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Thu Mar 12 RSA 341/6 (50 ov) UAE 195 (47.3 ov) Pool B, Westpac Stadium, Wellington W L AB de Villiers

You should've seen the reaction on the faces of those kids when AB de Villiers got out on 99. Their hero had missed his hundred ! For the UAE though it was pure relief - he hadn't done to them what he did to the Windies. If AB had been around in the death overs South Africa would have surely reached 400. Behardien's 64 * (31) big hits in the last over helped South Africa reach 341 & for the UAE Mohammad Tauqir deserves praise for his economical 10-0-47-1. The point of concern for South Africa would be Quentin de Kock's poor form with the bat who labored to 26 in 45 balls & it will be interesting to see if they stick with him for the Quarter Finals.

South Africa : 10 in 1 overs South Africa : 15 in 2 overs South Africa : 17 in 3 overs South Africa : 23 in 4 overs South Africa : 31 in 5 overs South Africa : 41 in 6 overs South Africa : 42 in 7 overs South Africa : 51 in 8 overs South Africa : 52 in 9 overs South Africa : 61 in 10 overs South Africa : 65 in 11 overs South Africa : 68 in 12 overs South Africa : 69 in 13 overs South Africa : 74 in 14 overs South Africa : 82 in 15 overs South Africa : 85 in 16 overs South Africa : 88 in 17 overs South Africa : 95 in 18 overs South Africa : 99 in 19 overs South Africa : 104 in 20 overs South Africa : 108 in 21 overs South Africa : 115 in 22 overs South Africa : 123 in 23 overs South Africa : 128 in 24 overs South Africa : 134 in 25 overs South Africa : 138 in 26 overs South Africa : 143 in 27 overs South Africa : 150 in 28 overs South Africa : 153 in 29 overs South Africa : 158 in 30 overs South Africa : 167 in 31 overs South Africa : 176 in 32 overs South Africa : 185 in 33 overs South Africa : 192 in 34 overs South Africa : 198 in 35 overs South Africa : 203 in 36 overs South Africa : 206 in 37 overs South Africa : 216 in 38 overs South Africa : 226 in 39 overs South Africa : 240 in 40 overs South Africa : 246 in 41 overs South Africa : 256 in 42 overs South Africa : 262 in 43 overs South Africa : 268 in 44 overs South Africa : 276 in 45 overs South Africa : 283 in 46 overs South Africa : 292 in 47 overs South Africa : 301 in 48 overs South Africa : 316 in 49 overs South Africa : 341 in 50 overs 10 20 30 40 50 50 100 150 200 250 300 50 100 150 200 250 300

When the UAE openers were beginning to get comfortable with Steyn & Philander, AB brought in Morkel & then the wickets tumbled. Morkel was fast & accurate and that is a deadly combination. Shaiman Anwar 39 (64) again showed some class during the time he was at the crease and Swapnil Patel 57 (100) hit a fifty that he will never forget all his life. The Proteas haven't looked troubled batting first but come the Quarter Finals they need to have some nerves of steel. Sigh!

Bowling Analysis — Morne Morkel

Fastest Ball - 92.81 mph | Slowest Ball - 80.29 mph

Over 7th 88.9 85.8 87.7 87.1 89.9 91.6 9th 91.8 91.3 90.1 90.7 92.8 90.9 11th 87.9 92.7 92.6 87.9 87.4 88.5 13th 88.9 89.9 91.3 90.2 92.1 87.8 15th 88.3 88.8 88.6 88.2 90.7 87.9 27th 90.8 80.4 89.0 87.4 88.4 84.8 29th 87.5 87.7 90.6 85.6 89.7 87.7 80.3 38th 88.5 85.7 90.3 82.8 92.2 88.5 92.2 88.8 45th 85.5 86.5 88.1 85.5 86.7 84.9 47th 86.0 86.6 80.3 86.8 86.3 86.1 1 0 0 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0

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Data Source: Cricinfo