England v South Africa - South Africa tour of England - 2nd ODI – Proteas clobber 287 – Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 287/5 (50 ov) - South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
In the second match of the ongoing five-match One Day International (ODI) series between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and South Africa, the Africans have amassed a staggering total of 287 for the loss of five wickets, and would now be looking to go one-up by beating the hosts at The Rose Bowl, Southampton.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557 staggered a stand of 89, clobbering the English from get go. The two batsmen refusing to give England bowlers a breather, hit boundaries at will.
Finally, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742 was then sent in at number-three, as the visitors took the score to 121 before suffering the loss of their second wicket on the demise of the number-three batsman, who departed after contributing 14 runs.
Amla was then joined by D Elgar, as the tourists raced to a total of 165, before the latter lost his wicket after smacking a knock of 15 runs off 28 deliveries.
The English needed to contain the South African scoring rate, however, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamisi-Abdallah-c61368 still in the middle the South Africans were heading towards a big total.
The batting duo of Amla and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 then shredded England’s bowling attack, as the veteran South African batsmen remorselessly hammered the bowlers out of the park.
The pair took the score to 230, before the South African skipper became the fourth wicket of the day, perishing after smacking 28 runs.
Amla on the other end refused to budge, as he kept the scoreboard ticking alongside F du Plessis.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 then took his only wicket of the day by dismissing Amla, who walked off the crease after bolstering an amazing knock of 150 runs off 124 deliveries.
Meanwhile, du Plessis stayed unbeaten on 22, as South Africa posted a nifty total for the hosts to chase.
While England’s pace attack was completely overpowered today, spinner Swann was the most successful bowler with two wickets to his name.
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