Dernbach earns praise from Captain Cook – Cricket News Update
England skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 at the Oval.
His efforts restricted the visitors to just 211, which the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 contingent then duly chased down at the cost of six wickets, consequently earning their first victory over the Proteas this summer.
Losing the Test series 2-0, and 0-1 down following the opening two ODI games, the home side looked-for a much needed victory at the Oval to keep the NatWest series alive. Their recent lean patch was attributed to many factors, the most significant being the inability of the bowlers to deal with the Proteas’ top-order, which had the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557 in top form.
The Surrey pacer, who took the place of the out of sorts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787.
“He was really good. He's a wicket-taker, and he came in and got them at crucial times," Cook said. "All our bowlers did well, but especially him. He took two important wickets before the batting Powerplay.”
Dernbach had slipped down the pecking order in recent times, but was always considered an important member of the English ODI side, owing to his ability to bowl well at the death. He was omitted from the latter parts of the previous home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 due to a side strain.
However, with Bresnan struggling to find his old form and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 all-rounder Chris Woakes. He immediately repaid the faith and halted the tourists’ charge with some exceptional bowling.
"The difference here was we kept taking wickets at just about the right times. We never allowed them to get away from us, and that way we were able to keep them to 211," Cook added.
Both sides will now meet for the fourth ODI at Lord’s on September 2.
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