SA win and pad up for Super Six slot

Unimpressive South Africa ground out an 118-run victory over Canada in their World Cup Group B match on Thursday, keeping alive their hopes ...

Unimpressive South Africa ground out an 118-run victory over Canada in their World Cup Group B match on Thursday, keeping alive their hopes of qualifying for the Super Six stage. But the tournament hosts, who have to beat Sri Lanka in their final group game to have a chance of advancing to the next stage, dropped five catches as Canada, chasing 255 to win, finished on 136 for five after 50 overs.

Fast bowler Makhaya Ntini was the pick of South Africa’s attack, completing figures of two for 19 from 10 overs, but Left-handed opener Ishwar Maraj, dropped four Times, anchored Canada’s reply with an unbeaten 53 off 155 balls.

He became only the eighth man to carry his bat through the full quota of overs in a World Cup innings, while his fifty, which included six fours in 148 balls, was the third achieved by a Canadian at this tournament. Earlier, Boeta Dippenaar rode his luck to rescue South Africa as Canada embarrassed the World Cup hosts with a determined bowling performance. (Reuters)

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SCOREBOARD

SOUTH AFRICA: G Smith b Davison 63; H Gibbs c Bagai b Patel 8; G Kirsten c Bagai b Joseph 0; J Kallis c Ifill b Patel 1; B Dippenaar c Seebaran b de Groot 80; M Boucher b de Groot 21; S Pollock c Bagai b Joseph 32; A Hall not out 22; M Ntini b Patel 14; M Zondeki not out 1; Extras (lb-3, w-8, nb-1) 12
Total: (For eight wickets off 50 overs) 254
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-22, 3-23, 4-132, 5-174, 6-197, 7-227, 8-249
Bowling: Joseph 9-1-42-2, Patel 7-0-41-3, Ifill 7-0-35-0, Davison 10-1-45-1, Seebaran 10-0-43-0, de Groot 7-0-45-2

CANADA: I Maraj not out 53; J Davison c Zondeki b Ntini 1; D Chumney c Smith b Pollock 2; I Billcliff b Zondeki 9; N De Groot c Boucher b Hall 16; J Harris c Boucher b Ntini 15; A Bagai not out 28; Extras (lb6, w4, nb2): 12
Total: (for 5 wkts, 50 overs): 136
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-8, 3-28, 4-58 5-84
Bowling: Pollock 8-5-13-1, Ntini 10-2-19-2, Donald 10-2-27-0, Zondeki 9-1-24-1, Hall 7-1-26-1, Kallis 5-1-11-0, Smith 1-0-10-0