Tahir, Du Plessis set up comfortable win for Proteas | shockerhess |
JOHANNESBURG – At times in the last year, Imran Tahir has looked like he was hanging on to make the World Cup.
Tahir was not among those given a one year contract by Cricket SA last week, leading to questions about his international future. Certainly next season is more Test focused than this summer for the South African team, and with a Test tour to India in October, and Tabraiz Shamsi having been picked to support Keshav Maharaj in Sri Lanka last year, Tahir’s role with the Proteas will be limited – if he still chooses to play international cricket.
The Sri Lankans, batting first after Du Plessis called correctly at the toss, were cruising along at 97/2 at the end of the 16th over, on a surface that played truer than was the case the last South Africa played an ODI here against Pakistan five weeks ago. Tahir entered the fray in the 17th over and with his fourth ball had the hero of Kingsmead, Perera caught behind by Quinton de Kock with a beautiful delivery that slid on straight with the angle and flicked the edge.
Tahir bowled for much of the first half of their partnership conceding 18 runs in a cunning seven-over spell. He returned in the 37th over and with his second ball had de Silva stumped by De Kock for 39 following which he dismissed Mendis at the end of his ninth over. South Africa’s fielding, which will be under the microscope in this series was efficient and for the most part clean with Miller’s run out of Fernando the highlight.
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