Quinton de Kock strikes Archer for two sixes and four fours to go past fifty off 35 balls, prompting a review for Heinrich Klaasen which is turned down, potentially signalling that England are heading for yet another humiliation at this year’s World Cup.
Rashid replaces Wood who had been expensive. Rashid drags one down but van der Dussen punished this by hitting four runs through midwicket off him. In this article, we will discuss about the south Africa vs England matches.
England: Jofra Archer
Archer made England look good early by taking two wickets in his second over – Aiden Markram (39) was caught entangled in a slower bouncer while David Miller (13) was hit for pace, giving Jos Buttler an easy catch at deep square leg.
Buttler then took another brilliant moment in the final over, when he took an extraordinary catch off Rabada for Heinrich Klaasen running from backward square leg off Rabada – taking an excellent catch with both hands running back from backward square leg off Rabada off Rabada! Yorkshireman Buttler appeared close to his best on his return to international cricket and will have plenty of reasons for optimism in 2019.
Liam Livingstone
Liam Livingstone of England is an intimidating white ball batter who can attack from ball one. Additionally, he makes for an effective leg-break bowler and competent fielder.
Livingstone drives a full-tossed Maharaj delivery over midwicket for four, but Heinrich Klaasen makes no misstep when running from deep backward square leg and takes swift action to catch him off the next ball.
Kagiso Rabada asserts his dominance on the match by dismissing Brook, who had scored 33 off 17 balls as England fought hard to remain in contention.
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow tore through an unpredictable South Africa bowling attack to score another Twenty20 half century. The England right-hander made short work of spinners and short balls as he extended his early lead further.
He was rewarded for his aggressive batting when Heinrich Klaasen dropped a regulation catch running in from backward square leg off Ottneil Baartman, before Liam Livingstone clipped a full toss from Kagiso Rabada straight to deep square leg as England regained the advantage.
Adil Rashid
Leg-spinner Stuart Broad is England’s key man. With an ability to pick wickets in middle overs, his performance on Saint Lucia played a huge role in their qualification for semi-finals.
De Kock unleashes his fury against Jofra Archer with two huge shots over long-on for six and Hendricks hitting Archer over backward point for four, both hitting him over long-on for maximum sixes and then threading Rashid through between cover and square leg for one run. De Kock plays an outstanding innings from South African opener.
Gus Atkinson
After being defeated by New Zealand and Netherlands in successive matches, England’s batting performance looked dismal here. Jos Buttler’s injured and underprepared batsmen were quickly overrun by Heinrich Klaasen, Reece Topley and Kagiso Rabada’s impressive South African side led by Heinrich Klaasen and Kagiso Rabada.
Wood hit an enormous six when he swept Maharaj over midwicket for six. De Kock tried diving back, but couldn’t take the catch, before driving on the up off Ngidi through mid off for four. England need something magical now as their innings is nearly done.
Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes is quickly becoming one of the great English cricketers of all time, dominating tournament after tournament with astonishing performances that no-one else could match.
His superb century against South Africa was followed by an outstanding Player of the Match performance in the second Test match and has now reached 4000 Test match runs!
Reeza Hendricks
Hendricks hit 12 fours and three sixes to hit an unbeaten 109 from 75 balls, sharing a 151-run partnership with Marco Jansen as South Africa batted England out of the match.
Hendricks attempts to cut into Rabada’s short delivery but slices it straight to deep backward square leg where Brook can’t grasp it – an expensive miss from the South African opener and one which could prove costly for England.
Quinton de Kock
De Kock took an aggressive tack against Moeen Ali’s bowlers, hitting two sixes off his second over. Additionally, he hit four runs off Ottneil Baartman’s opening over before being caught by Harry Brook off Jofra Archer.
In the final over, he struck a six off a short ball from Sam Curran past midwicket off Mark Wood’s short delivery that should have been caught and bowled – an unfortunate misjudgment on Wood’s part that should have seen it caught and bowled instead. It was disappointing misjudgement by Wood.
David Miller
Harry Brook’s defiant half-century had brought England close, but Markram’s spectacular catch from the first ball of the final over was enough to end any chance of an England comeback. Anrich Nortje then decimated England’s middle order.
South Africa are now one of the favorites to reach the last-four after taking two wins out of two matches in this Super Eight group. Quinton de Kock and David Miller each scored half-centuries to keep South Africa’s momentum rolling; now all that stands between them and progress is beating America.
Heinrich Klaasen
Heinrich Klaasen was instrumental in South Africa achieving a defendable total in an exciting encounter against India. Together with Marco Jansen he shared an unprecedented sixth-wicket stand of 151 runs from only 77 balls that helped the Proteas recover after losing three top batsmen early.
Aiden Markram caught Hendricks running from backward square leg off Kagiso Rabada at backward square leg to stop Harry Brook’s attempt at scoring fifty. Later Hendricks produced an outstanding 75 off 75 balls!
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