South Africa vs Netherlands: Dutch’s historic win over SA ensures semifinal entry for India

The
Proteas
simply
needed
to
beat
the
associate
nation
to
secure
their
spot
in
the
semi-finals
but
allowed
the
Netherlands
to
score
158-4,
including
45
off
the
final
four
overs,
before
falling
apart
in
the
chase,
to
be
145-8

South
Africa’s
slip-up
means
the
winner
of
the
Pakistan-Bangladesh
game
at
the
same
venue
in
fine
conditions
will
finish
second
in
Group
2
and
take
on
Group
1
winners
New
Zealand
in
the
semis
at
the
SCG
on
Wednesday.
The
Proteas’ loss
also
means
India
go
through
and
top
Group
2.

1

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Player
of
the
Match
Colin
Ackermann
was
heroic
for
the
Dutch
with
an
unbeaten
41
from
26
balls,
helping
their
late
charge,
before
Brandon
Glover
(3-9)
and
Fred
Klaassen
(2-20)
starred
with
the
ball.

South
Africa’s
pursuit
never
got
going
after
the
loss
of
openers
Quinton
de
Kock
(13)
and
Temba
Bavuma
(20),
but
they
seemed
in
a
winning
position
at
90-3
in
the
13th
over,
needing
68
off
46.

Yet
it
all
fell
apart
for
the
Proteas
with
wickets
tumbling,
as
Klaassen
had
Aiden
Markram
caught
by
Stephan
Myburgh
before
Glover
grabbed
two
quick
wickets
to
dismiss
potential
game-winner
David
Miller
for
17
and
Wayne
Parnell
for
a
duck.
From
there,
South
Africa’s
tail
could
not
get
them
near
the
target.

Van
der
Merwe
delivers
the
key
moment

Roelof
van
der
Merwe’s
brilliant
catch
running
backwards
to
dismiss
danger
man
Miller
was
arguably
the
moment
of
the
match.
South
Africa
had
six
wickets
left,
needing
47
off
29
balls,
when
Miller
mis-timed
a
hook
shot,
which
was
lofted
towards
fine
leg
but
the
37-year-old
never
took
his
eyes
off
the
ball
and
pulled
off
a
diving
effort
to
re-claim
any
momentum
the
Proteas
had
at
that
stage.

Another
South
African
World
Cup
disaster

South
Africa’s
loss
and
subsequent
elimination
will
be
tough
to
swallow.
The
Proteas,
who
have
never
made
a
T20
World
Cup
final
and
have
an
inglorious
past
in
the
50-over
version,
appeared
destined
for
the
last
four
for
the
first
time
since
2014.
Instead,
they
suffered
their
first-ever
loss
to
the
Netherlands
across
any
format.

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