Cricket
South Africa play England in the Champions Trophy semis─── 06:30 Tue, 18 Jun 2013
Morgan Piek
Bloemfontein - The Proteas will play against hosts England in their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final at the Oval in London tomorrow.
This comes as England topped Group A after beating New Zealand by 10-runs over the weekend and Sri Lanka beat Australia by 20-runs yesterday.
Chevrolet Knight allrounder Ryan McLaren yesterday said it was a bit difficult to prepare for tomorrows match as their opponents were only confirmed last night.
McLaren also says the spirits in the team a high after South Africa’s draw to the West Indies on the Duckworth-Lewis system on Friday evening.
He said during their game agaisnt the Windies the Duckworth-Lewis calculations were in the back of their minds, however, at the time the didn't realise the significance of Keiran Pollards dismissal off his bowling.
Had Pollard displayed a big of patience and bloked the delivery which should have been bloke, their would have been home already. He says is nice to have a bit of luck come the way of South Africa.
McLaren said the English tracks have been a bit tricky to play on.
Bloemfontein - The Proteas will play against hosts England in their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final at the Oval in London tomorrow.
This comes as England topped Group A after beating New Zealand by 10-runs over the weekend and Sri Lanka beat Australia by 20-runs yesterday.
Chevrolet Knight allrounder Ryan McLaren yesterday said it was a bit difficult to prepare for tomorrows match as their opponents were only confirmed last night.
McLaren also says the spirits in the team a high after South Africa’s draw to the West Indies on the Duckworth-Lewis system on Friday evening.
He said during their game agaisnt the Windies the Duckworth-Lewis calculations were in the back of their minds, however, at the time the didn't realise the significance of Keiran Pollards dismissal off his bowling.
Had Pollard displayed a big of patience and bloked the delivery which should have been bloke, their would have been home already. He says is nice to have a bit of luck come the way of South Africa.
McLaren said the English tracks have been a bit tricky to play on.
Ryan McLaren speaks of the English tracks.:
