da pixbet： South Africa made short work of Jamaica as they warmed up in professionalstyle for the one-day series against the West Indies which begins at SabinaPark on Saturday
Marcus Prior – MWP25-Apr-2001South Africa made short work of Jamaica as they warmed up in professionalstyle for the one-day series against the West Indies which begins at SabinaPark on Saturday. In a game designed to give them a work-out in the shorterversion of the game, the South Africans ran out easy winners by six wicketsas they chased Jamaica’s modest 185 all out.Although Gary Kirsten (9) is still in search of his next big innings andBoeta Dippenaar played a loose shot to depart for 13, a half-century fromHerschelle Gibbs and 49 from Jonty Rhodes made sure there were no majorhiccups along the way.Gibbs struck six superb boundaries in his 80-ball stay before mis-timinga pull to mid-on and Rhodes was given out leg-before as he looked toshepherd South Africa home. Lance Klusener confirmed his return to form withthe bat, finishing unbeaten on 42. Justin Ontong ended the match with astraight driven six off Leon Garrick’s highly occasional off-spinners.Earlier Jamaica struggled after being put into bat by South Africancaptain Shaun Pollock. The start was decent enough as openers Garrick (20)and 20 year-old David Bernard Jnr (59) added 35 for the first wicket in theteeth of some fine bowling from Roger Telemachus in particular, but once thetourists made the first breakthrough, they turned the screw extremelyeffectively.Klusener picked up 5-23 from ten overs as he generated substantialswing, three times hitting the stumps as the batsmen played and missed.Ontong, playing in his first match in full South African colours, bowled atidy ten overs and finished with 2-37.Ricardo Powell provided the entertainment for a sparse crowd, smashingleft-arm spinner Paul Adams for three enormous sixes, two of them clearingthe Kingston Cricket Club pavilion on the square-leg boundary.Powell was last out for 52, run out after a mix-up with number elevenRyan Cunningham. He faced 60 balls and as well as the three sixes, he struckone four.