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| September 20, 2006 | Wednesday | Sha'aban 26, 1427 |
Kallis confirms class with record
EAST LONDON (South Africa), Sept 19: All rounder Jacques Kallis became the first player to score 8,000 runs and take 200 wickets in both Test and one-day cricket in South Africa's six-wicket win over Zimbabwe on Monday (partially reported in Tuesday’s edition).
The South African captain reached the milestone when he pushed the first ball he faced, bowled by medium pacer Piet Rinke, to mid-on for a single in the second One-day International.
Kallis, who scored 26, went into the match with 7,999 runs and 205 wickets in One-day Internationals. In Tests, he has scored 8,033 runs and taken 200 wickets.
South Africa took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series with a more convincing display than they did in winning the first match by five wickets in Kimberley on Friday.
Zimbabwe were dismissed for a mediocre 152 in 49.4 overs, to which South Africa replied with 156 for four in 27.4 overs.
“We got the rust out the other day in Kimberley, and the boys put in a good performance,” Kallis said.
“We have lots of work to do from here, but it's a pleasing result,” he told reporters.
Kallis said the South Africans had aimed to reach the target in “as close to 25 overs as possible”.
Shaun Pollock needed just two more wickets to become the fifth player and the first South African to take 350 wickets in One-day Internationals but he only managed to take one for 28.
Loots Bosman, who hit two sixes in his 38, and debutant Alviro Petersen, who scored 20, put South Africa on course for victory with a second-wicket stand of 53.
J.P. Duminy, with 31 not out, and Justin Kemp, who made an unbeaten 28, took South Africa home with an unbroken partnership of 47.
The match was originally scheduled to be played on Sunday but was postponed until Monday when rain washed out play.
The last match in the series will be played in Potchefstroom on Wednesday.
Scoreboard
ZIMBABWE:
V. Sibanda c Boucher b Ntini 0
T.V. Mufambisi b Pollock 21
C.J. Chibhabha c Duminy b Ntini 38
H. Masakadza c and b Kallis 5
B.R.M. Taylor c Hall b Kallis 5
S. Matsikenyeri b Hall 14
E. Chigumbura st Boucher b Peterson 30
H.P. Rinke lbw b Peterson 3
P. Utseya not out 24
A.J. Ireland b Hall 1
E.C. Rainsford b Hall 1
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-7) 10
TOTAL (all out, 49.4 overs) 152
FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-27, 3-33, 4-50, 5-73, 6-120, 7-122, 8-126, 9-132.
BOWLING: Pollock 10-3-28-1; Ntini 10-0-33-2; Kallis 6-2-22-2 (1w); Hall 8.4-1-23-3 (4w); Kemp 5-1-16-0; Peterson 10-0-27-2 (2w).
SOUTH AFRICA:
L.L. Bosman b Rinke 38
H.H. Dippenaar c Sibanda b Ireland 9
A.N. Petersen b Rinke 20
J.H. Kallis b Ireland 26
J.P. Duminy not out 31
J.M. Kemp not out 28
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1, NB-1) 4
TOTAL (for four wkts, 27.4 overs) 156
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 6-67, 3-72, 4-109.
DID NOT BAT: M.V. Boucher, S.M. Pollock, A.J. Hall, R.J. Peterson, M. Ntini.
BOWLING: Rainsford 5-1-38-0 (1nb); Ireland 7-0-40-2 (1w); Rinke 6-0-35-2; Utseya 9-0-33-0; Chibhabha 0.4-0-8-0.
RESULT: South Africa won by six wickets.
UMPIRES: I.L. Howell (South Africa) and D.J. Harper (Australia).
TV UMPIRE: B.G. Jerling (South Africa).
MATCH REFEREE: R.S. Mahanama (Sri Lanka).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Andrew Hall.
FIRST MATCH: Bloemfontein, South Africa won by five wickets.
THIRD MATCH: At Potchefstroom (D/N) on Wednesday.—AFP
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