17-10-2023, 17:13
(This post was last modified: 17-10-2023, 18:09 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)
(05-10-2023, 03:33)Ska'dForLife-WBA Wrote: ...the pace and power of the men in orange may be better employed at Dharamshala, where they take on South Africa in their third match. A Dutch win in that encounter would certainly be a historic slice of cricketing fratricide...
And it's on! After recovering from 82-5 and 140-7 to post 245-8, the Netherlands have blown away South Africa's top order with the new ball to leave them 44-4! If they pull off the upset it'll dwarf what Afghanistan did on Sunday.
89-5! South Africa need 157 from 24 overs.
While there's precedent in the Dutch beating the Proteas during last year's T20 World Cup, their biggest ODI triumph to date is beating Bangladesh a dozen years ago. History in the making if they can pull this off.
South Africa in essentially the same position Netherlands were at the same point in the innings. Need either Miller or Jansen to stick around and play the kind of knock Scott Edwards did to rescue the Dutch.
Ooh, David Miller dropped on 23 by Bas de Leede, and the ball goes for four to boot. Could be costly.
Van Meekeren bowls Jansen for 9, South Africa 109-6! All on Miller to go the distance now.
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