South Africa registered a convincing 10-run victory over England in their last Super 12 match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 at Sharjah on Saturday (November 6).
Asked to bat first, South Africa piled up a massive 189/2 in their allotted 20 overs on the back of Rassie van der Dussen’s 60-ball 94* and Aiden Markram’s unbeaten 52 off 25 balls.
For England, the spin duo of Moeen Ali (1-27) and Adil Rashid (1-32) managed to pick up one wicket each.
In order to qualify for the semi-final, South Africa needed to restrict England to 131 but the Proteas couldn’t. As a result, Australia became the second team after England to make it to the last-four stage from Group 1.
During the chase, England looked threatening in patches but no batters managed to capitalize on a good start. Moeen Ali top scored with 27-ball 37 while David Malan hit 33.
In the bowling department, Tabraiz Shamsi (2-24) returned with impressive figures in his four overs. While Kagiso Rabada (3-48) claimed a hat-trick in the last over of England’s innings, he was quite expensive with the ball.
Dwaine Pretorius (2-30) also picked up a couple of wickets as South Africa restricted England to 179/8.
Cricket experts on Twitter praised the South African team's brave effort even though they couldn’t qualify for the semis.
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