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South Africa v Ireland - #BendTheRules moments

#BendTheRules Moments from the Group B match between Ireland and South Africa

Hashim Amla smashed a 128-ball 159, which is his fastest ODI ton  •  Associated Press

Hashim Amla smashed a 128-ball 159, which is his fastest ODI ton  •  Associated Press

2.3 Mooney to de Kock, OUT, they have all gone up, it is not given out, and they review it. Mooney goes wide on the wicket, angles this across the body of de Kock, this one pitches leg, squares de Kock up, leaves him - there is seam movement apart from the angle - there is a soft sound as the ball passes the bat, and you can see a deflection too. A smidgeon on the snicko as the ball passes the outside edge. De Kock will be on his way. And yes, the decision has been overturned Q de Kock c †Wilson b Mooney 1 (14m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00
5.1 KJ O'Brien to Amla, no run, dropped first ball. This one has luck-of-the-Irish written all over it until Ed Joyce has spilled it. A length ball, on the pads, asking to be hit, Amla whips it, but straight to short midwicket. Bursts through Joyce's hands, and hits him on the thigh
32.2 Stirling to Amla, 1 run, there he is, the fastest man to 20 ODI hundreds. Driven to long-off. Serenely accepts the applause from all around
35.5 Dockrell to du Plessis, 1 run, slower through the air, he lets it come on, closes his bat face, drops it into the leg side for a single that brings up his hundred
38.4 KJ O'Brien to du Plessis, OUT, full toss and he is bowled. Actually more a yorker than a full toss. At least one double has been taken out of the equation. He is making room, KOB stays full and straight, it dips on him to land halfway between the crease and the stumps. He has missed this altogether. KOB gets into a shadow-boxing celebration with the disturbed stumps. A bit like footballers with the corner flag F du Plessis b KJ O'Brien 109 (140m 109b 10x4 1x6) SR: 100.00
41.1 McBrine to Amla, OUT, there won't be a double today. Well bowled by McBrine. He holds this back, slow in the air, Amla charges down the wicket, is not quite to the pitch of the ball, and ends up lofting this to long-off where, some 200 runs after he first dropped Amla, Joyce completes the catch HM Amla c Joyce b McBrine 159 (169m 128b 16x4 4x6) SR: 124.21
41.3 McBrine to de Villiers, OUT, McBrine has two in one over and has put an end to the possibility of the falling of a plethora of records. De Villiers looks for the reverse sweep from the leg-stump line, gets a top edge, and backward point runs back to take the catch. This is the first ball AB has failed to score off AB de Villiers c NJ O'Brien b McBrine 24 (17m 9b 1x4 2x6) SR: 266.66
2.5 Steyn to Stirling, OUT, he has got him, yeah?. Stirling is almost walking, but Ranmore Martinesz has missed his second edge of the day. Short of a length, swinging away, Stirling is squared up, there is a sound as the ball passes the bat, there is defelction, and there is a register on the snicko. This has to be overturned. Fourth bad decision of the day - two each from both umpires. Three have been overturned. South Africa didn't review the fourth PR Stirling c †de Kock b Steyn 9 (6b 2x4 0x6) SR: 150.00
3.6 Abbott to Porterfield, OUT, gone, they have got Porterfield. Faf du Plessis is the man at short midwicket. A length ball, on the pads, and he has instinctively just flicked at it. This is dying on du Plessis, but he takes a smart low catch WTS Porterfield c du Plessis b Abbott 12 (17b 2x4 0x6) SR: 70.58
4.3 Steyn to Joyce, OUT, that's the old one-two. Bouncer has pushed Joyce back, and he bowls a full one at 146ks to follow it up. The bouncer has done it. Joyce stays back, the feet don't move, he plays away from the body, nowhere near the pitch of the ball, and edges it through to first slip EC Joyce c Amla b Steyn 0 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
35.1 Abbott to KJ O'Brien, OUT, O'Brien misses out on a half-century. Abbott has four wickets now. Digs this one in short, from the sound the pull generates it seems he has smoked this, but it has hit him high on the bat and has found deep midwicket with precision KJ O'Brien c Rossouw b Abbott 48 (91m 65b 3x4 1x6) SR: 73.84
#BendTheRules Moments from the Group B match between Ireland and South Africa