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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Wolfie33 on December 16, 2016, 06:56:54 PM
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South African U19’s star wins game single-handedly
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A YOUNG South African cricketer has given a whole new spin to the term “carry your bat” with an incredible innings in an under-19 Twenty20 tournament in Pretoria.
Shania-Lee Swart, an all-rounder for Mpumalanga, opened the innings against Easterns and scored 160 off 86 balls — a score higher than any individual score in Twenty20 international cricket history.
But that stat only told part of the story. Swart was the only player from Mpumalanga to score a single run. No one else faced more than 10 deliveries.
Swart’s 160, plus nine extras (five wides, three no balls and a leg bye) took the Mpumalanga total to 169. Ridiculous.
A whopping 90 per cent of Swart’s runs came from boundaries as she finished her knock with 18 fours and 12 sixes.
Swart finished the innings with a hard-to-believe unbeaten 61-run partnership for the 10th wicket with tailender Nicholate Phiri. Like the rest of her teammates, Phiri didn’t score. And she only faced three deliveries. Talk about farming the strike.
After her giant effort with the bat, Swart continued to demoralise her opposition in the field. The plucky teenager took the ball in the second over and bowled Easterns’ opener for a duck and finished the match with very handy figures of 2-21 off her four overs.
Easterns showed a lot more fight than the Mpumalanga batting order with a much more evenly spread scorecard of runs, but it wasn’t enough to take down Swart’s innings after they were tied down for 6-127 from their 20 overs.
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Don’t let the smile fool you, this South African teen is a destroyer with the bat.
Don’t let the smile fool you, this South African teen is a destroyer with the bat.Source:Twitter
Swart posted her innings to her Facebook page where a fan congratulated her for her innings and jokingly said she should “give someone else a go next time”. Swart replied saying she had to play tactically to make sure her team wasn’t totally embarrassed.
“I wanted to (give someone else a go) but everytime someone else was on strike we lost a wicket, so I had to play clever cricket to win the game for my team,” she said.
It's not the first time the prodigy has blasted a huge innings this season, either. According to her dedicated Facebook page, Swart scored 147 not out in her first T20 club game against Nelspruit in November with 21 fours and five sixes.
Swart’s latest innings set the media ablaze with Cricbuzz declaring her as a “one-woman army” and questioning if her “Woman of the Match” accolade should be changed to “Match of the Woman”.
In terms of history, Mpumalanga’s succession of ducks is by far the most incredible. Examples such as the MCC being skittled for 16 after losing seven wickets for no runs and Wirral Cricket Club being bowled out for a total of three runs offer hilarious comparisons, but none of them won a match.
It’s certain this is the only time a team scoring nine ducks has beaten an opponent so convincingly and Swart’s innings is possibly the most deserving Player of the Match in the history of T20 cricket. Maybe someone should give her a call-up for the Women’s Big Bash season?
Shania-Lee Swart captains the Mpumalanga Women Under-19’s side.
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Shania-Lee Swart captains the Mpumalanga Women Under-19’s side.Source:Facebook
Source: http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/south-african-u19s-star-wins-game-singlehandedly/news-story/76115ddd7abbd2bb4783712d9c633553
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I assume and sounds like it is very good and I would congratulate her. However, as a non-cricket person but do have a bit of understanding of the English language, there was much I didn't understand? :-[
nine extras (five wides, three no balls and a leg bye)
runs came from boundaries as she finished her knock
bowled Easterns’ opener for a duck
Small world... many differences...
Enjoy,
Paul
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Yes Paul, cricket has its own language, maybe Aunty Google should offer a translate service?
(Qu'est-ce que, vous ne parlez pas le cricket? Incroyable!) Chuckle
There are many strange terms in the game, mostly of English origin.
But from what I see, the bulk of the historical terms are kept alive by the sub continental commentators.
They are fanatical about the game!!
Ok
Leg Bye:
The batsman attempts a shot, does not connect, the ball hits a part of the body & ricochets off somewhere requiring a fielder to chase the ball, retrieve & throw back to the wicket keeper/bowler. If they see a chance to take a run, then that is a leg bye. Sometimes the ball will travel to the boundary & that is then 4 leg byes.
Leg byes are considered as extras, ie they add to the team score but not to a batsmans score.
Any shot attempted where the ball hits the hand, glove or wrist is generally considered a batsmans shot.
knock
A batsmans time at the crease, ie usually describing a good while out in the "middle", has not been bowled, caught or stumped, has spent some time in "occupying the crease" & usually scored a good number of runs, or at a good clip, ie at a fast rate, eg very quickly, or with many boundaries, either 4's or 6's.
duck
Being dismissed for a score of 0 or zero.
I believe it comes from the similarity of shape of a ducks egg to a Zero.
A batsmen given out for zero from the first ball he faces is deemed to have been dismissed for a Golden Duck.
I hope that helps somewhat
Cheers
PS Here's the actual score card Mpumalanga Under-19s Women v Easterns Under-19s Women at Pretoria, Dec 12, 2016 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo (http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1072767.html)
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Thanks Wolfie for an excellent explanation on those terms (which I try to relate a little to baseball). Had a look at the scorecard, and so much I still don't understand. I have googled the game in the past but because it is seldom seen here I just can't remember/understand a lot. Strange though as we have a cricket package here that our sun has left with us after his trip and marriage in Australia in 2005. We didn't get to see any Cricket at that time (June) as out of season but did take in Aussie Rules (2) and Rugby League (1) and Union (1) games - all very strange ;D .
I will have to get more familiar with those games as our son and family (twin boys 5) are currently in Brisbane and they mention about the games when we Skype. Maybe someone here can tutor me ;)
Still sounds like a great feat for that young gal...
Regards,
Paul