Another high octane clash in store by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Event:

South Africa in Australia 2008/09

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DateLine: 12th January 2009

 

South Africa were over-powered by the rookie opener David Warner during the first clash and have one game to find some more form ahead of the five-match CB Series, which starts in Melbourne on Friday. The Warner experiment was an instant success for Australia, with him pounding 89 off 43 balls, while the local bowlers also contributed in the 52-run triumph. JP Duminy's 78 was the only score to pass 20 runs for South Africa.

 

South Africa have rung in three changes and there may be a fourth if AB de Villiers doesn't recover from a painful hip injury. de Villiers, who is undergoing physio on the servere bruising, under-edged while trying to pull a 155.6kph delivery from Shaun Tait. Wayne Parnell, the left-arm medium-fast bowler, replaces Lonwabo Tsostobe, Morne Morkel comes in for Makhaya Ntini and Hashim Amla allows Jacques Kallis to have a rest. Parnell, who is capable of swinging the ball, is an uncapped 19-year-old and was the leading wicket-taker in last year's Under-19 World Cup.

 

Shaun Tait was fierce in his first international engagement for a year, upsetting the South Africans with his speed, bounce and fire. Kallis was hit on the shoulder first ball before de Villiers' dismissal, and Tait came back at the end to finish the game by bowling Tsotsobe. The upshot was 2 for 36 off four overs from a brutal, unpredictable and injury-prone fast man. Dale Steyn was smashed around the park in the initial stages but recovered remarkably to capture 3 for 38.

 

The Twenty20 clash also promises to live upto its billing.