CWC Match 5 | South Africa vs Bangladesh | The Oval, London | June 2, 2019| Match thread

[zen]

RRR claims another victim 

[putrevus]

Chasing 320 plus in a world cup is almost impossible given the pressure.I would always bat first on flat pitches 

[prinzo]

Glad Amla can't be used as an excuse now. 

[Norman]

SAF still favorites for me. This guy Dussen is clutch under pressure and they still have Duminy, Morris , andile etc. 

 

Toygers must bowl well. 

[vice]

VDD is a good find for SA. 

[zen]

I thought they would send a big hitter in

[Norman]

South Africa are trying their best to choke but Bangladesh letting them off. 

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, prinzo said:

Glad Amla can't be used as an excuse now. 

Why do you think FAF opted to chase, they think chasing is their strength.

[Pollack]

1 minute ago, putrevus said:

Chasing 320 plus in a world cup is almost impossible given the pressure.I would always bat first on flat pitches 

Not really. Finals yes. League stage. Not much. SA has always been mentally weak team. Same cannot be said of other teams. Let two proper teams play each other and score 320+ , you will see it being chased easily.

[Norman]

Finally a competitive game. 

 

Thank you toygers. 

 

[zen]

on such pitch, most batsmen will get a 30-40 odd. then the question becomes, how many balls you take to get those 

[vice]

Are pakistanis and bangladeshis the only grown up men who carry stuffed toys to the game?

[vice]

Bangladeshs choking the saffers

[Norman]

Pressure building. 

[zen]

2 minutes ago, vice said:

Are pakistanis and bangladeshis the only grown up men who carry stuffed toys to the game?

have seen

 

[putrevus]

Just now, Pollack said:

Not really. Finals yes. League stage. Not much. SA has always been mentally weak team. Same cannot be said of other teams. Let two proper teams play each other and score 320+ , you will see it being chased easily.

I don't think so what is the best successful chase in league stage in world cup. Ireland has it 334 in Bangalore. chasing 320 against even decent bowling team is very hard.

[vice]

bangladeshis on a roll. This could be their golden year.

[prinzo]

NOT OUT. missing 

[prinzo]

7 minutes ago, zen said:

I thought they would send a big hitter in

This guy van Der dussen is a huge hitter

[zen]

SA reviews .... but too difficult to chase 8+ an over straight away. the openers could have set SA better .... these guys have to go straight away and increase their chances of getting out 

 

SA survives on this occasion 

Edited June 2, 2019 by zen