South Africa have been able to scrape through holding their nerve in a close thriller against England. They have been able to survive in close encounters on contrary to their chokers label, in this T20 World Cup 2024. In the Super Eights, they have been able to register their second win but the NRR can still pose a problem for them.
Going into the details, England won the toss and elected to field first. Opener Quinton de Kock once again fired with 65 runs from 38 balls for South Africa. On the other hand, Reeza Hendricks(19) and Heinrich Klaasen(8) struggled to score. David Miller has been sent higher up at No.4 and he took the game into his hands. He scored 43 runs from 28 balls while no others could give good finish.
Because of his innings, South Africa scored 163/6, unless they would have ended scoring somewhere between 135-145. Jofra Archer impressed with his bowling efforts with 3/40 figures. Adil Rashid(1/20) bowled tightly. In the chase, Jos Buttler(17) and Jonny Bairstow(16) struggled highly to score as freely as per their reputation.
Moeen Ali(9) and Phil Salt(11) also failed in the innings. At 61/4 after 10.2 overs, England looked completely out of sorts. Harry Brook and Liam Livingston started taking on South Africa bowlers. They scored 78 runs from just 7 oves giving English team, a clear cut advantage. Liam Livingston got out after scoring 33 runs from 17 balls.
Harry Brook tried to take the team past the finishing line but got out after scoring 53 runs from 37 balls in the final over. He might have fancied to take his team home but South Africa managed to win by a narrow margin of 7 runs in this thriller. England ended up scoring only 156/6. Yet their NRR did not get affected too much and if they beat USA with a goad margin, they still have Semi-Final chances.
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