South Africa vs. England: Stuart Broad seals two important points for the Poms
Chasing a mediocre score on a slow and low pitch, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 fell short by six runs in a very important Group ‘B’ match of the ICC World Cup 2011 at Chennai against England on Sunday.
English bowlers fought very hard and at last snatched a victory from the Proteas jaws. Star of the show for England was Stuart Broad who picked up four crucial wickets to help his team gain two extremely precious points against the hot favourites of this
tournament.
South Africa were off to a good start through Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla and at one stage they were cruising with 63 runs for no loss. England fought their way back into the match by picking up three quick wickets before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 and Francois du
Plessis shared a little partnership to seize the advantage back for South Africa.
The Proteas had the match well within their reach when they were 124 for 3 before England picked up three wickets on the same score to rattle their run chase. Even a late order resistance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morne-van-Wyk-c2025 could not help their team cross
the line and they were bowled out for 165 runs in the 48th over of the innings.
Hashim Amla remained the top scorer for his team with 42 runs which came off 51 balls with the help of a couple of boundaries. Apart from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jean-Paul-Duminy-c66758, all the top order batsmen were off to good starts but failed to convert them into a match-winning
knock.
Stuart Broad picked up 4 wickets for just 15 runs, whereas James Anderson bowled well after a long time and claimed a couple of scalps to help his team’s cause. Graeme Swann, Michael Yardy and Tim Bresnan also took a wicket each.
England would be extremely happy with the victory as they looked well and truly out of the match at the halfway stage. It was also important for England to win this match after their loss to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
With the win, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s chances of qualifying for the knockout stage of the tournament are bright.
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