Old guy Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 south africa always sour well hope they win my 2nd fav team after india
Feed Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 SA vs NZ T20 : Intense New Zealand open with clinical win More... Intense New Zealand open with clinical win ESPNcricinfo staff 17 February 2012 Wellington: New Zealand's intense performance with the ball and in the field restricted South Africa to 147 for 6, setting up a moderate chase in Wellington. Their most in-form batsman, Martin Guptill, continued his strong summer, scoring his sixth consecutive international half-century to begin the series with a comfortable victory. The target was achieved only in the final over, but South Africa did not threaten New Zealand at any stage of the game. (Scorecard) South Africa came into this match having beaten Canterbury in the tour game, and New Zealand targeted the players who delivered that victory. Tim Southee attacked Richard Levi with the short ball, while Guptill went after Lonwabo Tsotsobe. Apart from the 15th over of the first innings, in which Kane Williamson conceded 26, Brendon McCullum used his spinners and shuffled his bowlers to keep South Africa under pressure throughout. A lot of that pressure was applied by tenacious and athletic fielding, and no one was better that Guptill. Hashim Amla had found his groove, and South Africa were beginning to accelerate, when he was run out by a dive reminiscent of Jonty Rhodes. Guptill had swooped on the ball from extra cover, sprinted towards the non-striker's end, and dived full stretch to plough into the stumps. Richard Levi, who was expected to be the aggressor but was stymied by the offspinner Nathan McCullum, responded to Amla's dismissal with a six and a four, but Colin Ingram gave him no support. Ingram stepped out to Nathan McCullum and watched an offbreak curve and spin past his bat, leaving Brendon McCullum with enough time to recover from a fumble and complete the stumping. Having lost two wickets in two overs, South Africa needed a cool head, but Levi was unable to keep one. Southee hit Levi on the helmet with his second delivery and dismissed him soon after. Under pressure, South Africa's innings lost direction in the next five overs. AB de Villiers was out to a low catch from Guptill, which was referred to the third umpire, and Duminy and Ontong could only accumulate in ones and twos. Ontong broke the boundary drought in style, mowing Williamson for four consecutive sixes over the midwicket boundary, hitting each ball further back into the stands than the one before. Southee was brought back to control the damage and took a sharp return catch to dismiss Ontong and end the partnership on 50. Duminy did not let that setback slow him down, though, adding three more boundaries to finish as South Africa's top scorer. After missing the last match against Zimbabwe because of a groin niggle, Guptill picked up where he had left off. He started by smacking Tsotsobe down the ground in his first over, and drove and hooked Albie Morkel. His best was saved for Tsotsobe - two massive sixes, measuring 102 and 127 metres, over the midwicket boundary. Rusty Theron took the wicket of Rob Nicol with his first ball to end the opening partnership on 49, but followed up with a wide and a no-ball. South Africa's fast bowlers struggled to find rhythm on a pitch that was better suited to slower bowlers, of which the visitors had only one specialist in the XI. de Villiers turned to JP Duminy in the 13th over and he had immediate success. His second delivery spun just enough to bowl Brendon McCullum off the inside edge. Instead of giving the other slow bowler in the side, Justin Ontong, a go, de Villiers persisted with the quicks, who could not tie Guptill down. Guptill got hit on the helmet by Theron, and saw both Kane Williamson and Colin de Grandhomme dismissed, but hung around to see New Zealand through to victory.
Feed Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 Injured Ross Taylor to miss one-dayers More... South Africa in New Zealand 2011-12 Injured Ross Taylor to miss one-dayers ESPNcricinfo staff February 17, 2012 Ross Taylor, the New Zealand captain, has been ruled out of the ODI series against South Africa because he has not recovered from a calf injury. He is expected to be fit for the first Test, and until then Brendon McCullum is likely to continue as stand-in captain. "He [Taylor] has started running and is ready to have a bat in the nets," New Zealand's physio Paul Close said. "He is on track to return to international cricket in time for the Test starting on March 7." Taylor sustained the calf injury during the only Test against Zimbabwe in Napier and was forced to retire hurt on 122. He missed the limited-overs games against Zimbabwe and had been initially ruled out of only the three Twenty20s against South Africa. Now he will miss the three ODIs as well. New Zealand began their home series against South Africa with a six-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 in Wellington.
uncle Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 South Africa tour of New Zealand | NZ won 1st T20 by wkts!!! Who will Win this Series ??? It Will TOUGH !!! This would also be the first overseas tour for AB Devilliers as a Captain.
Old guy Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 tests south africa t20 nz/. odis would be close..
adi B Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 2-1 nzl in t20 2-1 saffers in odi 1-1 draw in tests
saneindian Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Richard Levy- 117*(51) with 13 6s in the 2nd t20 SA vs NZ What an amazing knock by the youngster, fastest 100 in T20Is. Tore the kiwi attack apart with some good clean hitting straight down the ground and peppered the arc between mid on and long on. One of the best ever t20 innings especially in a chase. With the next match at Eden park, it could be fun with even shorter boundaries.
gaurav92 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 What an amazing knock by the youngster, fastest 100 in T20Is. Tore the kiwi attack apart with some good clean hitting straight down the ground and peppered the arc between mid on and long on. One of the best ever t20 innings especially in a chase. With the next match at Eden park, it could be fun with even shorter boundaries. What will happen at AMI ? The ball will keep landing out and we will need more fielders out o the ground to bring back the ball in the field pf play :hehe: But seriously what is the point of keeping bathtub size boundaries ? Even mishits travel for sixes.
The Dark Horse Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 IPL, BPL all PL contracts on the cards
prinzo Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 IPL franchises will be giving Levi a call shortly
Sid Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Didnt see his full innings but whatever I saw,it was amazing to watch.He isnt a slogger amd most of shots would have been sixes on any cricket ground.
~ Miss Warner ~ Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 He played brilliantly, although I would like to point out that Seddon Park is smaller than my back yard... (It actually is...)
shinchan Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 now pune,mumbai will chase him:woot::woot:
skindia Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 hit or miss kind of player like yusuf pathan
OutStumped Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 lmS2xhvWpDY He looks like an alright player. Wonder if he can be consistent though.
Sachinism Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Extremely powerful hitter, but really took advantage of the short boundaries
julianlev Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 The Cobras master blaster shines on the world stage.
Number Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Liked his batting , clean hitting. Most of them are proper shots. Needs to be developed as a no. 6.
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