The World Of Jadeey

We won! Brilliant bowling by the Kiwis (and superb batting by my man) led us to victory against South Africa. We won by 87 runs, amusingly this is just 2 runs less than Stephen Fleming's score. Without doubt his batting was outstanding compared the the crap every other batsman brought.

In the post-match interview Smith bemoaned the pitch and the ICC. I hate when a captain won't take responsibility for their teams loss. He even went as far as to say that he didn't think any of his batsman played bad shots but that it was all the pitch. Utter bollocks!

Bad form Smith, you can't win the toss and put the other team in then blame the pitch for breaking down and being impossible to bat second on.

Not to mention that Smith congratulated Sri Lanka on the match. Ummmmm you were playing New Zealand. Idiot!

Stephen Fleming played very sensibly. Early on in his innings he played and missed a bit, going for the big shots. Once his partners started abandoning him he settled in and grafted singles and twos before getting out when trying to push the run-rate late in the innings. Exactly the kind of captains knock any team wants to see, other than the getting out of course. (Also helps my theory that when Flem does well so does the team)

Mills bowled spectacularly and I can't say anything about that except that I'm shocked, I'm usually not a fan at all. Patel and Vettori bowled well together at the end, tying the South Africans up in knots. Patel, particularly, was on fire and ripped through the tail. Vettori may be the more celebrated bowler but Patel is really giving him a run for his money. (I like that too since it helps prove another theory of mine)

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