SA vs NED Highlights: Netherlands Beat South Africa By 38 Runs
SA vs NED, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023: Keep refreshing this page to get the latest updates from match number 15 being played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala.
The Netherlands scripted history after defeating South Africa by 38 runs in a rain hit 43 over game.
Big wicket for the Netherlands as van Beek took the wicket of Miller.
David Miller smashed two classy cover drives against van Beek. That will reduce a lot of pressure from South Africa's point of view.
Van Meekeren came up with a breakthrough as he scalped the wicket of Marco Jansen. What a bowl!!
South African batters are slogging hard to make runs against the Netherlands' bowlers. At this point in time, both teams have an equal chance to win the game.
Earlier, it looked like South Africa would achieve the target easily but then the Netherlands' bowlers are on fire. They have picked up a few crucial wickets and South Africa are struggling.
Bavuma and de Kock started batting at the crease. Aryan Dutt bowled the first over.
On the back of a terrific innings by Edwards, the Netherlands managed to post a decent total of 245/8 after 43 overs of play. Edwards remained unbeaten on 78 runs.
Edwards reached to his fifty in style as he got a boundary against Rabada. What an inning!!
Van der Merwe is taking on Gerald Coetzee. He smashed two back-to-back boundaries against the South African bowler.
Maharaj conceded a boundary against Edwards as the Netherlands' batter smashed it fine towards the deep square leg and got the result.
Another breakthrough as Marco Jansen took the wicket of Nidamanuru.
Edwards and Nidamanuru are trying to revive Netherlands innings after going five down against South Africa.
Gerald Coetzee got hit for a boundary by Nidamanuru. What a shot!! He hammered it hard towards the deep mid-wicket and got the result.
The Netherlands are reeling now as they have lost yet another batter in the form of Ackermann. South Africa's Gerald Coetzee did the damage.
Rabada struck again as he snared Bas de Leede. It was a sharp in-swing delivery from Rabada that ended up hitting de Leede's pads.
Marco Jansen came up with a blow this time as he took the wicket of Max ODowd and de Kock took an easy catch at the end.
Rabada came up with the first breakthrough as he took the wicket of Vikramjit Singh but kudos to Klaasen who grabbed a blinder in the end.
Max ODowd has been taking on Ngidi as he smashed him for two back-to-back boundaries.
Vikramjit Singh and Max ODowd have started the proceedings for the Netherlands. Ngidi bowled the first over.
Players have arrived on the ground for their respective national anthems.
We have some good news coming from Dharamsala as the match will be of 43 overs/side. The first powerplay will happen between 1-9 overs, the next one will come from 10-35 overs and the last powerplay will be taking place from 36-43 overs.
Rain has returned again in Dharamsala and as a result the game has been delayed.
South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Not a good news from the venue has rain has returned in Dharamsala with the covers back on. Toss and the start of play both will be further pushed back.
The news from the centre is that the toss will happen at 02:00 pm (IST) with the first ball set to be bowled at 02:30 pm (IST). So a delay in half an hour, as things stand.
Alas, the toss has officiall been delayed.
The good news from the centre is that the covers are coming off. The toss might well happen at its scheduled time, in about 10 minutes from now. STAY TUNED!
There was rain in Dharamsala yesterday and there could be some more that might affect the match. Covers are still on at the stadium.
Hello and welcome everybody to our live coverage of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 match between South Africa and Netherlands. While South Africa have won both their matches so far, Netherlands faced a defeat in each of their twin clashes so far. The Proteas, however, would not have forgotten the defeat at the hands of the Dutch that elimianted them from the T20 World Cup last year. Can the Men in Orange produce another such victory or will the in-from Protean players complete a dominating win in Dharamsala and go to the top of the World Cup 2023 points table? Let's find out.
Background
It's match number 15 of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023. Unbeatean South Africa will take on the yet to taste their maiden win Netherlands at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium, Dharamsala. While the Proteas would be happy with the way they have performed so far in this tournament, being the team with the highest net run rate, they will now sense an opportunity to go to the top of the points table. Their net run rate (NRR) is already the best among the ten teams so far and should they get the two points against the Dutch with a decent margin, they would be tied on points with India and New Zealand, who have played a game extra and have six points.
If such a scenario happens, the Proteas, by virtue of having the better NRR, at least till now, should climb up to the leaders spot with India dropping to second and New Zealand to the third place respectively. On the other hand, following defeats to Pakistan and New Zealand, the Men in Orange would be looking to learn from their mistakes and try and come back improved. They have had their moments in both the matches so far but just haven't been able to sustain the periods of dominance to get the results in their favour. Meanwhile, their bowling has been the better of their departments but their batters have failed to deliver under scoreboard pressure in both matches so far.
The Proteas by contrast, have batted and bowled well and have looked one of the better teams in this tournament and would want to continue their ruthless approach. If they get going and get a hold, they won't think twice before going for the kill rather than playing defensively from what it looks like is going to be their approach in this competition. Do the Dutch then have the quality to stop them like how they did in the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia or will the Proteas prove to be too strong a challenge for them in this format of the sport?
Join us as we take you through this fixture.
Probable Playing XIs:
Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max O'Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (captain & wicketkeeper), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek/Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi/Gerald Coetzee
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