3rd over: South Africa 11-0 (Amla 9, de Kock 2) Amla take on a Malinga short ball and doesn’t quite get hold of it but they skitter through for two anyway. He follows that up with another play-and-miss before slashing to deep backward point for one. De Kock does well to dig out a decent yorker and gives the bowler a wry smile at the non-striker’s end. It’s been a sensible and safe start in the main from South Africa.
2nd over: South Africa 6-0 (Amla 5, de Kock 1) Oof! Dilshan takes the new ball at the other end. Anything JP Duminy can do … The under-pressure Quinton de Kock (with scores of 7, 7, 12, 1, 0, and 26 in this tournament so far) gets off the mark with a single dinked into the on side and, after an Amla single, sees off the rest of the over fairly comfortably.
1st over: South Africa 4-0 (Amla 4, de Kock 0) Malinga, quite possibly playing in his final World Cup game, serves up a near-half-volley for Amla from the first and the opener powers him through the covers to get the innings off the mark with a boundary. The bowler responds well, and eventually beats the bat with the last, Amla wafting outside off.
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