South Africa vs The Netherlands: Who said what?

After losing the toss, the Netherlands achieved 158 for 4 in 20 overs, thanks to Colin Ackermann and Scott Edwards’ great finish at the end. Ackermann’s undefeated 41 off 26 balls, coupled with contributions from Tom Cooper (35), Stephen Myburgh (37) and Max O Dowd, significantly aided the Dutch side in reaching the score. Anrich Nortje was the only Proteas bowler who looked sharp with the ball.

South Africa could only manage 145 for 8 in 20 overs after losing wickets at regular intervals. The Netherlands bowlers performed an excellent job of gauging the conditions and bowling with a strategy that proved fruitful. Brandon Glover was once again spectacular, going 3 for 9 in his two overs and altering the game’s outcome. The Dutch produced the biggest upset of this world cup yet which had already seen some major upsets.

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Here is what the captains said:

I am lost for words. Went so fast. This is going to take a bit of time to take it all in. We are used to these conditions in Netherlands. We were confident around the 160 mark to defend this. Another great experience, another big upset from the Netherlands. Absolute goal for us after losing the first two games that we are still playing for a spot in the next World Cup. Two results go our way and we are straight through for the next World Cup. 

Dutch captain Scott Edwards said at the post match presenation.

Very disappointing. We really played well before this game. We knew it was a must-win game and again we faltered when it mattered. Hard one to swallow for the guys. We had the confidence and the belief to get to the knockouts. You can pick out a lot of things when you lose that way. Firstly myself with the toss, winning the toss and bowling first. Wasn’t ideal to let them off to a start and let them score 158. With the bat we just got stuck similar to the Pakistan game. We lost wickets at crucial times. The wicket maybe got a bit hard, but they used the dimensions of the ground a lot better than we did. From all us, just wasn’t good enough. 

Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma said after the game