Amla leads SAfrica run charge against ZimbabweA late run flourish lifted South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. to 295-5 off 50 overs against Zimbabwe at Willowmoore Park Willowmoore Park is a multi-use stadium in Benoni, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1924. Sunday in a one-day international
Warming up for Twenty20, ODI and Test matches against touring England, the Proteas began impressively, hit a mid-innings slump when they went 54 balls without a boundary, and tormented the visiting fielders at the death. Opener Hashim Amla Hashim Mahomed Amla (born 31 March, 1983 in Durban) is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. In November 2004, Amla became the first South African team player of Indian descent. top scored for South Africa in hot conditions with a 131-minute 80 that included six fours before he mistimed mis·time tr.v. mis·timed, mis·tim·ing, mis·times To time inaccurately or inappropriately; misjudge the timing of: The basketball team mistimed the final play and lost the game. a shot to a grateful Mark Vermeulen Mark Andrew Vermeulen (born 2 March 1979, in Harare) is a Zimbabwean cricket player in both Test matches and One-Day Internationals. He is a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off spin bowler, playing for Matabeleland in the Zimbabwean Logan Cup, with a good record at the deep wicket boundary. Skipper Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981 in Johannesburg) is a cricketer who became the youngest ever player to captain the South African cricket team at the age of 22 made 35 and AB de Villiers 51 to set South Africa up for a high total and Albie Morkel hit three sixes and three fours in an unbeaten 50 during a 39-minute spell at the crease. Veteran left-arm orthodox bowler Ray Price was the most successful Zimbabwean, claiming 3-44 off 10 overs, but Chris Mpofu proved expensive, conceding 70 runs without reward. South Africa begin three months of action against England Friday when they clash at the Wanderers in the first of two Twenty20 games and the other is at SuperSport Park in Centurion two days later.
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