length ball on off stump, blocked back to the bowler, what a nondescript end!
South Africa vs West Indies, 2nd ODI at Johannesburg, Jan 18 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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2nd ODI, Johannesburg, January 18, 2015, West Indies tour of South Africa
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end of over 505 runs
WI: 291/7CRR: 5.82
Jason Holder21 (25b 2x4)
Daren Sammy25 (41b 3x4)
Morne Morkel 10-0-43-2
Dale Steyn 10-0-29-1
A remarkable record-breaking day here in Johannesburg. The end result is South Africa are 2-0 up in the series and head to East London to try and snap this series up. 1.30pm start, see you then, take a few deep breaths after this today...
I don't think we need the Presentation to see who is Man of the Match but it will be nice to hear AB de Villiers' thoughts: "Lots of credit to Rilee and Hash up front, it allowed myself to free up. It was always going to be a lot of aggressive batting around Hash. He's a world class batsman, he's making it look easy and taking the pressure off us. I had a lot of time to warm up in the changing room, thinking about how I was playing. I actually wanted David Miller to go in but Russell made a great call, he told me to go in. I played my knock even before I came out to bat, I really wanted to go today. I was on 92 when I knew the record was close and I wasn't going to take singles!"
What does poor Jason Holder make of that? "Tough game, AB took it away from us. We weren't doing too badly in the middle overs but he took it away from us. I thought we could have nailed our yorkers better. A lot of the seniors guys have helped me out these that two games and we can move forward. It was commendable the way Sulieman bowled today, hats off to him. Credit to the two guys who did well with the bat, that's something to work with. We just need to put this behind us."
De Villiers' carnage came off the back of a record opening partnership for South Africa which included a maiden century for Rilee Rossouw and a career-best score for Hashim Amla. But both those knocks were blown out of the water by de Villiers who blasted it from ball one and timed everything in sight. His knock included 16 sixes and the ball disappeared to all parts courtesy of some incredible strokemaking.
They didn't need to do too much in this second innings but South Africa have bowled pretty well, Dale Steyn especially, to close out a 148-run win. But it was of course the carnage in the first innings that set this up. West Indies in fact lost by one fewer run than AB de Villiers made! And of course he made them in just 44 balls, going past 100 in 31 for the fastest ODI century, it was quite remarkable.
49.6
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Morkel to Holder, no run
49.5
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Morkel to Holder, no run
short again, right at the batsman who's up on his toes to drop at his feet, well played
49.4
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Morkel to Holder, no run
tighter line, gets a bat on this to drive to extra-cover
49.3
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Morkel to Holder, no run
fuller length, moves away a tad and beats the outside edge with Holder trying to drive through cover
49.3
1w
Morkel to Holder, 1 wide
shorter and now a wide
49.2
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Morkel to Holder, no run
back of a length outside off, keeps the hands inside the line
49.1
4
Morkel to Holder, FOUR runs
full length on off stump and Holder strikes beautifully through the line, what timing, inside mid-off races away
One more to come then, not the best second innings, West Indies have never been remotely within a slight chance of chasing these...
end of over 497 runs
WI: 286/7CRR: 5.83 • RRR: 154.00
Daren Sammy25 (41b 3x4)
Jason Holder17 (19b 1x4)
Dale Steyn 10-0-29-1
Imran Tahir 10-0-60-1
Quality spell from Steyn...
48.6
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Steyn to Sammy, no run
wide line and left alone
48.5
1
Steyn to Holder, 1 run
back on a full length wide of off stump, driven out to deep cover
And the dream dies!
48.4
4
Steyn to Holder, FOUR runs
drops the length and Holders pulls for four backward of square!!
Three...
48.3
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Steyn to Holder, no run
tighter line, driven straight to backward point
Four...
48.2
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Steyn to Holder, no run
two feet outside off on a length, left alone
Five dots needed...
48.1
2
Steyn to Holder, 2 runs
forward just outside off, driven at and gets a thick outside edge past slip and Tahir does really well out on the boundary to save four
We have some excitement! If Steyn concedes two or fewer it's his most economical 10-over spell in an ODI...
end of over 482 runs
WI: 279/7CRR: 5.81 • RRR: 80.50
Daren Sammy25 (40b 3x4)
Jason Holder10 (14b)
Imran Tahir 10-0-60-1
Dale Steyn 9-0-22-1
47.6
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Tahir to Sammy, no run
more air, spins away and beats the drive of Holder
47.5
1
Tahir to Holder, 1 run
fuller length, forward to drive out to deep cover
47.4
1
Tahir to Sammy, 1 run
touch too short, back in front of off stump to dab and take a single to cover
47.3
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Tahir to Sammy, no run
full length just outside off, long stride out to defend back to the bowler
47.2
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Tahir to Sammy, no run
googly, forced out to short third man as he got cramped up
47.1
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Tahir to Sammy, no run
floated up just outside off, driven on the bounce back to the bowler
end of over 473 runs
WI: 277/7CRR: 5.89 • RRR: 54.33
Jason Holder9 (13b)
Daren Sammy24 (35b 3x4)
Dale Steyn 9-0-22-1
Imran Tahir 9-0-58-1
46.6
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Steyn to Holder, no run
full length wide of off stump, driven at and plays and misses, Steyn wants a caught behind appeal, no-one else does
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