England start with crushing win
by Colin BRYDEN
CRICKET: BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, Nov 7, 2009 - England started
their tour of South Africa with a crushing 185-run over the Diamond
Eagles franchise team in a 50-overs match in Bloemfontein on Friday.
Captain Andrew Strauss hit one of three half-centuries as England
piled up 294 for seven, taking advantage of good batting conditions
after being sent in to bat.
Stuart Broad struck with the second ball of the Eagles’ innings and
the home team never recovered, crashing to 109 all out in 26.2 overs.
Five England bowlers took two wickets each.
Strauss hit 72 and shared a second wicket stand of 123 with Jonathan
Trott (85) before Eoin Morgan slammed a quick 67 not out off 52 balls as
the innings ended with a flurry of scoring.
Eagles opening bowler CJ de Villiers took an early wicket when he
bowled Joe Denly for three but Strauss and Trott put the tourists in
command.
Strauss and Trott were content to play themselves in as they compiled
their century partnership before lifting the tempo.
Strauss made his runs off 85 balls with seven fours and a six before
holing out to square leg against the medium-paced Ryan Bailey.
Trott took 81 balls to reach his fifty but needed only another 23
deliveries to reach 85, with seven fours, before he was bowled by Bailey
when he missed an attempted pull.
Morgan was mainly responsible for England scoring 57 runs in the
batting Powerplay, which was taken from the 43rd to the 47th over. But
he rode his luck, surviving two dropped catches.
Eagles opening batsman Morne van Wyk edged the second ball of the
innings from Broad to Graeme Swann in the slips.
Promising left-hander Rilee Rossouw hit four fours in making 17 off
10 balls but was caught behind off the first ball of Broad’s second
over.
James Anderson, Sajid Mahmood, Swann and Paul Collingwood also took
two wickets each as the Eagles collapsed.
England play a second warm-up match against the Warriors franchise in
Kimberley Sunday before returning to Bloemfontein for a Twenty20 match
against South Africa A on Tuesday ahead of two Twenty20 internationals
and five one-day internationals against South Africa.
DIAMOND EAGLES XI
R. Hendricks lbw b Mahmood 15 M. van Wyk c Swann b Broad 00 R. Rossouw c Prior b Broad 17 H. Dippenaar b Anderson 11 D. Elgar c Prior b Anderson 04 R. Bailey b Mahmood 15 C. de Lange st Prior b Swann 10 D. du Preez b Swann 16 C. de Villiers c Mahmood b Collingwood 02 T. Tshabalala not out 11 V. Mpitsang b Collingwood 02 Extras (b1, lb1, w4) 06 TOTAL (26.4 overs) 109
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0 (Van Wyk), 2-19 (Rossouw), 3-32 (Dippenaar), 4-43 (Elgar),
5-52 (Hendricks), 6-67 (Bailey), 7-93 (Du Preez), 8-96 (De Lange), 9-96
(De Villiers).
BOWLING: Broad 4-0-28-2, Anderson 6-1-18-2 (w1), Mahmood 6-1-21-2 (w3),
Wright 2-0-16-0, Swann 5-1-15-2, Collingwood 3.4-0-9-2.
ENGLAND XI A. Strauss c Mpitsang b Bailey 72 J. Denly b De Villiers 03 J. Trott b Bailey 85 P. Collingwood c Bailey b De Lange 08 E. Morgan not out 67 M. Prior c Elgar b Du Preez 19 L. Wright run out (Mpitsang) 24 S. Broad run out (Elgar) 11 Extras (lb2, nb1, w2) 05 TOTAL (7 wkts, 50 overs) 294
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-10 (Denly), 2-133 (Strauss), 3-154 (Collingwood),
4-186 (Trott), 5-229 (Prior), 6-273 (Wright).
BOWLING: De Villiers 7-0-54-1 (nb1), Mpitsang 8-0-46-0 (w1), Du Preez
8-0-53-1, De Lange 10-0-50-1 (w1), Tshabalala 10-0-51-0, Bailey
5-0-27-2, Elgar 2-0-11-0. |