Story Africa Battle:Funknath vs Shantanu_Rooney[ICC 09]

[Funknath]

From today onwards the battle between Funknath and Shantanu_Rooney starts in ICC 09 to find out who is a better player. Both of us will be leading South Africa in the upcoming years.

All the squad details , news , fixtures and match reports will be posted by us in this thread.

Ranking-
ODI Ranking:- 1
Test Ranking:- 2


Fixture:-

3 Apr 2009 - 1st One Day International
South Africa v Australia
5 Apr 2009 - 2nd One Day International
South Africa v Australia
9 Apr 2009 - 3rd One Day International
South Africa v Australia
13 Apr 2009 - 4th One Day International
South Africa v Australia
17 Apr 2009 - 5th One Day International
South Africa v Australia
7 Jun 2009 - World Cup 20 - group match
South Africa v Scotland
9 Jun 2009 - World Cup 20 - group match
New Zealand v South Africa
13 Nov 2009 - 1st International T20
South Africa v England
15 Nov 2009 - 2nd International T20
South Africa v England
20 Nov 2009 - 1st One Day International
South Africa v England
22 Nov 2009 - 2nd One Day International
South Africa v England
27 Nov 2009 - 3rd One Day International
South Africa v England
29 Nov 2009 - 4th One Day International
South Africa v England
4 Dec 2009 - 5th One Day International
South Africa v England
16 Dec 2009 - 1st Test Match
South Africa v England
26 Dec 2009 - 2nd Test Match
South Africa v England
3 Jan 2010 - 3rd Test Match
South Africa v England
14 Jan 2010 - 4th Test Match
South Africa v England
2 Feb 2010 - Three Day Friendly
Karnataka v South Africa
7 Feb 2010 - 1st Test Match
India v South Africa
14 Feb 2010 - 2nd Test Match
India v South Africa
21 Feb 2010 - 3rd Test Match
India v South Africa
28 Feb 2010 - One Day Friendly
Mumbai v South Africa
2 Mar 2010 - 1st One Day International
India v South Africa
4 Mar 2010 - 2nd One Day International
India v South Africa
6 Mar 2010 - 3rd One Day International
India v South Africa
8 Mar 2010 - 4th One Day International
India v South Africa
10 Mar 2010 - 5th One Day International
India v South Africa

Contents

Series against Australia
Funknath
15-man squad

Shantanu_Rooney
15-man squad​

 

[shantanu_rooney]

My Squad for Australia ODI Series:-
Graeme Smith*
Herschelle Gibbs
Hashim Amla
Ashwell Prince
Jean Paul Duminy
Jacques Kallis
AB de Villiers
Mark Boucher†
Albie Morkel
Roelof Van Der Merwe(D)
Johan Botha
Morne Morkel
Dale Styen
Yusuf Abdulla(D)
Wayne Parnell(D)

D = Debut

ODI Ranking:- 1
Test Ranking:- 2​

 

[Funknath]

Squad for the 5 match series against Australia:-
Graeme Smith*
Hashim Amla
JP Duminy
AB de Villers
Herschelle Gibbs
Ashwell Prince
Neil McKenzie
Mark Boucher†
Morne Van Wyk†
Jacques Kallis
Albie Morkel
Dale Steyn
Morne Morkel
Makhaya Ntini
Paul Harris

ODI Ranking:- 1
Test Ranking:- 2​

 

[Leverocks]

Good luck to both of you, should be a close contest.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

South Africa vs Australia - 1st ODI

The Teams:-
South Africa
1)G Smith
2)H Gibbs
3)JP Dunminy
4)AB de Villiers
5)J Kallis
6)R van der Merwe
7)A Morkel
8)M Boucher
9)J Botha
10)M Morkel
11)D Steyn

Australia
1)P Hughes
2)S Katich
3)R Ponting
4)M Hussey
5)M Clarke
6)S Watson
7)B Haddin
8)M Johnson
9)B Lee
10)S Clark
11)P Siddle

The Match:-
Toss: South Africa

Australia - 227/9(50 overs)
S Watson 67
B Haddin 66*
D Steyn 5-24
j Botha 1-37

South Africa - 228/7(47.4 overs)
J Kallis 118*
R van der Merwe 38
M Johnson 3-53
S Clark 2-44

South Africa win by 3 wickets
MoTM: Jacques Kallis
Interruptions: None

Reaction:-
A great victory for us, we bowled really well with the new ball especially Dale Steyn who took 5 wickets for just 24 runs. Botha, Merwe and Albiel Morkel did a good job in the middle overs to restrict the runs and then Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn finished things of. We had a low target to chase but it wasn't going be easy on such a bowling friendly pitch. We didn't get off to a start and lost 4 wickets for 80 runs but then Kallis and debutant van der Merwe put on a 114 run partnership which helped us winning the game.​