NatWest Series(ENG, ZIM, SA)

Pakistani_Tiger · July 1, 2003, 3:43pm

Arrrghhhhhhh. Oh dear, match abondoned! Zimbabwe had a good chance defeating England. Rain saved England’s butt!

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Zimbabwe’s Heath Streak (R) celebrates taking the wicket of England opener Marcus Trescothick (L)




ODI # 2031
NatWest Series, 2003, 4th Match
England v Zimbabwe
Headingley, Leeds
1 July 2003 (50-over match)

**Result: No Result
Points: England 3, Zimbabwe 3**

Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: DR Shepherd and SJA Taufel (Aus)
TV Umpire: JW Lloyds
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
ODI Debut: Kabir Ali (Eng).
Man of the Match: No Award

**England innings (25 overs maximum)                              R   B   4  6**

ME Trescothick        c Flower           b Streak               3   8   0  0
VS Solanki            c Flower           b Streak               8   9   1  0
+CMW Read             run out (Brent)                           1   4   0  0
*MP Vaughan           not out                                  35  45   3  0
A Flintoff            c Friend           b Blignaut             6  12   0  0
A McGrath             not out                                  15  21   0  0
**Extras                (b 2, lb 5, w 6)                         13
Total                 (4 wickets, 16.3 overs)                  81**

DNB: JO Troughton, Kabir Ali, JM Anderson, RL Johnson, D Gough.

FoW: 1-11 (Solanki, 2.2 ov), 2-12 (Trescothick, 2.6 ov),
     3-13 (Read, 3.3 ov), 4-32 (Flintoff, 8.2 ov).

**Bowling                      O      M      R      W**

Streak                       4      0     13      2 (1w)
Hondo                        4      0     16      0 (1w)
Blignaut                     4      0     14      1 (1w)
Ervine                       3      0     20      0 (2w)
Brent                        1      0      4      0
Friend                       0.3    0      7      0 (1w)

**Zimbabwe team:**
 DA Marillier, DD Ebrahim, GW Flower, S Matsikenyeri, TJ Friend,
 +T Taibu, *HH Streak, AM Blignaut, SM Ervine, DT Hondo,
 GB Brent.

undefined · July 1, 2003, 8:40pm

Yeah but Vaughn impressed me , played really well !!

UMAIR316 · July 2, 2003, 1:43am

Heath Streak is one of the really few quality allrounders left in world cricket along with Kallis and Cairns.
Imagine had he played for another team, he would have definitly been a superstar.

Moonstar201 · July 3, 2003, 4:05am

I think the way ball was swinging and jagging, England was really saved by rain.

Bowler like hondo was moving the ball both sides, amazing

Pakistani_Tiger · July 3, 2003, 11:13pm




ODI # 2032
NatWest Series, 2003, 5th Match
England v South Africa
Old Trafford, Manchester (day/night)
3 July 2003 (50-over match)

**Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets
Points: South Africa 5, England 1**

Toss: England
Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and NA Mallender
TV Umpire: P Willey
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
**Man of the Match: JH Kallis 

England innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   M   B  4 6

ME Trescothick        c Boje             b van Jaarsveld       60 129  92  7 0**
VS Solanki            c Boucher          b Ntini                4  13   9  1 0
*MP Vaughan           c Boucher          b Pollock              3   4   4  0 0
**A McGrath             st Boucher         b Boje                52 129  98  3 0**
A Flintoff            c Smith            b Kallis              12  42  27  1 0
JO Troughton          c Gibbs            b Ntini                5  27  22  0 0
+CMW Read             not out                                  30  40  27  3 0
RL Johnson                               b Ntini               10   8   6  0 1
AF Giles              not out                                  20  26  18  1 1
**Extras                (b 4, lb 10, w 10, nb 3)                 27
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs, 213 mins)         223**

DNB: JM Anderson, D Gough.

FoW: 1-4 (Solanki, 3.3 ov), 2-7 (Vaughan, 4.2 ov),
     3-121 (Trescothick, 30.2 ov), 4-140 (McGrath, 35.1 ov),
     5-162 (Flintoff, 41.2 ov), 6-162 (Troughton, 42.1 ov),
     7-176 (Johnson, 44.1 ov).

**Bowling                      O      M      R      W**

Pollock                     10      4     21      1 (2nb)
Ntini                        8      0     38      3
Hall                         7      0     43      0
Langeveldt                   6      0     25      0 (1nb)
Boje                        10      0     46      1 (2w)
van Jaarsveld                5      1     18      1 (2w)
Kallis                       4      1     18      1

**South Africa innings (target: 224 runs from 50 overs)           R   M   B  4 6**

*GC Smith                                b Anderson            22  38  34  3 0
HH Gibbs              run out (Solanki)                         1  24   7  0 0
AJ Hall                                  b Flintoff            29  58  39  2 0
**JH Kallis             not out                                  82 159 105  5 1
JA Rudolph            not out                                  71 114 101  6 0
Extras                (lb 11, w 9, nb 2)                       22
Total                 (3 wickets, 47.3 overs, 198 mins)       227**

DNB: M van Jaarsveld, SM Pollock, N Boje, +MV Boucher,
     CK Langeveldt, M Ntini.

FoW: 1-24 (Gibbs, 5.3 ov), 2-37 (Smith, 8.1 ov),
     3-82 (Hall, 17.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Anderson                     7      0     37      1 (6w)
Gough                       10      0     38      0 (1w)
Flintoff                     9.3    2     33      1 (2w)
Johnson                      7      0     30      0
Giles                        9      0     51      0
Vaughan                      5      0     27      0 (2nb)

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Michael Vaughan reacts as Jacques Kallis piled up runs!

Jacques Kallis in Business!

A great knock of 82 runs by Kallis, made him second time, MoM in the series. What a performance; and a very good welcome back!

Micheal Vaughan must have thought that in the light, Anderson and Gough, will have a good chance of swinging ball but unfortunately things didn't work it. Ball didn't seems to be swinging, English got almost no support from the condition, as South Africa cruised to victory, jumped on first spot on the table pts.

Another good news for South Africa is that bowlers did their job. Pollock had a wonderful spell. So did Nithni.

England had trouble from the beginning. Vaughan and Vikram went cheaply! Marcus and Anthony put a great fight and at one moment, the rate run was over 4. But as Marcus and MacGrath got out, the English Middle Order collasped. Thanks to the Ashely Giles and Chris Read, England made to 223, otherwise, they would have bowled out under 200 runs.

yaasir · July 3, 2003, 11:19pm

I watched the whole match and the SA bowlers did their job. On the other hand, English bowlers got no assistence from the pitch, but other than Flintoff, no other bowler seemed to be threating. Well played SA :k:

Moonstar201 · July 4, 2003, 3:33am

gyles was required to perform but he disappointed.

Kallis is very much in business.

BTW wht is the new SA captian performing. I think waqar cud also be the captain then

Pakistani_Tiger · July 5, 2003, 5:15pm




ODI # 2033
NatWest Series, 2003, 6th Match
South Africa v Zimbabwe
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
5 July 2003 (50-over match)

**Result: South Africa won by 9 wickets
Points: South Africa 6, Zimbabwe 0**

Toss: South Africa
Umpires: SJA Taufel (Aus) and P Willey
TV Umpire: JW Lloyds
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
**Man of the Match: HH Gibbs

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6**

DD Ebrahim            c Boucher          b Kallis              20  65  49  3 0
DA Marillier          c Rudolph          b Ntini                4  22  19  0 0
TJ Friend                                b Langeveldt          12  35  20  2 0
GW Flower                                b Hall                26  73  49  2 0
+T Taibu              lbw                b Adams               19  35  31  2 0
S Matsikenyeri        c Rudolph          b Hall                 1  15  12  0 0
***HH Streak                               b Kallis              54  76  72  6 1**
SM Ervine             c Boucher          b Kallis              18  44  26  2 0
AM Blignaut           not out                                  13  22  15  1 0
RW Price              not out                                   3   7   7  0 0
**Extras                (lb 1, w 2, nb 1)                         4
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs, 203 mins)         174**

DNB: DT Hondo.

FoW: 1-11 (Marillier, 5.5 ov), 2-36 (Friend, 14.2 ov),
     3-38 (Ebrahim, 15.4 ov), 4-67 (Taibu, 24.6 ov),
     5-80 (Matsikenyeri, 29.1 ov), 6-92 (Flower, 33.3 ov),
     7-144 (Ervine, 44.5 ov), 8-167 (Streak, 48.1 ov).

**Bowling                      O      M      R      W**

Pollock                     10      3     23      0 (1w)
Ntini                       10      2     36      1
Langeveldt                   6      0     22      1 (1w)
**Kallis                      10      0     47      3**
Adams                        8      0     26      1 (1nb)
Hall                         6      2     19      2

**South Africa innings (target: 175 runs from 50 overs)           R   M   B  4 6**

***GC Smith             c Taibu            b Ervine              58 129  98  9 0
HH Gibbs              not out                                  93 145  97 12 2** :k:
M van Jaarsveld       not out                                   8  15  12  1 0
**Extras                (lb 4, w 11, nb 1)                       16
Total                 (1 wicket, 34.2 overs, 145 mins)        175**

DNB: JA Rudolph, +MV Boucher, JH Kallis, SM Pollock, AJ Hall,
     PR Adams, CK Langeveldt, M Ntini.

FoW: 1-154 (Smith, 30.1 ov).

**Bowling                      O      M      R      W**

Streak                       6      1     16      0 (2w)
Hondo                        5      0     22      0 (3w)
Blignaut                     5      0     40      0 (1nb, 5w)
Marillier                    3      0     20      0
Price                        9      1     33      0
Friend                       4      0     27      0 (1w)
Ervine                       2.2    0     13      1

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Gibbs - Back to Classic Form

It’s South Africa all the way with bat, ball and in the outfield. Gibbs returned to his form after having some bad time. Jacques Kallis, who has been fantastic with bat, took three-wicket and Shaun Pollock, man, what can I say? He has turned into a economical machine and I reckon he might become the Best Economical Bowler in the ODI soon!

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South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, right, celebrates his dismissal of Zimbabwe’s Dion Ebrahim.

Zimbabwe had no partnerships. They had trouble from the start and were 38-3 in 16 overs. Heath Streak was the only batsman, who stood infront of Kallis, Polluck and Nithni, carrried the whole burden by himself but 174 runs wasn’t enough. Now, I feel bad for Zimbabwe. They’ll have to travel 6-8 hrs for their next match tomorrow against England. I think it’s unfair with the Guest teams. South Africa faced the same back-to-back match situation; and now Zimbabwe is in the same situation. Why not No-Back-to-Back matches for England, huh?

Pakistani_Tiger · July 6, 2003, 5:58pm




ODI # 2034
NatWest Series, 2003, 7th Match
England v Zimbabwe
The Royal & Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol
6 July 2003 (50-over match)

**Result: England won by 6 wickets
Points: England 6, Zimbabwe 0**

Toss: England
Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and NA Mallender
TV Umpire: JW Lloyds
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
ODI Debut: CK Coventry (Zim).
**Man of the Match: A Flintoff 

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6**

DD Ebrahim            c Trescothick      b Gough                7  22  22  0 0
CK Coventry           c Vaughan          b Anderson             3  20  10  0 0
TJ Friend             c Read             b Gough                4   7   4  1 0
GW Flower             c Read             b Gough                1  32  21  0 0
+T Taibu              c Trescothick      b Johnson              5  20  15  1 0
S Matsikenyeri                           b Flintoff            26  43  35  2 0
*HH Streak            c Read             b Gough                5   6   5  1 0
SM Ervine             c Clarke           b Johnson              0  13  11  0 0
AM Blignaut           c Clarke           b Flintoff            17  37  21  3 0
RW Price              c Read             b Flintoff             0   3   4  0 0
DT Hondo              not out                                   0   8   5  0 0
**Extras                (b 1, lb 3, w 16, nb 4)                  24
Total                 (all out, 24.5 overs, 116 mins)          92**

FoW: 1-14 (Coventry, 4.6 ov), 2-14 (Ebrahim, 5.1 ov),
     3-20 (Friend, 5.6 ov), 4-34 (Taibu, 10.1 ov),
     5-39 (Flower, 11.5 ov), 6-45 (Streak, 13.1 ov),
     7-51 (Ervine, 16.4 ov), 8-84 (Matsikenyeri, 22.1 ov),
     9-84 (Price, 22.5 ov), 10-92 (Blignaut, 24.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Anderson                     5      0     15      1 (1nb, 6w)
Gough                        9      1     26      4 (3nb, 2w)
Johnson                      5      0     16      2 (4w)
Harmison                     3      0     18      0 (4w)
Flintoff                     2.5    1     13      3

**England innings (target: 93 runs from 50 overs)                 R   M   B  4 6**

ME Trescothick        c Friend           b Streak               8  20  11  0 0
VS Solanki            c Taibu            b Streak               7  35  23  1 0
RL Johnson            c Coventry         b Streak               0   2   2  0 0
*MP Vaughan           not out                                  11  73  34  0 0
A McGrath             c Flower           b Streak               1   9   5  0 0
**A Flintoff            not out                                  47  51  37  7 2
Extras                (b 2, lb 2, w 12, nb 5)                  21
Total                 (4 wickets, 17.5 overs, 97 mins)         95**

DNB: R Clarke, JM Anderson, +CMW Read, SJ Harmison, D Gough.

FoW: 1-20 (Trescothick, 4.1 ov), 2-20 (Johnson, 4.3 ov),
     3-22 (Solanki, 6.6 ov), 4-25 (McGrath, 8.4 ov).

**Bowling                      O      M      R      W**

Streak                       9      3     21      4 (1nb, 2w)
Hondo                        3      0     14      0 (1w)
Blignaut                     5.5    0     56      0 (4nb, 4w)

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Andy Flintoff - MoM

This is a sick looking scorecard. You have a total score less than 100 runs; and the extras are in double figures from both sides. What a disgrace to Cricket. Nevertheless, Andy Flintoff had a terrific day!

It seems Zimbabwe is out of the series.

system · July 6, 2003, 7:28pm

Dion Ebrahim is my vote for "player-who-has-been-given-the-most-chances-but-failed-to-perform" for this cricketing year. What a rut he's in.

Can't think of anything besides his fielding that he's riding on.

UMAIR316 · July 6, 2003, 11:52pm

[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Diablo Kazama: *
Dion Ebrahim is my vote for "player-who-has-been-given-the-most-chances-but-failed-to-perform" for this cricketing year. What a rut he's in.

Can't think of anything besides his fielding that he's riding on.
[/QUOTE]

ahemmm.....Look in your giraban first, forgot Afers. ;)

system · July 7, 2003, 12:09am

Affers would qualify, but then, I don't consider him a 'cricketer' to begin with. ;)

josheela lapaaro who can whack 10 balls out of 50 without even spotting where the fielders are at first, before launching into them.

Asif_k · July 12, 2003, 2:31pm

:hehe:http://www-usa.cricket.org/link_to_database/NEW/LIVE/frames/ENG_RSA_NWS_ODI-FINAL_12JUL2003.html :hehe:

UMAIR316 · July 12, 2003, 2:41pm

Your point is? :rolleyes:

Pakistani_Tiger · July 12, 2003, 6:48pm

Great performance by England. They totally dominated the series against South Africa, who were collasped in the Final. Let’s see how this young England team performs outside home-ground. :k:

Gremme Smith must be drolling…

Asif_k · July 13, 2003, 2:35am

It was your point - South Africa will stroll through the series and blah blah blah..A pathetic England Team beat the Crap out of the South Africans.