Unique Log: Aug 30, 2008

South Africa in England, 2008, NatWest Series
England vs South Africa, 3rd ODI; Highlights
The Oval, London, August 29, 2008
Another clinical performance by the Englishmen. They lost the toss today and had to bat. The openers gave them a great start and they finished brilliantly despite a bit of a wobble in the middle overs. Flintoff played a fine knock and was well supported by Samit Patel who rounded off his cameo with a five wicket haul. The two remaining games are now dead but South Africa will like to come up with something good to end the tour.
England win by 126 runs and win the Natwest series 3-0 with 2 games to spare

Samit Patel is the Man of the Match for his all round performance. He scored 31 runs and picked up 5 for 41 to become the first England spinner in 7 years to take a five wicket haul in ODIs.

England vs South Africa, 3rd ODI Highlights Video

Scorecard

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Idea Cup, 2008; Sri Lanka vs India,
5th ODI Highlights; R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, August 29, 2008
This has been an amazing tour which has witnessed some high quality cricket. After being trampled in the Test series, the Indians came back strongly with their young brigade putting up a brilliant show. It was the Mendis and Murali show in the Tests and surprisingly enough, they failed to perform in the one-dayers. Young India played them a lot better and hence the positive result. Mahendra Singh Dhoni led his side from the front with a few good knocks, Suresh Raina glittered with the bat and young Kohli showed a lot of promise about him as well. Zaheer Khan is back to his best too by performing like a real spearhead for his side. For the Sri Lankans, it was Kulasekara, Thushara, Mendis and the skipper himself who performed very well. Despite these efforts, it was India who walked away with the Idea Cup.

Result Sri Lanka won by 112 runs (D/L method)