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Cricket World Cup afternoon wrap 3 March 2015─── 17:31 Tue, 03 Mar 2015
The Proteas continued their wake of destruction at the World Cup this morning when they thumped Ireland by 201 runs at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.
The men in green and gold set the minnows a target of 412 runs for the win after Hashim Amla scored his 20th ODI ton with a knock of 159 runs.
Faf du Plessis score 109 runs while Rilee Rossouw of the Chevrolet Knights blasted 61 not out of 30 balls.
Kyle Abbott claimed a career best of four wickets for 21 with the ball.
Captain AB de Villiers said he has been impressed with the Irish during the tournament.
Amla, rightly earned the man of the match award for his stellar performance with the bat, and after a slow start to the competition he is coming to the party with the willow.
Amla said unless you’re Don Bradman or AB de Villiers you won’t score runs in every innings, although it’s always the goal…
South Africa next face Pakistan on Saturday at Eden Park in Auckland.
Meanwhile, in Perth co-hosts Australia will be looking to return to winning ways when they face Afghanistan tomorrow at the WACA.
After beating England, having their game against the Bangladesh abandoned due to Cyclone Marcia and their one wicket loss to
the Black Caps the pressure is on the Aussies in match which will normally be considered as a walk in the park.
Australia captain Michael Clarke says they are confident, but it’s up to them to turn things around of their loss to New Zealand.
The match at the WACA gets underway at 8:30 tomorrow morning.
In Napier, the battling Pakistan are looking to regain their form when they taking on the tenacious United Arab Emirates.
With disappointing performances with the bat in the tournament the 1992 champions are targeting plenty of runs.
With most of the team in Group B targeting the third sport behind India and South Africa, captain Misbah Ul Haq says he side need to focus on winning all their games.
This match at McLean Park starts at 3am tomorrow morning.
Morgan Piek / OFM News
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