tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41335346564945596352024-03-27T08:37:54.892+02:00My Cricket BlogThis is my blog for cricket. Here you will find anything about cricket which I think is significant. Also check randburgsun.co.za where I write articles for the Randburg Sun newspaper.Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-24579459340104661992016-08-31T10:46:00.001+02:002016-08-31T10:46:16.036+02:00Dale Steyn is back!<span style="color: #38761d;">Dale Steyn made such a spectacular return to Test cricket in the home Test series against New Zealand, that he made the other bowlers look mediocre. While Quinton de Kock won man of the match for his runs on a difficult pitch in the second Test, Steyn took a five wicket-haul and returned figures of eight wickets for 99 run in the match, and 10 wickets for 102 runs across the series. The 'Steyn Remover' has passed famous Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram in Test wickets, and with 416 Test scalps, Steyn's only compatriot with more Test wickets is Shaun Pollock (421).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I previously blogged that Kagiso Rabida would be the deciding factor in the series. Little did I know that Steyn would be back to his amazing self, and Vernon Philander would, in his return Test, heap huge pressure on the other end to force batsmen to play against Steyn. From a bowling perspective, it was beautiful. Our first batting innings in the second Test was excellent, especially when you consider that New Zealand won the toss and sent us into bat. The first five batsmen all scored at least half centuries, including a fantastic hundred by Faf du Plessis. The pitch deteriorated quickly near the end of the first day, which goes to show how impressive and important the innings was.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">There are so many positives South Africa can take from this series, being their first series this cricket season, and playing against New Zealand who walked over Zimbabwe just before it. Next up is an One Day International against Ireland in Benoni on 25 September, and then a </span><span style="color: #38761d;">five-match ODI series against Australia, starting in Centurion on 30 September.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com118tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-45916644802449263842016-08-15T15:06:00.004+02:002016-08-15T15:06:45.757+02:00Proteas must rely on Rabada<span style="color: #741b47;">Only the best will stand out when South Africa hosts New Zealand for two Test matches, starting on 19 and 27 August. The Proteas have lost captain AB de Villiers and bowler Morne Morkel due to injury, which will not help them against an in-form Black Caps squad which is ranked one place higher on the <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/test">ICC Test rankings</a> (fifth).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Bowlers Steyn and Philander have recovered from long-term injuries and will look to mark their return in a big way when they first take on the Black Caps in the familiar Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban. But I believe the pressure lies more heavily on the shoulders of world number seven ODI bowler Kagiso Rabada. New Zealand already have the accomplished bowling pair Tim Southee and Trent Boult, to counter our Steyn and Philander. Both batting line-ups are also strong, with New Zealand's probably better because of AB's injury. This is why it is up on Rabada to tip the balance in our favour.<br /><br />The 21-year-old has shown such great potential. He already has better bowling statistics than Boult and Southee, although the number of matches played is a factor. In six Tests, he has already taken three five-wicket hauls in an innings and one 10-wicket haul in a match. His Test bowling average is an impressive 24.70, and in ODIs he has taken 37 wickets at an average of 21.45. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I cannot stop blogging about this guy. He is the next great South African bowler, and the outcome of this series, and indeed of many more to come, are at his mercy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">This is the South African team for the series: Faf du Plessis (captain), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Stephen Cook, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Dean Elgar, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Vernon Philander, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn and Stiaan van Zyl.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-14764113118541758922016-06-07T15:55:00.004+02:002016-06-07T15:55:42.585+02:00Cricket bat size: What's the big deal?<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering limiting the size of cricket bats. This after the <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.4288px;">Marylebone Cricket Club conducted research on the increasing size of cricket bats, and brought its findings to the ICC asking it to balance the battle between bat and ball. All cricket fans can agree that in recent years, the enlarging of bats has helped batsmen clear the boundary more easily and post enormous totals. Thin edges, blocks and nudges off the bat have also had greater effect of late, and dot balls are soon becoming a thing of the past in limited over games. Batsmen are certainly dominating cricket at the moment, much</span></span> to the chagrin of bowlers. But must this change?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bowlers could be legends in those days – think of Dennis Lillee, Frederick Spofforth, Malcolm Marshall, Wasim Akram, and more recently, Glenn McGrath and Shaun Pollock (my bowling hero growing up). Nowadays, only batsmen make the headlines. Everyone wants to see AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, David Warner or Virat Kohli smash the opposition bowling attack out the park. Sixes have become as common as dot balls. The plan now is to swing hard throughout the innings, and too often fielding teams become mere spectators when a batsman gets going. After all, with the size of bats these days, it is almost impossible for the batsman to miss the ball.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Statistics show that batsmen are currently enjoying the game more than bowlers. Not only are innings scores reaching new heights, but records for the fastest centuries and half centuries are up for contention regularly. Batsmen's averages and strike rates are always improving while bowlers' averages and economy rates are getting worse. Just compare Shaun Pollock's ODI economy rate of 3.67 runs per over to the current number one ODI bowler, Trent Boult's economy rate of 4.81. Boult's average is better than Pollock's at the moment, but Boult has only played in 32 ODIs, so this will likely change as his career progresses. Two of SA's regular bowlers, Chris Morris and Kyle Abbott, have economy rates of 6.10 and 4.82 respectively. Morne Morkel's is worse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is obvious that larger bats have helped batsmen. Is the answer for </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bowlers and fielders to 'man up' and work harder for wickets? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is not so simple: The size of fields has also been reduced in recent years to encourage the high scores match organisers seek. Concerns have also been raised about the safety of bowlers, fielders and umpires when batsmen are able to launch hard projectiles at deadly speeds. If bowlers are able to injure or even cause fatal harm to batsmen wearing protective gear, imagine what batsmen can do when they strike the ball with even greater speed toward less-protected fielders in the 'silly' positions just off the pitch?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One proposal is that bats should not be allowed to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">be larger than their current size (generally </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 20.4288px;">96.5cm long and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 20.4288px;">10.8cm wide). I like this idea. It is already too late to reduce the size of the bats, as it would bring into question all the current records and statistics, and not to mention cause many a future batsman to complain that they were given the short end of the stick (no pun intended). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 20.4288px;">Bats should be restricted to this size, and then the situation should be monitored. If injuries occur, the bats can be made smaller. If not, the situation can be reassessed.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-73923237353086097072016-05-04T20:09:00.001+02:002016-05-05T08:32:35.399+02:00SA drops to sixth in Test rankings, rightly so<span style="color: #0b5394;">South Africa has dropped to sixth place in the recently released <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/test" target="_blank">ICC Test rankings</a>, the Proteas now on 92 points behind Australia (118), India (112), Pakistan (111), England (105) and New Zealand (98). In recent blogs I mentioned that the Proteas are not nearly as good a squad as they used to be. The rankings released on 3 May confirm this. I also said that the most recent performances suggested a return to winning ways.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The ICC is very accurate with their rankings, and takes into consideration how recent the matches were, under the period of review. When the new rankings were released this May, all Test results in the 2012/13 season no longer counted. Furthermore, the results from the 2015/16 season were regarded more highly. Both of these changes affected our rankings. While we held the number one or two spot in recent years, we now languish only four points above Sri Lanka in seventh place. There are several reasons for this decline:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Our greats of the game have retired, or are still playing but without much support from the rest of the team, or belief in themselves. </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">Only Kagiso Rabada and Quinton de Kock are new players worthy of wearing the green cap. AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla are expected to do most of the scoring with the bat, while the rest of the batting line up is continuously chopped and changed as selectors desperately try to find players with enough talent, consistency and mental strength to perform. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The fact that some pundits regard Kyle Abbott as our best bowler is quite sad, as his figures are average, and he usually does not trouble batsmen. The ageing Dale Steyn is usually injured, or when he does play, bowls without much confidence . Imran Tahir is bowling well, but the 37-year-old's age will soon catch up to him. Other than KG and De Kock, no new players are knocking on the door at domestic level.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I believe that our new Test ranking is accurate. We are on the bottom half of the table. But I also believe that we can once again become a force to be reckoned with. It does not happen overnight, and must start at the domestic, schools and U19 levels.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-22483898019835743032016-04-04T08:34:00.000+02:002016-04-04T08:34:30.622+02:00The best team won the World Cup<span style="color: red;">The West Indies won the <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20" target="_blank">ICC World Twenty 20 India 2016</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> after they beat England in the final on 3 March. This World Cup was a topsy turvy one, with </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">surprises </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">and </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">upsets</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> throughout. Yet t</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">he winners proved that they were the best team in the tournament, showing up their opponents on all fronts (except when they lost to Afghanistan). From the start, the Windies proved that they were a force to be reckoned with, and were fiercely determined to win. Now they are the first team to win the T20 World Cup twice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: red;">With bat, the Windies proved that they could destroy any bowling lineup – despite Kieron Pollard not playing in the tournament, and Chris Gayle getting out early in most of the matches. The mere fact that their number eight batsman, Carlos Brathwaite, hit four sixes in a row in the last over in the final, under inconceivable pressure, to win the World Cup – shows that anything is possible for this team.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: red;">While West Indies did not have the most impressive bowling attack, their bowlers were clever. They varied their bouncers, yorkers and slower balls throughout the tournament, always leaving the batsmen guessing. The spinner always came on at the right time, and bowling changes suited the stage of the innings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">While not perfect in the field, the West Indies were no worse than than any other team in a tournament which saw too many dropped catches and missed chances. At one point in the final, it seemed that the Windies had left too much to do too late. But the West Indies showed us that anything is possible for a team that believes despite all odds.</span></span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-16461506291941765302016-03-20T18:22:00.001+02:002016-03-20T18:48:26.290+02:00Topsy turvy World Cup<span style="color: blue;">Surprises and upsets have surfaced at the <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/fixtures/men" target="_blank">ICC World Twenty 20 India 2016</a>. Some of the jack in the boxes included India being bowled all out for 79 to lose to New Zealand by 47 runs, New Zealand defending 142 against the mighty Australians, and England chasing a whopping 229 against South Africa. Furthermore, surprise qualifiers Afghanistan nearly beat Sri Lanka, and gave South Africa a run for their money in their group matches. Overwhelming pride felt by some fans has been reflected by heart-break in others. In the end, some teams will progress and others will not. It appears that some highly-ranked countries might not make the cut this time, but that does not make the show any less exhilarating.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Right now it is anybody's guess how things will turn out. Teams attaining high scores are not necessarily defending them. And teams slugging out meagre totals are pulling rabbits out of hats to everyone's astonishment. In my opinion, West Indies look like the strongest team at the moment, proving themselves with bat, ball and in the field. New Zealand have also proven that they are title contenders, with great performances. The three that usually make the top of the favourites list – India, Australia and South Africa – have fallen behind. India and Australia have both lost matches that should not have been lost. South Africa's bowlers lack confidence and discipline. They gave 26 extras away against England!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Champions Sri Lanka do not look as good as they used to. It seems that as time goes by, Sri Lanka's bowling attack gets weaker. It is hard to expect that their current bowlers could follow on from where Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas left off. Pakistan are not as good as they were a few years ago – without Saeed Ajmal or Younis Khan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Whatever happens, I believe this World Cup will be entertaining for all. And a little drama never hurt anyone.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-40818766230203286132016-02-23T15:03:00.002+02:002016-02-23T15:05:56.586+02:00The Proteas are back to their winning waysI previously blogged how the South African cricket team found itself in a precarious position after losing the home Test series to England, and appearing to lack confidence. I can now safely say that the Proteas are back to their old ways (beating opponents comprehensively in all facets of the game, while playing with belief in their abilities).<br />
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Yes, the Test series losses to India and England prove that our Test squad is not what it used to be. But after winning our last five limited overs matches against England – three One Day Internationals, and two T20s, to win those series – things are definitely looking better. We will play against Australia next, in three T20s starting on 4 March. To be honest, I do not think we will win, as Australia look very good at the moment, but we must not let this get us down. We have done well to recover from where we were. After that, we will compete in the T20 World Cup.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proteas fans can celebrate now that the team is winning again.</td></tr>
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I took interest in a recent <a href="http://www.sacricketmag.com/making-way-de-kock/" target="_blank">Graeme Pollock column</a>. The SA batting legend said that room must be made available for Quinton de Kock in the T20 squad, event though we won the T20 series against England without him. I wholeheartedly agree with this. A slight injury kept de Kock out of the T20 series, and because of it, I felt nervous looking at our batting line up before each game. De Kock is a confident, talented and aggressive opening batsmen, with sublime timing and shot selection.<br />
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Pollock believes that de Kock is better than David Miller and Rilee Rossouw, and to fit de Kock in the side, one of those two would have to sit out. With this, I concur, although it would be a hard decision. Both have played well for South Africa in limited overs.<br />
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Another difficulty would be in deciding which opening pair to go with – with AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock all able and available. De Kock and AB are both explosive players who play extravagant shots. They have not opened together before, but there is a first time for everything. I think our management should try it out. Hashim appears to be more subdued, but can still score at a good rate with clever stroke play.<br />
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I will end off with de Kock's batting statistics as of 23 February, courtesy of <a href="http://espncricinfo.com/">espncricinfo.com</a>:<br />
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<tr class="data1" data-days="736354" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 1"><b>Tests</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">8</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">12</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">407</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">129*</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">45.22</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">615</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">66.17</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">38</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">5</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">31</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="736373" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 2"><b>ODIs</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">57</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">57</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2319</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">138*</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">42.94</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2530</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">91.66</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">10</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">5</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">270</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">31</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">80</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="736151" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 3"><b>T20Is</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">22</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">22</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">4</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">513</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">48*</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">28.50</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">422</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">121.56</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">57</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">15</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">20</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">7</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="736354" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 4"><b>First-class</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">34</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">57</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">7</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2404</td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;">194</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">48.08</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2956</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">81.32</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">7</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">14</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">286</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">42</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">120</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">7</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="736373" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 5"><b>List A</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">96</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">94</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">4</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3601</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">138*</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">40.01</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3848</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">93.58</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">13</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">11</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">402</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">57</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">115</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">9</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="736309" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 6"><b>Twenty20</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">100</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">94</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">9</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2857</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">126*</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">33.61</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2123</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">134.57</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">14</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">305</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">105</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">60</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">16</td></tr>
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<br />Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-9122192285002430372016-01-29T09:42:00.002+02:002016-01-29T09:45:35.702+02:00Proteas on a knife edge<span style="color: #274e13;">After winning the T20 and ODI series in India late last year, the Proteas suffered one-sided Test series losses against India and then against England at home. This led to South Africa dropping to number two in the <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/test" target="_blank">world Test cricket rankings</a> behind India, after holding the number one spot for about a decade. Pundits and former players are saying that our time as the dominant team in Test cricket is over. Our best fast bowlers, Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander, who have spear-headed our success in the past, now suffer frequent injuries, and are growing old.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Kagiso Rabada is breaking records at the tender age of 20. CC Search image.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Furthermore, when AB de Villiers or Hashim Amla do not bat well, the rest of the team usually do not perform well, with senior batsmen Faf du Plessis and JP Duminy in very poor form of late. What is more, I have never seen South Africa drop as many catches as they did in the last two months – probably another side-affect of our lack of confidence. The resignation of Hashim Amla as Test captain stands as a stark indication that times are tough in the dressing room.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">I believe that the Proteas are standing on a knife edge, close to falling into a dark place. We are number three in the world in One Day Internationals and sixth in T20 Internationals. Confidence is low. But all is not lost.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Our victory in the final Test match against England shows that our team still has fight left. Coming-of-age bowler Kagiso Rabada (20) finished with figures of 13–144, the second best by any South African in a Test match. This is more than just a glimmer of hope for our future. In addition, it appears that Hashim Amla is back in form. He struggled to score runs throughout 2015, but after relinquishing Test captaincy, the super-batsman is playing with more confidence and focus, which bodes immensely well for us. While AB took over the Test captaincy reins at a difficult time, I believe that he can turn the team around. As I said in my previous blog post, not many players can inspire his teammates like AB can, or put fear into the opposition.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">In conclusion, the Proteas are not what they once were, especially in Test cricket. But signs are evident that we can improve, if the players and staff commit to working hard. We have a five-match ODI series against England starting on 3 February, followed two T20 matches. Perhaps we can turn our attention more towards limited overs cricket now – an area we have neglected in the past.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-84493485190751458772016-01-06T19:03:00.004+02:002016-01-07T08:16:58.498+02:00Amla's resignation good for South Africa in the long run<span style="color: #7f6000;">The Proteas had worked hard to recover from being put to the sword by the England cricket team. After losing dismally in the first Test match in Durban, England added to the pressure by posting 629–6 declared in the first innings of the second Test in Cape Town. Something inspirational was needed to turn the four-Test series around. This came in the form of our Test captain, Hashim Amla, scoring 201 in reply. His innings revitalised our team, inspiring a comeback on the fourth and fifth days of the Test. We finished our innings on 627–7 declared, with Temba Bavuma scoring a maiden Test hundred. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;">So encouraged were the Proteas by Amla's innings, that we declared two runs short of England's score, just so we would have more time to bowl them out. And, our bowlers did well. Wickets kept tumbling. England struggled to survive on the last day, only doing so thanks to wickets being disallowed due to no-balls, and missed chances by the South Africans. England finished the day on 159–6, having abandoned the game a few hours early due to bad light. Then came the shock of the series. Amla resigned as Proteas Test captain, saying that for the previous two weeks he had been thinking that someone else could be doing a better job than him as captain. He also wanted to work on his batting.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;">As One Day International captain, AB de Villiers brings his own captaincy style to the squad, and for T20 Internationals, Faf du Plessis does the same. While these two are different people, they grew up together, both playing cricket for their school – Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool</span><span style="color: #7f6000;">. They are both hard-working, high-intensity players who rely on skill and labour to do the job. Yes they are intelligent, and know how to be patient while batting, or place a field for certain batsmen for the situation in the game. But for Amla, it was all methodical.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;">Amla once compared captaincy to a game of chess, where every decision had to be comprehensively thought out before implementation. One could see early on in his captaincy that his field placements were very intentional, much like Graeme Smith's once were. South Africa is going to lose this aspect to its Test game. Yet, I believe that this action will probably turn out better for South Africa in the long run.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;">AB de Villiers, who was vice-captain in Tests, will replace Amla as captain in the remaining Tests in the series, and hopefully, for the foreseeable future. AB de Villiers inspires players more than Amla does, and through his tenacious batting puts fear into the opposition more than any other batsman in the world. AB has shown that he can be captain and still bat well in the ODIs. With Quinton de Kock ensuring that AB does not have to keep wickets anymore, I think AB can replicate his success in Tests as well. He just needs to learn a few things and he will make a phenomenal Test captain.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-64411556455677545082015-12-09T17:27:00.002+02:002015-12-09T17:27:13.900+02:00Was the India tour a triumph or disaster?A crushing 3–0 loss against India in the recent Test series would have left many South African cricket fans distraught, shaking their heads at how such a powerful batting line up had been easily brought to its knees. It would be very easy to forget that the Proteas won the T20 series 2–0 and the One Day International series 3–2 just weeks before.<br />
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One thing is certain: The 72-day tour was highly competitive, with both SA and India being hurt by the other side on several occasions. While the shorter format matches were closely contested, the Test series was one-sided. Batsmen scored freely, as the T20 and ODI series turned into a run contest between AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis for SA against Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli for India. The Test series dissolved into one-way traffic – South African batsmen toiling, struggling to survive as long as they could against lethal Indian spinners on pitches with nightmarish turn and bounce.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Proteas Test captain Hashim Amla will feel the heat after our Test series defeat to India.</span></td></tr>
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But was the tour a victory or failure? I argue that it was both.<br />
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Before the tour, South Africa had not lost an overseas Test series since 2006. In this regard, the Test series loss was definitely a failure, especially as we fell so hard. Man of the series Ravichandran Ashwin was unplayable. The Indian spinner tore our batting line up apart with his intelligent bowling, and use of variety. Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra supported him well, ensuring that our batsmen had no room to breathe. The series showed that South African batsmen still do not know how to play great spinners on turning wickets. Our batsmen were bamboozled.<br />
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Having said this, the Test series did highlight a weak point for us. The Proteas coaching staff must identify it and correct it. India had not played a Test series at home in two years, so perhaps it was an honour to be selected to compete with them, whatever the result. Furthermore, how often does a team go to India and win two series? India is very strong at home, and several cricket captains such as Ricky Ponting and Graeme Smith have alluded to this. Winning any series there is an accomplishment. Thus I feel that we also succeeded in India. Our T20 and ODI series wins showed the world that we have what it takes to also be successful in the limited overs format.<br />
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At the end of the day SA won five matches, and India won five matches. Both sides would have wanted more wins.Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-3060070930285083292015-10-26T15:28:00.001+02:002015-10-26T15:29:19.944+02:00SA are unstoppable<span style="color: #990000;">I previously blogged how India would beat the Proteas in the T20 series, and the One Day International (ODI) series could go either way between the sides. I never expected SA to win both series convincingly (2–0, and 3–2 respectively). Who would have thought? India, the giants of limited overs cricket, and South Africa – while incredibly strong, are too often inconsistent. It was an awesome surprise. The ODI series win was our first in India.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">With the phenomenal form South Africa is in, it must be hard being an Indian player with the prospect of a four-match Test series on the horizon, especially after losing two series at home, and as South Africa is ranked first in the world in Tests. Yes, JP Duminy, Morne Morkel and Rilee Rossouw were recently injured, but South Africa pulled together as a team and performed remarkably in all aspects of the game. Fielding was good, bowling was excellent, and batting was... Batting was out of this world.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Quinton de Kock clearly likes batting in India. He scored two centuries in the series, and out of his eight ODI centuries, five were against India. Faf du Plessis showed incredible consistency in his batting, and AB is on another level in limited overs cricket. Perhaps Chris Gayle is as destructive, but even he does not obliterate bowling attacks as often as AB does.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Dale Steyn is still striking, and now Kagiso Rabada is chipping in big time. In fact, Rabada has shown confidence and big-match temperament beyond his years. Steyn and Rabada each took 10 wickets in the ODI series. So much for spin dominating in India.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">On the whole, South Africa are looking as good as I have ever seen them in limited overs. Who can stop us now? Let me know what you think.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-70716642180264771292015-10-12T19:00:00.000+02:002015-10-12T19:05:12.007+02:00It's not looking good for India<span style="color: #351c75;">After a one-sided T20 series marred by unruly fans, and a scorcher of a first One Day International, India have it all to do in the remainder of the lengthly South Africa tour of India. The 72-day tour saw the Proteas win the three-match T20 series 2–0, which included a play disruption in the second match because fans felt unhappy about India's poor performance and threw water bottles onto the field. The third T20 was rained out. South Africa clinched the first of five ODIs by five runs on 11 October. It was a nail-biting affair, with South Africa posting 303 and the match going to the final ball. A four-match Test series is still to come.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">India captain MS Dhoni will feel the expectations of a nation on his shoulders, as India struggle <br />against South Africa. Photo from www.linkedin.com</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Three wins on the trot for South Africa places the momentum with them, and leaves us in no doubt as to what the state of morale is in the two camps. I certainly did not expect South Africa to win the T20 series, and especially not 2–0. Furthermore, India were batting very well in the ODI, with Rohit Sharma slamming 150 runs. It looked like we were going to lose. But credit to our bowlers. Staring down the face of the barrel, we did not change our tactics. We stuck to our game plan, even to the final over, and it paid off. Two wickets in an over for both Imran Tahir and Kagiso Rabada (in the final over) showed that we have big-match-temperament.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I have to say, it was beautiful watching Rabada bowl so well against high-profile batsmen. For a 20-year-old bowling the final over against MS Dhoni, when India only needed 11 runs to win, must have been nerve-wracking. But Rabada held his line and length and did not step over the line. Instead, he snatched the wickets of Dhoni and Stuart binny, and only gave away five runs. Incredible. AB de Villiers was awarded the man of the match for his 104 runs off 73 balls. I feel Sharma deserved the award though.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The phenomenal innings by Sharma aside, India are not in good form, neither with bat nor ball. India's star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's injury will strike a blow in the hearts of Team India, and with the Indian fans openly expressing their dissatisfaction in the team's performances, it probably does not feel good being an Indian cricketer at the moment.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The second ODI will be played on 14 October.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-52480417283057643612015-09-28T11:10:00.003+02:002015-09-28T11:16:14.854+02:00A giant cricketing clash<span style="color: #274e13;">India will soon host South Africa for a cricketing tour that will last a lengthy 72 days, including three T20s, five One Day Internationals and four Test Matches. The extensive contest between two of the world's top teams will be one of the most exciting of the season. </span><span style="color: #274e13;">The tour starts on 2 October with the T20 series.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">According to <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/test">ICC rankings</a>, in T20s India is fourth in the world and South Africa is sixth. In ODIs, India is second and SA is third. In Tests, SA is first, and India is fifth. Therefore, across all formats SA has an average ranking of 3.33 and India averages 3.67. Both teams are very strong. The tour should be a close affair.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">While India is very strong in its batting, with the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and MS Dhoni, it is weaker in the bowling department, with Ravichandran Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar the only bowlers we should worry about.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">AB de Villiers is the highest-ranked ODI batsman while Virat Kohli is the highest ranked T20 batsman. photo from www.worldcup2015livestreaming.com</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">South Africa is good in both departments, as I have mentioned before. AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla will have a point to prove, being two of the best batsmen in the world (AB is the best in my mind, at number one in ODIs and two in Tests). Dale Steyn will again come firing, while Vernon Philander will look to make a strong comeback in his performances.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">But playing in India is never easy. We have lost many series there, and again India will come at us hard, with belief that they can win. I think that India will win the T20 series. We should pip India in the Test series, but the ODI series could go either way.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-18521848728778649712015-09-09T11:55:00.003+02:002015-09-09T12:08:21.037+02:00Graeme Smith completes his career<span style="color: #0b5394;">Former Proteas captain Graeme Smith has been announced as an ambassador for the <a href="http://www.laureus.co.za/" target="_blank">Laureus Sport for Good Foundation</a>. The foundation uplifts communities by supporting 150 community sports projects in 35 countries. This is a far cry from the brazen 'I do not care what you think' and slightly rude attitude of the then 22-year-old who became South Africa's cricket captain in 2002. But Smith has undergone a textbook evolution in his sporting career.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Starting out as a rather arrogant but talented young batsman who always took on the world's best bowlers without respect, and who never shied from a verbal argument, Smith has finally completed the final task of any sporting icon after retirement – giving back. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Graeme Smith's cricketing career has reached its end. CC Search image.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Just as former Proteas wicket keeper Mark Boucher now supports initiatives that prevent rhino poaching, and former Springboks captain Francois Pienaar founded the <a href="http://madcharity.org/about-us/history" target="_blank">MAD Charity</a> to support learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, Smith is getting involved in charity. Some former sports players take up commentary or writing after they retire, (by the way, Smith has already authored <i>Graeme Smith: A Captain's Diary</i>, which is an inspiring read), but the true sign of a career's end is something given back to society.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">While Smith has overseen a few charity programmes since his retirement, and is now an employee of financial services company Momentum, this announcement marks the start of the completion of a spectacular sporting career. Now, Smith will appear in the media as an icon bringing attention to important causes and raising awareness about matters of significance. Just like every other individual who started out with a unique, albeit arrogant and selfish, attitude, the sporting system has ensured that the outcome is a well-mannered, caring, philanthropic icon.</span><br />
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Graeme Smith's cricketing statistics, courtesy of ESPN cricinfo<br />
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<tr class="data1" data-days="735662" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 1"><b>Tests</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">117</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">205</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">13</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">9265</td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;">277</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">48.25</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">15525</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">59.67</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">27</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">38</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1165</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">24</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">169</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735564" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 2"><b>ODIs</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">197</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">194</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">10</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">6989</td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;">141</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">37.98</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">8648</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">80.81</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">10</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">47</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">788</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">44</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">105</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="734791" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 3"><b>T20Is</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">33</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">33</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">982</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">89*</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">31.67</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">770</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">127.53</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">5</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">123</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">26</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">18</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735732" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 4"><b>First-class</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">165</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">284</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">19</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">12916</td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;">311</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">48.73</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">37</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">51</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">241</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735564" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 5"><b>List A</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">259</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">253</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">15</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">9331</td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;">141</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">39.20</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">14</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">67</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">137</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735736" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 6"><b>Twenty20</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">86</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">86</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">6</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2389</td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;">105</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">29.86</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1941</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">123.08</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">11</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">293</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">51</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">37</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="bowlaves"></a><span class="ciPhotoWidgetLink" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Bowling averages</span></span></div>
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<tr class="head" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;"><th class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px; text-align: left;" title="class name"><span style="color: black;"><b></b></span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="matches played"><span style="color: black;">Mat</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="innings bowled in"><span style="color: black;">Inns</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="balls bowled"><span style="color: black;">Balls</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="runs conceded"><span style="color: black;">Runs</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="wickets taken"><span style="color: black;">Wkts</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="best innings bowling"><span style="color: black;">BBI</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="best match bowling"><span style="color: black;">BBM</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="bowling average"><span style="color: black;">Ave</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="economy rate"><span style="color: black;">Econ</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="bowling strike rate"><span style="color: black;">SR</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="four wkts in an inns"><span style="color: black;">4w</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="five wkts in an inns"><span style="color: black;">5w</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="ten wkts in a match"><span style="color: black;">10</span></th></tr>
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<tr class="data1" data-days="735662" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 1"><b>Tests</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">117</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">37</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1418</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">885</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">8</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2/145</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2/145</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">110.62</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3.74</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">177.2</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735564" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 2"><b>ODIs</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">197</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">43</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1026</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">951</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">18</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3/30</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3/30</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">52.83</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">5.56</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">57.0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="734791" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 3"><b>T20Is</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">33</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">24</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">57</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">-</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">-</td><td class="padDp2" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 15px 2px 3px;">-</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">14.25</td><td class="padDp1" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;">-</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735732" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 4"><b>First-class</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">165</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1786</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1132</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">11</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">2/145</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">102.90</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3.80</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">162.3</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735564" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 5"><b>List A</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">259</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1968</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">1796</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">47</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3/30</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3/30</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">38.21</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">5.47</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">41.8</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735736" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;" title="record rank: 6"><b>Twenty20</b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">86</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">7</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">96</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">148</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">4</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3/23</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">3/23</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">37.00</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">9.25</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">24.0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;">0</td></tr>
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Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-6103462293296260382015-08-07T12:56:00.000+02:002015-08-07T13:19:46.291+02:00Bangladesh – If it had not rainedWho would have won? If both Test matches between South Africa and Bangladesh were not washed out in their recent series, what would the result be?<br />
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The first match was subject to heavy, persistent rain and its final two days were rained out. If that was bad, only 88.1 overs were played in the second Test. Before this, the Proteas won the T20 series 2–0, while the Tigers won the ODI series 2–1. Yet I think South Africa would have won the Test series. Here is why:<br />
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While the momentum was with Bangladesh, South Africa's Test team has learned how to make remarkeable comebacks. Yes, AB de Villiers was missing, while his wife was giving birth to his son (also named AB), but captain Hashim Amla has potential to inspire his team to success. A fiercely determined batsman, whilst very respectful and experienced, he would have led the team – particularly the batsmen – to perform well. Likewise, Dale Steyn would have led the bowling attack with ferocity, after taking his 400th Test wicket.<br />
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Yes Bangladesh have great quality in batting and bowling at the moment, but they would not have beaten South Africa over 10 days. South Africa are far more experienced in Test cricket. The tables would have turned on the home side eventually.Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-87091199409958163172015-07-21T14:40:00.001+02:002015-07-21T14:47:02.896+02:00A surprise in the jungle<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #20124d;">A ferocious monster now lurks in the dense jungles of Bangladesh, as Pakistanis, Indians and now South Africans can attest to. For decades, the beast that prowled the small Asian country, was too small to catch substantial prey. Its teeth were blunt and its fangs too short. But sometime in the last three months, this creature underwent a metamorphosis, changing into something far scarier.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">This beast has developed a greater appetite, as well as the means with which to catch and kill larger prey. Soon this new appetite will force the creature to go hunting overseas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I am talking, of course, of an awakening in the Bangladesh cricket team. ODI series victories against Pakistan, India and South Africa are demonstrative of an ascension in the Tigers. Not only has the arrival of wonder-kids Mustafizur Rahman (in bowling) and Soumya Sarkar (in batting) bolstered the team, but every other player seems to be playing twice as well as he did before. The result is impressive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; text-align: justify;">No longer will Bangladesh be seen as the underdogs, or the easy win. International teams will have to completely rethink how they plan to beat the Tigers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I will conclude with three questions:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">- How long will this show of form last?</span></div>
<span style="color: #20124d; text-align: justify;">- Couldn't the Tigers have improved before the World Cup in February and March?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">- Will they pick themselves up after an inevitable setback in the future?</span></div>
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Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-18392506251617059792015-04-24T14:28:00.004+02:002015-04-24T14:37:37.710+02:00South Africans shine for Delhi<span style="color: red;">South African cricket players, and coach Gary Kirsten, are at the forefront of a Delhi Daredevils revival. The Indian Premiere League (IPL) team is currently fourth out of eight on the log in this year's tournament, as of 24 April. They have three wins and three losses, but seem to be improving from last season's dismal display. This is largely in thanks to JP Duminy, Proteas player, and Delhi captain.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Duminy has batted well thus far, scoring 207 runs at an average of 51.75 and strike rate of 129. He has scored two half-centuries. Duminy has also taken seven wickets with the ball at an average of 10.28 and economy of eight. Duminy seems to inspire his players to perform, and his great fielding helps in that regard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Imran Tahir is also the leading wicket taker in this IPL. He has 13 wickets at an average of 14.23 and economy of 7.7. Tahir is attacking the batsmen's wickets and reaping the reward. A few full and wide balls of his have been punished, but his accuracy has been excellent lately. With Indian spinner Amit Mishra also in the team not doing nearly as well as Tahir (six wickets at 25.83), it highlights the form Tahir finds himself in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Of course, Gary Kirsten must be doing something right to rally the team from two initial losses to three wins in the next four games. Kirsten's work with the national Indian team in their 2011 world cup win was highly praised, and his period with the Proteas also saw us attain and hold the number one Test spot. It is safe to say that his strategies and approach benefit the Delhi team.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Albie Morkel has only played one match for Delhi so far. But his 73 not out off 55 balls came as a beautiful surprise to me. It was a momento of the player he used to be, and, maybe could be again. Quinton de Kock has not yet played for Delhi this season.</span></div>
Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-87336998254167056012015-03-24T12:48:00.001+02:002015-03-24T12:49:05.548+02:00It is hard being a Proteas fan<span style="color: #783f04;">The first thing a colleague said to me after the Proteas lost in the semi final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 to New Zealand, was, "There they choke again. They are chokers." It is an opinion held by many South African cricket fans, and the issue is addressed by the Proteas players and staff themselves. The Proteas have never progressed past the semi final stage at a world cup, and are perceived to play below par in must-win world cup matches.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Thus it is exasperating being a Proteas fan. Every time a world cup comes round, and even a T20 world cup, we all get excited that maybe this could be our time. Without fail, we are disappointed. Am I saying that the Proteas' chokers label is accurate? I do not know. All I can say is that, although New Zealand have a very skillful and hard working team this time round, we batted and bowled very well but our fielding in the last overs almost certainly cost us the match.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Du Plessis had called for a catch he could not reach, even when Hashim Amla was ready nearby. The ball landed between them. Then, Farhaan Behardien was poised for a catch when JP Duminy came out of nowhere and dived into him. It appeared that Behardien had already dropped the ball before Duminy arrived, but when a player is approaching like that it can distract you as a fielder. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">It was New Zealand who also ended our world cup dreams in 2011. For them, this is an opportunity to be rugby and cricket world champions at the same time. What a dream come true. With regards to the Proteas, foolish fans such as myself will have to wait another four years. We will wait, as time builds up our hope again.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-18338054970432182032015-02-27T14:29:00.000+02:002015-02-27T14:29:17.318+02:00AB – Nobody is better<span style="color: #274e13;">There is no better batsman in the world right now than AB de Villiers. The guy is pure genius. His 162 not out off 66 balls demoralised the West Indies team on 27 February, allowing the Proteas to crush them by 257 runs in their World Cup group match. His innings included the world's fasted One Day International 150, and second fasted World Cup 100. What a privilege to have him in South Africa's team, and even better to have him as our ODI captain. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">As good as Hashim Amla and Virat Kohli are as batsmen (they are ranked second and third in the world in ODIs according to the <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/player-rankings/overview">ICC</a>), they cannot contend with the brilliance of AB. His innings are characterised by indomitable determination, unbeatable (although uncanny) technique, and innovative stroke play. Furthermore, AB is probably the best fielder in the world. He is lightning quick and has enacted many run outs and great catches. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">I am glad that Quinton de Kock is currently our wicketkeeper. Not just because AB can captain without trying to keep wickets at the same time, but also so AB can be in the field. 2015 has been an incredible year for AB, with him also scoring the fastest ODI 100 of all time (off 31 balls). His statistics are actually improving, despite his age of 31 years. In conclusion, AB is the best batsman in the world and has done SA proud. If he cannot lead us to our first World Cup trophy, who can?</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-15196766250626306982015-02-18T16:34:00.004+02:002015-02-18T16:37:46.187+02:00SA on course in the World Cup<span style="color: blue;">The Proteas are on course to do well in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. We may have only played one match so far, but the way we performed bodes well. We beat Zimbabwe by 62 runs on 15 February. It was through brilliant centuries by David Miller (138 off 92 balls not out) and JP Duminy (115 off 100 not out), an excellent bowling performance by Imran Tahir (three wickets for 36 runs) and fielding by AB de Villiers (three catches and a run out).</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We scored 339–4 in our 50 overs and Zimbabwe did well to reach 277 all out. It was a tough game, but a good one because we were tested in all departments and passed with flying colours. When batting, we lost wickets early, but recovered to set a great score. When bowling, we were made to work hard for our wickets and were disciplined (although we gave 22 extras). The Zimbabweans had to work for their runs. Then in the field, our only dropped catches went down because they were incredibly difficult ones to take. AB de Villiers took one of the best catches I have seen to dismiss Solomon Mire.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Our next match will be played against India on 22 February. India recently beat Pakistan by 76 runs and their morale will be very high. They are a great team and will be very difficult to beat. Then we will play the West Indies on 27 February. The Windies recently lost to Ireland by four wickets, and their morale will be low. However, they will be determined to progress through the group stage, and will play hard against us.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-44699224108381025132015-02-09T10:50:00.001+02:002015-02-09T10:53:12.526+02:00Do our bowlers have what it takes?<span style="color: #990000;">In my last blog I said that the Proteas' bowling attack is its problem in One Day Internationals (ODIs). If South Africa are to do well in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, I believe that our bowling will need to be much better than it has been in recent months. In Tests we are great, but in ODIs our bowling is mediocre. Our death bowling is especially poor, with bowlers carelessly giving runs away in the final overs of an innings. We bowl too wide, too many half volleys, and not enough yorkers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Imran Tahir is not the world's best spinner. But I like him. He is always trying to take a wicket, and his passion is contagious. Our backup spinner, Aaron Phangiso, has his moments but is usually average. With the hard pitches in Australia and New Zealand, it would have been better to leave him out the squad and let JP Duminy play the role of backup spinner.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Our biggest problem is the fast bowling department. Dale Steyn is always difficult to score off, with pace, away swing and reverse swing. Vernon Philander is accurate and moves the ball well. These two do not bowl many yorkers but they take wickets and keep the runs down. The rest, not so much. Morne Morkel began his career as a positive, tall fast bowler with lots of potential. He was good at first. Now he gives lots of runs away and takes few wickets.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I thought that Kyle Abbott would be better in the international ring, but he has been very expensive. Wayne Parnell is not a good all-rounder. He does not bowl well and he does not bat well. Between him and Morne Morkel, I do not know who bowls more wides and gives more runs away.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">To answer the question this blog post is headlined, I think that our bowling will have to improve for us to have a chance at taking this year's World Cup. In fact, they will have to be about 40 per cent better than they currently are.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-3525641972647915162015-01-31T17:48:00.002+02:002015-01-31T17:52:19.439+02:00The Proteas and the World CupThe <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is so close now </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">(it starts on 14 February)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">it is impossible not to get excited. Every time the World Cup comes around, we as South Africans ask ourselves the same old questions: <i>How will we do this time? Will the Proteas choke again?</i> The Proteas have an average record in World Cups, reaching three semi-finals in seven tournaments. Our best finishing place was third, and our worst was eighth. For a team that has usually been ranked in the top four in the world, we perhaps have not done well enough in the World Cup.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Every four years we wonder if this will be the occasion when our players will show the world how good they are, and go all the way. But to win the World Cup is not easy. A team has to have performed consistently (for about a month and a half) with the bat, the ball and in the field. Proteas Coach Russell Domingo recently said in an interview that he hopes South Africa will do better at the end of the tournament. This is where we have failed in the past, with so many bad semi and quarter-final performances.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">But we are ranked third in the world in One Day Internationals at the moment. We also have AB de Villiers in first place as ODI batsman in the world, Hashim Amla in third and (a surprise to me when I saw) Quinton de Kock in seventh place. Recent centuries by Rilee Rossouw and David Miller, and the class we know that JP Duminy has, we can be happy with our batting. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Of course our fielding is very good at the moment. Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Rilee Rossouw, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy are very quick on the ball, and make batsman pause before trying to sneak a single.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Our bowling department is the problem. I would like to go into this at more depth another time, but although Dale Steyn is third in the world, and Morne Morkel in ninth (somehow!), our bowling has been bad lately. In my opinion Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander are our only good seam bowlers. Imran Tahir is an on-and-off spinner, but usually reliable. The rest are mediocre. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Having said that, I can barely wait for the World Cup to start, and for the Proteas to throw that monkey off their shoulders.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-69250120378777896502015-01-23T13:15:00.001+02:002015-01-23T13:17:04.215+02:00Australia to win the World Cup<span style="color: #274e13;">I think that the team with the most chance to win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> is Australia. Many fans will point to the the class in the Indian batting lineup. Especially as the team won the last World Cup. In response I will highlight their bowling attack. Many will point to South Africa's recent success against the West Indies. I will highlight our past failures at the World Cup and a lack of consistency in One Day Internationals in recent years. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #bf9000; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><b>Australia will be playing at home, and the talent and experience in their squad will make them strong favourites.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">The pitches in Australia and New Zealand favour fast bowlers and attacking batsmen. Australia has exactly that. Mitchell Starc has burst onto the scene as a deadly fast bowler. The 24-year-old has already taken 59 ODI wickets at an average of 20.11 and economy of 4.97. Pat Cummins is another young bowler with very fast pace and skill, and James Faulkner is a great death bowler. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">The batsmen in the team should be of even more concern to opposition teams. Aaron Finch and David Warner are a deadly opening combination. Both are aggressive, and if either stays in for more than 30 overs, the team will probably set a total of 300+. If Michael Clarke (33) recovers from his injury he will be the most experienced player in the team. He has scored 7 762 ODI runs at an average of 44.86. George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell can provide great end-of-innings smashing, while Brad Haddin brings much experience.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">As of 23 January Australia is ranked fourth in the world in ODIs, according to the <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup-2015/teams">International Cricket Council rankings</a>. England is first, South Africa is second and India is third. Australia have also won the World Cup the most number of times, which is four times.</span></span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-68066716451148878282015-01-15T12:30:00.000+02:002015-01-15T12:30:28.059+02:00Tide turns against the Caribbean<span style="color: purple;">I blogged in December that South Africa would beat the West Indies in their Test series, but the Caribbean side would win the T20 International series. I was correct. I also said that the One Day International series could go either way. I've changed my mind.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">When the Proteas won the Test series 2–0 it was no surprise, although the West Indies pushed us hard in the second Test. Losing the T20I International series 2–1 was expected. But the Proteas showed determination to make our highest T20I score (231) in the second match, and put in a good all-round performance in the third match to win back some pride. After our victory in the third T20I, I think that momentum has shifted towards us, and with the return of some of our best cricketers, I am 70% certain we will win the ODI series.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Dale Steyn, JP Duminy and Vernon Philander come back to the playing 11. This will bolster the Proteas, while I think the West Indies squad will be pretty tired after a long tour. The five ODIs will be played in a short space of time (16, 18, 21, 25 and 28 January). This will demand a lot from the players.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 to start in less than one month, both sides will see this series as preparation, and want to make sure they know what their strengths and weaknesses are. A win would also boost their confidence. But I think SA will take it. We are better rested and have our best players back.</span>Nicholas Zaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18324997013192061414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133534656494559635.post-25787438104964421812015-01-12T14:49:00.003+02:002015-01-12T14:55:10.615+02:00Alviro – A player of the past<span style="color: #783f04;">Alviro Petersen (34) recently announced his decision to retire from international cricket. This will come into effect from 01 April. The Proteas opening batsman made his Test match debut for South Africa in February 2010, in India. He scored 100 in his first innings.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Alviro Petersen did the right thing by retiring from international cricket now. Photo taken from www.allthingsjabu.co.za</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">For me, Petersen joined the national side when we were struggling to find good opening batsmen. He did well. His respectable performances seemed like an answer to our need. Establishing himself as a reliable Test opener, he attacked from early on in his innings, slowed down later, and often finished on a good score.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">But as with every cricketer, as the years went on he struggled more and more to turn out the good performances we saw from him in the past. The inevitable effect of time influenced his career, and his batting average dropped to less than 40. Then it dropped to the mid thirties, where it will probably stay forever.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Do not misunderstand me. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Alviro Petersen open the batting for South Africa. He displayed great technique and played with confidence. He also played very well for the bizhub Highveld Lions, the domestic cricket team in Johannesburg. I will miss Petersen. But it is time for him to go.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Even the greats Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar had to retire when they could not go on. It is part of life. The spirit may endure but the body and mind will eventually fail. Farewell Alviro Peterson and thanks for five years of good cricket.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Below are Alviro Petersen's statistics as of 12 January 2015:</span><br />
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<tr class="data1" data-days="735969" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Tests</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">36</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">64</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">4</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">2093</span></td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">182</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">34.88</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">4044</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">51.75</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">5</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">8</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">256</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">12</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">31</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735440" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">ODIs</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">21</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">19</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">504</span></td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">80</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">28.00</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">610</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">82.62</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">4</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">54</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">3</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">5</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="734277" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">T20Is</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">2</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">2</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">14</span></td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">8</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">7.00</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">19</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">73.68</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735969" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">First-class</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">188</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">330</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">17</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">12191</span></td><td class="padAst" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">210</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">38.94</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">35</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">50</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">148</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735897" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">List A</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">168</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">161</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">11</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">5083</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">145*</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">33.88</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">7</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">31</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">64</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735925" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Twenty20</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">109</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">103</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">17</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">2445</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">84*</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">28.43</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">2005</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">121.94</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">16</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">231</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">59</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">53</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
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<tr class="head" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;"><th class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px; text-align: left;" title="class name"><span style="color: #783f04;"><b></b></span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="matches played"><span style="color: #783f04;">Mat</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="innings bowled in"><span style="color: #783f04;">Inns</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="balls bowled"><span style="color: #783f04;">Balls</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="runs conceded"><span style="color: #783f04;">Runs</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="wickets taken"><span style="color: #783f04;">Wkts</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="best innings bowling"><span style="color: #783f04;">BBI</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="best match bowling"><span style="color: #783f04;">BBM</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="bowling average"><span style="color: #783f04;">Ave</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="economy rate"><span style="color: #783f04;">Econ</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="bowling strike rate"><span style="color: #783f04;">SR</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="four wkts in an inns"><span style="color: #783f04;">4w</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="five wkts in an inns"><span style="color: #783f04;">5w</span></th><th nowrap="nowrap" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 3px 3px;" title="ten wkts in a match"><span style="color: #783f04;">10</span></th></tr>
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<tr class="data1" data-days="735969" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Tests</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">36</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">7</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">114</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">62</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1/2</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1/2</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">62.00</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">3.26</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">114.0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735440" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">ODIs</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">21</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">6</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">7</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td class="padDp2" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 15px 2px 3px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">7.00</span></td><td class="padDp1" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="734277" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">T20Is</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">2</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td class="padDp2" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 15px 2px 3px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td class="padDp2" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 15px 2px 3px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td class="padDp1" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 9px 2px 3px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">-</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735969" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">First-class</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">188</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1582</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">809</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">16</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">3/58</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">50.56</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">3.06</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">98.8</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735897" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">List A</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">168</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">394</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">361</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">8</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">2/48</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">2/48</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">45.12</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">5.49</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">49.2</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr class="data1" data-days="735925" style="text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><td class="left" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Twenty20</span></b></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">109</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">19</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">199</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">215</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">9</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1/4</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">1/4</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">23.88</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">6.48</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">22.1</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 198); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; padding: 1px 3px 2px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">0</span></td></tr>
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