In the eleventh match of the Road Safety World Series 2020/21, South Africa Legends outclassed England Legends by 8 wickets to register their second win within the competitors at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur.
After opting to bowl first, the South African bowlers had been all around the English batsmen as they bundled out Kevin Pietersen-led England Legends for simply 121 runs in 18.1 overs following which Jonty Rhodes-led South African Legends chased down the 122-run goal with ease in simply 13 overs.
The Africans had been off to an important begin thanks to openers Andrew Puttick and Morne van Wyk who stitched collectively a great partnership earlier than the previous was bowled by James Tredwell for 23. Van Wyk couldn’t get his half-century after he was stumped by wicketkeeper Phil Mustard off left-arm spinner Usman Afzaal for 46.
The stage was set for South Africa’s win and captain Rhodes accomplished the formalities with two fours and a six within the thirteenth over to assist his staff over the road.
Earlier, off-spinner Thandi Tshabalala stole the present with the ball as South Africa bundled England out for 121 in 18.1 overs. Opting to subject first after successful the toss, Rhodes’s bowlers had made England batsmen’s life troublesome with disciplined bowling.
Tshabalala was essentially the most profitable bowler with three for 26 and his victims included Kevin Pietersen, Jim Troughton, and Chris Schofield. Meanwhile, pacers Makhaya Ntini and Zander de Bruyn took two wickets every.
After executing a straight drive within the 5 boundaries that he hit, a slog towards Tshabalala price Pietersen his wicket. While going for a slog, he mis-hit Tshabalala’s flighted supply with a little bit of flip trapped him LBW for 12-ball 21.
After getting Troughton caught behind, Tshabalala then dismissed left-hander Schofield. Bowling around the wickets, Tshabalala pitched the ball just a little outdoors the off which Schofield selected to depart, but it surely miraculously got here in to break his stumps.
De Bruyn was one other bowler who obtained two essential wickets of Darren Maddy (25) and Chris Tremlett (23).
Meanwhile, the victory helped South Africa Legends move to third spot within the factors desk. They now have eight factors from three video games and are above fourth positioned England Legends due to higher run charge.
Earlier on Wednesday, Sri Lanka Legends thrashed Bangladesh Legends by 42 runs to turn out to be the primary staff to safe the semi-final berth of the Road Safety World Series 2020/21.
Brief Scores: England Legends – 121 in 18.1 overs (Darren Maddy 25, Chris Tremlett 23; Thandi Tshabalala 3/26) vs South Africa Legends – 125/2 in 13 overs (Morne van Wyk 46, Alviro Petersen 31; James Tredwell 1/21)
