T20 World Cup 2024: An exciting match was played between England and South Africa in Group 2 of the Super 8 round of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. This match between the two teams was played at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium Gros Islet in St. Lucia. The South African team has won this match and moved towards the semi-finals. Its reaching the semi-finals is now almost certain.
South Africa put 163 runs on the board
South Africa lost the toss and elected to bat first. Quinton de Kock gave the team a quick start. Batting first, South Africa scored 163 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. During this, Quinton de Kock played an innings of 65 runs. He hit four fours and as many sixes in this innings. Apart from de Kock, David Miller hit four fours and two sixes in his innings of 43 runs in 28 balls. At the same time, Jofra Archer took the maximum of 3 wickets for England. Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali took 1-1 wickets each.
African bowlers won the match
England’s batsmen gave a great fight in response to the target of 164 runs, but they could not make the team win. In response to this target, England’s team could make only 156 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 7 runs. England’s team remained in the match till the 18th over, but the African bowlers bowled brilliantly in the last overs and gave their team victory. England had to make 24 runs in the last 18 balls while it had 6 wickets in hand, but the African bowlers dashed England’s hopes.
Rabada-Maharaj’s bowling worked its magic
In this match, Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj were the most successful bowlers of the South African team. Both the players got 2-2 wickets. At the same time, Otniel Bartman and Enrique Norkhia got 1-1 wickets. On the other hand, Harry Brook scored the highest 53 runs for England. Apart from him, Liam Livingstone played an innings of 33 runs in 17 balls. But both these players lost their wickets in the last overs, due to which the team had to face defeat.
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