Ntini takes 5 in SA Emerging team’s loss to Sri Lanka
A career-best five-for by Thando Ntini was not enough for the South Africa Emerging team as they suffered a four-wicket loss to their Sri Lanka counterparts in the opening match of the One-Day triangular series in Pretoria on Saturday.
The right-arm paceman nabbed five for 46 in nine overs, but it could not prevent the tourists from cantering to a 187-run victory target with more than 11 overs to spare.
It was a disappointing loss for a strongly-assembled home side, who struggled to a limp 185 all out in 46 overs after losing the toss and being put into bat first.
This despite a strong opening stand of 71 between top-scorer Tony de Zorzi and Matthew Breetzke that came from 14 overs. The latter scored 27, while the former went on to strike 58 off 79 balls (7 fours).
Both fell during a rocky spell in which four quicks went down – leaving the South Africans on 115 for four.
But Jason Smith (33) and Wandile Makwetu (25) rebuilt well to take their side to 161 for four with still more than 10 overs to go.
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