ICC Men's T20 World Cup Match 16: South Africa survive Netherlands scare

South Africa survived a real scare, against Netherlands today, to win by 4 wickets, in  New York, in Match 16 ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.

Match Summary

Netherlands vs South Africa, Match 16

Netherlands 103/9 (20 ov)

South Africa 106/6 (18.5 ov)

South Africa won by 4 wickets

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Match Highlights

Ottniel Baartman produced a dazzling four-wicket bowling performance as South Africa restricted the Netherlands to 103 for nine wickets in their T20 World Cup Group D game in New York on Saturday.

Baartman finished with stunning figures of 4-11 off four overs as South Africa dominated at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.

Marco Jansen and Anrich Nortje both grabbed two wickets to keep the Dutch batsman on the back foot.

Jansen had the Netherlands rocking in the opening over, getting rid of Michael Levitt caught behind for a duck after a review.

Jansen was involved again for South Africa's second dismissal, taking a superb one-handed diving catch at first slip after Max O'Dowd edged behind off Baartman.

That left the Netherlands reeling on 15-2 after four overs. They were three down in the following over as Jansen bagged his second wicket, obliterating Vikramjist Singh's stumps to make it 17-3.

Bas de Leede was the next to fall, caught off Nortje for six runs from a delivery which rocketed up off the wicket.

It got worse for the Netherlands in the 12th over as first Scott Edwards was run out for 10 after a superb piece of fielding by South Africa skipper Aiden Markram.

Nortje then bagged another wicket three balls later after Teja Nidamanuru's leading edge flew all the way to deep third man into the hands of Heinrich Klaasen to make it 48-6.

Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek staged a fleeting fightback before falling to Baartman for 40 and 23 respectively as South Africa's bowlers reasserted themselves in the final overs.

In reply, South Africa got off to the worst possible start and at 12/4 in the 5th over, they were in real trouble. However, David Miller 59* and Tristan Stubbs stood firm to guide South Africa home and to win by 4 wickets.

Match Stats

Netherlands Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Levitt - 0.3 ov), 2-15 (Max O'Dowd - 3.4 ov), 3-17 (Vikramjit Singh - 4.3 ov), 4-32 (Bas de Leede - 9.1 ov), 5-46 (Scott Edwards - 11.3 ov), 6-48 (Teja Nidamanuru - 11.5 ov), 7-102 (Sybrand Engelbrecht - 19.1 ov), 8-102 (Tim Pringle - 19.3 ov), 9-103 (Logan van Beek - 19.6 ov)

South Africa Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Quinton de Kock - 0.1 ov), 2-3 (Reeza Hendricks - 1.4 ov), 3-3 (Aiden Markram - 2.3 ov), 4-12 (Heinrich Klaasen - 4.3 ov), 5-77 (Tristan Stubbs - 16.2 ov), 6-88 (Marco Jansen - 17.5 ov)

 

Playing XI

Netherlands 

• Max O'Dowd
• Michael Levitt
• Vikramjit Singh
• Scott Edwards(WK/C)
• Teja Nidamanuru
• Bas de Leede
• Sybrand Engelbrecht
• Logan van Beek
• Tim Pringle
• Paul van Meekeren
• Vivian Kingma

South Africa 

• Quinton de Kock(WK)
• Reeza Hendricks
• Aiden Markram(C)
• Heinrich Klaasen
• David Miller
• Tristan Stubbs
• Marco Jansen
• Keshav Maharaj
• Kagiso Rabada
• Anrich Nortje
• Ottniel Baartman

 

Match Details:

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024 15:30

Venue: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York

Toss: South Africa elected to bowl