The touring New Zealand cricket team faces the hosts South Africa in the second test that begins Friday morning today and will continue for five days till 15th January at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth.
This will be the 24th Test played at St George's Park but the first since December 2007 when West Indies won by 128 runs.
South Africa have lost their last three Tests on the ground. Their last victory came in 2000 with a seven wicket win over New Zealand.
That was one of three Tests New Zealand have played at St George's, they also lost on their first visit in 1950 but won by 40 runs in 1962.The possible opposing squads for the 1st ODI:
South Africa
GC Smith*, HM Amla, AB de Villiers†, F du Plessis, D Elgar, JH Kallis, RK Kleinveldt, R McLaren, M Morkel, AN Petersen, RJ Peterson, VD Philander, JA Rudolph, DW Steyn
New Zealand
BB McCullum*, TA Boult, DAJ Bracewell, DG Brownlie, DR Flynn, JEC Franklin, MJ Guptill, MJ McClenaghan, BP Martin, CS Martin, C Munro, JS Patel, N Wagner, BJ Watling†, KS Williamson
The pitch in Port Elizabeth should be slow and low as usual. No rain is forecast, but serious winds, and if it's the South Easter, it will come off the sea and will increase moisture around the ground. That's expected on the second day.
So both teams are going to relive in their memories when they meet today Port Elizabeth. Would it be possible for the hosts to win or would the visitors prevail?
The Test match is scheduled from Friday, 11 January to 15th January daily at 10:30 local time (08:30 GMT) at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth.
If you are one of the fans located at different destination and miss the chance to visit the stadium to watch your favorite team, You can now watch the match live on your laptop or desktop computer, FREE, provided you have an internet connection, from the links given below:
-->
0 comments:
Post a Comment