Vernon Philander puts South Africa in command - Cricket News Roundup – March 26, 2012 – Part 1
Another superlative bowling display from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 – ending day 4 with an overall lead of 274.
The hosts began their first innings on 65 for 0 and were well placed at tea on 231 for 4. However, the final session belonged to the Proteas, who made easy work of the tail to clean up the Kiwi’s on 275 - Philander finishing with a six-wicket haul and becoming the fastest man to take 50 wickets in 116 years.
The tourists began their second innings on a brisk note with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 adding an unbroken 75-run stand.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 resisted and scored an unbeaten 80 to help his side post 168 for 5 at tea.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 got rid of the dangerous Dilshan – leaving the Lankans in dire straits at 15 for 3.
However, Jayawardene rose to the task appreciably to notch up a composed half-century but English held edge after they took out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831 (27).
Australian stand in skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Killeen-c79132 punch.
Both teams had to settle for a share of the spoils after the series was locked at 2-2. The Aussies claimed victory in the first game before the hosts managed to pull one back. A thrilling tie followed before the Windies came up trumps in the 4th ODI, only to relinquish their lead in the final game – losing by 30 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 however, was not pleased with his team’s showings, lamenting their lack of aggression.
"To tie the series, especially when in a number of those games we were at a stage where we should have buried the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, it's probably very disappointing."It's a big learning curve for us. We have to get better at those stages because that's where we are really going to grow as a team," said Watson.
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