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Vernon Philander, who is eyeing a Test return for South Africa, expressed concern about the pink ball after using it for the first time against Australia A in Brisbane. Nike Shox Buy Online . South Africa A are on a recce trip down under, ahead of a Test tour in November, which will include a day-night Test in Adelaide and, so far, their bowlers have found the going tough, even during the day.Australia A racked up 302 for 5 in the 88 overs bowled on the first day, and Philander explained that most of those were bowled with a soft ball. The pink ball is a bit similar to the Duke, except that when we got past 30 overs, the ball got extremely soft. Thats the only negative about it, he said, though he did not go so far as to suggest that he will be anti-day-night Test, which some of his team-mates were when the fixtures were being decided. We are all excited about the pink-ball game, and as long as we can improve the ball, we will have a good future with the pink ball.Before South Africa agreed to play the Test under lights, AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Philander himself had all stressed that they did not want to play a Test with the pink ball because of their inexperience with it. A compromise was reached when Cricket Australia offered South Africa two practice matches during the series and an A-side match on this trip. Since then, South African players have said they are looking forward to the match.Whether Philander will feature in the fixture remains to be seen. He missed seven of South Africas eight Tests last summer after tearing ankle ligaments in the warm-ups of the Bangalore Test, and did not recover until the end of the season when he made a comeback in franchise cricket. He has since been on a tour of Zimbabwe with the A team and is part of the current A series in Australia. Philander is hopeful of being picked for South Africas Tests against New Zealand in August, but will be competing for a spot against Morne Morkel, Kagiso Rabada and Dale Steyn, who also missed a significant part of the previous season with injury but has not been included in the A tour.Philander has already shown signs that he could be back to his best. He took four wickets in the Zimbabwe series, conceded less than two runs to the over, and was similarly miserly on the opening day against Australia A. Philander delivered 17 overs and took 1 for 32 - an economy rate of 1.88. The ball came out well in patches for me. I bowled really in the morning and this afternoon and let it slip a little towards the back end, but all in all, I am happy with my performance, he said.Also impressive was 20-year old seamer Andile Phehlukwayo, who took 1 for 44, and Philander expects the attack to get better as the series goes on. The boys bowled well in patches. There was a lack of preparation coming over here with us having two days of practice and having to turn around, he said. Australia played out of their socks, but our focus will be on getting the other five wickets and then letting the batsmen do their thing. Mens Nike Shox Clearance . LOUIS -- Heading into the final stretch of the season, the issues for the Chicago Bears banged-up defence only seem to be getting worse. Buy Nike Shox . -- Most satisfying to Russ Smith about No. http://www.shoxnikesalecheap.com/ . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Loughborough Lightning 168 for 6 (van Niekerk 91) beat Surrey Stars 134 (Devine 2-12, Langston 2-14) by 34 runsScorecard Team and individual competition records were broken as Loughborough Lightning sealed their place in the finals of the Kia Super League by beating Surrey Stars.South Africa international Dane van Niekerk hit 91 off just 64 balls, including 13 fours and three sixes, beating the previous competition record innings of 90 not out by Surreys Natalie Sciver, as Lightning ran up 168 for 6. That too was a record, the previous highest innings score in the competition being the 164 made by Lancashire Thunder, also at Loughborough Universitys Haslegrave ground.Ive been struggling with form, but I knew it was a really good track and I had to take my chance, said van Niekerk, who came into the match having scored just 19 runs in her previous three innings. Going into the finals its nice to have a few runs and for the team to have a bit of momentum.Surrey skipper Sciver chose to bowl after winning the toss, but may have already regretting her decision when Lightning openers Georgia Elwiss and Van Niekerk brought up the 50 in the seventh over.Van Niekerk looked in good touch from the start. Consecutive boundaries stroked through the off side off the pace bowling of Marizanne Kapp, along with a huge straight six clubbed the left-arm spin of Alex Hartley, were the pick of the 23-year-olds shots in a half-century made from 41 balls.Hartley, bowling with a nice loop, did pick up a wicket, Elwiss failing to clear long-off, but Van Niekerk appeared unstoppable. A reverrse paddle was followed by a reverse scoop for boundaries before Rene Farrell was deposited over midwicket for another six. Shox Outlet. ophie Devine edged a catch behind driving at a wide delivery, but just as the first century of the competition seemed Van Niekerks for the taking, she pulled Kapp hard to midwicket, where Sciver took a fine catch running in from the boundary.Inevitably, perhaps, van Niekerk then took a wicket in her first over of legspin, the third of the Surrey reply, courtesy of some sharp work behind the stumps by Amy Jones when Bryony Smith dragged her back foot. In her following over she had Cordelia Griffith caught and bowled, but the key wickets as far as Loughborough were concerned were those of Sciver and fellow England international Tammy Beaumont.Sciver had made just 12 when she top-edged Elwiss towards short third man, where Rebecca Grundy took the catch on the edge of the circle. Beaumont was beginning to threaten on 27 when she was run out by a direct hit - by van Niekerk, naturally. In the circumstances it came as no surprise when she added a fine boundary catch to her contribution.It was a good score but we were never really out of it on that track, so of course were disappointed, Sciver said. Its been a great competition, playing under pressure can only help develop our games. The crowds have been great and it shows how popular womens domestic cricket is becoming. We just wish we were going to Finals Day! Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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