Scott Edwards performed a captain’s knock to guide the Netherlands’ outstanding restoration and take them to 245 for eight in a rain-hit sport in opposition to South Africa within the World Cup right here on Tuesday.
Intermittent rain added an additional chill within the mountain air and lowered the sport to 43-over a facet contest.
South Africa expectedly opted to bowl amid the overcast sky and their bunch of formidable pacers together with Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi, received so much out of the floor.
Nevertheless, their demise overs bowling left so much to be desired because the Netherlands plundered 68 runs within the final 5 overs. The Netherlands had been struggling at 140 for seven within the thirty fourth over.
Edwards (78 off 69) shared an entertaining 64-run partnership off 37 balls with Roelof van der Merwe (29 off 19) in the direction of the tip of the innings to take the workforce previous 200.
South Africa’s tempo assault is among the many potent ones within the competitors and the Dutch top-order discovered them too scorching to deal with. Aryan Dutt’s unbeaten 23 off 9 balls additionally propped up the overall.
Rabada struck in his very first ball of the match as Vikramjit Singh (2 off 16) couldn’t management the pull shot off a supply that hurried on to him.
Vikramjit’s opening accomplice Max O’Dowd (18) departed six balls later because the tall left-arm pacer Jansen induced a faint edge off his bat with an angled away supply.
Star all-rounder Bas de Leede (2) was trapped in entrance by Rabada, who received the ball to chop again sharply from size.
The pacers additionally took a flurry of wickets within the center overs earlier than Edwards and former Proteas star Van der Merwe went on a counter offensive.
Edwards hit 10 boundaries in complete and a six by way of a cracking pull shot off Rabada. Edwards additionally employed the sweep and reverse sweep in opposition to the lengthy spinner Keshav Maharaj to good impact.
Quantity 10 Dutt additionally joined the occasion smashed three sixes to supply the ultimate flourish.
South Africa had been additionally responsible of conceding 31 extras.
