Twice in two innings South Africa have now crossed the milestone, this time anchored by hundreds from Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis, as they overwhelmed Ireland by 201 runs
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Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Sidharth Monga
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Net run rates
West Indies -0.313
Ireland -1.137
Pakistan -1.373
"Difficult evening," says William Porterfield. "They played well. We had an early breakthrough, we wanted more, but once the lads got in they were difficult to get out. You have got to take your chances. It was a very good pitch. The lads tried to squeeze as much as possible. Four down coming out to 10 overs, they bowled very well. All credit to the lower order. Every game is a big game. The one against Zimbabwe is a big one."
"Good game today," says AB de Villiers. "Very happy with the performance. The nice thing was we did it our way. We are not following any other strategy, we are doing it our way. We want to keep on scoring centuries. It helps set us up for the last few overs. Incredible. Hash. he will always be the rock for us. Effortlessly plays with a lot of class. Whatever you do he always has the answer. Very impressed with the bowlers. They were very motivated. Combination will depend on match-by-match basis. You always want your top six, top seven in form. Six, seven, eight win you a lot of games. We will see how we go [on the bowling]. I enjoyed it, yes [being called one bouncer for the bouncer]. It was my slower bouncer, actually."
"Fortunately we got off to a good starts," says Hashim Amla, the Man of the Match. "Myself and Faf got going, and then I started to play some shots. We had wickets in hand so we could have a go. Thankfully it came off. It was a good wicket and fortunately we got some runs. Always good to post a win. Any hundred is a hundred. Glad to get some runs. Doesn't matter how long it takes. We bowled exceptionally well. Glad that edge stuck under the armpit."
Only the second time that a side has registered consecutive 200-run wins. And the first time a side has posted back-to-back 400s. Another powerful performance. From the moment Joyce dropped Amla early on, this has gone downhill for Ireland. At one point both Amla and du Plessis looked like they could score double hundreds. Neither of them could but South Africa were still authoritative with the bat. An opening burst from their attacking bowlers killed the game off after which South Africa went on an experimenting spree
GH Dockrell b Morkel 25 (61m 57b 1x4 1x6) SR: 43.85
Over the wicket
Dockrell has shown great application and courage here. These few late runs could be the difference in the eventual net run rate
James: "Dockrell's best ODI score now. And against a top quality attack."
Plays of the day from the Group B game between South Africa and Ireland in Canberra
Ireland's hefty loss showed that for their bowlers, every possible advantage must be stolen by their fielders in order to avoid a lopsided scoreboard
Ireland captain William Porterfield chose not to dwell on the dropped chance early in the innings that allowed Hashim Amla to soar to yet another ODI century, but he did admit that coping with accurate bowling at high pace was the greatest struggle for As
Stats highlights from the Pool B game between Ireland and South Africa in Canberra.
The Hashim Amla we knew became the Amla we may want to know a bit more of as he abandoned elegance and decided to go unorthodox instead to reach a career-best
