Tri-Nations Series: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 A script a comfortable 6-run win over Pakistan A
South Africa A clinched a six wicket victory over Pakistan A in the fourth match of the Tri-Nations Series at P Sara Oval, Colombo on Tuesday. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723’s respectable yet gettable 50-overs total of 191 was comfortably chased by the South African A team with plenty of overs to spare and six wickets still intact.
The Pakistani batsmen, who had earlier performed brilliantly against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 spearheaded the recovery with a 64-run ninth wicket stand that dragged the side towards a respectable total in the end.
Yasir top-scored logging an unbeaten 39 runs from 55 balls and plundering three muscular boundaries and a lofty six while Junaid and Asad Shafiq scored 32 runs each. Rusty Theron and Thandi Tshabalala shared three scalps each while Rory Kleinveldt and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753 each took one wicket.
In reply, the half centuries from Captain Dean Elgar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Miller-c53105 helped South Africa A prevail over a top-order tremble and steered the side to a comfortable six wicket win over Pakistan A with more than 10 overs to spare.
Earlier, South Africa A after winning the toss opted to field first. Pakistan A, after being put in to bat first, went off to a bad start as the first five overs earned the side only three runs at the cost of skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azeem-Ghumman-c1112’s wicket. Ghumman who was trapped leg before by Kleinveldt failed to open his account even after testing 13 balls. The other opener Khurram Manzoor along with Asad Shafiq added 38 runs to the Pakistan scorecard in the next 10 overs. Khurram departed in the 15th over slashing Theron to David Miller. His 39-ball innings earned 19 runs including two boundaries as well.
Later, Shafiq and Aamer Sajjad shared 21 runs stand for the third wicket partnership before Sajjad mistimed Tshabalala to van Wyk in the 19th over. The other departing batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281 added 32 runs to the team’s total after facing 54 balls. His 28 minutes stay at the crease entertained the cricket lovers with five sweetly timed boundaries. After Shafiq’s dismissal, Pakistan A kept on losing wickets constantly.
With 8 down for only 119, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 was desperate for a big partnership and that was the time when Yasir and Junaid took some initiative playing innovative shots. A flurry of boundaries from both eased the nerves of plunging Pakistan side. A 64-run partnership between the two helped Pakistan muster a respectable total of 191 before its last wicket fell on the last ball of the innings.
Meanwhile, South Africa A went off to a shaky start as their top three batsmen were back in the pavilion for a combined contribution of just three runs. Skipper Elgar and David Miller kick-started the recovery with an impressive 165-run stand for the fourth wicket partnership that put the South African’s on their way to six wicket win with almost 12 overs to spare. Miller lead his side’s batting line-up with an unbeaten innings of 82 runs hammering seven well timed fours and two huge sixes. Elgar followed Miller with his 106-ball 79 that contained nine muscular boundaries as well. Mohammad Talha finished with 2 for 32 from six overs while Junaid and Mohammad Irfan took one wicket each.
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