Aboard Rassie van der Düssen’s fantastic Century, South Africa posted 298/7 in the opening ODI against England at Bloemfontein on Friday (27th January). Van der Düssen took the initiative after the hosts got off to a quick start with his play of power in the opener, and despite a lull in the mid-overs, David paired with his Miller to beat South Africa. Raised to near his 300.
South Africa, who chose to attack first, got off to a great start. Quinton de his cook found himself borderline four times in his first five overs, but it was Temba his Babooma who drew attention with a power play. Bavma returned Johra against Archer, beating him on boundaries 1 and 6, plus he added two boundaries to take him up to 32 in just 23 balls. Moen Ali’s introduction did the trick, as he quickly drove away the high-flying Bavuma. Archer was having a terrible time allowing more boundaries so that didn’t deter Kok.Unfortunately for the left hander when he scored a top edge to give Sam Curran the first wicket , he also threw out the start. England then screwed in another wicket when Ollie Stone made action to remove Aiden Markram.
Van der Düssen made good progress on the opposition side, with Heinrich his Klaassen eventually advancing with his six behind Adil his Rashid, but just as the partnership was brewing England struck again. rice field. Klaasen missed a full ball from Rashid and was caught lbw vertical. Van der Duessen’s responsibility was to push South Africa to a strong overall performance. He cleared back-to-back limits from Archer as host and after 40 overs he was placed at 224/4 readying himself for a final attack.
However, the limits were initially very difficult to overcome as Miller struggled to stay on track. Van der Düssen continued to pull up a century, coming up with some punches towards the end, and Miller gained weight to reach his half-century. However, South Africa failed to target 100 runs in the final 10 overs and settled for 74 runs.
Brief scores: South Africa 298/7 in 50 overs (Rassie van der Dussen 111. David Miller 53; Sam Curran 3/35) vs England.