Nat West Series

[andrew_nixon]

The Nat West Series involving England, South Africa and Zimbabwe gets underway on Thursday.

Here's the schedule

Thu 26 June England v Zimbabwe (Trent Bridge)
Sat 28 June England v South Africa (AMP Oval)
Sun 29 June South Africa v Zimbabwe (Canterbury)
Tue 1 July England v Zimbabwe (Headingley)
Thu 3 July England v South Africa (Old Trafford) (Floodlit)
Sat 5 July South Africa v Zimbabwe (Cardiff)
Sun 6 July England v Zimbabwe (Bristol)
Tue 8 July England v South Africa (Edgsbaston) (Floodlit)
Thu 10 July South Africa v Zimbabwe (Rose Bowl)

Sat 12 July Final (Lord's)

 

[howzatt]

ooo that's good , i need that...
: : : :

 

[andrew_nixon]

The first match ended in a surprise win for Zimbabwe.

Result

England: 191/8 (Flintoff 53)
Zimbabwe: 195/6 (Grant Flower 96 not out)

Robert Key and Richard Johnson made their ODI debuts for England. Johnson took 3/32, Key scored just 11.

 

[andrew_nixon]

England beat South Africa in the second match of ther tournament.

Result

South Africa: 264/6 (Kallis 107, Boucher 55)
England: 265/4 (Trescothick 114 not out, Solanki 106)

England win by 6 wickets.

South Africa beat Zimbabwe in the third match.

Result

South Africa: 272/5 (Kallis 125)
Zimbabwe: 226/9 (Friend 82)

South Africa win by 46 runs

 

[andrew_nixon]

The fourth match of the tournament was abandoned due to rain, with England on 81/4.

 

[SHAHZEB 007]

Zimbabwe are plying very well, upsetting England, then making SOuth Africa work, then they had the english on the bat foot with an awesome bowling attack. Are they on the up???
Proteas will never be a threat to batting sides unless they can learn to bowl.

 

[SHAHZEB 007]

back foot not bat, sorry

 

[graemejw]

Proteas will never be a threat to any side unless they can learn to play cricket

 

[SHAHZEB 007]

Excusme P-I-M-P, i take great offence to your last comment, it may be a joke, but i think it is rude. South Africa hav one of the best batting team in the world. They have the best all rounder in J.Kallis. Please take what you said back.

 

[andrew_nixon]

South Africa beat England in the fifth match of the tournament

Result

England: 223/7 (Trescothick 60, McGrath 52)
South Africa: 227/3 (Kallis 82 not out, Rudolph 71 not out)

South Africa win by 7 wickets

Tresocthick played his 68th consecutive ODI, breaking Ian Botham's England record.

 

[graemejw]

Originally posted by Maritzburg_boy@Jul 3 2003, 09:03 AM
Excusme P-I-M-P, i take great offence to your last comment, it may be a joke, but i think it is rude. South Africa hav one of the best batting team in the world. They have the best all rounder in J.Kallis. Please take what you said back.

I dont think they have one the best batting side in the world. Kaliis and Gibbs are only world class batsmen in the current team. They have a pretty good all-round side. They are big time chokers. They need to learn how to handle the pressure and play the game. Ill agree with you after they win one big tournament.

It was only a joke! They are meant to be rude.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Please don't carry out petty arguments in the forum.

P-I-M-P, jokes don't have to be rude.

Maritzburg_boy, several of the things you've said on the forum in the past could be considered to be a lot more offensive than the one thing P-I-M-P has said.

 

[SHAHZEB 007]

Hope you boys are watching the Proteas and the Zim birds battle it out! Looks like it's going to be an interesting match.....

 

[andrew_nixon]

South Africa thrashed Zimbabwe in the 6th match of the tournament.

Result

Zimbabwe: 174/8 (Streak 54)
South Africa: 175/1 (Smith 58, Gibbs 93 not out)

South Africa win by 9 wickets.

Check out the updated table in the other thread.

 

[imported_Rollo]

I saw most of zim being thrashed by sa.But Zimbabwe are improving,their fielding is good and the bowling,just problems with the batting.Ray Price is like a jewel to them,he got a lot of turn out of the wicket in this match.