http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 not happy with the lacklustre batting performance – Cricket News Update
South Africa’s limited-overs captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers, is disappointed after losing the third of the five-match One Day International (ODI) series against England
The middle-order batsmen failed to respond and crumbled under pressure as the visitors were all out in the 47th over for just 211 runs, which never looked enough under the circumstances. Anderson and
Jade Dernbach picked up 7 wickets between themselves to break the back of South Africa’s batting.
at the Oval and admitted that his batsmen let the side down on a flat track.
The Proteas, having won the toss, elected to bat first on a typical Oval pitch and were off to a very good start through the world’s number one ranked ODI batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473.
The openers piled up 50 runs on the board before the latter was dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 in the 9th over of the innings.
With the help of brilliant half-centuries by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032, the home team chased down the total with 2 overs and 4 wickets to spare, levelling the series 1-1, with 2 matches still to be played.
After the match, the wicketkeeper/batsman expressed that he was happy to have won the toss but the batters could not live up to the expectations. De Villiers himself scored 28 runs off just 31 balls before playing
a rash stroke off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JC-Tredwell-c1676, which led to his downfall. The South African skipper hopes that the batsmen will learn from their mistakes.
"Thought it was a good toss to win, it wasn't a 210 wicket. The top order didn't take responsibility and we came up short. Most of our senior players got in and didn't make it count, including me, I played a very
poor shot," he said.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 on the other hand, is relieved to have squared the series and vows to carry forward the momentum in the last two ODIs.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 captain expressed, "It's always nice to get a first win. There were a few nerves up there. Credit to the way we batted. So to cross the line is really pleasing. Jade came in, we wanted a wicket-taker,
and he took wickets for us."
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