ICC  T20 World Cup 2024: South Africa defeat Netherlands by four wickets

New York: South Africa clinched a four-wicket victory against the Netherlands in the 16th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 on Saturday.

The match took place at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.

South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Batting first, the Netherlands posted a total of 103 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their allotted overs. Sybrand Engelbrecht top-scored with 40 runs, while Logan van Beek added 23 runs.

On the bowling front for South Africa, Ottniel Baartman was the standout performer, taking 4 wickets. Anrich Nortje and Marco Jansen also contributed with 2 wickets each.

In their chase, South Africa encountered early difficulties, losing 4 wickets for just 12 runs. Nonetheless, Tristan Stubbs steadied the innings with a score of 33, and David Miller's unbeaten 59 runs guided the team to victory.

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Teams:

Netherlands: 1 Max O'Dowd, 2 Michael Levitt, 3 Vikramjit Singh, 4 Scott Edwards (capt, wk), 5 Teja Nidamanuru, 6 Bas de Leede, 7 Sybrand Engelbrecht, 8 Logan van Beek, 9 Tim Pringle, 10 Paul van Meekeren, 11 Vivian Kingma

South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Reeza Hendricks, 3 Aiden Markram (capt), 4 Heinrich Klaasen, 5 David Miller, 6 Tristan Stubbs, 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11Ottneil Baartman