South Africa vs USA highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: All-round effort helps SA defeat United States by 18 runs

Nortje. A single on the first ball. Another single on the second. A dot on the third ball. Gous gets a boundary on the fourth. Doesn’t matter now. Single on the fifth. A dot to end the innings. South Africa wins by 18 runs.

Rabada. Full toss and Harmeet tries to go over midwicket but is caught in the deep. Big wicket for South Africa. Wonderful knock. 

Harmeet Singh c Tristan Stubbs b Rabada 38(22)

Jasdeep Singh in at eight. He’s unable to put bat on the ball. Takes a single on his third ball. Gous on strike. But he also takes a single. Terrific bowling by Rabada. Just two runs from the over. 

Shamsi for his final over. Gous gets a single on the first ball. Shamsi keeping the ball away from left hander. Turn and bounce. SIX! Harmeet once again slogs, this time over long on, gets the desired result. Now Gous gets one short and slaps the ball towards midwicket for a SIX! Another SIX!! Flat and short slapped away for maximum. 22 runs from the over. 

Rabada is back. Waist-height no ball on the first ball. Harmeet couldn’t put away the free-hit delivery. Harmeet comes down the track and hits the ball over cover for four! 10 runs from the over. 

Shamsi is welcomed to his third over with a slog sweep for a SIX. Harmeet is giving brilliant support to Gous. Four! This time Gous goes on backfoot and smacks it straight past bowler. 13 runs from the over. 

Nortje for his third over. FOUR! Low full toss and Gous hits it straight past mid-on. There was a desperate dive by the fielder but couldn’t save it. SIX! This time Gous lofts straight over the bowler’s head. Slower bouncer and Gous hooks it towards square leg for a SIX! Nice way to get to fifty. 

Shamsi continues. Three singles in first five balls. Shamsi bowling it flat on the stumps. Four runs from the over. 

Maharaj. SIX! Harmeet takes out the slog sweep and gets a SIX! USA is fighting. Another 12 runs from the over. 

Shamsi into the attack. First ball, huge appeal for LBW, and umpire has given it! Jahangir has reviewed it though. OUT! It is plumb. USA is five down. 

Harmeet Singh in at seven. Four! Gous goes over cover. Harmeet too gets into the act as sweeps towards fine leg for a boundary. 11 runs from the over. 

Maharaj continues. He’s baiting the US batters with flighted balls. Two runs in four balls so far. Just three singles in that over. 

Nortje to Anderson, SIX! Slams it through the on side, too short from Nortje. BOWLED HIM! Into the block hole and Anderson has no answer to that. The leg stump is flattened.

Corey Anderson b Nortje 12 (12)

Shayan Jahangir is the new batter. A searing delivery into the pads, but its heading down leg and the umpire denies the appeal. A bouncer too high from Nortje and he’ll have to bowl that again. A single to finish the over.

Maharaj again. Five singles in the over. There is an LBW appeal too as Anderson misses a reverse sweep. Maharaj says it is going down leg and the talks of a review are ended.

Anrich Nortje to bowl now. Only three singles in the over. SA tightening control over the run rate.

Keshav Maharaj to bowl for the first time. Gous cuts through point and into the gap to pick two runs. OUT! A faint edge for Jones and he is caught behind. SA has the big fish.

Aaron Jones c de Kock b Maharaj 0 (5)

Corey Anderson is the new batter. He completes a single and is off the mark.

Rabada to Nitish, clips the first delivery through mid wicket. Gous reads the slower one and taps to the off side to get another run. WICKET! Nitish clips in the air on a delivery that’s on his pads. But this is hit into the wind which sees him hole out at deep square. 

Nitish Kumar c Stubbs b Rabada 8 (6)

Aaron Jones at No. 4. He starts off with three dot deliveries.

Jansen back for his third over. SIX! Nitish goes aerial over mid wicket and clears the fence. Gous slices the fourth through point for two runs. SIX more! Gous tonks this short delivery over mid wicket. Two runs to finish the over. 17 from the over.

Gous to Rabada, FOUR! Full and the right-hander goes down the ground to pick his first boundary. A leg bye on the second. OUT! Taylor gone! He wants to hit this over mid off again, but the length is slightly shorter. The ball comes off the sticker and goes straight to the fielder.

Steven Taylor c Klaasen b Rabada 24 (14)

Nitish Kumar at No. 3. A leg bye for him first up. 

Jansen starts the over with a wide. FOUR! Taylor chips the second over mid off. Another wide down the leg side. The third is short and wide, Taylor swings and misses. FOUR more! A yorker, Taylor tries to dig it out and gets an inside edge through fine leg.

Aiden Markram. SIX! Taylor gets the second in the slot and slog sweeps it over mid wicket. FOUR now! Another slog sweep, this time squarer and on one bounce. Taylor swats the fifth to long on for a single. Gous gets off the mark with a jab to deep mid wicket, two runs.

Steven Taylor and Andries Gous will start the proceedings for USA. Marco Jansen will bowl the first over.

FOUR! Taylor cuts away this wide delivery A single to mid wicket on the second. Gous misses a flick on the third. Three more dots to finish the over.

Both teams are back on the field for the second innings.

Ali Khan. Single on the first ball. Another single on the second. SIX! Short ball and Klaasen pulls it away. They take a double on the fourth ball. Yorker but SA takes a single anyway. Stubbs reverse laps and gets a boundary on the last ball! Nice shot to end the innings. 

Netravalkar. First ball goes for four. Edged but in the gap. Follows it up with a double. He’s bowling pretty well, wide outside off. Accuracy has been impressive. Three dot balls on the trot. Just six runs from the over! 

Ali Khan for his third over. Klaasen takes a double on the first ball. SIX! That’s a lofted cover drive. Superb hit. Stubbs attempts a reverse lap but can only get a double. Didn’t time it well. 12 runs from the over

Jasdeep is back. Starts off with two full tosses. And then two wides. Somehow South African batters haven’t been able to put him away for four. Eight runs in first five balls. A dot to end the over. 

Kenjige. Short ball and Klaasen slams it straight for a SIX. Powerful. Followed by three singles. 12 runs from the over. 

Netravalkar is back. Markram slashes and finds a boundary towards backward point. Three singles after that. OUT! Markram is gone. Wide ball outside off, Markram slashes but hits the ball straight to deep backward point. 

Markram c Ali Khan b Netravalkar 46(32)

Kenjige for his second over. Three singles in four balls so far. Six runs off the over.

Harmeet again. OUT! de Kock is caught at deep midwicket. It was very close to a waist-height no ball but umpires were satisfied that it was not. A great innings nevertheless. 

de Kock c S Jahangir b Harmeet Singh 74(40)

OUT! David Miller is gone first ball. Chips it straight to the bowler. Heinrich Klaasen plays out the hat-trick ball safely. Terrific over. Two runs and two wickets. 

Corey Anderson into the attack. Full toss and de Kock puts it into the stands over midwicket for SIX. Two balls later, de Kock slices the ball past point for four. He ends the over with another boundary, this time a reverse lap. 

Harmeet for his third over. Markram takes a single on the first ball. Two singles in first four balls. Fielding has been top class by USA today. Markram goes on the backfoot and cuts the short ball for four past point. Seven from the over. 

Taylor to de Kock, FOUR! De Kock is using the sweep to great effect, this one is fuller but de Kock threads the gap between square leg and mid wicket. An inside edge on an attempted drive, Corey Anderson with a diving save to prevent a boundary at fine leg. 100 up for SA on the fifth delivery, also a rare missed sweep for de Kock. Markram taps the final ball to mid on for another single.

Harmeet for his second over. Fifty for de Kock off just 28 deliveries. Get another half tracker which he sweeps away behind square. Another no ball. De Kock misses the free hit and gets stumps. The last delivery gets a single for SA, 10 runs from the over.

Steven Taylor now for USA. FOUR! Markram unleashes a reverse sweep, gets it over third man. SIX! Markram comes down the track and picks it up over long on. 14 runs from the over.

Harmeet Singh to Markram, drives it to long off for one run. De Kock clips the third to mid wicket, another single. Markram hits to long on for the third run of the over. De Kock goes to the on side for one run. Markram makes it five singles off the over.

Ali Khan to Markram. A single to mid on on the second delivery. SIX! De Kock is being gifted these half trackers which he is pummelling with abundant glee.

The left-arm off-spin of Nosthush Kenjige. FOUR! De Kock sweeps the fifth delivery, there’s no protection at deep square. FOUR more! Short and wide, de Kock slashes it away past point. 11 from the over.

Jasdeep Singh to bowl the fourth. FOUR! A juicy length ball for Markram and he latches onto it and dispatches it through covers. Markram punches the second wide of mid on to get a single. FOUR more! Too short and de Kock pulls it over mid wicket, one bounce and over the boundary it goes. SIX! De Kock gets another short delivery and he pulls it over mid wicket again. It is a no ball too. Free hit coming up. SIX! Welcome, Mr. de Kock. Short and angling into the body, de Kock hooks it behind square. SIX! The third one of the over. This goes way up into the air but manages to clear the square leg fence. 28 runs off the over.

Netravalkar again. A single for de Kock on the first delivery. Hendricks steps down the wicket and hits through mid wicket for two runs. WICKET! Hendricks falls! He again tries to charge down. Gets it off the toe end of his bat and Corey Anderson makes no mistake at mid off.

Reeza Hendricks c Anderson b Netravalkar 11 (11)

Aiden Markram is the new batter. An outside edge to third man to get off the mark.

Ali Khan to de Kock, driven towards mid off, one run. The third delivery rises on Hendricks off a length. A risky single but de Kock manages to get in. A wide down leg side. Cut away by de Kock but a fantastic save at point by Shayan Jahangir, no run. De Kock clips the next to fine leg for one. SIX! Hendricks goes over covers and clears the rope.

Saurabh Netravalkar to bowl the first over. De Kock on strike. Outside off, de Kock guides it down to third man for a single. SA up and running on the first delivery. Beaten! In the corridor for the right-hander, beats his outside edge. Hendricks drives the third but covers stops it. Defends the fourth. Two runs for Hendricks, too full and outside off, Hendricks leans in and drives through covers.

Reeza Hendricks and Quinton de Kock to begin the innings for the Proteas.

South Africa’s national anthem followed by USA’s.

USA: Shayan Jahangir, Steven Taylor, Andries Gous(w), Aaron Jones(c), Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar

South Africa: Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

USA wins the toss and opts to bowl. No Monank Patel, Aaron Jones is once again leading USA. 

Both teams are going in with extra spinner today. 

In four matches this World Cup, batters have scored more than 8 runs an over. Second-best among venues in West Indies in this tournament after Gros Islet. 

WICKETKEEPERS

Heinrich Klaasen, Andries Gous

BATTERS

Aaron Jones, David Miller (c), Tristan Stubbs

All-ROUNDERS

Corey Anderson, Marco Jansen

BOWLERS

Anrich Nortje (vc), Kagiso Rabada, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan

South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman, Tabraiz Shamsi/ Keshav Maharaj

USA: Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir/ Monank Patel, Andries Gous (wk), Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Jasdeep Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan

- Beat Sri Lanka by six wickets 

- Beat Netherlands by four wickets 

- Beat Bangladesh by four runs 

- Beat Nepal by one run

- Beat Canada by seven wickets 

- Beat Pakistan in super over

- Lost to India by seven wickets

- Match abandoned against Ireland

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USA - Aaron Jones, Milind Kumar, Nitish Kumar, Steven Taylor, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Nisarg Patel, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Monank Patel (c & wk), Andries Gous, Shayan Jahangir, Ali Khan, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar

South Africa - Aiden Markram (c), Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs