South Africa post formidable 351/5 against Holland

PTI

Mohali, 03 March 2011: South Africa slaughtered the Dutch bowling attack to post a formidable 351/5 in their Group B match at Mohali.

 

The experienced pair of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers helped the Proteas scale the 350-run mark with the former slamming a fine century. AB de Villiers too slammed a belligerent ton as Dutch bowlers lacked the sting to see the top order through.

 

The Netherlands did make early inroads into South African camp, claiming Graeme Smith (20) as the scorecard read 51/1 in the thirteenth over. Smith was clean bowled by paceman Bernard Loots’ angling delivery that uprooted the leg stump, sending the Dutch into celebration mode.

 

Soon after, Jacques Kallis too got out but from there on the duo of AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla steered the Proteas away from all trouble.

 

The Netherlands captain Peter Borren won the toss and elected to bowl against South Africa in their Group B match of the cricket World Cup.

 

South Africa have made one change to their team, bringing in Morne van Wyk instead of Johan Botha. The Netherlands are playing the same team which lost to the West Indies in its previous group match.

 

Teams:

 

The Netherlands: Peter Borren (capt), A Kervezee, W Barresi, T Cooper, R ten Doeschate, B Zuiderent, T de Grooth, Mudassar Bukhari, P Seelaar, B Loots, B Westdijk

 

South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt), H Amla, J Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, M van Wyk, R Peterson, M Morkel, D Steyn, Imran Tahir.