Six-shooter Ntini crash Aussies

CAPE TOWN – Makhaya Ntini took the best figures by a South African in one-day international cricket as South Africa crushed Australia by 196 runs in the second one-day international at Newlands Friday.

The win put South Africa 2-0 up in a five-match series. Ntini took four wickets in a devastating opening spell and finished with six for 22 as Australia were bowled out for 93, their fourth-lowest all-time total.”It’s like a dream come true,” said Ntini of his rapid return to top form, a week after his first match in two months following a knee injury.Herschelle Gibbs and Justin Kemp hit aggressive but contrasting half-centuries as South Africa posted an imposing total of 289 for seven on a slow pitch.Gibbs made an elegant 66 and Kemp bludgeoned an unbeaten 51.Any hopes Australia had of making a contest of it were blasted away by Ntini, who took two wickets in his first over and had figures of four for four after five overs.His final figures were better than the six for 23 by Allan Donald against Kenya in Nairobi in 1996/97.Ntini took four wickets in a devastating opening spell and finished with six for 22 as Australia were bowled out for 93, their fourth-lowest all-time total.”It’s like a dream come true,” said Ntini of his rapid return to top form, a week after his first match in two months following a knee injury.Herschelle Gibbs and Justin Kemp hit aggressive but contrasting half-centuries as South Africa posted an imposing total of 289 for seven on a slow pitch.Gibbs made an elegant 66 and Kemp bludgeoned an unbeaten 51.Any hopes Australia had of making a contest of it were blasted away by Ntini, who took two wickets in his first over and had figures of four for four after five overs.His final figures were better than the six for 23 by Allan Donald against Kenya in Nairobi in 1996/97.