Cook pleased with team effort – Cricket News Update
England skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, was left impressed with his side’s efforts which saw them take a come from behind 2-1 lead in the NatWest series, following a comfortable win in the fourth ODI, played at Lord’s.
"It was a really good performance again," said Cook."When you win a toss in those conditions you need to make the most of it and I thought we did.”
A day affair at the home of cricket meant that play began under cloudy skies, making the choice to bowl first, a straight forward one. England duly sent the Proteas into bat and looked threatening from the beginning with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 posing
plenty of questions for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557.
However, fielding let them down dearly in the early stages, where http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 finally fell to
Jade Dernbach.
A tight middle-over bowling forced the tourists into their shell, and further resulted in regular breakthroughs. From being 100 for 1, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 slumped to 116 for 4, and eventually had to settle for a below-par score of 220 for 8.
The chase did not start smoothly as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 led the way with a defiant 141-run stand for the second wicket. The former again revelled in his opening role to score 88, while his Warwickshire
teammate also looked comfortable in his 48-run knock.
The final touches were then provided by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206, who smashed two fours and a six to seal a comfortable victory for his side, with 20 balls to spare.
"Then with the bat we had that really good partnership between Bell and Trotty which probably got us most of the way home, Cook said in praise of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 duo. "We came here to win the series, we had a slow start but now it is 2-1 and all to play
for at Trent Bridge."
The win further meant that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 will retain their top ODI spot, at least till the end of the year.
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