2459dThe Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran

Guyana fail to deny South Australia 100% record

Callum Ferguson made a typically intelligent half-century and, with assistance from No. 5 Cameron Borgas, helped South Australia preserve their 100% record

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

RR Sarwan
RR Sarwan
70(46) 8x4 - 2x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 33 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
1 0 1 8 27 12 4 17
CJ Ferguson
CJ Ferguson
55(37) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep
  • 19 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
3 0 20 8 9 3 2 10

Best performances - Bowlers

DJ Harris
O3
M0
R33
W3
Eco11.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
PG Wintz
O3
M0
R11
W2
Eco3.66
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

END OF OVER:
20 | 7 Runs | GUY: 176/7 (16 runs required, RR: 8.80)

  • Lennox Cush12 (7b)
  • Assad Fudadin7 (8b)
  • Dan Christian4-0-20-2
  • Gary Putland4-0-39-0

That's that then. Guyana head back home and South Australia get ready for the semis. Sid Ravindran's bulletin will soon be up here. On behalf of team ESPNcricinfo, this is Nitin Sundar signing off from game one. Lions v Bangalore is up next. Do join us for that game.

Presentations coming up. Ferguson is MoM. "Momentum is a huge thing in T20, and the fact that we could get the platform for the hitters to come in in the end overs, that matters a lot. First few games the top order did a really good job. Now the middle order has done well. We feel ready for the semis."

Sarwan: "We played well today and showed what we are capable of. Unfortunately, could not win though. Pretty similar conditions to back home, just a little more bouncy. We need to build on this. Very happy with Ramdeen and Jacobs, they took their chance with both hands today."

Klinger: "We batted really well to get into that position. Win is a win, and four from four, we could not have asked for more. Tait will be back for the semis which is very good for us. We want to continue doing the little things right in the semis."

So the South Australia finish their league commitments with a clean state. They were stretched more than expected today, Guyana putting up their best show of the tournament. But their bowling in the death was a huge letdown - possibly cost them the game.

Shruti, a Guyana fan, feels let down. "Ahhh its heartbreaking to see Guyana come so close... and loose. They really fought it out in the second half."

Daniel Christian is pleased with the show and looks forward to the semis now. They still don't know who they will face there. Christian says it was a sluggish wicket, with the slower balls holding up.

19.6
0
Christian to Cush, no run, and it ends with a whimper, does Guyana's campaign. Another delivery on the money, another swing, another miss. Game over.
19.5
0
Christian to Cush, no run, follows Cush as he moves across to the leg stump, but he can't make contact. Dot.
19.4
1
Christian to Fudadin, 1 run, again, close to being called a wide, Fudadin backs away and makes it difficult to make contact, still gets a single out to deep point
19.3
0
Christian to Fudadin, no run, full again, and almost another wide, outside the left hander's off stump but it is not called
19.3
2w
Christian to Cush, 2 wides, wide down the leg, and they steal a second

19 off 4

19.2
4
Christian to Cush, FOUR, thick outside edge to the full ball outside off and just over the head of short third man for four.

Guyana 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9TM DowlinRN Ramdeen
2nd42RR SarwanRN Ramdeen
3rd56RR SarwanSA Jacobs
4th1RR SarwanCD Barnwell
5th22RR SarwanJA Foo
6th20RR SarwanDO Christian
7th4RR SarwanLJ Cush
8th22LJ CushAB Fudadin