Story South African ODI Series

[jazz]

Update from Johannesburg

Mark-well south africa are now on 114/2 after 20 overs they require another 52 runs at a runrate of 1.93 to win this match, and all of the commentary team over here thinks it looks like south africa will definetaly win

graeme smith has been on top form for south africa scoring 66 runs

rudoplh has also combined with smith to score a handy 40

 

[jazz]

First Blood to South Africa

Mark well the hosts have won the opener, and they have won it convincingly

South Africa Won by 8 Wickets

Graeme Smith 104*
Rudolph 55*

Graeme smith played a captains innings and scored a 94 ball century to steer South Africa to Victory. Brillant batting by smith he played like he had all the time in the world, and rudoplh helped his captain by add 55 to the total

here are some of the highlights of the match
2 great drives by Smith



Rudoplhs half century


Graeme smiths Century

Here were the Scorecards for South Africa



Here are the scorecards for india



Anil Kumble bolwed for the indians and he had two catches dropped when smith was on 30 and when rudoplh was on 10

Mark-stay tuned for the match analysis and the man of the match award from me and the team

 

[jazz]

Mark-well the man of the match award who will it be?

2 options

1.Graeme smith for a captains century
2.Sourav Ganaguly for a speedy 50

Stay tuned and all will be revealed

 

[jazz]

Match Presentation

Mark- well im back for the match presentation

well there was no doubt about it the man of the match goes to graeme Smith. well played graeme you have played a captains role.

Grame- thanks yes i thought i played well we were a little bit under pressure when the indians had us 22/2 but me and rudoplh held the innings and won it from there.

mark- how impressed where you with your bowling side

Graeme- well i was very impressed with the bolwers we reduced one of the best batting sides to under 200. Shaun bowled really well in the opening spell to remove the openers then we had a bit of luck when ganguly and dravid got run out and boje came and sweeped up the tail

Mark- well graeme well done for winning the opener and likewise with your man of the match award. you also recieve a check for 10,000 Rand and a bottle of champagne.

graeme- thanks

Mark- ill like to call losing side captian sourav ganguly

well sourav you got beaten by the better team in the end

Sourav- yes south africa deserved the victory by outplaying us.

Mark- what went wrong for you in batting

Sourav- well the team didnt play well as a unit we were playing risky shots at good balls, part of that was my fault for playing an agressive innings. you cant blame laxman for causing the low score because these things happen and he also scored a 50.

Mark- well sourav good luck for the rest of series.

Sourav- thank you

Mark- well thats it for the match presentation join us shortly for the match analysis

South Africa upbeat after winning opener

 

[The Champ]

Great victory for SA and I think its an awesome presentation buddy and I really feel proud to see ur presentation, Keep up the good work, Hope u win the next months Award

 

[jazz]

Match Anlaysis

Mark-well im back fot the match analysis and joining me are tony Greig and ravi Shastri

Well tony where can south africa approve on this.

Tony- well mark they still need to bad with more confidence gibbs and kallis didnt have a cluw wat they were doing. i gat example for south africa was today their own captain hitting an century. the team will gain boost from that and so well Graeme.

Mark- Ravi what do india need to do to improve.

Ravi- well they need batting lessons and how to run through wickets. at the moment their bowling looks a bit too scruffy. all 3 seamers over pitched today too much today. india will gain confidence from the Fact that kumble bowled really well on a seaming wicket.

Tony- i also think india have the highest expecations from world cricket and that affects their players mentally which has caused india bad results in the recent run.

Mark- well ravi indias next match is again south africa. htey need to improve well at capetown.

Ravi - yes mark if they perform another performace like today mark then i think they will not go into the finals.

Mark- well tony south africas next match is west indes how close do you think that game will be

Tony- well that going to be tough match. west indes are a brillant team chasing and also they have thier big guns back so expect this one to be a thriller.

Mark- ok well thank you guys for your comments and reviews guys and i will be looking forward to haer fromyou in the next match.

well the south africans drew first blood but there is a certain man called Mr Lara who will be itching to have his say

join us for the next match between South Africa and West Indes @ Johannesburg live and exclusive on supersport

here were the winning runs today for south africa

 

[jazz]

Great victory for SA and I think its an awesome presentation buddy and I really feel proud to see ur presentation, Keep up the good work, Hope u win the next months Award

thanks for comments but you and sai and vaughn are much better than me

 

[The Champ]

thanks for comments but you and sai and vaughn are much better than me

No mate its true ya ur presentation is far better than mine and I like this mate. Great work

 

[boss]

Really nice match coverage jazz!, Splendid work!, keep it up mate!

Cheers

Boss

 

[sachinisgod]

dude i haven't gone thru the whole thread but must say this - GREAT PRESENTATION...

 

[jazz]

Really nice match coverage jazz!, Splendid work!, keep it up mate!

Cheers

Boss

dude i haven't gone thru the whole thread but must say this - GREAT PRESENTATION...

thanks for comments and revs

 

[sohum]

Nice thread and color formatting. Too bad India lost though. Hopefully Calypso boys will have too many things on their mind to perform well.

 

[jazz]

South Africa v West Indes

Mark- hi im Mark nicholas and welcome back for this 2nd match in the South African ODI Series between South Africa And West Indes at Johannesburg this is live coverage brought to you by Supersport televsion

Match Preview and Start of play to follow

 

[jazz]

Fans

well both sets of fans look very excited for todays match

 

[Johann]

Good luck for the match! I think it will be a real cracker!!!