South Africa vs New Zealand, 1st ODI: RSA won by 20 runs

New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2015 

 

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South Africa has won the first ODI match in the ongoing series against New Zealand today. While batting first, the host team scored 304 runs that were good enough to get the game. New Zealand got all out for 284 runs in 48.1 overs. Hashim Amla has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 124 (126) innings.

South Africa were invited to bat first and they made good out of it by scoring 304 runs in 50 overs. RSA lost 7 of their wickets. Hashim Amla scored highest 124 runs of 126 balls and Rilee Rossouw (89) was the second highest scorer.

Both Adam Milne and Mitchell McClenaghan took 2 wickets each for New Zealand. NZ was given a target of 305 runs to be chased in 50 overs.

South Africa Innings Score Card

New Zealand lost their first wicket for just 3 runs, but then, Tom Latham and Kane Williamson stood up and did what was necessary to turn the game back for their team. But that was not enough as no other follow player could score big runs and NZ team got out 20 runs short the target score.

Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Imran Tahir and David Wiese got 2 wickets each for South Africa.

New Zealand Innings Score Card

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI: Sri Lanka won by 2 wkts

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2015

The 2nd ODI match of the series was played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan on Wednesday, July 15 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. Sri Lanka won this match by 2 wickets in the second last over of the match. The target was of 288 runs.

Kusal Perera has been chosen the Man of the Match for scoring 68 runs in 25 balls. He gave his team the strong start Sri Lanka needed at the time.

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat and played well. Opener Azhar Ali scored 79 runs of 104 balls and gave a solid base to next players. Shoaib Malik (51) and Mohammad Rizwan (52) scored fifties and Pakistan team, in total scored 287 runs in 50 overs with the loss of 8 wickets. The target was of 288 runs, which was not less in any terms, but Sri Lanka managed to chase it somehow.

Pakistan Innings Score Card

Sri Lanka won the match with 11 balls and 2 wickets remaining. The game was in the control of hosts from the moment they started batting until last 10 overs by the time they lost all important wickets. Opener Kusal Perera scored the highest 68 runs in just 25 balls. Dinesh Chandimal (wk), who came at sixth position remained at the crease till the end and took the game back from the jaws of Pakistan.

Rahat Ali took 3 wickets for Pakistan.

Sri Lanka Innings Score Card

Bangladesh vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: Bangladesh won by 9 wkts (D/L method)

RSA tour of Bangladesh 2015

Bangladesh has won the third and final match of the 3-match ODI series against South Africa. The team has also won the ODI series with 2-1. Bangladesh team, which is not counted as very big in terms of International cricket, has shown some great performances, first against Pakistan, then India and now, against South Africa. Bangladesh has already won the 2nd ODI match and now, this one. South Africa looked really small in this game and performed bad both with ball and bat.

The match was reduced to 40 overs due to rain. Soumya Sarkar has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 90 runs of 75-balls.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first, but couldn't do much with the bat. They could only score 168 runs in 40 overs and lost 9 wickets. Jean-Paul Duminy (51) remained the highest scorer while David Miller (44) scored second highest for RSA.

Shakib Al Hasan took 3 wickets for his team.

South Africa Innings Score Card

Bangladesh was given the target of 169 runs, which the team chased down in just 26.1 overs with the loss of just 1 wicket. Soumya Sarkar scored highest 90 runs of 75 balls. Both openers played really well and gave a partnership of 154 runs before Tamim Iqbal were caught out on a personal score of 61 runs. Soumya Sarkar did the job and won the game for his team with 9 wickets remaining.

Bangladesh Innings Score Card

 

India vs Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI: India won by 83 runs

India tour of Zimbabwe 2015

 

India has won the third and last ODI match in the 3-match series against Zimbabwe. The match was played on Tuesday, July 14 at Harare Sports Club, Harare. India has also won the ODI series with 3-0. Kedhar Jadhav has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 105 runs of 87 balls.

Ambati Rayudu is the Man of the Series.

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field first and gave India a golden opportunity to score big while playing first. Indians played really well, not all but some of them. Openers couldn't do very well, but Manish Pandey (71) and Kedar Jadhav (105) scored big and gave India a solid score of 276 runs. The team lost 5 of its wickets.
Zimbabwe couldn't do well with the ball. Neville Madziva got 2 wickets.

India Innings Score Card

Zimbabwe was given the target of 277 runs, but they could only score 193 runs and lost all 10 wickets in 42.4 overs. Chamu Chibhabha scored the highest 82 runs.

Stuart Binny took 3 wickets while Mohit Sharma, Axar Patel and Harbhajan Singh got 2 wickets each.

Zimbabwe Innings Score Card