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| March 18, 2007 | Sunday | Safar 28, 1428 |
Record-breaking South Africa thrash Netherlands
BASSETERRE (St Kitts), March 17: Herschelle Gibbs became the first man to hit six sixes in an over in a One-day International while Jacques Kallis smashed an unbeaten century as South Africa inflicted a 221-run World Cup defeat on the Netherlands here on Friday (also partially reported in Saturday’s edition).
Gibbs hit a robust 40-ball 72 coupled with Kallis's unbeaten 128 as South Africa's batsmen pulverised hapless Dutch bowling to muster 353-3 in the Group A match reduced to 40-over-a-side.
Ryan ten Doeschate then hit a fighting 57 as the Netherlands managed 132-9 in their 40 overs.
Doeschate shared a 42-run sixth wicket stand with Tim de Leede who made 21, in an otherwise dismal batting show by the Dutch.
Mark Boucher joined the run-feast with a rapid-fire 31-ball, unbeaten 75 which included nine boundaries and four sixes.
He also hit the fastest half-century in a World Cup match beating West Indian Brian Lara's 23-ball feat against Canada at Centurion in 2003 by two deliveries.
But it was Gibbs who grabbed the headlines.
He launched into Dutch right-arm leg-break bowler Daan van Bunge in the 30th over, hitting him for five straight sixes and one to deep mid-wicket at the Warner Park ground.
“It's up there with the best things I've done,” said Gibbs, who was declared Man-of-the-Match.
“I never thought about getting six in a row, but if it's your day, it's your day.
“After the first three I thought I was in with a chance, but I decided I wasn't going to charge him, I'd wait to see what he does and luckily they fell into the right slot.”
| Scoreboard | |
| SOUTH AFRICA: | |
| A.B. de Villiers c Smits b Stelling | 0 |
| G.C. Smith c van Bunge b Borren | 67 |
| J.H. Kallis not out | 128 |
| H.H. Gibbs c van Bunge b van Troost | 72 |
| M.V. Boucher not out | 75 |
| EXTRAS (LB-2, W-8, NB-1) | 11 |
| TOTAL (for three wkts, 40 overs) | 353 |
| FALL OF WKTS: 1-0 (de Villiers, 0.2 ov), 2-114 (Smith, 18.6 ov), 3-219 (Gibbs, 30.5 ov). | |
| DID NOT BAT: A.G. Prince, J.M. Kemp, S.M. Pollock, A.J. Hall, C.K. Langeveldt, A. Nel. | |
| BOWLING: Stelling 8-1-43-1 (1w); Reekers 5-1-35-0 (1w); ten Doeschate 7-0-58-0 (1nb); de Leede 4-0-48-0 (1w); Borren 8-0-52-1; van Bunge 4-0-56-0; van Troost 4-0-59-1 (1w). | |
| NETHERLANDS: | |
| B. Zuiderent b Pollock | 1 |
| D.J. Reekers run out | 4 |
| A.N. Kervezee c Pollock b Langeveldt | 17 |
| R.N. ten Doeschate run out | 57 |
| D.L.S. van Bunge lbw b Hall | 5 |
| E.S. Szwarczynski lbw b Smith | 12 |
| T.B.M. de Leede b Kemp | 21 |
| P.W. Borren run out | 2 |
| L.P. van Troost c Smith b Kemp | 5 |
| W.F. Stelling not out | 1 |
| EXTRAS (LB-4, W-2, NB-1) | 7 |
| TOTAL (for nine wkts, 40 overs) | 132 |
| FALL OF WKTS: 1-5 (Reekers, 2.2 ov), 2-6 (Zuiderent, 4.1 ov), 3-33 (Kervezee, 14.2 ov), 4-47 (van Bunge, 19.2 ov), 5-72 (Szwarczynski, 26.5 ov), 6-114 (ten Doeschate, 35.1 ov), 7-124 (de Leede, 37.3 ov), 8-131 (Borren, 38.6 ov), 9-132 (van Troost, 39.6 ov). | |
| DID NOT BAT: J. Smits. | |
| BOWLING: Pollock 6-3-4-1 (1w); Nel 6-1-19-0; Langeveldt 6-0-22-1; Hall 6-1-15-1; Smith 8-0-32-1; Kallis 4-0-18-0 (1nb); Kemp 4-0-18-2 (1w). | |
| RESULT: South Africa won by 221 runs. | |
| UMPIRES: M.R. Benson (England) and A.L. Hill (New Zealand). | |
| TV UMPIRE: S.A. Bucknor (West Indies). | |
| MATCH REFEREE: R.S. Madugalle (Sri Lanka). | |
| MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Herschelle Gibbs.—AFP | |
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