Imran Tahir will be the key on day 5, believes Hashim Amla – Cricket News Update
Hashim Amla, the premier South African batsman, has said that his side required ample amount of overs to dismiss England on a flat track at the Oval, hence calling for an early declaration on day 4 of the first Test.
Replying to England’s competitive total of 385 runs in the first innings, the Proteas batted out of their skins, courtesy triple figure scores by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557.
The visitors declared their first innings on day 4 during the tea break, at 637 runs for the loss of merely two wickets - virtually throwing the home team out of contention to win the match.
South Africa’s decision has been criticized by some ranks, who believe that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 to bat.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamisi-Abdallah-c61368, who became the first South African in the history to complete a triple century, expressed that the track did not show much assistance to the bowlers in the first two sessions of the day, which meant that the Proteas needed a lot of overs to
dismantle the Poms in their second innings.
"We saw the wicket is good to bat on and we'd rather have a lot of time to bowl and chase whatever we have to than bat on for 10 or 15 overs that we may need later on," the great batsman expressed. "You'd rather be in our change-room without a doubt."
At stumps on the penultimate day of the match, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 had already grabbed four English wickets, after conceding 102 runs.
While talking about the expected result of the match, the top-order batsman said that the pitch has now started to play some tricks, enabling the leg-spinner, Imran Tahir, to extract some spin, who he feels will be the key on the last day of the match.
“There's quite a bit of rough. Even though they don't have many left-handers to come, the rough is always a danger for the left-handers so maybe http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 can get a bit there," he added.
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