Markram's maiden ODI hundred powers South Africa to clean sweep Netherlands
Markram notched up his maiden ODI hundred and was all set for a double ton before getting out at 175. He reached there playing only 126 balls. The innings was orchestrated by 17 eye catching strokes and 7 big blows.
Posted - 2023-04-02T21:51:26+06:00
Updated - 2023-04-03T13:18:42+06:00
South Africa thumped Netherlands for a clean sweep as they won the last ODI by a huge margin of 146 runs and kept their hope alive for a direct qualification in the forthcoming World Cup.
After being put into bat first, South Africa lost their openers in quick succession. Vivian Kingma was breathing fire as he took both of the wickets and South Africa was in a spot to bother.
Van Der Dussen and Markram had plenty of time together and took South Africa out of trouble. They made 62 runs together before Dussen's departure. From then scoring got easier, Klassen and Markram too had a handy partnership of 51 run.
But it was the Markram-Miller show which outbatted Netherlands. The partnership was worth of 199 runs. Throughout the passage of play, Markram notched up his maiden ODI hundred and was all set for a double ton before getting out at 175. He reached there playing only 126 balls. The innings was orchestrated by 17 eye catching strokes and 7 big blows.
While Miller too look threatened and was about to score his 6th ODI ton but he agonizingly missed his hundred in run of play game. He made a swashbuckling 91 off only 61 deliveries with 6 boundaries and 4 maximums.
South Africa ended their innings at 370. Fred Klassen was the pick of the bowlers from Dutch. As he took two wickets with an economy of 4.3. While the other dutch bowlers were too much expensive.
Climbing the mountain, Netherlands had a brisk start. Vikramjit was dealing with boundaries before Jansen uprooted his stumps. Max ODwod and Musa Ahmed stitched 85 runs partnership. But ODwod was knocked over by Sisanda Magala. He missed his half century for only 3 runs. While Musa notched up his fifty (61 off 69) but a change of bowling by Bavuma sent Musa packing.
After the departure of Musa Ahmed, South Africa was right on the money. Netherlands captain Edwards hit some hefty blows before getting trapped infront by Magala. He scored a breezy 42 off 33 balls.
The lower order was bundled by Magala's fierce bowling. He struck twice in 37th over and both of them were bowled. Also he got Klassen in the 39th over and that one too cleanly bowled the stumps. Shamsi got the last wicket and ensured South Africa to win the last ODI by 146 runs. Sisanda Magala had a five- for in this match after this 3 fer in the first match.