South Africa beat the USA by 18 runs in the Super 8 T20 World Cup
Antigua June 20: Despite the herculean efforts of Andries Gous (80*) and Harmeet Singh (38) the USA lost the Super 8 encounter against South Africa by 18 runs in Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound in Antigua on Wednesday.
Gous was looking on ominous touch and has played 80 runs in just 47 deliveries with 5 fours and 5 sixes.
While chasing 195, the USA started well. The openers Stevan Taylor and Andries Gous scored at a brisk pace. They scored 33 in just 3.3 overs but then the wicket of Taylor fell. He was caught by H Klaasen on the bowling of Kagiso Rabada.
After his dismissal, Gous was holding one end but the wicket fell on the other end. Nitish Kumar, Aaron Jones and Corey Anderson were out cheaply. Gous finally developed a partnership with Harmeet Singh of 93 runs but fell short of 18 runs.
For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada was the most successful bowler. He picked 3 wickets of his quota of 4 overs and spent just 18 runs.
Earlier, the USA won the toss and elected to field first. The pitch was favoring the batsman. It was not the surface that saw in New York.
South Africa’s first wicket fell off just 16 runs but Quinton de Kock (74) and skipper Aiden Markram (46) played well and took South Africa into a commanding position. Heinrich Klaasen and Tristen Stubbs also played well. They finished the South Africa inning with their brisk cameos of 36 and 20 runs respectively. South Africa posted 194/4 after 20 overs.
For the co-hosts, Saurabh Netravalkar and Harmeet Singh struck twice.
Playing XI – South Africa XI: Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi;
United States XI: Shayan Jahangir, Steven Taylor, Andries Gous(w), Aaron Jones(c), Corey Anderson, Nitish Kumar, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar.
EOM.
