| 0.0 : TOSS - Aiden Markram calls it right and South Africa have elected to BOWL first. |
| South Africa (Unchanged Playing XI) - Quinton de Kock (WK), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (C), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman. |
| Netherlands (Unchanged Playing XI) - Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (C/WK), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma. |
| Aiden Markram, the skipper of South Africa says that they will bowl first. Adds that they have seen a few games on this wicket and they will like to use the conditions and restrict their opponents to a low total. Mentions that it looks a bit different but it is an advantage that they have already played on it. Says that the history between the sides does not play a huge factor but you cannot take any team lightly in this tournament. Informs they are unchanged. |
| Scott Edwards, the captain of Netherlands says that the history does come up sometimes in the discussions but it is a new game and anything can happen. Mentions that they are pretty confident and played a good game earlier and will look to do more of the same. Ends by saying they are going with the same team as well. |
| PITCH REPORT -Â Ebony Rainford-Brent is pitchside. She says that it is fresh pitch but the conditions are hot and humid with a slight breeze around. Adds that longest hit is the straight one with 72 meters while the shortest on the square is 56 meters. Shaun Pollock joins her and says that they have taken a lot of grass off and rolled a fair bit. Ends by saying that it will play better than the last game. |
| We are mometns away from the start of the game but before that, the players from both sides walk out and line up for their respective national anthems. It will be South Africa's first followed by the national anthem of Netherlands. |
| Done with the pre-match formalities! The South African players spread out and take their respective field positons. Michael Levitt and Michael Levitt are the two openers for Netherlands. Marco Jansen has the new ball in hand and is raring to go. Let's play... |
| 0.1 : Marco Jansen to Michael Levitt, Some swing to begin with! This starts around middle and comes back in a touch. Levitt looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. Good start by Jansen. |
| 0.2 : Marco Jansen to Michael Levitt, Around off, yet again some movement into the batter. Levitt blocks it well. |
| 0.3 : Marco Jansen to Michael Levitt, WIDE! Looks to go short but bowls this one down the leg side. Wided. Off the mark are the Dutch. He went short because he has a leg gully in place. However, with the ball swinging in, fuller is probably the right length. |
| Marco Jansen to Michael Levitt, Beaten! Fuller again, this time it is outside off and angling away. Levitt looks to drive but misses. |
| 0.0 : Vikramjit Singh walks out to bat at number 3. |
| 0.4 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, Another one on a good length and around off, Singh gets right behind the line and defends. |
| 0.5 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, No run. |
| 0.6 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, A dot to end a fine, fine first over! Around off, yet again a little bit of shape away and not a lot of bounce. Singh looks to cut but misses. |
| 1.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Max O'Dowd, First run off the bat! Angled into the pads. Max works it wide of mid on for one. |
| 0.6 : Kagiso Rabada to share the attack. |
| 1.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Vikramjit Singh, Around off. Good length. This is guided to point. |
| 1.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Vikramjit Singh, Another one on a length and around off. Kept out. |
| 1.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Vikramjit Singh, Four! |
| 1.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Vikramjit Singh, No run. |
| 1.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Vikramjit Singh, Singh misses out! A full toss outside off. He probably looks to hit it very hard. This goes off the outside edge down to third man for one. |
| 2.1 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, 2 runs. |
| 2.2 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, Length and on off. Kept out. |
| 2.3 : Who walks out now? |
| Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, No ball! |
| Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, Fails to make most of the Free Hit. Outside off. Shorter. Singh looks to cut but misses. |
| 2.4 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, Two! Fullish and on off. This is driven past cover for a couple. |
| 2.5 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, Outside off. Singh guides it towards point. The fielder dives to his left and makes a half stop. A run taken. |
| 2.6 : Marco Jansen to Max O'Dowd, A single to end! Around off. Max waits and then guides it down to third man for one. |
| 3.2 : Ottneil Baartman to Max O'Dowd, No run. |
| 3.1 : Ottneil Baartman to Max O'Dowd, No run. |
| 3.3 : Ottneil Baartman to Max O'Dowd, No run. |
| Ottneil Baartman to Max O'Dowd, WIDE! Slips this one down the leg side. Wided. |
| 3.4 : Ottneil Baartman to Max O'Dowd, OUT! c Marco Jansen b Ottneil Baartman. |
| 0.0 : Sybrand Engelbrecht comes out to the middle now. |
| 3.5 : Ottneil Baartman to Sybrand Engelbrecht, No run. |
| 3.6 : Ottneil Baartman to Sybrand Engelbrecht, No run. |
| 4.1 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, 2 runs. |
| 4.2 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, No run. |
| 4.3 : Marco Jansen to Vikramjit Singh, OUT! b Marco Jansen. |
| 0.0 : Bas de Leede is the next man in. |
| 4.4 : Marco Jansen to Bas de Leede, Around off. Good length. Kept out. |
| 4.5 : Marco Jansen to Bas de Leede, 1 run. |
| 4.6 : Marco Jansen to Sybrand Engelbrecht, A leave to end another successful over. Outside off. Left alone. |
| 5.1 : Ottneil Baartman to Bas de Leede, Fuller one and on off, Bas de Leede steps across and knocks it back to the bowler. |
| 5.2 : Ottneil Baartman to Bas de Leede, Full again and around middle, Bas de Leede once again moves across and drills it towards mid on this time. |
| 5.3 : Ottneil Baartman to Bas de Leede, Pitched up and outside off, Bas de Leede slices it towards deep point for a single. |
| 5.5 : Ottneil Baartman to Bas de Leede, No run. |
| 5.6 : Ottneil Baartman to Bas de Leede, Short of a length and on off, Bas de Leede steers it to point. Netherlands are 20/3 at the end of Powerplay! |
| 5.4 : Ottneil Baartman to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Run out chance...missed! |
| 6.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Fuller delivery, on middle, Sybrand Engelbrecht drives it nicely past mid off for a couple of runs. |
| 6.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, BEAUTY! |
| 6.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, No run. |
| 6.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, On a length and on middle, Sybrand Engelbrecht stays back and punches it to mid on. Three dots in a row now! |
| 6.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Goes fuller and on off, Sybrand Engelbrecht looks to drive but gets an outside edge, the ball flies well wide of point for a single. |
| 6.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Bas de Leede, Uppish but safe! Short of a length and on middle, takes off a bit, Bas de Leede gets surprised by the extra bounce and keeps his bat hanging out, the ball lobs up off the splice of the bat but lands safely on the leg side. Just three runs off the over! |
| 7.1 : Anrich Nortje to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Anrich Nortje starts with a hard-length delivery, on off, Sybrand Engelbrecht punches it towards extra covers for a quick single. |
| 7.2 : Anrich Nortje to Bas de Leede, Back of a length and just around off at 144 clicks, Bas de Leede has a poke at it but misses as the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 7.3 : Anrich Nortje to Bas de Leede, Goes fuller and on off, Bas de Leede pushes it to short covers. |
| 7.4 : Anrich Nortje to Bas de Leede, That one keeps low! On a length and on the fifth stump line, does not bonce that much, Bas de Leede looks to cut but the ball goes under his bat and to the keeper. |
| 7.5 : Anrich Nortje to Bas de Leede, Four dots now! Anrich Nortje bangs in a quick and sharp bouncer at 143.2 clicks, on off, Bas de Leede goes for the pull but fails to connect. |
| 7.6 : Anrich Nortje to Bas de Leede, Pitches it up, on middle, Bas de Leede just lobs it gently over mid on for a brace. |
| 8.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Keshav Maharaj begins with a shorter delivery, outside off, Sybrand Engelbrecht backs away an cuts it past point for a couple of runs. |
| 8.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Tossed up, full and on middle, Sybrand Engelbrecht knocks it down the pitch, Keshav Maharaj moves to his right to cut it out but clashes with Bas de Leede and the ball rolls to long on. However, the batters do not take a run. |
| 8.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Goes short again and around off Sybrand Engelbrecht punches it through covers for a single. |
| 8.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Bas de Leede, 1 run. |
| 8.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Another short delivery, on middle, Sybrand Engelbrecht moves back and swats it to long on again for another run. |
| 8.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Bas de Leede, Flighted, full and on off, Bas de Leede drives it wide of long off for one. |
| 9.1 : Scott Edwards walks out to bat! |
| 9.2 : Anrich Nortje to Scott Edwards, BEATEN! This is on a good length and around off, Scott Edwards tries to guide it away but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 9.1 : Anrich Nortje to Bas de Leede, OUT! TAKEN! Anrich Nortje strikes now! He bangs this one hard on the pitch, on middle, angles in with some extra bounce, Bas de Leede backs away but gets hurried and his bottom hand comes off as well, the ball loops up off the splice wide of backward point, David Miller moves to his left and takes a fine diving catch. Netherlands in massive trouble now! |
| 9.3 : Anrich Nortje to Scott Edwards, 1 run. |
| 9.4 : Anrich Nortje to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Short of a length and outside off, Sybrand Engelbrecht tries to cut it away but only manages to chop it down in front of point. |
| 9.5 : Anrich Nortje to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Fiery! Another quick bouncer, on middle, Sybrand Engelbrecht goes for the pull but fails to get any bat on that. |
| 9.6 : Anrich Nortje to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Back of a length and on middle, Sybrand Engelbrecht goes down and swivel-pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a brace. Just tthree runs and a wicket from the over! |
| 10.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Scott Edwards, Flatter and on off. This is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! South Africa have a firm grip on this game and they will like to pick up more wickets and wrap things up quickly here. The Protease will want to keep their opponents under 100 here and they are in a good postion to do that as well. Netherlands are under immens pressure and they need a partnership here to get back in the game and the responsibilty will be on their skipper alongsid Sybrand Engelbrecht. An exciting phase of cricket awaits us. |
| 10.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Another one on off. This is punched down to long off for another one. |
| 10.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Scott Edwards, No run. |
| 10.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Scott Edwards, 1 run. |
| 10.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Shorter and on middle. This is pulled through mid-wicket for one. |
| 11.1 : Anrich Nortje to Scott Edwards, No run. |
| 10.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Scott Edwards, Fuller and on middle. This is eased down to long on for one. |
| 11.2 : Anrich Nortje to Scott Edwards, SIX! What a shot that is! Excellent innovation! On middle and the reverse paddle scoop is out. He just uses the pace and clears the third man fence for a biggie. |
| 11.3 : Anrich Nortje to Scott Edwards, OUT! run out (Aiden Markram). |
| 11.4 : Anrich Nortje to Sybrand Engelbrecht, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Teja Nidamanuru comes out to the middle now. |
| 11.5 : Anrich Nortje to Teja Nidamanuru, WIDE! Well wide outside off. Left alone. |
| Who will walk out now? |
| Anrich Nortje to Teja Nidamanuru, OUT! c Heinrich Klaasen b Anrich Nortje. |
| 11.6 : Anrich Nortje to Logan van Beek, Outside off. Left alone. |
| 12.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, On off. This is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 12.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Logan van Beek, On middle. This is swept past square leg for another run. |
| 12.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Angled into the pads. This is worked through square leg for one. |
| 12.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Logan van Beek, No run. |
| 12.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Logan van Beek, No run. |
| 12.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Logan van Beek, WIDE! Down the leg side this time. Wided. |
| Keshav Maharaj to Logan van Beek, On off. Blocked. |
| 13.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Angled into the pads. Sybrand Engelbrecht looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 13.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Leg bye. |
| 13.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Logan van Beek, 1 run. |
| 13.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, 1 run. |
| 13.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Logan van Beek, 1 run. |
| 13.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, WIDE! A little too short. Wided. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Dot to end! On middle. This is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 14.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Logan van Beek, No run. |
| 14.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Logan van Beek, 1 run. |
| 14.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, FOUR! A welcome boundary for Netherlands! Floated and around middle, Sybrand Engelbrecht uses his feet nicely and lofts it over the bowler's head for four runs. A boundary after more than ten overs. |
| 14.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Short again and on off, Sybrand Engelbrecht pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 14.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Logan van Beek, 2 runs. |
| 14.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Logan van Beek, Flighted, full and on off, Logan van Beek drills it down to long off for one. |
| 15.1 : Anrich Nortje to Logan van Beek, Around off. This is pushed to cover. |
| 15.2 : Anrich Nortje to Logan van Beek, 1 run. |
| 15.3 : Anrich Nortje to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Around off. This is punched to cover again. |
| 15.4 : Anrich Nortje to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Shorter and on middle. This is pulled through square leg for one. |
| 15.5 : Anrich Nortje to Logan van Beek, 1 run. |
| 15.6 : Anrich Nortje to Sybrand Engelbrecht, No ball! |
| Anrich Nortje to Sybrand Engelbrecht, 1 run. |
| 16.1 : Marco Jansen to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Fuller and around off, angling away, Sybrand Engelbrecht makes room and tries to go over covers but fails to connect. |
| 16.2 : Marco Jansen to Sybrand Engelbrecht, DROPPED! A fantastic effort though! |
| 16.3 : Marco Jansen to Sybrand Engelbrecht, No run. |
| 16.4 : Marco Jansen to Sybrand Engelbrecht, FOUR! Just wide! Short of a length and on middle, Sybrand Engelbrecht connects with his pull nicely wide of deep square leg, Reeza Hendricks dives to his right, almost reaches for it but the ball goes away for a boundary. A better effort was needed there! |
| 16.5 : Marco Jansen to Sybrand Engelbrecht, 1 run. |
| 16.6 : Marco Jansen to Logan van Beek, Four! |
| 17.1 : Ottneil Baartman to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Back of a length and around off, Sybrand Engelbrecht punches it to sweeper covers for a single. |
| 17.2 : Ottneil Baartman to Logan van Beek, Four! |
| 17.3 : Ottneil Baartman to Logan van Beek, 1 run. |
| 17.4 : Ottneil Baartman to Sybrand Engelbrecht, No run. |
| 17.5 : Ottneil Baartman to Sybrand Engelbrecht, BEAUTY! Hard length and on middle, takes off viciously, Sybrand Engelbrecht gets surpised by it and is beaten all ends up. |
| 17.6 : Ottneil Baartman to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Touch fuller, on off, Sybrand Engelbrecht knocks it to mid off for one. |
| 18.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Leg bye. |
| 18.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Logan van Beek, Swing and a msis! Fuller and on off, Logan van Beek backs away and tries to slog it across the line but misses. |
| 18.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Logan van Beek, Back of a length and around off, Logan van Beek cuts it towards deep point for a run. |
| 18.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, SIX! BANG! Much-needed for Netherlands! Kagiso Rabada bangs this short and on off, slower too, Sybrand Engelbrecht reads it early, waits for it and swats it away over the wide long on fence for a biggie. |
| 18.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Sybrand Engelbrecht, Good effort in the deep! Short of a length and around off, Sybrand Engelbrecht cuts it over point, Tristan Stubbs in the deep covers a lot of distance to his left, puts in a good dive to push the ball back inside. He saves one there! |
| 18.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Logan van Beek, FOUR! A fine end to the over for Netherlands! Touch fuller and around off, Logan van Beek goes down, reaches for it and musclse it over the bowler's head for another boundary. 15 runs off the over! |
| 19.1 : Ottneil Baartman to Sybrand Engelbrecht, OUT! TAKEN! Ottneil Baartman gets his second! |
| 19.2 : Ottneil Baartman to Tim Pringle, Back of a length and on off, Tim Pringle bunts it down in front of short covers and wants the runs, but is sent back. |
| 19.4 : Ottneil Baartman to Paul van Meekeren, 1 run. |
| 19.3 : Ottneil Baartman to Tim Pringle, OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! |
| 19.5 : Ottneil Baartman to Logan van Beek, Full again and on leg, angling in, keeps low too, Logan van Beek backs away but misses it completely. |
| 19.6 : Ottneil Baartman to Logan van Beek, OUT! TAKEN! What an exccellent last over! |
| 0.0 : Thatâs a fine effort with the ball again by South Africa! Theyâll be very pleased with their effort heading into the break. It is their pacers who came to the fore yet again. Baartman impressed yet again and he was the pick. Jansen was excellent with the new ball and Nortje is finding his mojo in the middle overs. They took a total of 7 between them. Maharaj and Rabada played the role of containing and they did that well too. Overall a combined bowling effort by the Proteas. |
| Anrich Nortje is up for a quick chat. |
| The Dutch struggled with the bat throughout. They kept losing wickets and at one stage even 100 looked far away. Sybrand Engelbrecht did well along with the lower order to take them over that mark. They'll have to bowl really well now if they are to defend this. South Africa will back themselves to make it two in two. |
| ... THE RUN CHASE ... |
| We are back for the chase! |
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