My South African Story, trying to bring the old glorious days back.

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So for the first time, I have decided to write my own story. It's time to bring the glory of South African team back.

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So let's start with the world cup 2019.My squad for the world cup is following :
Far Du Plesis (C), Q De Kock (VC), Aiden Markram, Hasim Amla, Lungi Ngidi, J P Duminy, Kagiso Rabada, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, David Miller, R Van Der Dussen, T Shamsi, D Pretorius, Imran Tahir, Beuran Hendricks.
Now let's start with the warm up matches first.

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The first warm up match was vs Sri Lanka.

Well, South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.
Our team for the first match
Du plesis (C), de Kock (VC), Amla, Markram, Van Dussen, Miller, Pretorius, Phehlukwayo, Rabada, Ngidi, Tahir.

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Though we get a great start from our top order with Dr Kock scoring 66, Amla scoring 55 and Markram scoring 45,there was nothing from the the others. Only Dussen crossed the 30 runs mark except the top 3. We are bowled out for 226 in 49.3 overs. Malinga, as usual, was exceptional by taking 5 wickets.
Scoreboard of the innings is uploaded in three parts.

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Sri Lanka was never in trouble and scored our runs comfortably. Matthews top scored with 73. Every Sri Lankan batsmen contributed and except Ngidi (2/47) and Phehlukwayo (2/40), our bowlers was not upto the mark.
???????brief score : SA 226 all out in 49.3 ( De Kock 66,Amla 55, Malinga 5/45) lost to Sri Lanka 227/4 in 42 (Matthews 73, Phehlukwayo 2/40).

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Next warm up match was vs West Indies. We went with 2 changes. Morris in for Pretorius and Duminy for Miller. We again won the toss and this time elected to field first.

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This time we bowled well. Morris was the pick of the bowlers by taking 4 wickets. West Indies scored 263 for 8 in 50 overs thanks to the half centuries by Pooran(56) and Darren Bravo (56).

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It was again our top order who scored the runs. De Kock scored a brilliant hundred and Amla scored 79. Markram remained not out on 41 as we have chased the total with ease.
Brief score : West Indies 263/8 in 50 overs ( Pooran 56, Bravo 56, Morris 4/47) lost to South Africa 264/3 in 41.3 ( de Kock 110, Amla 79).

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Now starts the World Cup!!!

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First match wass vs England.
We didn't make any change from the last match.
We had won the toss and elected to field first.
England made the most of our poor bowling and the flatness of the pitch. They scored 322 for 5 in 50 overs. Jason Roy (129) and Bairstow (80) gave them an excellent start and Root also scored a fine 59. Only Ngidi took a couple of wickets.
In reply, as usual, our openers did a great job. De Kock scored 80 and Amla scored a brilliant century (112). However our middle and lower order could not cope up with the pressure as we lost the match by a narrow margin of 7 runs, despite a fight from Dussen(45).
Brief score : England 322/5 in 50 overs ( Roy 129,Bairstow 80, Root 59) have beaten South Africa 315/8 in 50 overs ( Amla 112, de Kock 80, Archer 3/57)

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