Rain turned out to be the Deciding factor in Hard Fought Game

ICC champions trophy match between South Africa and West Indies as expected has provided some breathtaking moments as both the teams are fully loaded with explosive players. Due to weather conditions in Cardiff, the match was scheduled of only 31 overs, which also got folded up and match got tied as per D/L method. Clouds hovered all through the day and light rain fell all morning and as predicted, it affected the start time. When the drizzle decreased it seemed that everything will go quite well but as soon toss was taken, the rain came back to delay proceedings for a further 45 minutes. It resulted in the total length of the pause between the scheduled and actual start time to get over three hours. Though the match started but as per world news weather report, it was expected to rain again.

South Africa went off to a flying start batting first in the match. Opening partnership between Hashim Amla and Colin Ingram contributed 80 runs to the scoreboard. Colin Ingram, who played an excellent knock of 73 runs on just 63 balls hit four grounded shots and two aired shots out of ground. AB De Villiers also contributed with his bat and scored fast 37 runs of 26 balls. In the end also middle order batsmen Faf Du Plessis and David  Miller partnership of 68 runs came crucial for South Africa scoring 230 runs off 31 overs. In latest sports news, players of South African team has performed well in IPL T20 series. AB De Villiers, David Miller, Dale Steyn and Ryan Mc Laren had won crucial games for their teams based on their performances. Dwayne Bravo, though being costly was able to grab two crucial wickets. Sunil Narine and Ravi Rampaul were also impressive and bowled good line and length.

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With millions of people watching performance of South Africa on world news today were expecting a much stronger comeback from West Indies team. The most furious batsman Chris Gayle opened the batting for the team along with Johnson Charles. Gayle in his natural style started with thrashing bowlers out of boundaries. But, soon Chris Morris got the breakthrough and Chris Gayle was caught at point by Faf Du Plessis. He scored fast 36 runs of just 27 balls hitting five fours and one six. Marlon Samuels also batted exceptionally well and scored 48 runs before losing his wicket