England v South Africa - South Africa tour of England - 2nd ODI – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 draw first blood – Live Score and Update
South Africa 287/5 (50 ov) v England 207 (40.4 ov) - South Africa won by 80 runs
South Africa drew first blood in the five-match One Day International (ODI) series against hosts England on winning Tuesday’s game by a huge difference of 80 runs, at The Rose Bowl, Southampton.
The staggering victory was owed to opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557, who while batting first, amassed an astounding innings of 150 runs off 124 deliveries to set a mammoth total on the board.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamisi-Abdallah-c61368 shredding the England bowlers, the South Africans dominated the hosts and left them in ruins.
Left-hander, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473, was the second highest scoring batsman from South Africa for belting 52 runs off the bat.
While it was a sorry tale for the English bowlers, spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 was their success story with two wickets to his name.
Requiring a big total to chase, the Poms had a terrible start to their innings when they lost skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, for nil on the second delivery of the innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576, and the two batsmen prevented the tourists from wreaking havoc, forging a potent resistance against the rampant bowling offensive.
The two piled 64 runs together, before the partnership met its demise on the wicket of Trott, who fell after bolstering a knock of 23. The batsman was caught by Elgar off M Morkel.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 had managed to post 77 runs on the board.
The Poms suffered the loss of another wicket when Bopara fell after scoring only 16 runs. At this time England had amassed 90 runs.
The South African bowlers then collected wickets at regular intervals to add more pressure on the chasing side.
SR http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657’s 45-run knock was the only challenge South Africa saw standing between victory, but the knock was still not good enough to earn the hosts a lead in the series as England crumbled on a score of 207 in 40.4 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Peterson-c2332 all shared two wickets each, while Amla took home the Player of the Match award for his resounding work with the bat.
Both sides will now meet on Friday, August 31, in the third match of the series at Kennington Oval, London.
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