Williamson kills South Africa's Hope's of Reaching into top four.
Edgbaston where south Africa was eliminated in the 1999 world cup semi final after a tie against australia reverbated the same scenario as this time Kiwi's crush them in a close fought game which was south Africa's must win world cup fixture.
New Zealand after their game against india was washed got needed to get into this game to boost their chances further but rain threat loomed at the starting part of this game. Toss was delayed due to wet outfield and as a result we got a 49 over a side. Putting Proteas to bat on a difficult wicket New zealand bowlers kept the proteas in check. Hashim amla got in some touch with a handy contribution of 55. Rassie van der dussen was the top scorer for proteas who made 67 runs helped by david miller's stiff 36 runs. South africa finish their 49 overs at 241-6 a competitive total before the kiwi batting line up. For new zealand lockie ferguson picked up three proteas wickets.
In Reply New zealand lost colin Munro early to Kagiso Rabada but Guptill showed some resilience with a handy 35 but star of the show is kane Williamson who made a handy contributions first with guptill them de gradhomme who went to make 60 runs. For south africa only chris morris was the pick of the bowlers who dismissed three kiwi batsmen. With 8 needed from the last over kane Williamson refreshed the memories of the 2015 world cup semifinal where grant Elliot had hit dale steyn for six to eliminate them from the same event. Kane lobbed a six over long leg of the andile phehlukwayo to jolt south African hopes of reaching the top four. South Africa's world cup misery continued with this depeciated loss against the kiwis.
Match Summary
South africa 🇿🇦 242-6 overs 49
Van Dussen 67
Amla 55
Ferguson 3-59
New Zealand 🇳🇿 245-6 overs 48.3
Williamson 106*
De Grandhomme 60
Morris 3-49
New zealand won by 4 wickets.
New Zealand after their game against india was washed got needed to get into this game to boost their chances further but rain threat loomed at the starting part of this game. Toss was delayed due to wet outfield and as a result we got a 49 over a side. Putting Proteas to bat on a difficult wicket New zealand bowlers kept the proteas in check. Hashim amla got in some touch with a handy contribution of 55. Rassie van der dussen was the top scorer for proteas who made 67 runs helped by david miller's stiff 36 runs. South africa finish their 49 overs at 241-6 a competitive total before the kiwi batting line up. For new zealand lockie ferguson picked up three proteas wickets.
In Reply New zealand lost colin Munro early to Kagiso Rabada but Guptill showed some resilience with a handy 35 but star of the show is kane Williamson who made a handy contributions first with guptill them de gradhomme who went to make 60 runs. For south africa only chris morris was the pick of the bowlers who dismissed three kiwi batsmen. With 8 needed from the last over kane Williamson refreshed the memories of the 2015 world cup semifinal where grant Elliot had hit dale steyn for six to eliminate them from the same event. Kane lobbed a six over long leg of the andile phehlukwayo to jolt south African hopes of reaching the top four. South Africa's world cup misery continued with this depeciated loss against the kiwis.
Match Summary
South africa 🇿🇦 242-6 overs 49
Van Dussen 67
Amla 55
Ferguson 3-59
New Zealand 🇳🇿 245-6 overs 48.3
Williamson 106*
De Grandhomme 60
Morris 3-49
New zealand won by 4 wickets.
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