1st ODI: SA v. Bang: South Africa win 1st ODI!

South Africa won the first ODI match by 62 runs and lead the series 1-0.

Match: 1st ODI
Date: November 7, 2008
Venue: Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Teams: South Africa and Bangladesh
Captains: Greame Smith and Mohammad Ashraful
Toss: South Africa
Match Result: South Africa won by 62 runs
Series: South Africa lead the 3 ODI series 1-0
Man of the Match: Dale Steyn (South Africa)

Scoreboard:

South Africa 283 for 8 in 50 overs (HM Amla 35, JL Ontong 27, JH Kallis 50, AB de Villiers 35, JP Duminy 36, MV Boucher 8, JA Morkel 32 not out, J Botha 23, J Louw 23, M Morkel 6 not out, Extras--8 (lb 3, w 3, nb 2), Mashrafe Mortaza 1 for 52, Syed Rasel 1 for 56, Shakib Al Hasan 2 for 48, Abdur Razzak 0 for 55, Naeem Islam 3 for 60, Junaid Siddique 0 for 9) beat Bangladesh 222 all out in 44.2 overs (Tamim Iqbal 24, Imrul Kayes 1, Junaid Siddique 2, Mohammad Ashraful 73, Mushfiqur Rahim 1, Shakib Al Hasan 51, Raqibul Hasan 0, Naeem Islam 25 not out, Mashrafe Mortaza 0, Abdur Razzak 0, Syed Rasel 7, Extras--38 (lb 11, w 25, nb 2), DW Steyn 4 for 16, J Louw 0 for 50, JA Morkel 3 for 40, M Morkel 2 for 44, J Botha 0 for 30, JH Kallis 0 for 31)

England Wins Series!

Losing the first test and struggling at 0-1 in the test series, England bounced back beautifully to win the series 2-1. Their form has not been good in the recent past and this should givem them a good relief, especially winning the series abroad.

Monty Panesar took 6 for 126, his career best figures which helped England to win the test and the series. Sidebottom rocked in the first innings and Panesar did the same in the 2nd innings.

Resuming the day 222 for 5, England struck in the 9th over last ball. Taylor was catught by Collingwood for 74. McCullum was bowled in a gap of 3 over and became the 5th victim of Panesar.

A steady 48 run partnership didn't bother England too much because as they were already breaking partnerships often. Panesar removed Patel through a flight delivery which was swept fine but Broad dived and finished with a splendid catch. He was out for 18.

Vettori gave a simple catch to Ambrose and last batsman to be dismissed was Martin. Sidebottom uprooted the off-stump of Martin with that the wonderful series came to an end along with the Test Career of Stephen Fleming.

A positive for New Zealand was the few runs from Southee. In the first test, he took 5 wickets in the first innings and then scored 77 not out in the second innings. He provided good entertainment towards the end of the innings. He scored 77 off 40 balls with 4 fours and 9 sixes. He hit 5 sixes off Panesar including three sixes in the same over and 2 off Anderson.

Toss: England

Result: England won by 121 runs

Serires Result: England won the series 2-1

Player of the Match: Sidebottom (England)

Player of the Series: Sidebottom (England)

Short Score:

England 1st Innings: 253 all out in 96.1 overs (Pietersen 129, Collingwood 30, Broad 42, Martin 2 for 74, Southee 5 for 55, Patel 2 for 37)

New Zealand 1st Innings 168 all out in 48.4 overs (How 44, Fleming 59, Sidebottom 7 for 47, Broad 3 for 54)

England 2nd Innings 467 for 7 declared in 131.5 overs (Cook 37, Strauss 177, Pietersen 34, Bell 110, Ambrose 31, Broad 31 not out, Patel 2 for 104, Vettori 4 for 158)

New Zealand 2nd Innings 431 all out in 118.5 overs (Bell 69, Fleming 66, Taylor 74, McCulum 42, Vettori 43, Southee 77 Not Out, Broad 2 for 78, Panesar 6 for 126)