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| World Cup Group A, St Kitts: Scotland 186-8 lose to South Africa 188-3 by seven wickets
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| INDIA
, 20-March-2007
15:30:51 PM |
| South Africa ended Scotland's hopes of progress in the World Cup with an emphatic seven-wicket win in St Kitts.
Some bold hitting at the end of Scotland's innings from Dougie Brown (45 not out), John Blain and Paul Hoffman helped them reach 186-8.
But when South Africa replied captain Graeme Smith (91) and AB de Villiers (62) put on 134 in just 16 overs.
Smith fell 10 runs short of victory but they still won with over 26 overs in hand to qualify for the Super 8 phase.
The start of the match followed a minute's silence for former South Africa coach Bob Woolmer, who died on Sunday.
Woolmer, who was Pakistan's coach at the World Cup, stepped down from his job with South Africa after their extraordinary defeat by Australia in the 1999 World Cup semi-finals.
Seamer Shaun Pollock was one of four South Africans in action against the Scots who played in that match, and the 33-year-old was typically miserly with the new ball.
With Makhaya Ntini, who was playing his first match of the tournament after delaying his arrival to attend the birth of his child, also right on the money, Scotland failed to generate any momentum at the start of their innings.
After eight overs they had managed only 16 runs and and both openers had survived run out attempts.
The breakthrough came when South Africa captain Smith introduced Andrew Hall, who immediately had Majid Haq caught behind.
Smith promptly went two for two on bowling changes when he brought Charl Langeveldt into the attack and Fraser Watts promptly edged to the captain in the slips.
Hall and Langeveldt soon removed Gavin Hamilton and Neil McCallum, who managed just a single off 21 deliveries.
And any hopes the Scots had of posting a big total perished when Warwickshire veteran Brown ran out acting captain Ryan Watson for 31 to leave them 84-5 with just under 20 overs left.
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