Bavuma’s resilient century leads South Africa to 222 in first ODI

SPORTSAREENA.comSeptember 9, 2023

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South African captain Temba Bavuma carried his bat for a defiant century as his group had been bowled out for 222 in the first one-day worldwide towards Australia on the Mangaung Oval on Thursday.

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Bavuma opened the batting and made an unbeaten 114 whereas his teammates crumbled towards correct bowling on a sluggish, dry pitch with uneven bounce.

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Josh Hazlewood set the tone with the brand new ball, permitting just one scoring stroke in his first three overs.

With the Cricket World Cup lower than a month away, three key South African batsmen returned to the group however Quinton de Kock (11), Heinrich Klaasen (14) and David Miller (0) had been unable to make an impression.

Marco Jansen, batting at quantity seven, made 32 and helped Bavuma add 57 for the sixth wicket.

Mitchell Marsh, captaining Australia for the first time in an ODI, rotated his bowlers in quick spells and the South Africans struggled to construct any momentum earlier than Bavuma went on the assault throughout a last-wicket stand of 37 with Lungi Ngidi, who was final man out with out scoring.

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Bavuma was dropped on two when Ashton Agar put down a diving likelihood at backward level off Sean Abbott.

He survived once more on 88, with Ngidi on the wicket, when he top-edged a slog towards leg-spinner Adam Zampa and wicketkeeper Alex Carey spilled a simple likelihood.

Two overs later, Bavuma hit Zampa for six and 4 to increase his fifth one-day worldwide century.

He completed with 14 fours and a six off 142 balls regardless of fighting cramp in the direction of the tip of the innings.

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