Canada Global(Web News) In the second upset of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, Holland won the event for the first time by defeating South Africa by 38 runs.
Chasing Holland’s target of 246 runs, the South African team managed to score 207 runs in 42.5 overs, with David Miller scoring 43 runs. The Netherlands also knocked South Africa out of the T20 World Cup last year after an upset defeat. This is the second major upset in the current World Cup, before Afghanistan defeated the defending champions England in the previous days.
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The match between South Africa and Netherlands was played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium in Dharamsala. South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl, but due to bad weather, the match was limited to 43 overs per innings. Batting first, they scored 245 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted overs, captain Scott Edwards was not out for 78 runs. Besides, van der Merwe scored 29 runs, Teja Neda Munro 20 runs and Aryan Dutt scored 23 runs. For South Africa. Lungi Ngati, Marco Johnson and Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets each.
Chasing the Netherlands’ target of 246, the South African team struggled from the start, with five bowlers dismissed for a total of 89. Captain Bouma scored 16, de Kock 20, Vander Dussen 4, Markram 1 and Claasson. scored 28 runs. Apart from this, Johnson 9, David Miller 43, Quiz 22 and Rabada left the team after scoring 9 runs while Maharaj scored 40 runs.
Thanks to the excellent bowling of the Netherlands, the entire South African team was bundled out for 207 runs in 42.5 overs. On behalf of the Netherlands, Logan van Beek dismissed 3 players while De Leda, Paul van Meekren and van der Merwe took 2 wickets each.
It should be noted that both the teams were playing their third match in the event today, South Africa won 2 matches in a row while Netherlands had to face defeat.
Looking at the ICC World Cup group stage points table, India is first, New Zealand second, South Africa third and Pakistan fourth. At the end of the group stage, the top 4 teams will qualify for the semi-finals.
