India to face http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in final of Emerging Players tournament
India and South Africa have entered the final of the Emerging Players Tournament played in Australia by winning their respective last league games played in Australia. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 had none.
In the game between India and Australia played at Brisbane, the hosts won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the decision to bat first backfired big time as the side lost four wickets for 15 runs. Both, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jaidev-Unadkat-c1626 and Vinay Kumar scalped a couple of wickets to peg the Aussies back.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moises-Henriques-c2021 added 34 for the fifth wicket, but apart from a hard-hitting 63 from Glen Maxwell, none of the other batsmen got too many and the side was bowled out for 127 in 35.2 overs. Unadkat had figures of 4/8 off his near-six overs.
In reply, the Indians started off by adding 37 for the first wicket, before they lost their first wicket. Yet, they were 60/2 at one stage, and it looked like the game was theirs, before a middle-order collapse pegged them back. 60/2 became 60/4 and the side was soon 121/8 in the 28th over. The momentum had shifted but Manish Pandey guided the side to a win.
In the other game, New Zealand batted first and scored 220/9 in their 50 overs thanks to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dean-Brownlie-c1349’s 82. However, CJ Alexander scalped a five-wicket haul to restrict the side from 140/3 to only 220.
South Africa did not have too much trouble chasing down the target either. They lost an early wicket, but the pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ryan-Bailey-c2383 slammed half centuries each to guide the team to a facile, five-wicket win with more than ten overs to spare.
In the previous games, New Zealand had begun the tournament with an easy win over Australia, while South Africa had overcome India. South Africa then beat Australia, while India came back into reckoning with a win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754. The final will be played on August 20.
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