Records tumble in England-SA clash at Lord’s
SA’s one-day side have tasted their first victory at the historic old ground
That the result of the third one-day international between England and SA at Lord’s on Monday was irrelevant did not get in the way of milestones being passed. SA’s seven-wicket win in a series England clinched in Southampton on Saturday was their first success in a one-day international (ODI) at the grand old ground. Hashim Amla‚ already the fastest man to score 2,000‚ 3,000‚ 4,000‚ 5,000 and 6,000 runs in ODIs‚ added 7,000 to his list. Amla made 55 in his 150th innings to knock Virat Kohli — who got there in 161 trips to the crease — off the top spot. That effort was part of an opening stand of 95 Amla shared with Quinton de Kock‚ who scored 34. SA remained on course for a comfortable victory even though Amla and De Kock were dismissed four balls apart with Faf du Plessis following them back to the most famous pavilion in cricket 15 deliveries later. JP Duminy and AB de Villiers‚ and their unbroken stand of 55‚ took the visitors home with 21.1 overs remaining. That won the game, b...
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