England v South Africa: Alastair Cook hails England team's character – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, has hailed the character of his side for the success in the third match of the ongoing One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa, where the Poms finally beat the visitors by four wickets to level the tournament with two more games to go.
England bowlers gave a decent performance by restricting the Proteas on a tally of 211, with striker http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 collecting four and JW Dernbach bagging three wickets.
Praising the bowlers, the English skipper said, “A lot of character was shown there. It was a really good bowling performance. You wouldn't want to chase too many more on that wicket. We know what http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JC-Tredwell-c1676 will do for us and Jade came in and took wickets for us at a crucial time. It's always nice when we don't let them build partnerships.”
Meanwhile, an effective bowling would have meant nothing if the batsmen had failed to chase the total, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EJG-Morgan-c1419 made sure not to let the South Africans secure another victory by hammering astounding knock of 71 and 73.
The two batsmen helped England cross the finish line as they shattered South Africa’s bowling attack by keeping the scoreboard ticking.
Praising the two batsmen, Cook said, “Eoin and Jonathan played two very good innings. 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.”
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 who was named as the Player of the Match said, “Tonight the pitch played consistently throughout and I could play myself in.”
England’s batting-order is showing character in the absence of ace all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 last month, for irking the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Nonetheless, England have evolved as a unit which was exhibited on Friday as they gave a collective batting performance to humble the raging South Africans.
The two teams will now meet at Lord's on Sunday, September 02 in the fourth match of the tournament.
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