|
|
|
| October 30, 2005 | Sunday | Ramzan 25, 1426 |
Vincent fails to stop South African
CAPE TOWN, Oct 29: New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent made a sparkling 90 but could not stop South Africa gaining their 11th successive win in the second one-day international at Newlands Friday, (briefly reported in Saturday’s edition).
Vincent looked set to guide the Kiwis to victory before he was eighth man out, with 37 runs still needed, when Makhaya Ntini returned to the South African attack in the 43rd over.
Ntini took three for 29 and Charl Langeveldt three for 35 as New Zealand were bowled out for 182 in reply to South Africa’s 201 for nine.
South Africa’s 19-run win gave them a 2-0 lead in a five-match series and extended their unbeaten record to 16 matches, which include a tie and a no-result.
Their 11 consecutive wins put South Africa level with the West Indies team of 1984 to 1985 in second place on the all-time list, behind the 21 successive wins achieved by Australia in 2003.
Vincent blazed to his half-century off just 37 balls, taking advantage of fielding restrictions and the hard new ball, then played an anchor role as stroke-play became more difficult on a tricky, two-paced pitch.
Vincent, 26, faced 109 deliveries in total as he improved a mediocre career record. In 68 previous one-day internationals he had averaged just 24.33 with an innings of 172 against lowly Zimbabwe in August his only score above 60.
New Zealand lost two early wickets before Vincent and Scott Styris put on 64 for the third wicket off 53 balls to put the touring team comfortably ahead of the required scoring rate.
SCOREBOARD
South Africa 201
New Zealand
S Fleming c Smith b Ntini 6
N Astle c Gibbs b Ntini 3
L Vincent c Prince b Ntini 90
S Styris c Kemp b Nel 27
C McMillan c Boucher b Langeveldt 3
J Oram c Boucher b Kemp 11
B McCullum st Boucher b Boje 1
D Vettori c Smith b Boje 0
J Franklin c Puttick b Langeveldt 21
A Adams lbw b Langeveldt 6
K Mills not out 2
Extras (lb5, nb1, w6) 12
Total (47.5 overs) 182
Fall of wkts: 1-7, 2-16, 3-80, 4-93, 5-126, 6-129, 7-137, 8-165, 9-177
Bowling: Pollock 7-0-36-0, Ntini 10-1-29-3 (1w), Nel 9-1-32-1 (3w), Langeveldt 7.5-3-35-3 (1nb), Kemp 6-0-19-1, Boje 8-0-26-2 (2w).
Man-of-the-match: Lou Vincent (NZ).
Substitutions: South Africa: N Boje for J Kallis. New Zealand: J Franklin for S Bond.
Remaining matches: Port Elizabeth, Oct 30; Durban, Nov 4; Centurion, Nov 6.—AFP
|
|
|
|
