South Africa vs. Ireland – Second innings: Morne Morkel and Robin Peterson destruct Irish hopes
South Africa have beaten http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 by a massive margin of 131 runs in an important match of Group B of the ICC World Cup 2011 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The Irish batsmen failed to cope up with the pace and bounce of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morne-Morkel-c77722 and the wily left-arm spin of Robin Peterson. As a result, the Proteas have secured their place in the quarterfinals, whereas Ireland is out of the competition now.
Chasing a big target under lights to dismantle the South Africans, Ireland were off to a poor start as they lost their top four wickets for just 51 runs on the board. The batsmen which followed could not show a lot of resistance against one of the best bowling
line-ups of the world either and the whole Irish team was bundled out for a mere 141 runs in only the 34th over of the innings.
None of the Irish batsmen was able to make an impression on the match. However, Gary http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wilson-c98046 was the only notable contributor as he scored 31 runs off 48 balls with the help of four boundaries a towering six. The most frustrating thing for the coach Phil
Simmons was the fact that majority of the Irish batsmen went into double figures but failed to build upon their start.
Morkel and Peterson remained the pick of the bowlers for the Proteas as they picked up a three wickets each after giving away 33 and 32 runs respectively. Jacques Kallis claimed a couple of victims whereas http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jean-Paul-Duminy-c66758 picked up a wicket
each.
Duminy was named as the Man of the Match for his outstanding innings earlier in the day which helped South Africa post a big score.
After this win, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 in their last group match.
Graeme Smith and company proved once again that they are the most balanced team of the event and it is not going to be easy for any other team to dismantle the Proteas.
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