http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 (Tour match) – Match Update
Gearing up for their upcoming 5-match ODI series against England, the South Africans claimed a 3-wicket victory over Gloucestershire during their tour match, played at the County Ground in Bristol on August 22.
Having won the toss, the South Africans elected to field first, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Marshall-c1525 (26) opening the innings for their side. Their partnership did not proceed beyond 13 runs, and Albie Morkel (7.1-0-37-2) intervened in the 4th
over to take Nicol out of the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Peterson-c2332, and although Gloucestershire
lost a number of wickets from the middle order – Ravi Bopara (3), skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Herbert-Frederick-Fuller-c65789 (39).
The two batsmen joined forces for a 7th-wicket 94-run stand, which got the team up to 250 by the 48th over, after which Housego was finally dislodged by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Batty-c1728 (1) were both sent back
to the pavilion in the 49th over by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thami-Tsolekile-c2662 in the final over, Gloucestershire finished all out at 261.
The South Africans responded to the 262-run chase with a solid performance, characterised by depth in their batting order, which enabled them to reach the required total by the 49th over, with 3 wickets and 6 balls remaining. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 (10-0-43-3)
and David Payne’s (10-0-53-2) efforts eventually went in vain.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Ontong-c1704 chipped in with 33 runs, in addition to setting up a 69-run
stand with Elgar, which got their team up to 108 by the 23rd over.
Bopara claimed Ontong for his first victim, and Elgar followed in the very next over, sent back to the pavilion by Young. Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613 picked it up from there,
racking up an individual total of 41, in addition to teaming up with McLaren (38) for a 67-run 5th-wicket stand, which brought their team total up to 185.
McLaren was caught out by Housego off Fuller, but coming in at number 7 Parnell contributed another 41. He was the last batsman to be dismissed, by Bopara in the 48th over, after which Peterson (10*) and Tsolekile (4*) got the team over the finishing
line, reaching 262 at the expense of 7 wickets.
Tags: