South Africa captain Temba Bavuma describes his side t20 world cup The campaign in the form of a “bittersweet” after the Proteas crashed out of the tournament despite beating England by 10 runs in their final Super 12 match here on Saturday.
The Proteas, who had scored 189 for 2 after being sent into bat, needed to overtake Australia in net run rate and restrict England to 131 to qualify for the semi-finals, but it was not their day. .
England, Australia and South Africa finished with eight points each, but the first two teams made it to the semi-finals as their net run rate was better than South Africa (NRR +0.739), who were knocked out. England (NRR +2.464) topped Group 1 while Australia (NRR +1.216), who beat West Indies in the opening day, finished second.
“The win was important, but it was a bitter end for us. We got what we wanted to do in terms of winning, but didn’t win well. We gave our all with bat and ball,” Bavuma said. Said in a post-match presentation.
“At the start of the tournament it (net run rate) was not a big factor, we felt we wanted to win the game. It is difficult to implement NRR in our last match, especially against a team like England. But I am very proud of the team and think we can take a lot out of it.”
“We have to build on confidence and momentum, that will give us experience and learnings that we can take from this World Cup.”
England captain Eoin Morgan said Jason Roy’s injury while chasing did not help him.
“I think it does a lot, thought it was a good wicket, South Africa hit us hard and batted well. Thought we bowled really well and leveled them.
“Further, with the dew coming in, we thought we were right in it. Going down Jason Roy didn’t help, but we thought we were right in it. Every game tests us differently. Biggest in the group stage The test was Sri Lanka, batting first before the dew came, then defending a low score, losing a bowler,” said Morgan.
“Today, different wickets, our batsmen could have been more expressive and the bowlers had to find a defensive mode.”
Morgan said England have built up enough bench strength to deal with the brunt of the injury.
“We have dealt with injuries, (Ben) Stokes, (Sam) Curran, (Jofra) Archer are not here. We have talent coming in, which gives us confidence. We have built a core group of white-ball players So we have to focus on that.”
The English captain said that he needs to enjoy the remaining matches of the tournament.
“So happy, by topping the group, we know how tough it is to get through. It’s about going to the finals and expressing ourselves, enjoying them, so that’s what we’re going to do,” Morgan said.
South African batsman Rassie van der Dussen, who was adjudged man of the match for his unbeaten 94 off 60 balls, was disappointed that all his efforts went in vain.
“In context, it doesn’t mean much, we knew we had to get a good score on the board and we asked the bowlers a lot, maybe it was too much to get us into the semi-finals.
“But still a good performance is outweighing a good team. The type of wicket where you come in, you are much more effective. You saw that behind his innings. Aiden (Markram) and I knew we would be competitive if we took it to the end.”
“It’s been tough, the three places are very different. From a batting point of view, it’s been a challenge, and the units with the fastest batting have been the most successful.”
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