{"id":14299,"date":"2012-09-06T03:48:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T01:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/cricket-amla-de-villiers-guide-south-africa-to-easy-win\/"},"modified":"2012-09-06T03:48:50","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T01:48:50","slug":"cricket-amla-de-villiers-guide-south-africa-to-easy-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-amla-de-villiers-guide-south-africa-to-easy-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Amla, De Villiers guide South Africa to easy win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">Sept 5<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers shared an<br \/>\nunbroken stand of 172 to steer South Africa to comfortable<br \/>\nseven-wicket win over England in the fifth and final one-day<br \/>\ninternational in Nottingham on Wednesday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>England were bowled out for just 182 but opening bowlers<br \/>\nJimmy Anderson and Jade Dernbach gave their side hope of<br \/>\ndefending the meagre total by ripping out the top order to leave<br \/>\nSouth Africa reeling at 14 for three in the fourth over.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, De Villiers and Amla, the standout batsman of the<br \/>\nseries, put together a South African record fourth-wicket<br \/>\npartnership against England to lead the Proteas to victory and<br \/>\nlevel the series at 2-2 after the first match in Cardiff was<br \/>\nabandoned.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amla hit the winning runs to leave himself stranded on 97<br \/>\noff 107 balls and captain De Villiers, who has had a quiet<br \/>\nseries, finished on 75 off 79.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It looked as if the chase would be a struggle after a strong<br \/>\nstart by the English attack left the South Africans in trouble.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dernbach had captain Graeme Smith caught at the second<br \/>\nattempt by James Tredwell at second slip for one in the second<br \/>\nover.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Out of form Faf du Plessis was caught behind by Craig<br \/>\nKieswetter for three when Anderson found the edge of his bat<br \/>\nwith a seaming delivery and the same pair combined to get rid of<br \/>\nDean Elgar for one.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>De Villiers and Amla had other ideas, however, as they went<br \/>\nabout resurrecting the innings in positive fashion.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>They consistently picked up singles and found the fence with<br \/>\nregularity when the England bowlers strayed off target.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers shared an unbroken stand of 172 to steer South Africa to comfortable seven-wicket win over England in the fifth and final one-day international in Nottingham on Wednesday. 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