Netherlands Vs South Africa World Cup 2023, The Dutch Side Made History
Netherlands defeated South Africa by 38 runs, leading to the second major upset in this World Cup. Earlier, Afghanistan had defeated England. This match(Netherlands Vs South Africa) was interrupted by rain, due to which both innings shortened by 7 overs.
In this 43-over contest, the Netherlands batted first, scoring 245 runs and losing eight wickets. In response, the South African team managed to score only 207 runs in 42.5 overs, resulting in a 38-run loss.
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World Cup of 2023 has seen many ups and downs till now as earlier England faced defeat by the hands of Afghanistan and now South Africa’s team suffered a defeat against the Netherlands, This is also South Africa’s first loss in three matches in this World Cup.
Earlier the African side had secured victories against Sri Lanka and Australia, but the Netherlands team pulled off a historical upset. The match began late due to rain, leading to overs cut and 43 overs a side match. South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl.
The Netherlands’ start was unremarkable, with half of their team returning to the pavilion at 82 runs. However, Captain Edwards formed excellent partnerships with the tail-end batsmen, leading his team to a competitive score.
Captain Charles Edwards Lead The Netherlands Batting
Captain Charles Edwards remained unbeaten with a remarkable 78 runs. Van der Merwe contributed 29 runs, and Aryan Dutt scored 23 runs in nine balls. For South Africa, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, and Kagiso Rabada each took two wickets, while Gerald Coetzee and Keshav Maharaj secured one wicket each.
South Africa’s chase for the 246-run target also got off to a bad start. The first wicket fell with only 36 runs on the board, as De Kock who is in great form in this World Cup and had scored two tons in the opening two matches was dismissed after scoring 20 runs.
Captain Bavuma continued got out on a personal score of 16 runs. Markram who is also in very good touch was out after scoring a single run, and Dussen was out after scoring 4 runs.
Klaasen and Miller tried to pull things back with a 45-run partnership for the fifth wicket, but after Klaasen’s dismissal, Miller was left alone with no major support in the dug out. Jansen tried to stick in but was out after scoring 9 runs.
Subsequently, Miller managed to score 43 runs, but South Africa’s defeat was inevitable. coetzee was out after scoring 22 runs, and Rabada scored 9 runs.
In the end, Keshav Maharaj and Lungi Ngidi took the team’s total to 207 runs. However, despite their efforts, the team faced a 38-run defeat by the hands of Netherlands.
Scott Edwards, Netherlands captain Praised His Team
NetherlandsVs South Africa-In the post match interview Scott Edwards Said, “Extremely proud. We came in with high expectations. We had very good players. Happy to get the first win out of the way.
Hopefully, few more wins. We do a fair bit of research. We come up with a few matchups. Some days it works and some days it doesn’t. We were in decent positions in the first few games but then fell away. I am sure there will be plenty of fans staying up and watching this. Extremely happy with the win”
Scott Edwards Decleared As The Player Of The Match
He Further said, “Over the last couple of games too many of our middle order batters were being out before the end of the game, so I wanted to take it deep and hope a couple of guys around me chip in and we are lucky enough to get that score in the end.
He’s ( van der Merwe) good fun to bat with, he runs hard and hits into some strange areas which is good fun to watch from the other end. I just got him (Aryan Dutt) on strike and he was clearing the ropes, he’s got the talent and it’s all there to see tonight.
Proud of the group. We came into the tournament where we wanted to have a chance in the semi-finals and if you wanna do that you gotta beat teams and South Africa are one of the favourites the way they are playing, so it is a good win for us.”
Temba Bavuma, South Africa captain Marked The Batting Deficiencies In The Team
Bavuma Said, “I think we had them at 112 for 6. We shouldn’t have allowed them to go past 200. We dropped the ball there. Still we were confident with the chase. But they were able to extract some deficiencies in our batting department.
We were clinical against Australia. We could have controlled the extras. The fielding wasn’t up to the standard. Not the same standard we had against Australia. We need to have some conversations with the boys.
You got to let the emotion to seep in. It will hurt. Our campaign is not over by any stretch of the imagination. That was a proper display from them. They put us under pressure throughout. Good luck to them”
Netherlands Heroics
This is the first instance of Netherlands beating a big team in World Cup Earlier they had beaten Namibia and Scotland in ODI World Cup. This is also the first time that South Africa has lost an ODI to an Associate nation