Twitter Reactions: South Africa beat New Zealand in the 1st ODI

Twitter Reactions: South Africa beat New Zealand in the 1st ODI: The South African team defeated New Zealand in the 1^st ODI at Centurion by 20 runs. Chasing the target of 305 runs, the Black Caps over-reliance on their skipper Kane Williamson got exposed as after his wicket the visitors couldn’t give much of a fight. South African leggie Imran Tahir bowled excellently and once again proved too hot to handle for the visitors. He ended up with figures of 2/40 in the match.

Earlier it was the match winning partnership of Hashim Amla and Rilee Rossouw who added 185 runs for the second wicket and laid foundation for the other batters to pile up a big total on the board. Amla made 124 runs and became the fastest batsman in ODI history to reach 21 ODI tons in terms of innings. For New Zealand Mitchell McClenaghan and Adam Milne took two wickets each. Now, the hosts lead the 3-match ODI series 1-0.

Here are Twitter Reactions: South Africa beat New Zealand in the 1st ODI:

AB De Villiers gets Sachin Tendulkar kind of reception in South Africa when he walks out to Bat…#SAvsNZ

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 16, 2015

Hashim Amla back to his Run Machine Beast mode scores a hundred #SAvsNZ

— RevanthBandari (@revanthbandari) August 19, 2015

Just when we thought Hashim Amla is out of form he reminds us with another Century…#SAvsNZ

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 19, 2015

Most centuries by South African in ODIs
21 – Hashim Amla/Gibbs
20 – AB de Villiers
17 – Kallis
13 – G Kirsten
10 – G Smith#SAvsNZ

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) August 19, 2015

Behardien has the 'open mouth while taking a catch' thing DOWN. He caught this one, though. #SAvsNZ pic.twitter.com/T2gDlGOBRZ

— Phil Makepeace (@AlteredCourse) August 19, 2015

How satisfying must it be as a bowler to actually break the stump?! #steynremover #proteas #SAvsNZ

— Derek McCarthy (@IrishDerekMcC) August 19, 2015

Currently the top three run-getters in ODIs in 2015 are from New Zealand:

Kane Williamson
Martin Guptill
Ross Taylor.#SAvNZ #SSCricket

— S H A H I D ? (@cricket_worm) August 19, 2015

Timber @DaleSteyn62 🙂 #SAvsNZ pic.twitter.com/RfyA8P2zUC

— Omardeen Azaardeen (@Azaardeen) August 19, 2015

Dale Steyn's bowling plan to Ronchi – Short of good length 4th stump straight lines. Slip early on – Plan successful!#SAvsNZ

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) August 19, 2015

Not your day, NZ. Not today. #SAvsNZ

— A. (@Punjaabi_Tadkaa) August 19, 2015

What match. SA win. Doesn't make up for it, but a bit of revenge for the WC loss. #SAvsNZ

— Hyderabad to Hove (@Hyderabad2Hove) August 19, 2015

Once again Imran Tahir proved why he is an important bowler for @OfficialCSA in ODI cricket. #SAvNZ #cricket

— Abhishek Shekhawat (@abhi07cricket) August 19, 2015

We always seem to dig deep and find a way to win when when it matters LEAST #ImStillNotOverIt #SAvsNZ

— MR AcCuracy (@SolzTshangana) August 19, 2015

Celebration of the year Award goes to Imran Tahir #SAvNZ pic.twitter.com/xaNtZNYm5i

— The Art of Leaving (@TheYorkerBall) August 19, 2015

Some water in the stump holes will stop the stumps breaking….simples… #savnz

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) August 19, 2015