Cape City [South Africa], January 7 (ANI): South African fast Kagiso Rabada achieved an undesirable fifty on Day 4 of the second Check towards Pakistan in Cape City, reported ESPNCricinfo.
As the sport headed in the direction of its climax, Rabada bowled his fiftieth no-ball within the ongoing World Check Championship (WTC) cycle.
He ended the cycle with a whopping whole of 54 no-balls. Within the Newlands Check alone, Rabada bowled a complete of 17 no-balls, with 13 of them coming within the second innings.
After Rabada, the following on the undesirable checklist is West Indies fast Alzarri Joseph, with 35 no-balls to his identify within the ongoing WTC cycle.
Total, the second Check was a lot of a forgettable outing for the bowlers throughout each groups, however particularly for South Africa.
The second match was simply the fourth occasion within the twenty first century when three or extra South African bowlers involved greater than 100 runs in a house Check.
The tempo duo Rabada, Marco Jansen and seasoned spinner Keshav Maharaj all gave away greater than 100 runs within the second Check. Rabada returned with match figures of 6/170, Jansen 3/137 and Maharaj completed the match with 5/151.
With a 10-wicket victory within the second Check, South Africa completed with 69.44 per cent of attainable factors throughout the cycle for table-topping bragging rights, with fellow finalist Australia (63.73 per cent of attainable factors) unable to eclipse the determine even with a clear sweep victory of their upcoming collection towards Sri Lanka.
South Africa doesn’t have a Check match scheduled between now and the ultimate, although Proteas coach Shukri Conrad has outlined potential preparations.
“We’re going to attempt to get a Check match, probably within the UK, towards Eire or Afghanistan, whoever is free,” Conrad mentioned as quoted from the ICC.
“And if unsuccessful, we’ll clearly exit a few days earlier and ensure we camp there very well, in all probability in Canterbury,” he added. (ANI)
