David Miller scored a half-century on a tough pitch as South Africa overcame some tense moments to beat their underdog Netherlands by 4 wickets within the T20 World Cup on Saturday. This was South Africa's second consecutive win as that they had overwhelmed Sri Lanka by six wickets of their first Group D match. After South Africa determined to bowl, pacer Ottniel Bartman gave his finest efficiency by taking 4 wickets for 11 runs and South Africa bowled brilliantly to limit the Netherlands to 103 for 9. Regardless of some preliminary hiccups, Miller (59 not out off 51 balls) performed a superb innings to take South Africa to victory with one ball to spare. The run chase bought off to a nasty begin for South Africa as they ran out Quinton de Kock on the very first ball.
Hendricks couldn't final lengthy both and was dismissed by Logan van Beek within the subsequent over.
If that wasn't sufficient, within the very subsequent over skipper Aiden Markram nicked a supply from Vivian Kingma to Scott Edwards caught behind the stumps.
The scenario bought worse for South Africa when Heinrich Klaasen was caught at deep backward sq. leg by Tim Pringle off Kingma, leaving South Africa at 12 for 4 within the fifth over.
When situations had been robust, veteran Miller and younger Tristan Stubbs placed on a vital 65-run stand for the fifth wicket to maintain South Africa within the race.
The duo grabbed the chance and made the many of the bowlers whereas Miller saved the run fee in examine by hitting a couple of boundaries and a six in between.
Regardless of shedding wickets early, South Africa managed to achieve the modest goal as Miller and Stubbs performed to the situations with out taking many dangers.
Stubbs after which Marco Jansen departed in fast succession, however Miller put the ending touches on the sport by smashing two sixes and a 4 within the last over off Bas de Leede.
Earlier, Bartman impressed whereas Jansen (2/20) and Anrich Nortje (2/19) took two wickets every.
South Africa made an important begin and bought its first success on the third ball of the innings.
Michael Levitt took an inside edge off Jensen, which was caught by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, though the bowler and umpire couldn’t spot the snick. De Kock instantly took a assessment and was profitable.
Netherlands might have misplaced two wickets within the third over. Vikramjit Singh's brief supply from Jansen took the surface edge and was caught by de Kock, however the bowler had pushed the ball too far.
The Dutch batsmen had bother dealing with the South African bowlers on the tough New York pitch and misplaced wickets often.
Bartman bought his title on the wicket checklist by dismissing Max O'Dowd, however credit score should go to Jensen, who took an outstanding one-handed catch at first slip.
Vikramjeet did not make the most of this reprieve and was dismissed by Jensen within the subsequent over.
De Leede additionally discovered it tough to deal with the uneven bounce of the pitch and he nicked a again of a size supply from Nortje to Miller at level.
Netherlands captain Edwards began the innings aggressively, hitting a six off Nortje, however his South African counterpart Markram had him caught in need of the crease with a straight shot to the non-striker's finish.
It was raining wickets for South Africa and Nortje dismissed Teja Nidamanuru in the identical over after the batsman nicked one to Klaasen at deep third man.
Sibrand Engelbrecht (40 off 45 balls) and Van Beek then added 54 runs for the seventh wicket to take the Netherlands to a considerably respectable complete.
However after the dismissals of Engelbrecht and Tim Pringle within the last over the scenario grew to become clear for the Netherlands they usually might solely handle a low complete.
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