http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 satisfied with opening day performance – Cricket News Roundup – Part 2 – July 26, 2012
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 again troubling the Kiwi batters.
The tourists ended the day on 232 for 4, which saw all top order batters putting in notable contributions. Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 added 25 and 45 respectively.
However, the Black Caps were again troubled by the spin of Narine, who ended the day with three scalps. “I think we're on top and it's going to be a hard batting track out there in the third and fourth innings, so we need to score a lot of runs in this first innings,” Taylor said.
After suffering a moral sapping defeat to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597, said that his side will come out hard and battle for every run in the remaining matches to ensure that they remain the top ranked Test side in the world.
The Poms were defeated by an innings and 12 runs in the opening five-day game, which saw South African batters and bowlers dominating, scoring 637 and taking 20 wickets as compared to England’s 385 and 240, further claiming just 2 Proteas scalps.
The home side needs to level the three-match series to retain their no.1 Test ranking. "In a way, this match has forced our hand," he said."In the next two Tests, we have to go out and fight for every single run and wicket and try to hold on to number one,” Bell said.
South Africa has announced a 15-man squad for the ODI series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692, who has been rested keeping in mind his workload.
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The five-match series kicks off at Cardiff on August 24, with the final ODI played on September 5 at Trent Bridge.
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