the other hand are kind of a team which can surprise anybody with their flair and unpredictable style, although this world cup has been very much predictable so far and we might get our first surprise in this one as both of these teams always comes up with some belter of matches.
Match result and Highlights
West Indies: 222 (47.3 ov)
South Africa: 223/3 (42.5 ov)
South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 43 balls remaining)
Jaques kallis is back in the squad and he wil be eager to show what has to offer in argubaly his last world cup before he hangs his boots. South African’s are the most inform team in ODI cricket at the moment and they have a very solid squad with combination of Youth and Experience in the team. Their batting lineup is very much up there with the best while they have the most inform fast bowler in the world today with Dyle Stayn. They always have been among the favourites to win the world cup every time they take the field but for some reason or the other they choke at the last moment may be just may be this is the year !
West Indies on the other hand are kind of a team which can surprise anybody with their flair and unpredictable style, although this world cup has been very much predictable so far and we might get our first surprise in this one as both of these teams always comes up with some belter of matches.
Match result and Highlights
West Indies: 222 (47.3 ov)
South Africa: 223/3 (42.5 ov)
South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 43 balls remaining)
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