South Africa all out for 419 against England – Cricket News Update
South African opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Petersen-c1028, displaying temerity, hit a career-best knock of 182 runs, as he spearheaded South Africa’s first innings batting onslaught in the second Test against hosts England.
On the second day, the visitors stretched their lead to 419 runs before they were bowled-out by the English.
Earlier in the day, South Africa resumed their first innings from a tally of 262 for the loss five wickets.
With Petersen still on the crease, the Proteas exhibited supreme confidence, aiming to humiliate their opponents.
With a massive total of 318, the touring side lost the services of JA Rudolph, who was stumped after jabbing an innings of 19 runs.
The South African opener was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742 and the two stretched England’s limits by clobbering the bowlers all around the park.
With the day hanging in balance, both sides were aiming to finish on a high. Petersen's marathon knock ended in mid-afternoon, after which the morning belonged to Duminy, who hit an unbeaten knock of 48 runs off 94 deliveries to prolong http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s stay in the middle.
The partnership between Duminy and VD Philander took the score to 375, after which Philander lost the battle on a total of 13 runs off 20 deliveries.
The departure of Philander, brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528 in the middle, and the batsman did not hold back as he hammered a fiery knock of 19 runs off 27 balls to rattle the English pacers who were desperately seeking the conclusion of the South African innings.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566, who shared two wickets each.
The South African pace battery prevented the English from getting off to a flier, creating enough problems for the batsmen by getting bounce and pace from the pitch. However, they had their run of bad luck as they failed to grab any wicket before the end of the day’s play.
At stumps, England trailed by 371 runs with ten wickets in hand after bolstering a total of 48 runs.
Openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 amassed a total of 20 runs off 53 deliveries.
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