New Zealand A v South Africa Emerging Players – Emerging Players Tournament - Match Recap
The 5th match of the Emerging Players Tournament was scheduled to be played between New Zealand A and South Africa Emerging Players on July 29, 2011, in Brisbane (neutral venue).
The skipper of New Zealand A team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754
at a total of 10 runs at the loss of 1 wicket.
The captain held his wicket while batsmen at the other end could not support him for long. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anaru-Kitchen-c1032 was dismissed at duck right after Brownlie left.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Obus-Pienaar-c2135. Broom left at 47 runs off 40 deliveries in the 14th over.
Doug Bracewell and wicketkeeper Woodcock were the last two wickets to fall at a total of 132 and 138 runs respectively, while Boorder and Aldridge remained not out.
New Zealand ended its innings at 156 runs at the loss of 6 wickets while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 Emerging Players were given a target of 157 runs at a run rate of 7.15 runs per over.
Unlike New Zealand, the South African team had a good start as the openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Reeza-Hendricks-c2304 partnered well and their partnership yielded 106 runs.
Levi was given leg-before-wicket off a delivery by Bracewell after playing a sensational innings of 74 runs. The next man in was the South African captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stiaan-van-Zyl-c91407. He started off well but got caught out in the 15th over after adding just
8 runs to the team’s total.
Smuts joined the opener Hendricks who also returned to the pavilion in the 17th over after playing a fine innings of 32 runs off 40 deliveries.
After this fall, no other batsman could stand for long as Smuts left in the 18th over while Bavuma and Pienaar lost their wickets in 20th over.
Wicket-keeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Birch-c1035 remained not out and finished the overs. The South Africa batting line up managed to score only 143 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
New Zealand A remained triumphant against South Africa Emerging Players, winning the match by 13 runs. This was a big moment for the Kiwi A team as it was their first victory in the tournament so far.
Earlier, they had lost the opening match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and 3rd match of the tournament against Australian Institute of Sport.
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