South Africa choke on the big stage AGAIN as Holland claim shock 13-run win to knock Proteas OUT of the T20 World Cup.
South Africa were effectively eliminated from the T20 World Cup after their 13-run defeat to the Netherlands, who finished their Group 2 campaign with a major upset at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
Chasing 159 for victory, South Africa’s batting let them down as Temba Bavuma’s men finished on 145-8. The outcome sent India, who face Zimbabwe later in the day, through to the semifinals while the Pakistan versus Bangladesh match becomes a virtual knockout.
The Netherlands’ top four batters made a useful contribution to power the Dutch side to 158-4 after being put into bat at the Adelaide Oval. Stephan Myburgh (37) and Max O’Dowd (29) gave them a decent start adding 58 runs for the opening stand.
Tom Cooper made 35 and Colin Ackermann chipped in with an unbeaten 41 to take them past the 150-mark. South Africa struggled to get going in their reply losing both their openers — Quinton de Kock and skipper Bavuma — inside the power play.
Brandon Glover, who claimed three wickets for nine runs, then scythed South Africa’s middle order to set up a memorable victory for the Dutch side.
At the 50-over cup semi-final in 1999, South Africa required just one run from the last four balls to down Australia – they imploded, the game was tied, and they failed to advance.
At the 2003 cup, Boucher himself celebrated prematurely after thinking he’d hit the runs which sent his nation into the knockout stage: they’d miscalculated and were one run short when rain stopped play.
Boucher was appointed head coach in 2019 and Sunday’s game against the Netherlands was his last in charge.
Rubbing salt in the Proteas’ open wounds, they caved against a Dutch side boasting four South African-born cricketers.
Two of them were the top-scorers – Colin Ackerman (41 from 21 balls) and Stephan Myburgh (37 from 30) – in the Holland’s 4-158.
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