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*Official* TVS Cup, Dhaka Thread
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krkode
State Captain
Dear dear, I wake up and I see this! :wow:
*warm fuzzy feeling inside*
I too thought it was surprising to see Pollock used so late. I would have thought, Pollock, being the only internationally established bowler in the side would have been a good choice to bowl early and perhaps get a breakthrough or two...
Question: What up with Khan!:O Why'd he only bowl 5 balls in one over and leave
*warm fuzzy feeling inside*
I too thought it was surprising to see Pollock used so late. I would have thought, Pollock, being the only internationally established bowler in the side would have been a good choice to bowl early and perhaps get a breakthrough or two...
Question: What up with Khan!:O Why'd he only bowl 5 balls in one over and leave
aussie_beater
State Vice-Captain
What a hiding India gave SA in this match.... feels good to be an Indian fan at the moment 
Khan pulled a muscle or something and had to leave and Ganguly had to finish that over. BTW, who is this guy Dawson in the SA team ?
Khan pulled a muscle or something and had to leave and Ganguly had to finish that over. BTW, who is this guy Dawson in the SA team ?
Anil
Hall of Fame Member
They will beat Bangladesh even if they play blind-folded, but in the final against India, they should really bring Pollock back as the opening bowler. He is just the kind of line-and-length bowler who can stifle the free-scoring ways of the Indian batsmen. Experimentation is all very well, but in a side with mostly inexperienced bowlers, the best and most established bowler should lead the way.
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
Where did Graeme Smith get the idea that it would be a good idea to bowl himself rather than bowling out Pollock?
Oh, and Charl Willoughby doesn't seem too impressive.
Alan Dawson - played in the Champions Trophy, 33-year-old seamer for Western Province. ODI debut v England in 98/99 at Dhaka. Six ODIs, 7 wickets @ 35.85
FC: 1882 runs @ 22.95 incl. a century, 232 wkts @ 26.32
OD: 739 runs @ 16.79, 166 wkts @ 20.38
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A quickish medium swing bowler who has put in a few surprise performances over the last few seasons for Western Province, but has also impressed with his ability to play useful innings in the 20s and 30s. Although regarded predominantly as a limited-overs specialist, Dawson is quite capable of holding his own in the four day arena. However, he has had to compete with the likes of Schultz, Pringle, Matthews and Simons for a bowling spot in the Western Province team, and may find things more difficult with the arrival of former Free State swing bowler, Bradley Player.
Thanks: Eitan Prince (eitan@rucus.ac.za)
Only South African to come out of today with any credit whatsoever!
Hmm, now I've got to fashion a match report from this.
"The South African top order was torn apart by the electric pace of Ajit Agarkar..."
Oh, and Charl Willoughby doesn't seem too impressive.
Alan Dawson - played in the Champions Trophy, 33-year-old seamer for Western Province. ODI debut v England in 98/99 at Dhaka. Six ODIs, 7 wickets @ 35.85
FC: 1882 runs @ 22.95 incl. a century, 232 wkts @ 26.32
OD: 739 runs @ 16.79, 166 wkts @ 20.38
Cricinfo Profile
A quickish medium swing bowler who has put in a few surprise performances over the last few seasons for Western Province, but has also impressed with his ability to play useful innings in the 20s and 30s. Although regarded predominantly as a limited-overs specialist, Dawson is quite capable of holding his own in the four day arena. However, he has had to compete with the likes of Schultz, Pringle, Matthews and Simons for a bowling spot in the Western Province team, and may find things more difficult with the arrival of former Free State swing bowler, Bradley Player.
Thanks: Eitan Prince (eitan@rucus.ac.za)
Only South African to come out of today with any credit whatsoever!
Hmm, now I've got to fashion a match report from this.
"The South African top order was torn apart by the electric pace of Ajit Agarkar..."
Langeveldt
Soutie
aussie_beater said:What a hiding India gave SA in this match.... feels good to be an Indian fan at the moment
You wont find a comment from the only SA fan on the boards, words have just failed him
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
My match report...
INDIA OUTCLASS SOUTH AFRICANS
An unbeaten 95 from Mohammad Kaif anchored India to an impressive 4/307 in the Bangabandhu stadium, and this was followed up by a dismal batting display in the face of consistent Indian bowling and fielding that saw South Africa crumble to 154 all out, gifting India their second big win in three days, and their biggest ever against South Africa.
Debutant seamer Charl Willoughby opened the bowling and nearly broke through off his fourth legitimate ball, seeing Virender Sehwag loft the ball straight to Robin Peterson at square leg, and then onto the turf. No golden duck for Virender, and that was as good as it got for South Africa.
Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag continued to make a solid start, with the bad balls being punished - Willoughby bowling more than his fair share of these. Makhaya Ntini beat Sehwag's bat moe than once, and struck in the eighth over, when Gambhir (18) could only glove an attempted pull to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher. First-change bowler Allan Dawson continued to serve up enough bad balls to keep Sehwag and Saurav Ganguly in the runs, before Dawson's slower ball found the edge of Sehwag's attempted hook, and Jacques Rudolph showed how it was done. Sehwag was out for 37 and India were 2/89 - a few more wickets and maybe South Africa could get themselves back into it?
Graeme Smith decided that slow left-armer Robin Peterson, rather than Shaun Pollock, would be the man to do that, and Peterson delivered a free hit outside leg for Mohammad Kaif to record his first boundary. Pollock was finally brought on and kept it tight, with the run rate dropping well below five an over, until Ganguly advanced to Peterson and deposited him in the stands over long on. Ganguly repeated the trick a few overs later, with his 148th ODI six. Graeme Smith then brought himself on, and had as much success as Phil Tufnell would in a competition to find Britain's healthiest lifestyle.
Allan Dawson's slower ball struck again to remove Ganguly (75), hitting a skier to Neil McKenzie at mid-off. Smith took himself off after three overs for 20 runs with no reward, then Herschelle Gibbs ran out Yuvraj Singh (11), returning the ball to Dawson with non-striker Yuvraj well out of his ground, and missing his bat into the bargain. That was the last success that South Africa had, with Kaif (95*) and Dinesh Mongia (55*) hitting a huge 58 runs off the last four overs. Mongia's runs came off just 38 balls, and Willoughby finished with dismal figures of 0/77. Allan Dawson's 2/46 were the only figures that a South African would want to remember.
The reply didn't get off to quite the worst possible start, but it wasn't far away. Captain Graeme Smith (1) played an undignified prod at a good ball from Ajit Agarkar and only succeeded in helping it on its way into the stumps. Agarkar struck again soon after, with Jacques Rudolph's slash outside off stump guiding the ball like an exocet missile to Virender Sehwag at second slip, who held it, to leave the Africans 2/13.
Zaheer Khan pulled up after five balls of his fifth over and left the field with a suspected muscle strain. Saurav Ganguly completed the over, and was dispatched for four by Herschelle Gibbs. Harbhajan Singh replaced Agarkar and struck in his first over, Gibbs (26) attempted a leg glance, but got a leading edge straight back to the bowler. The following over, Ganguly took a leaf out of Allan Dawson's book, and delivered a slower ball to Boeta Dippenaar. who miscued it straight to Yuvraj, who doesn't drop those. 4/57 after 16 overs, and the run rate was above 7 an over.
Bangladeshi umpire AFM Akhtaruddin then gave Neil McKenzie not out despite a huge inside edge to short leg, but McKenzie (12) didn't take full advantage, becoming leg-spinner Amit Mishra's first ODI wicket, edging him behind to Parthiv Patel, who took it well. Shaun Pollock did not last long at seven. Coming forward to block Harbhajan, the ball got some extra bounce and sat up to Dinesh Mongia at short leg - definitely out this time!
Mark Boucher played out South Africa's last stand, taking 24 off two overs from Sehwag and Mishra, before umpire Akhtaruddin pulled out an LBW decision that Asoka de Silva would be proud of. The ball pitched outside leg and hit the bat, but was still given out. 7/129, and 9 an over needed. A top edge from Boucher off an attempted guide over midwicket gave Virender Sehwag his first wicket of the innings, Kaif taking a good catch at cover.
Sehwag cleared up the tail in the following over, clean bowling Ntini whose attempted slog missed by quite a distance. Charl Willoughby's début ended very flatly with the attempted slog meeting with as much success as Ntini's two balls before. Patel pulled off an impressively efficient stumping and that, as they say, was that. 154 all out, South Africa's second-biggest ODI defeat, and their biggest against India.
South Africa need to bounce back against Bangladesh tomorrow, and for the hosts this is as good a chance as any to record their first ODI win in four years. However, there's probably more chance of Saddam Hussein getting invited to George W Bush's Independence Day party...
India 4/307 (M Kaif 95*, SC Ganguly 75)
South Africa 154 (MV Boucher 48, V Sehwag 3/28)
India won by 153 runs
Points: India 6, South Africa 0
CricketWeb Player of the Match: Mohammad Kaif (India) - 95*
INDIA OUTCLASS SOUTH AFRICANS
An unbeaten 95 from Mohammad Kaif anchored India to an impressive 4/307 in the Bangabandhu stadium, and this was followed up by a dismal batting display in the face of consistent Indian bowling and fielding that saw South Africa crumble to 154 all out, gifting India their second big win in three days, and their biggest ever against South Africa.
Debutant seamer Charl Willoughby opened the bowling and nearly broke through off his fourth legitimate ball, seeing Virender Sehwag loft the ball straight to Robin Peterson at square leg, and then onto the turf. No golden duck for Virender, and that was as good as it got for South Africa.
Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag continued to make a solid start, with the bad balls being punished - Willoughby bowling more than his fair share of these. Makhaya Ntini beat Sehwag's bat moe than once, and struck in the eighth over, when Gambhir (18) could only glove an attempted pull to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher. First-change bowler Allan Dawson continued to serve up enough bad balls to keep Sehwag and Saurav Ganguly in the runs, before Dawson's slower ball found the edge of Sehwag's attempted hook, and Jacques Rudolph showed how it was done. Sehwag was out for 37 and India were 2/89 - a few more wickets and maybe South Africa could get themselves back into it?
Graeme Smith decided that slow left-armer Robin Peterson, rather than Shaun Pollock, would be the man to do that, and Peterson delivered a free hit outside leg for Mohammad Kaif to record his first boundary. Pollock was finally brought on and kept it tight, with the run rate dropping well below five an over, until Ganguly advanced to Peterson and deposited him in the stands over long on. Ganguly repeated the trick a few overs later, with his 148th ODI six. Graeme Smith then brought himself on, and had as much success as Phil Tufnell would in a competition to find Britain's healthiest lifestyle.
Allan Dawson's slower ball struck again to remove Ganguly (75), hitting a skier to Neil McKenzie at mid-off. Smith took himself off after three overs for 20 runs with no reward, then Herschelle Gibbs ran out Yuvraj Singh (11), returning the ball to Dawson with non-striker Yuvraj well out of his ground, and missing his bat into the bargain. That was the last success that South Africa had, with Kaif (95*) and Dinesh Mongia (55*) hitting a huge 58 runs off the last four overs. Mongia's runs came off just 38 balls, and Willoughby finished with dismal figures of 0/77. Allan Dawson's 2/46 were the only figures that a South African would want to remember.
The reply didn't get off to quite the worst possible start, but it wasn't far away. Captain Graeme Smith (1) played an undignified prod at a good ball from Ajit Agarkar and only succeeded in helping it on its way into the stumps. Agarkar struck again soon after, with Jacques Rudolph's slash outside off stump guiding the ball like an exocet missile to Virender Sehwag at second slip, who held it, to leave the Africans 2/13.
Zaheer Khan pulled up after five balls of his fifth over and left the field with a suspected muscle strain. Saurav Ganguly completed the over, and was dispatched for four by Herschelle Gibbs. Harbhajan Singh replaced Agarkar and struck in his first over, Gibbs (26) attempted a leg glance, but got a leading edge straight back to the bowler. The following over, Ganguly took a leaf out of Allan Dawson's book, and delivered a slower ball to Boeta Dippenaar. who miscued it straight to Yuvraj, who doesn't drop those. 4/57 after 16 overs, and the run rate was above 7 an over.
Bangladeshi umpire AFM Akhtaruddin then gave Neil McKenzie not out despite a huge inside edge to short leg, but McKenzie (12) didn't take full advantage, becoming leg-spinner Amit Mishra's first ODI wicket, edging him behind to Parthiv Patel, who took it well. Shaun Pollock did not last long at seven. Coming forward to block Harbhajan, the ball got some extra bounce and sat up to Dinesh Mongia at short leg - definitely out this time!
Mark Boucher played out South Africa's last stand, taking 24 off two overs from Sehwag and Mishra, before umpire Akhtaruddin pulled out an LBW decision that Asoka de Silva would be proud of. The ball pitched outside leg and hit the bat, but was still given out. 7/129, and 9 an over needed. A top edge from Boucher off an attempted guide over midwicket gave Virender Sehwag his first wicket of the innings, Kaif taking a good catch at cover.
Sehwag cleared up the tail in the following over, clean bowling Ntini whose attempted slog missed by quite a distance. Charl Willoughby's début ended very flatly with the attempted slog meeting with as much success as Ntini's two balls before. Patel pulled off an impressively efficient stumping and that, as they say, was that. 154 all out, South Africa's second-biggest ODI defeat, and their biggest against India.
South Africa need to bounce back against Bangladesh tomorrow, and for the hosts this is as good a chance as any to record their first ODI win in four years. However, there's probably more chance of Saddam Hussein getting invited to George W Bush's Independence Day party...
India 4/307 (M Kaif 95*, SC Ganguly 75)
South Africa 154 (MV Boucher 48, V Sehwag 3/28)
India won by 153 runs
Points: India 6, South Africa 0
CricketWeb Player of the Match: Mohammad Kaif (India) - 95*
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lord_of_darkness
Cricket Web XI Moderator
Man AA has been doing well with the ball , must be the no games in Wlcup making him get better
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
South Africa giving Bangladesh a good seeing-to with the bat today - 146-2 off 24 (Smith and Gibbs gone)
Langeveldt
Soutie
luckyeddie said:
Oh, Great...Good to see SA can still play the bat and ball sport
Langeveldt
Soutie
!!!? Can someone please explain to me why Ashraful got man of the match!??? Have a look at the scorecard :!( :!( :!(
Sorry for the ranting
Sorry for the ranting
Legglancer
State Regular
Compliments on a great match report ... Neil !
aussie_beater
State Vice-Captain
I heard that the lights went out today in the day night match between SA and Bangladesh and it was completely dark :P
I have never really seen such a thing happen..... sounds quite scary.
I have never really seen such a thing happen..... sounds quite scary.