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NEW YORK: David Miller scored an unbeaten half-century to spearhead South Africa to a hard-fought four-wicket victory over spirited Netherlands in the 16th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here on Saturday.

Despite chasing a modest 104-run target, South Africa had to make hard yards to achieve the total. The Proteas lost six wickets in the process and completed the pursuit with just seven balls to spare.

South Africa had a disappointing start to the run chase as they were four down for just 12 in 4.3 overs.

Following the debacle, David Miller joined Tristan Stubbs in the middle and the duo launched an astounding recovery.

Stubbs and Miller batted sensibly under pressure and pulled South Africa out of trouble with a gritty 65-run partnership which lasted with the former’s dismissal in the 17th over.

Tristan Stubbs scored a crucial 33 off 37 deliveries, peppered with one four and a six.

South Africa sustained another blow to their expedition as Marco Jansen (3) perished in the next over, needing a further 16 runs.

David Miller then switched gears and smashed Bas de Leede for two sixes and a four in the penultimate over and steered South Africa to victory.

He remained the top-scorer for South Africa with an unbeaten 59 off 51 deliveries, featuring three fours and four sixes.

Vivian Kingma and Logan van Beek led the Netherlands’ bowling attack with two wickets each while Bas de Leede chipped in with a wicket.

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Put into bat first, the Netherlands batting unit struggled against a pace-heavy South African bowling attack and thus registered a meagre total on the board.

The Dutch had a disastrous start to their innings as they lost their opener Michael Levitt on just the third delivery of the innings.

Levitt’s dismissal halted the flow of runs for the European side and they began to lose wickets at an alarming. The Netherlands, as a result, slipped to 48/6 in 11.5 overs.

Meanwhile, Sybrand Engelbrecht, who came out to bat at No.4, finally found subtle support at the other end in the form of Bas de Leede.

The duo took on the fight against a ruthless South Africa bowling attack and added valuable runs to the Netherlands’ total with a 54-run partnership that lasted with Engelbrecht’s dismissal in the final over, bowled Ottneil Baartman.

Sybrand Engelbrecht remained the top-scorer for the Netherlands with a gutsy 40 off 45 deliveries with the help of two fours and a six.

The Dutch then lost two more wickets in a sensational final over as Tim Pringle and van Beek also fell victim to Baartman.

Logan van Beek remained a notable run-getter for the Netherlands with a 22-ball 23 which featured three boundaries.

Ottneil Baartman led the bowling charge for South Africa with 4/11 in his four overs, followed by Anrich Nortje and Marco Jansen, who bagged two wickets each.

It is worth mentioning here that both South Africa and the Netherlands won their opening games of the T20 World Cup 2024 but the African side lead the Group D standings due to a superior net run-rate.

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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Monday named a full-strength squad for two must-win one-day internationals against the Netherlands on Friday and Sunday.

The matches in Benoni and Johannesburg are South Africa’s last games in the World Cup Super League – and they must win both if they are to stay in contention to qualify automatically for the Cricket World Cup in India in October and November.

Coach Rob Walter said, “We have named our strongest possible squad given the importance of these matches in the context of qualifying for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. We have a job to do and I am confident that with this group of players we can get the job done.”

Netherlands would not normally be expected to provide stiff competition for South Africa – but they beat the Proteas in the T20 World Cup in Australia last November, ending South Africa’s hopes of playing in the semi-finals.

Only eight teams qualify automatically. South Africa are currently in ninth place.

Two wins would put them in a strong position, ahead of West Indies and with Sri Lanka unable to catch them unless they win both their remaining matches in a current series against New Zealand – and South Africa suffer a penalty for slow over rates.

If Ireland win all three matches in a series against Bangladesh in May they could finish level on points with South Africa if South Africa win both matches against the Netherlands.

Cricket South Africa insisted that players contracted to the Indian Premier League, including fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje, must put their country first. This will mean them missing the start of the IPL on Friday.

Squad: Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock (wk), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Sisanda Magala, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.

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ADELAIDE: Netherlands batters Tom Cooper and Colin Ackerman’s vital knocks bolstered their side to a competitive total of 158/4 in the first innings of the first fixture of the Sunday’s tripleheader of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Batting first on the invitation of South African captain Temba Bavuma, Netherlands managed to amass 158/4, thanks to the blistering knocks of Cooper and Ackerman.

The Dutch side got off to a steady start as the openers – Stephan Myburgh (37) and Max O’ Dowd (29) – added 58 runs for the first wicket.

Myburgh scored 37 off just 30 deliveries before falling prey to Aiden Markram in the ninth over, while O’Dowd played a cautious knock of 29 off 31 balls.

Cooper then raced up the proceedings for the Netherlands with a quickfire cameo of 35 in just 19 balls, laced with two boundaries and two sixes before Keshav Maharaj got him caught behind in the 15th over.

Ackerman, however, held his ground firmly and ticked the scoreboard ticking at a decent pace with his quickfire knock of 41 in mere 26 deliveries with the help of three boundaries and two sixes.

For South Africa, Maharaj bagged two wickets, while Anrich Nortje and Markram struck out a batter each.