The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Skipper's knock by Smith

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Tuesday, Feb 28, 2006

Sport

Sport - Cricket

Skipper's knock by Smith

CENTURION : Graeme Smith hit an unbeaten century to lead South Africa to victory in the first ODI at Centurion Park on Sunday.

Continuing a resurgence of form which started when he made 89 not out in a Twenty20 international in Johannesburg on Friday, Smith made 119 not out in a South African total of 207 for four in 37.3 overs as the home side won by six wickets according to the Duckworth-Lewis method.

It had been set a target of 233 in 47 overs, which was revised to 204 in 41 overs after a rain break which came immediately after Smith reached his century.

Batting with renewed confidence after a miserable sequence of scores on a recent tour of Australia, the left-handed Smith reached his fifty off 51 balls and his century off 110 deliveries with ten fours and a six. He faced 124 balls in all, adding two more boundaries.

SCOREBOARD

Australia: 229 for eight in 47 overs.

South Africa (target 201 in 41 overs): G. Smith (not out) 119, B. Dippenaar b Bracken 10, H. Gibbs (run out) 0, A. de Villiers c Gilchrist b Hogg 43, M. Boucher (run out) 4, J. Kemp (not out) 24. Extras (lb-1, nb-1, w-5) 7; Total (for four wickets in 37.3 overs) 207.

Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-28, 3-111, 4-134.

Australia bowling: Lee 10-0-59-0, Bracken 8-1-27-1, Johnson 3-0-28-0, Lewis 3-0-25-0, Hogg 8-1-30-1, Clarke 3.3-0-19-0, Watson 2-0-18-0. — AFP

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail