http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 overwhelmed by South Africa’s performance in the series finale – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers, is overjoyed with the collective effort put together by his side to level the five-match one-day series against hosts England on Wednesday, winning the series finale by seven wickets, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
England had an opportunity to stamp their dominance in the 50-over game by beating the visitors, however, a strong bowling performance from the South Africans followed by an outstanding batting exhibition by Hashim Amla and the skipper left http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 in tears.
Speaking on his side’s belligerent performance, the Proteas skipper in the post-match ceremony said, “It's been up and down, but we showed a lot of guts today and that's what I like to see. There were lots of new faces, we're still trying to find our feet with different combinations and some of guys didn't get the runs they would have liked. We're a tight unit and we're working towards the same goal.”
For South Africa this victory came at a time when they were down in the series and were only a defeat away from losing the tournament.
“We were disappointing in the middle of the series but we came good and 2-2 away from home is a good effort,” added the South African skipper.
Needing 183 to win, South Africa had a shaky start to their run chase, losing left-hand opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 after scoring only three.
Things took an ugly turn when the Proteas lost their third wicket with only 14 on the board, as D Elgar perished after scoring only a run off 10 deliveries.
However, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 a series win.
Admitting that the asking total was not good enough, the England skipper Alastair Cook said, “It's been a disappointing day, clearly 180 was never going to be enough on that wicket and there were too many soft dismissals.”
The two sides will now face each other in the first T20I of the three-match series on Saturday, September 08, at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.
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