South Africa Wins Against United States
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United States is proving their capability as an efficient T20I team every single day, lost against South Africa by a few runs.
South Africa won their latest contest against the United States by 18 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua.
After winning the toss, the US decided to field first.
First Innings
Quinton de Kock started the innings just the way an opening batsman is expected to. However, Reeza could not maintain the partnership for long and got dismissed by Netravalkar in the third over.
Markram took things forward along with de Kock. Markram scored 46 runs off 32 balls and scored a splendid 74 off 40 balls at a strike rate of 185.00.
After the dismissal of these two batsmen, Klaasen and Tristan handled the innings and the team was able to leave a target score of 194 runs to chase for the American cricket team.
Klassen scored 36 off 22 deliveries, whereas Tristan scored 20 runs off 16 balls.
US bowling could have been better. Netravalkar and Harmeet took 2 wickets each.
Second Innings
Playing an international T20 contest takes a lot of practice and skills and being a novice in terms of experience, the United States seems to surpass the expectations.
This team is emerging as one of the new but strongest teams in the ICC Men’s T20I World Cup 2024.
With a target score of 195, the United States had to play explosively. The opening seemed to set the path right. Steven and Andries opened with satisfactory performance, but Andries stood apart, the opener scored 80* off 47 balls.
United States’ middle-order batting lineup crashed badly. After the dismissal of Steven, the US’s wickets started falling one after the other.
Nitish, Aaron, Corey, and Shayan scored 8, 0, 12, and 3 runs respectively. Harmeet tried to handle the situation along with Andries, but the effort wasn’t worth it.
Rabada dismissed Harmeet in the 18.1 over and soon South Africa took the match in their control and won by 21 runs. The United States was able to score 176 runs at a loss of 6 wickets.
Rabada turned out to be the star bowler by taking 3 wickets at 18 runs with an economy of 4.50 in 4 overs. Keshav, Anrich, and Tabraiz took 1 wicket each.
What’s Next?
South Africa will be facing England on 21st June for the 45th match, Super 8 Group 2 at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia. Both South Africa and England are standing equal at the points table of Super 8 Group 2.
Whereas the United States is currently placed at the 3rd spot after South Africa in the points table of Super 8 Group 2. United States will be facing West Indies on 21st June at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. West Indies is currently at the bottom of the points table.
The Caribbean team has already lost a match against England after qualifying in the Super 8 of the T20 World Cup 2024. This match is equally important for both teams to secure a leading place in the points table.
Also read - Bangladesh into Super 8, Nepal is Out of the T20 World Cup 2024.
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