Cricket World Cup updates from Chester-le-StreetBairstow blasts critics ‘waiting for England to fail’And you can drop Simon an email or tweet @Simon_Burnton 2.53pm BST 2nd over: South Africa 10-0 (De Kock 2, Amla 8) Dhananjaya de Silva does some early spinning, and De Kock gets a single from the penultimate delivery. I forgot to mention that it was Malinga who bowled the first over, but then you knew that. Opening with a spinner to Quinton de Kock is a sound strategy. He has been dismissed five times to off-spin within the first 20 balls of his innings and averages just 28.20 from those deliveries. #CWC19 #SLvSA 2.50pm BST 1st over: South Africa 9-0 (De Kock 1, Amla 8) Amla sweetly times a drive through the covers for four. Languid, I think is the word. The next is flicked off his ankles, past midwicket for four more. The last beats the edge (there did seem to be a tiny noise, but there was no appeal so perhaps I invented it). South Africa have had one big opening stand at this World Cup, Amla and De Kock putting on 104 against Afghanistan, but otherwise the first pair has only once contributed more than 22 runs, and in their two games since the Afghanistan match has managed nine (against New Zealand) and four (against Pakistan). Continue reading…
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