South Africa beats England by 7 runs in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Super 8 Group 2 match of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was played yesterday at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia. England won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Quinton de Kock scored the highest run in the match with a strike rate of 171.05. Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets each for the team. South Africa gave a target of 163 runs with a loss of 6 wickets.
Here presenting the score card of the match for a better understanding:
| South Africa | |||||||
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Reeza Hendricks | c Brook b Ali | 19 | 25 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 76.00 |
| Quinton de Kock | c Buttler b Archer | 65 | 38 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 171.05 |
| Heinrich Klassen | Run out (Buttler) | 8 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 61.53 |
| David Miller | c Brook b Archer | 43 | 28 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 153.57 |
| Aiden Markram | b Rashid | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Tristan Stubbs | Not out | 12 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 109.09 |
| Marco Jansen | c Curran b Archer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Keshav Maharaj | Not out | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 250.00 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w6) | 10 | |||||
| TOTAL | 20 overs (RR: 8.15) | 163/6 | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Reece Topley | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jofra Archer | 4 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 10.00 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.66 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Wood | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
After a partnership between Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone, there was huge chances that England will successfully chase the score and won the game. But the wicket falls and all the hopes shattered. Jofra Archer took 3 wickets for his team with an economy of 10.00.
| ENGLAND | |||||||
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Phil Salt | c Hendricks b Rabada | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 137.50 |
| Jos Buttler | C Klassen b Maharaj | 17 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 85.00 |
| Jonny Bairstow | C Nortje b Maharaj | 16 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Moeen Ali | c Maharaj b Baartman | 9 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 90.00 |
| Harry Brook | c Markram b Nortje | 53 | 37 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 143.24 |
| Liam Livingstone | c Stubbs b Rabada | 33 | 17 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 194.11 |
| Sam Curran | Not out | 10 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 142.85 |
| Jofra Archer | Not out | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 1, w 3) | 6 | |||||
| TOTAL | 20 OVERS (RR: 7.80) | 156/6 | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | ECON |
| Marco Jansen | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.75 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 |
| Ottneil Baartman | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Anrich Nortje | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.75 |
| Aiden Markram | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
