http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 formidable 286/8 total in 2nd ODI
South Africa 286/8 in 50 overs
Pakistan’s woes continue on their tour of the UAE as the South Africans set them a formidable total in the 2nd match of the five-match ODI series.
The match being played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi has seen the Proteas hold the ascendancy as they won the toss and batted first in good batting conditions.
They were in for a tough time in the absence of their regular captain Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis, who are two important members of their team, yet it was not to be as youngster Colin Ingram, Hashim Amla and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742 took
the fight to Pakistan and set up a potentially match-winning total.
The youngster Ingram rose to the occasion for his team, smacking a brilliant 100 off 119 balls with the help of 10 fours and 1 six, leading his team to their big total.
The Proteas recovered well after the loss of Robin Peterson, who was bowled by Abdul Razzaq for 6 runs (off 7 balls).
Hashim Amla and Ingram brought the Proteas right back in the driving seat with an authoritative partnership yielding 84 runs. The association was broken by Pakistani captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, who accounted for Amla for 65 off 62 balls;
his innings included 8 hits to the fence.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 joined Ingram and the two continued to build towards a big total scoring runs at a decent pace with intelligent placement of the ball.
AB was cleaned up by Shahid Afridi as he tried to launch a big hit into the stands; he scored 29 off 43 balls.
Ingram, meanwhile, reached his 100 and was soon sent back to the pavilion by a searing yorker by Wahab Riaz that landed on his toe and he failed to get his bat in time.
JP Duminy then held the middle order together with a power-packed performance; hitting 3 fours and 1 six in his 54 run knock.
The South Africans slid a bit in the middle overs, yet they had the momentum to push themselves towards a total of 286 for 8.
They have set the out-of-form Pakistan batting line-up a big challenge and one amongst the top four batsmen would have to bat all the way if the Pakistanis are to win this contest.
Their recent form has been abysmal and a win here would go down as one of the very best in recent times.
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