Decades Tournament - South Africa Inter-War v Rest of the World 1980s

 

A Rest of the World team from the 1980s beat a South African inter war side by 54 runs in an entertaining 6-day Test at Johannesburg. 

The Wanderers curator did superbly, providing a wonderful batting surface which also provided encouragement for bowlers. Imran won the toss and the World XI racked up 581 over the first 2 days. Martin Crowe hit a stylish 139 off 217 balls (19 fours), supported by Shastri (97), Azharuddin (87) and Miandad (82). 

South Africa responded positively, with Mitchell (80) giving his side a good start & Rowan (96), Viljoen (93) and Dave Nourse (99) making life hard for toiling bowlers. South Africa were eventually all out for 545, but by lunch on day 5 the visitors had declared their 2nd innings after lusty hitting from Imran and Kapil Dev. Set 357 to win.

 South Africa slumped to 65-3 before hopes were revived by Bruce Mitchell's defiant 138. However, his dismissal to Miandad's part time leg spin saw the remaining 7 wickets fall for just 102. A valiant but unsuccessful effort by Jock Cameron's team, who nevertheless took some solace from man of the match Mitchell's performance. Imran's talented world side march on to the quarter finals with optimism.

South Africa Inter War: B Mitchell; HW Taylor; EAB Rowan; AW Nourse; KG Viljoen; HB Cameron [w] [c]; HG Owen-Smith; JM Blanckenberg; AJ Bell; GF Bissett; RJ Crisp

Rest of the World 1980s: Mudassar Nazar; RJ Shastri; DB Vengsarkar; Javed Miandad; MD Crowe; M Azharuddin; Imran Khan [c]; Kapil Dev; RJ Hadlee; Abdul Qadir; Wasim Bari [w]

Rest of the World 1980s 1st Innings 581-10 (137.2 Ov)

MD Crowe 139, RJ Shastri 97, M Azharuddin 87, GF Bissett 4-95, JM Blanckenberg 2-76, AJ Bell 2-109

South Africa Inter War 1st Innings 545-10 (156.3 Ov)

AW Nourse 99, EAB Rowan 96, KG Viljoen 93, RJ Hadlee 4-110, Kapil Dev 3-108, Imran Khan 2-88

Rest of the World 1980s 2nd Innings 321-6 (85 Ov)

DB Vengsarkar 86, Mudassar Nazar 68, Imran Khan 62*, GF Bissett 2-55, HG Owen-Smith 2-60

South Africa Inter War 2nd Innings 303-10 (110.4 Ov)

B Mitchell 138, KG Viljoen 93, HG Owen-Smith 25, Abdul Qadir 3-56, RJ Shastri 2-45, Imran Khan 2-47

Rest of the World 1980s win by 54 runs

Man of the Match: B Mitchell

The Round of 16 is now complete and the draw for the Quarter Finals are shown below:

We start with 2 mouth watering ties.   The World Xi 2000s go up against the 2010s South Africans at Centurion.  Meanwhile, The 1960s South Africans meet the 1980s West Indies at Dunedin.