INDIA: CRICKET - South Africa cricket team prepare for World Cup match with Netherlands
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1372063
INDIA: CRICKET - South Africa cricket team prepare for World Cup match with Netherlands
- Title: INDIA: CRICKET - South Africa cricket team prepare for World Cup match with Netherlands
- Date: 2nd March 2011
- Summary: MOHALI, PUNJAB, INDIA (MARCH 1, 2011) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC) DALE STEYN, SOUTH AFRICAN PLAYER, ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE STEYN SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (English) DALE STEYN, SOUTH AFRICAN FAST BOWLER, SAYING: "We are working out, well, the boys have adapted very well. Training has been great. Like I said, it's nice because like a bit of competition game, everybody seems to be available for selection. Everybody is kind of competing; you are facing different surfaces and different conditions all the time. So this is going to be kind of selection�������if I can say that, so when everybody is fit, when you have got so much time, everybody is appointed in all those training sessions, so probably it makes the condition in selection panel a lot more difficult, but we find it pretty good." STEYN ADDRESSING MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) DALE STEYN, SOUTH AFRICAN FAST BOWLER, SAYING: "Australia obviously has all the strike bowlers and that's the way they are going to bowl and they can bowl teams out to win games. And they have got batters to make runs as well." SOUTH AFRICAN PLAYERS GEARING UP FOR NET PRACTICE JACQUES KALLIS, SOUTH AFRICAN ALL-ROUNDER, WEARING CRICKET PADS PLAYERS STANDING PLAYERS PRACTICING AT NETS A BOWLER PITCHING A BALL PLAYERS STANDING CORRIE VAN ZYL, SOUTH AFRICAN COACH PLAYERS PRACTICING AT NET A BOWLER DELIVERING A BALL
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- Location: India, India
- Country: India
- Topics: Sport
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- Story Text: A relaxed South African team practiced at the nets in northern India's Punjab on Tuesday (March 1) ahead of the their showdown with the Dutch.
Already the South African team management has indicated that one of the three spinners, all of whom did a brilliant demolition job against West Indies last week, would be rested for the match with the Dutch, which faces a considerable rain threat.
Rain lashed most parts of Punjab and the local weather office has forecast some more for the next two days. Addressing a news conference in Mohali, bowler Dale Steyn said the players have adapted very well.
"We are working out, well the boys have adapted very well, " he said. " Training has been great like I said it's nice because like a bit of competition game. Everybody seems to be available for selection. Everybody is kind of competing, you are facing different surfaces and different conditions all the time so this is going to be kind of selection�������if I can say that so when everybody is fit when you have got so much time everybody is appointed in all those training sessions so probably it makes the condition in selection panel a lot more difficult but we find it pretty good.".
With Mohali traditionally offering more bounce than most Indian tracks and the early morning conditions also favouring the pace bowlers, South Africa would be tempted to gift Lonwabo Tsotsobe an advance birthday gift in the form of a place in the playing eleven the match.
Even though most feel left-arm spinner Robin Peterson would pave way for Tsotsobe, South Africa may eventually rest leg-spinner Imran Tahir who has a respiratory tract infection. Paceman Dale Steyn also suffered a minor bruise, having rammed into skipper Graeme Smith during a training session in Delhi, while JP Duminy is recovering from a stiff lower back.
The fitness woes notwithstanding, South Africa still have enough firepower to beat the Netherlands. Meanwhile, Steyn gave his views on the Australian, one of the top teams in Group A.
"Australia obviously has all the strike bowlers and that's the way they are going to ball and they can bowl teams out to win games. And they have got batters to make runs as well," said Styen.
In their previous outing South Africa beat West Indies by seven wickets, while the Netherlands nearly pulled off this World Cup's first upset before narrowly going down with eight balls to spare against England. They then lost by 215 runs to the West Indies. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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