South Africa beat England by 7 runs. (AP)
South Africa extend their unbeaten run in the T20 World Cup 2024 as they beat England by 7 runs thanks to the bowling pair of Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj.
The South African side managed to put up a fine performance with the ball to beat the defending champions England by 7 runs in St Lucia in the Super 8 clash at St Lucia as part of the T20 World Cup 2024.
South Africa had collective performances across both innings with the likes of Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj starring with the ball while the pair of Quinton de Kock and David Miller starring with the bat in the closely contested game that went down to the final over.
In the first innings, Quinton de Kock gave South Africa the perfect start once again, running on the back of a fine performance in the previous game. He scored yet another fifty and his innings came to an end with 65 in 38 balls.
England’s Jos Buttler got the side back in the game with two brilliant efforts on the field. He first dove to take a brilliant catch to his left side to dismiss the in-form de Kock. This was followed by a brilliant run-out from behind the stumps to get rid of the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen for cheap. David Miller also chipped in the latter stages of the innings to score a 28-ball 43 to help the Proteas register a score of 163/6.
In the second innings, England suffered with their opening pair of Phil Salt and Jos Buttler not being able to deliver a quick start thanks to the brilliant efforts by Rabada and Maharaj to get rid of the respective opening batters cheaply. Maharaj also went on to get the wicket of the experienced Jonny Bairstow as well to put England’s chase in trouble.
Harry Brook scored a valiant 53 in 37 balls to take the chase deep but the English batters were unable to score the runs. They needed 14 runs in the last over but the dismissal of Brook thanks to a brilliant effort on the field by the South Africa skipper Aiden Markram meant that England was unable to get the job done against South Africa.
In Group 2 of the Super Eights, South Africa took the top spot having won both their games followed by England with a solitary win and then the USA and WI at third and fourth respectively.
Brief scores:
South Africa: 163 for 6 in 20 overs (Quinton de Kock 65, David Miller 43; Adil Rashid 1/23, Jofra Archer 3/40)
England: 156/6 in 20 overs (Harry Brook 53, Liam Livingstone 33; Keshav Maharaj 2/25, Kagiso Rabada 2/32)
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