LIVE – Australians v South Africa A: Tour match – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 dismissed early on day 2 – Match Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 early on day two of the tour match against South Africa A at the Senwes Park, Potchefstroom in South Africa on Wednesday, November 2, 2011.
The Kangaroos begun day two of the four day game at 115 for the loss of three wickets. The team was in deep trouble at the start of their innings yesterday, losing three wickets for just 21 runs on the board.
However, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 and Marsh batted extremely well, rescuing the team from trouble. They put on a total of 131 runs for the fourth wicket partnership, guiding the team’s total above 150.
Marsh scored 57 runs with the help of 10 boundaries and offered a lot of support to his captain. He is relatively new to Test cricket and made his debut in the longest version of the game in a recently concluded series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The 28-year-old made most of the chance he got against Sri Lanka and scored a century on debut. He was inducted in the side in place of veteran batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, who missed a match due to his child’s birth in Australia.
The South African series will be crucial for Marsh, as he will be looking forward to cement his spot in the side. He has performed well in batting friendly conditions, but it will be a tough ask to do well on bowling pitches in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 against a quality
attack.
Apart from Marsh, the Aussie skipper will also be pleased with his own performance and will be eying a century in the tour game in order to gain some momentum in the first Test against the Proteas on Wednesday, November 9.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 and seems to
have gained a lot of confidence from then onwards.
The tourists are currently 164/4 with Clarke and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 unbeaten at the crease on 76 and 5 runs respectively. They now trail by 19 runs with six more batsmen to come.
South Africa A’s bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753 was the pick of the bowlers, dismissing two batsmen in the innings.
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