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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

S. Africa spinner Botha happy in opener role

South Africa off-spinner Johan Botha has pronounced he was enjoying his latest purpose as opening bowler in a World Cup as good as looked brazen to you do that again in a quarter-final opposite New Zealand.
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DHAKA (AFP) – South Africa off-spinner Johan Botha pronounced upon Tuesday he was enjoying his latest purpose as opening bowler in a World Cup as good as looked brazen to you do that again in a quarter-final opposite New Zealand.

Skipper Graeme Smith lifted a couple of eyebrows when he handed a latest round to Botha brazen of gait spearheads Dale Steyn as good as Morne Morkel in a joining matches opposite a West Indies as good as Bangladesh.

The play paid off as Botha private star West Indies batsman Chris Gayle with his third delivery, as good as additionally discharged Bangladesh series 3 Junaid Siddique cheaply.

The 28-year-old pronounced his purpose was to dry up a runs as a pacemen as good as associate spinners, leggie Imran Tahir as good as left-armer Robin Peterson, struck from a alternative end.

“I am substantially you do some-more of a land pursuit as good as determining a bowling from a single side as good as they have all been receiving wickets from a other,” Botha pronounced brazen of Friday’s quarter-final in Dhaka.

“We 3 spinners have been a lot opposite from any other. They conflict as good as you keep a runs in check. We additionally have world-class seamers that gives us a unequivocally great bowling attack.

Peterson is South Africa’s heading bowler in a contest with fourteen wickets, whilst Tahir has twelve as good as Steyn has 10.

South Africa surfaced a difficult Group B with 5 wins from 6 matches, whilst New Zealand accomplished fourth in Group A with 4 wins.

Botha, however, refused to take feat for postulated for his power-packed team, observant a Black Caps were able of springing a couple of surprises.

“We know you have been up opposite a peculiarity group as good as if you have been not starting to be upon tip of a game, it’s starting to be a unequivocally difficult match,” a South African vice-captain said.

“Ross Taylor is unequivocally a pass player as good as so is Brendon McCullum. And Daniel Vettori is patently a universe category bowler. We apply oneself him a lot.

“But a guys have played turn unequivocally good in a contest as good as demeanour brazen to personification opposite him again.”

Vettori, who longed for his team’s dual prior matches opposite Canada as good as Sri Lanka, is roughly sure to take a margin upon Friday.

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