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South Africa cruise home in final
Jacques Rudolph and Justin Ontong guided South Africa to a convincing six-wicket win in the final of the Sri Lanka A Team tournament in Colombo
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01-Oct-2005
South Africa A 217 for 4 (Rudolph 68, Ontong 54*) beat New Zealand A 216 for 7 (Papps 106*, Henderson 3-29, Morkel 3-24) by 6 wickets
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Jacques Rudolph and Justin Ontong guided South Africa to a convincing six-wicket win in the final of the Sri Lanka A Team tournament in Colombo. Rudolph's 68 and Ontong's unbeaten 54 ensured South Africa eased to their target of 217 with more than seven overs to spare.
The result was cruel on Michael Papps who batted throughout the New Zealand innings for 106 off 130 balls. However, he lacked support from the rest of the line-up, with Chris Harris's 33 the next highest score.
Full postLast-wicket pair steer SA home
South Africa A's last pair of Thami Tsolekile and Garnett Kruger edged their team to a tense one-wicket win against New Zealand A
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28-Sep-2005
South Africa A 240 for 9 (Botha 54, Bosman 41, Harris 3-24) beat New Zealand A 239 for 8 (Sinclair 64, Marshall 56*, Rudolph 4-41) by 1 wicket
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South Africa A's last pair of Thami Tsolekile and Garnett Kruger edged their team to a tense one-wicket win against New Zealand A as they gained the psychological advantage ahead of the final. South Africa were still 29 runs short of their target when Tyron Henderson was the ninth man out, but Tsolekile and Kruger held their nerve.
The match was a close fought encounter from the start as New Zealand recovered from the loss of both openers to the new ball through a stand of 92 between Mathew Sinclair and Peter Fulton, the captain. Loots Bosman broke the stand when he trapped Fulton lbw, then Sinclair became the first of four victims for Jacques Rudolph's legspin.
Full postRudolph takes South Africa A to final
South Africa A booked their place in the final of the tri-series with a convincing four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka A at Colombo
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27-Sep-2005
South Africa A 235 for 6 (Rudolph 66, Ontong 60) beat Sri Lanka A 234 (Maharoof 58*, van der Wath 2-49) by four wickets
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South Africa A booked their place in the final of the tri-series with a convincing four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka A at Colombo. Jacques Rudolph, with 66, and Justin Ontong's 60 eased the South Africans to a win with 16 balls to spare.
Choosing to bat first, Sri Lanka could only manage 234 for 9 in their 50 overs, as Dale Steyn, Monde Zondeki and Johan van der Wath applied the brakes and never allowed Sri Lanka to get away. A partnership of 50 between Farveez Maharoof (58*) and Gayan Wijekoon (26) ensured they reached a score of reasonable respectability, having at one stage stumbled to 119 for 7.
South Africa's target was reached without considerable alarm, with Rudolph and Ontong both striking fifties in a partnership worth 108. Sajeewa Weerakoon took three of the six wickets to fall, but was treated with disdain by the South Africans and conceded 55 runs from his 10 overs.
Full postAustralia A win one-day series
Australia A clinched ended their tour of Pakistan on a high by clinching the one-day series
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27-Sep-2005
Australia A 273 for 7 (Jaques 114, White 59*) beat Pakistan A 176 (Bazid 95, Cullen 2-13, Bracken 2-15) by 97 runs
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Australia A ended their tour of Pakistan on a high by clinching the one-day series with a superb all round performance at Lahore. Phil Jaques cracked a run-a-ball 114, then all the Australian bowlers chipped in to dismiss Pakistan A out for 176, despite Bazid Khan's 95.
However, at the start of the day Australia certainly did not have everything their own way. Pakistan's pace attack of Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul and Mohammad Asif found assistance from the pitch and reduced Australia to 87 for 4 in the 20th over. Shane Watson joined Jaques and the pair added 85 runs to steady the innings in little more than 15 overs.
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Australia were in the ascendant for much of the first day of the series
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26-Sep-2005
Close Australia 330 for 5 (Ponting 141, Langer 72, M Waugh 55)
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Australia were in the ascendant for much of the first day of the series, as a blistering 141 from Ricky Ponting and half-centuries from Justin Langer and Mark Waugh put a depleted Pakistan firmly on the back foot. But Australia lost three key wickets in the last session, and the match had developed the hint of a contest when bad light stopped play with 13 overs remaining.
The toss proved irrelevant. Steve Waugh opted to bat first and Waqar Younis indicated that he would have bowled first; the first over of the day seemed to bear out Waqar's instincts. On a wicket affording good pace and bounce, he lured Matthew Hayden into mistiming a pull that ended safely in the hands of Imran Nazir at cover (5 for 1).
But Pakistan - without Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Yousuf Youhana - then showed that as much as their batting inexperience would worry them, their bowling indiscipline is an equal threat to their chances. Waqar, Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul Razzaq and Mohammad Sami all had patches where they troubled the batsmen, but were inconsistent and paid for their profligacy.
Full postGibbs leads the rout
A record-equalling third consecutive one-day international century from Herschelle Gibbs was the highlight as South Africa crushed Bangladesh in predictable style at Potchefstroom
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26-Sep-2005
Close South Africa 301 for 8 (Gibbs 153) beat Bangladesh 133 (Kallis 4-33, Ntini 3-20) by 168 runs
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A record-equalling third consecutive one-day international century from Herschelle Gibbs was the highlight as South Africa crushed Bangladesh in predictable style at Potchefstroom.
Gibbs breezed to a career-best 153 off only 131 balls as South Africa reached 301 for 8. In reply Bangladesh laboured to 133 - although that represented a decent recovery from 43 for 6 - with Makhaya Ntini slicing through the top order to end with 3 for 20 and Jacques Kallis cleaning up the tail to take 4 for 33. As expected, there wasn't even the hint of a contest.
The dismissal of Al Sahariar, Bangladesh's No. 3, summed up the gaping chasm between the sides. Ntini dropped one in short, and Sahariar turned his back on the ball while leaving his bat hanging vertically. It skewed off the side of the bat, and Kallis, running back from slip, took a stunning one-handed catch at the full extent of his dive.
Full postMalik and Bazid steer Pakistan A to comfortable victory
Shoaib Malik and Bazid Khan put on an unbroken 126-run partnership for the third wicket to allow Pakistan A to post a comfortable eight-wicket win
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26-Sep-2005
Australia A 204 (White 106, Gul 4-51) lost to Pakistan A 208 for 2 (Malik 103*, Bazid 51*) by eight wickets
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Malik scored an 86-ball 103, studded with 12 fours and four sixes, and Bazid, son of Pakistan legend Majid Khan, compiled a composed 51 to steer Pakistan home with nearly 16 overs to spare. Until their arrival, Pakistan A had been in an uncertain position, having lost Ashar Zaidi and Test hopeful, Imran Farhat by the time they reached 82. Zaidi fell leg-before to what appeared to be a no-ball and Farhat threw away what had been a commendably restrained innings of 27 by slashing to gully. However, Malik in particular, rarely looked distressed, working himself in before cutting loose and doing his chances of a Test call-up no harm.
After losing the toss earlier and being asked to bat, Australia A struggled to overcome fine bowling from Mohammad Sami and Umar Gul. At one stage they were reduced to 26 for 4, before Mike Hussey and Cameron White put on 63 for the fifth wicket. But after Hussey was bowled by Gul, only White offered resistance, remaining undefeated on 106 as Australia were bowled out for a disappointing 204.
Full postMartin demolishes Sri Lanka A
Chris Martin destroyed Sri Lanka A with a superb spell of swing bowling as New Zealand clinched their first win of the triangular one-day series in Colombo
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26-Sep-2005
New Zealand A 238 for 6 (Marshall 68, How 56) beat Sri Lanka A 166 (Martin 6-24) by 72 runs
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Chris Martin destroyed Sri Lanka A with a superb spell of swing and seam bowling as New Zealand A clinched their first win of the triangular one-day series in Colombo. Martin took the first four Sri Lankan wickets and finished with superb figures of 6 for 24 as the home team, chasing a challenging 239 for victory, were bundled out for 166.
Martin dismissed Upul Tharanga (0), Michael Vandort (0), Shantha Kalavitigoda (2) and Jehan Mubarak (1) as the Sri Lankans slumped to 32 for 4. The rest of the bowlers then took over, while Avishka Gunawardene's run out didn't help the Sri Lankan cause either. Martin then returned to winkle out a couple of tail-enders to finish with six wickets.
Full postPuttick steers South Africa A to win
South Africa A produced another impressive performance as they completed a six-wicket win against New Zealand A
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24-Sep-2005
South Africa A 170 for 4 (Puttick 84*, de Bruyn 45*) bear New Zealand A 169 (Marshall 32) by six wickets
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South Africa A produced another impressive performance as they completed a comfortable six-wicket win against New Zealand A in Colombo. After routing Sri Lanka A by 10 wickets on Wednesday the South Africa bowlers were again on form, constantly chipping away at the New Zealand batting. Andrew Puttick guided South Africa home with a composed 84, in a stand of 99 with Zander de Bruyn.
It was a team effort from the South African with the six bowlers each taking a least a wicket apiece. Dale Steyn, Tyron Henderson and Johann van der Wath troubled the top order and New Zealand couldn't creat a solid foundation to build from. Matthew Sinclair and James Marshall battled hard but Robin Peterson and Johan Botha claimed a brace each to stifle any thoughts of a fightback.
Full postJohnson and Jaques demolish Pakistan A
Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson's three wickets, and a sparkling fifty from Phil Jaques helped Australia A demolish their Pakistani counterparts
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23-Sep-2005
Pakistan A 96 (Raza 21, Watson 3-16) lost to Australia A 97 for 3 (Jacques 64*) by three wickets
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Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson picked up three wickets apiece, and Phil Jaques smashed a sparkling half-century as Australia A demolished their Pakistani counterparts in a one-day match at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Having skittled out Pakistan A for just 96 in a match reduced to 42 overs a side, Australia A cruised past the target with 24.2 overs to spare.
Jaques made 64 from 61 balls against an attack that included Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul and Iftikhar Anjum. Yasir Arafat picked up the wickets of Brad Hodge and Marcus North in the dying stages, but nothing could stop Jaques completing the job which his bowlers had started.
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