full pitched on the stumps, driven to long-off for couple of runs .. And South Africa win by 25 runs. They take the lead in the series.
South Africa vs Australia, 3rd ODI at Cape Town, Apr 09 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
3rd ODI (D/N), Cape Town, April 09, 2009, Australia tour of South Africa
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end of over 5012 runs
AUS: 264/7CRR: 5.28
James Hopes63 (60b 5x4)
Brett Geeves10 (11b 1x4)
Wayne Parnell 9-0-47-0
Dale Steyn 10-0-44-0
The players shake hands with each other and walk off. The crowd slowly start to clear away. Australia got off to a slow start in the chase with their openers Haddin and Clarke suffocated by some tight bowling from Steyn and Parnell. Then the spinners took over on this dry track and Australia lost their way further. Ferguson and Hopes revived the innings in the lower middle-order but they were left with too much to do.
Ponting: It was (too many to chase in the end). de villiers and kallis played well and kept wickets in the hand for the end. That's what we didn't have. We got to lift our games ...
Man of the Match: Kallis: "We felt the wicket was quite slow. We were looking for 250 260 initially but when we give platform to guys like Albie, they can push it futher. The new guys coming in are contributing and it's nice. There is a world cup coming up and there is still lot of cricket left in this body."
Smith: "We have learned to back our spinners and they have stepped up. Today we played the game clinically well. AB and Jacques showed they were prepared to do hard work and played very skilfully,. The wicket was slow throughout; we just wanted to get to the end with wickets in hand. It was a professional evening and very happy for the guys. 2 -1 up now, we would like to be clinical and finish on Monday. I have said to the guys that lets finish the season on a high."
That's it from us. Thanks for logging on. Good bye and good luck.
49.6
2
Parnell to Hopes, 2 runs
49.5
1b
Parnell to Geeves, 1 bye
lovely slower one outside off, Geeves is through with the shot too early and Boucher collects
49.4
4lb
Parnell to Geeves, 4 leg byes
another across-the-line swipe, misses it and it bounds away off the thigh pad through the vacant slip region
49.3
4b
Parnell to Geeves, 4 byes
big swing and a miss. But Boucher also fails to stop the slower one that bounces before him and runs through ...
49.2
1
Parnell to Hopes, 1 run
full again, gets it down to long-off, Mitchell had turned for the second but Hopes sends him back and he gets back just in time
49.1
•
Parnell to Hopes, no run
fullish outside off stump, sliced to backward point
end of over 496 runs
AUS: 252/7CRR: 5.14 • RRR: 38.00
Brett Geeves10 (8b 1x4)
James Hopes60 (57b 5x4)
Dale Steyn 10-0-44-0
Wayne Parnell 8-0-44-0
48.6
2
Steyn to Geeves, 2 runs
low full toss on the leg and middle, gets it wide of long-on for couple of runs. Just one more over left.
48.5
1
Steyn to Hopes, 1 run
slower one, full, leans forward to push it through the on side ..250 up
48.4
1
Steyn to Geeves, 1 run
banged in short, Geeves goes for the flat-batted forehand cross court to long-on ... and smiles ..
48.3
1
Steyn to Hopes, 1 run
slower one, tries to swing it away, misses and it rolls off the body to the on side
48.2
•
Steyn to Hopes, no run
moves outside leg, Steyn fires in a yorker outside leg, dug out to the off side
48.1
1
Steyn to Geeves, 1 run
short in length, a flat-batted , forehand shot to the off side ..
end of over 4812 runs
AUS: 246/7CRR: 5.12 • RRR: 22.00
James Hopes58 (54b 5x4)
Brett Geeves6 (5b 1x4)
Wayne Parnell 8-0-44-0
Albie Morkel 5-0-33-0
47.6
•
Parnell to Hopes, no run
fullish, driven back down the track
47.5
2
Parnell to Hopes, 2 runs
backs away to give himself some room and lifts it high over extra cover
47.4
4
Parnell to Hopes, FOUR runs
That good old inside edge to fine-leg . Really full delivery, the bat comes down in an angle and the ball flies past the leg stump
47.3
1lb
Parnell to Geeves, 1 leg bye
tries to swing it to the on side and it rolls away off the pad
47.2
1
Parnell to Hopes, 1 run
full pitched around off, driven to deep cover for a single
47.1
4
Parnell to Hopes, FOUR runs
full pitched on the legs, Hopes brings up his fifty with a drag-flick to deep backward square leg boundary. The fine leg was in the circle
Geeves seems to have pulled a muscle while running on that last delivery. The Physio rushes out. Play held up. Not that that Physio seems to be doing anything! They all wait, it appears, for a runner. Smith sits down on the ground. Johnson runs to the middle. He will be the runner.
end of over 479 runs • 1 wicket
AUS: 234/7CRR: 4.97 • RRR: 18.66
Brett Geeves6 (4b 1x4)
James Hopes47 (49b 3x4)
Albie Morkel 5-0-33-0
Johan Botha 10-1-59-1
46.6
2
Morkel to Geeves, 2 runs
low full toss on the off stump, swatted to left of long-on where Steyn rushes across but stumbles as he makes the stop
46.5
1
Morkel to Hopes, 1 run
almost at the blockhole, pushed down to long-on for a single
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