Friday, January 23, 2009

SOUTH AFRICA BEAT AUSSIE AND GO 2-1 LEAD IN CB SERIES

Hi guys.Happy to meet you all again with an interesting article.South Africa has beaten Australia in the third one-day match in Sydney by 3 wickets today.Australia got a flying start given by warner by thrashing all the sides of the boundary after winning the toss today morning.At one stage when he was batting Aussie was expected to score more than 325 on board.But poor middle order collapse and no recognized batsmen take the charge while falling wickets,Aussie went on to deep trouble.At a stage they lost 5 wickets for 170 runs and with no recognized batsmen on crease.Finally Aussies got out for 269 with warner topping the card by 69,the only batsmen who passes the 50-run mark.Botha took 3 wickets and Steyn,Ntini shared 2 wickets each.Chasing the 270 run target under lights is not seems to be tough for the Proteas batsmens.Gibbs gave a brisk start and Kallis gave good partnership with him.Albie morkel took the team to the winning spot and they attained the score in just 46.3 overs by losing 7 wickets.Gibbs scored 64 and Kallis scored 60 runs.Albie Morkel named as Man of the Match.The fourth one day match will be on monday(D/N) at Adelaide.Thanks for your time guys.

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