T20 World Cup 2024 : South Africa vs England Match Preview, ICC T20 World Cup 2024

45th T20I • Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium • Gros Islet

South Africa

163/6 (20)

England

156/6 (20)

SA won by 7 runs

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Date & Time

21 Jun, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia, Gros Islet

TV/Streaming

Disney+ Hotstar, Star Sports

Match

45th T20I,

Umpires

Chris Brown (New Zealand), Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh), Joel Wilson (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

England elected to bowl

Pitch Report

A fresh pitch is being used and there is a nice breeze around. 66m and 69m square boundaries, 78m hit straight down the ground. Does not look any different to the surface that was used in the England-West Indies game. The numbers back up the notion that this venue has more runs in it than most venues. Michael Atherton reckons it might be a challenge for South Africa, having played three games previously in New York and this being a much better batting strip. He adds it does not matter whether teams bowl first or bat first, although England might want to chase after their success against the West Indies.

1st Innings

156Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

135.27Avg SR

2nd Innings

140Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

125.54Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ENG

6- 4

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

England

South Africa

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Quinton de Kock

SA . WK

122 Runs

5 Matches

Heinrich Klaasen

SA . WK

108 Runs

5 Matches

David Miller

SA . BAT

101 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Anrich Nortje

SA . BOWL

10 Wkts

5 Matches

Kagiso Rabada

SA . BOWL

7 Wkts

5 Matches

Keshav Maharaj

SA . BOWL

6 Wkts

4 Matches

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

Q de Kock

J Bairstow

Expert Team 2

J Buttler

H Klaasen

Venue Details

Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia, Gros Islet

1st Innings

156Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

135.27Avg SR

2nd Innings

140Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

125.54Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

37%Bat First Bowl First63%

Team Batting First

65%Wins Losses35%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 17 • Jun 8 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup

AUS 201/7 (20)

ENG 165/6 (20)

AUS won by 36 runs

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1st T20I • Dec 13 • England tour of West Indies

WI 172/6 (18.1)

ENG 171/10 (19.3)

WI won by 4 wickets

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5th T20I • Jan 31 • England tour of West Indies

WI 179/4 (20)

ENG 162/10 (19.5)

WI won by 17 runs

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4th T20I • Jan 30 • England tour of West Indies

WI 159/5 (20)

ENG 193/6 (20)

ENG won by 34 runs

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3rd T20I • Jan 27 • England tour of West Indies

WI 224/5 (20)

ENG 204/9 (20)

WI won by 20 runs

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2nd T20I • Jan 24 • England tour of West Indies

WI 170/8 (20)

ENG 171/8 (20)

ENG won by 1 run

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1st T20I • Jan 23 • England tour of West Indies

WI 104/1 (17.1)

ENG 103/10 (19.4)

WI won by 9 wickets

vs live score

Final • May 16 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup

AUS 147/6 (20)

ENG 148/3 (17)

ENG won by 7 wkts (18b rem)

18th Match, Group E • May 8 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup

ENG 168/7 (20)

SA 129/10 (19)

ENG won by 39 runs

13th Match, Group E • May 6 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup

ENG 151/4 (19.3)

PAK 147/9 (20)

ENG won by 6 wkts (3b rem)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

England

South Africa

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ENG

6- 4

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

164

Average Score

127

267/3

Highest Score

194/4

50/2

Lowest Score

71/10

Player of the Match Quinton de Kock

65(38)

Lucky Winner ajay32979

ENG

Info

South Africa

163/6 (20)

Batters

Reeza Hendricks

76.00

c H Brook b M Ali

Quinton de Kock

171.05

c J Buttler b J Archer

Heinrich Klaasen

61.54

runout (J Buttler)

David Miller

153.57

c H Brook b J Archer

Aiden Markram

(C)

50.00

b A Rashid

Tristan Stubbs

109.09

Not out

Marco Jansen

0.00

c S Curran b J Archer

Keshav Maharaj

250.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.15)

163/6

Did not Bat

Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottniel Baartman

Bowlers

EXT

5.75

8.33

10.00

9.67

5.00

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Reeza Hendricks

c H Brook b M Ali

1-86

9.5

Quinton de Kock

c J Buttler b J Archer

2-92

11.5

Heinrich Klaasen

runout (J Buttler)

3-103

13.5

Aiden Markram

b A Rashid

4-113

14.4

David Miller

c H Brook b J Archer

5-155

19.1

Marco Jansen

c S Curran b J Archer

6-155

19.2

England

156/6 (20)

Batters

Philip Salt

137.50

c R Hendricks b K Rabada

Jos Buttler

(C)

85.00

c H Klaasen b K Maharaj

Jonny Bairstow

80.00

c A Nortje b K Maharaj

Moeen Ali

90.00

c K Maharaj b OEG Baartman

Harry Brook

143.24

c A Markram b A Nortje

Liam Livingstone

194.12

c T Stubbs b K Rabada

Sam Curran *

142.86

Not out

Jofra Archer

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.8)

156/6

Did not Bat

Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley

Bowlers

EXT

7.75

8.00

6.25

9.00

8.75

4.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Philip Salt

c R Hendricks b K Rabada

1-15

1.5

Jonny Bairstow

c A Nortje b K Maharaj

2-43

6.5

Jos Buttler

c H Klaasen b K Maharaj

3-54

8.4

Moeen Ali

c K Maharaj b OEG Baartman

4-61

10.2

Liam Livingstone

c T Stubbs b K Rabada

5-139

17.2

Harry Brook

c A Markram b A Nortje

6-150

19.1

Match Info

Date & Time

21 Jun, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia, Gros Islet

TV/Streaming

Disney+ Hotstar, Star Sports

Match

45th T20I,

Umpires

Chris Brown (New Zealand), Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh), Joel Wilson (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

England elected to bowl

4 4 6 2 1 4

Over 17

Runs: 21

0 W 1 1 1 1

Over 18

Runs: 4

0 2 1 1 1 2

Over 19

Runs: 7

W 1 4 0 1 0

Over 20

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Quinton de Kock

65(38)

Lucky Winner ajay32979

Commentary

That brings us to the end of another fascinating game and at the end of it, South Africa remains the only side in the grip to remain unbeaten in the tournament. England should have chased this down from the position they got themselves in especially from the match situation after the 17th over but the South African bowlers held their nerves to seal the deal. This puts England in a tricky situation now but a massive win against USA will keep them in the reckoning so all to play for both teams. The T20 World Cup Super eight stage continues with West Indies slated to square off against USA in about six hours time. Join us then and for many more but for now this is me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator Shashwat Kumar.

Aiden Markram (South Africa captain): Yeah once again, we have had a few those of in the tournament. However today the odds were heaving stacked against us but the fighting spirit and the skill sets of the bowlers helped us a lot in the back end. It was decent to bat in the powerplay but got slower. Another 10-20 runs being greedy, we tried to save as many runs as possible. As a whole we are getting close to a complete game, not quite there but definitely on the right track. Yeah it was always going to be a challenge but you just need one or two to have a great day and the others chip in. Not looking too deeply into it, trusting the abilities and allowing the guys to express themselves. Yeah it's always the tricky one. You want to see the bowlers best skills and then changing according to the conditions. It's part of the game. Brooki and Livi put them under the pump. Happy to hold onto that catch. That made a big difference.

Jos Buttler (England captain): I will we lost it in the powerplay. Quinton de Kock came out and played a brilliant knock and we couldn't quite match that. I think it is still a good wicket and we were happy chasing 160. Quinney batted superbly and at one stage we looked favourites when Brook and Livingstone were going great guns. The powerplay was the best time to bat and Quinney recognised that and played a brilliant knock. Yeah really valuable for Livingstone to get some match time. He has made peace with the fact that he might not be facing too many deliveries. Yeah very much in the competition. We played really well today but couldn't quite get over the line but looking forward to the next match.

South Africa won by 7 runs

Quinton de Kock 65(38) | Keshav Maharaj 2/25(4)
Harry Brook 53*(37) | Jofra Archer 3/40(4)

At the halfway stage it looked like a pretty straightforward run chase for a power-packed England batting line up who had blown West Indies away a couple of days ago. However the South African bowlers had other ideas and came out firing all cylinders making a match out of it right from the word go. Phil Salt started in his trademark fashion and smashed a huge six off Marco Jansen in the very first over.

Kagiso Rabada provided South Africa with the maiden wicket in the form of Salt’s wicket. As much as it belonged to the bowler, it belonged to Reeza Hendricks who took an acrobatic catch at covers. Jonny Bairstow joined Jos Buttler in the middle and the duo tried to resurrect the ship. However they couldn't quite get the move on as we associate with them quite often. The run-scoring became very difficult as the game progressed and the boundaries were few and far between.

It resulted in Bairstow going for the big shot and perishing in the process. Keshav Maharaj put the squeeze on in the middle overs and prized out the wickets of Bairstow and Buttler at crucial junctures of the game to rest home the advantage for South Africa. Moeen Ali also had a struggle at the crease and was eventually dismissed for a shaky 9. With the score reading 61/4, the pressure was well and truly on the defending champions.

That is when the partnership between Liam Livingstone and Harry Brook helped them claw their way back in the game. The two aggressive batters didn't miss out on any boundary balls and found them on a consistent basis. Brook took his time initially before going berserk towards the end. With 46 runs required off 4 overs, the match was tilted towards South Africa but Ottneil Baartman gave away 21 runs to reduce the equation down to 25 required off the last three.

Rabada then coming in the 18th over got the massive wicket of Livingstone and that proved to be a massive blow in the context of the game. Marco Jansen bowled a brilliant penultimate over before Anrich Nortje sealed the deal with another spectacular final over. This takes South Africa to the top of the table in Super Eight Group 2. Rabada and Maharaj were the pick of the bowlers for South Africa with a couple of wickets each.

Quinton de Kock, Player of the Match: (On the pitch) That is the mistake people sometimes make. It definitely does not play the same as it does in the night, having played games in the league (CPL) before. Night games and day games can be two different surfaces. (On his batting plan) Bat as long as I can and score as many runs as I can. The wicket was pretty good, a bit of extra bounce and was trying to use the pace. (On if his last innings helped him) Try to go game by game, and had nothing different. Took it as a new game and that is what I focussed on. (On their bowling) I thought we bowled really well, especially in the powerplay, given that is the best time to score. Our guys were pretty solid and to defend 163 on a pretty decent wicket is a very good effort from us.

South Africa continues their unbeaten run in the competition, winning their 6th game on the trot. This has been a juggernaut of sorts from the Proteas and they would be hoping that it's time for them to break the ICC trophy jinx. A brilliant bowling performance from the Proteas because at the halfway stage the score of 163 looked significantly under par but the bowlers came out with a clear set of plan and eventually managed to squeeze out a 7 run win. They now have a foot on the semi final with one more super eight game left. England on the other hand face USA in a must win game and they might need to win the game by a big margin.

overs

156 /6 score

runs

Jofra Archer *

1 (2)

Sam Curran

10 (7)

Anrich Nortje

1 /35

19.6 Anrich Nortje to Jofra Archer, SOUTH AFRICA WIN BY SEVEN RUNS! Hard length, slanting into leg stump. Archer has a huge slog across the line but only connects with fresh air. de Kock fields it, and the South African fielders come running in. They have held their nerve again, and their unbeaten run stays intact!

19.5 Anrich Nortje to Sam Curran, very full outside off and Curran cannot get under it. Drills it straight to mid off, and South Africa are almost there

19.4 Anrich Nortje to Sam Curran, full toss on middle and leg. Curran swings it towards deep mid wicket and decides he does not want to take the single...

Just what England would have needed at this stage. A leg stump half volley with pace and that has been flicked away past short fine leg. 9 required off 3 deliveries now.

19.3 Anrich Nortje to Sam Curran, FOUR! Rank full ball down leg, and that is just what Curran is waiting for. Uses the pace and helps it along, well past short fine leg!

19.2 Anrich Nortje to Jofra Archer, full on the pads. Archer tugs it away towards deep mid wicket. Brings Curran back on strike

Jofra Archer, RHB is the new man in.

This is one of the hardest catches in cricket and buoy the captain plucks it out, he had to run backwards and had to keep an eye on the ball from the side. Holds onto it in a terrific fashion and this could be a massive massive moment in the game.

19.1 Anrich Nortje to Harry Brook, WHAT A CATCH BY AIDEN MARKRAM! Full just outside leg. Brook, who was looking to make room, does not have enough room to work with. He is slightly early into the stroke too and chips it. Markram, running back from mid off, keeps his eyes on it all the way and then snaffles it over his shoulder. Top, top catch under pressure, and South Africa ahead now!

Anrich Nortje [3-0-29-0] is back into the attack.

That's an excellent over from Marco Jansen. Just seven runs coming off that and South Africa have pulled it back in the last couple of overs. Sam Curran had to take the risk of taking that extra run on the final delivery of the over. 14 runs required off the final over.

overs

150 /5 score

runs

Sam Curran *

5 (4)

Harry Brook

53 (36)

Marco Jansen

0 /31

18.6 Marco Jansen to Sam Curran, slower ball on a length outside leg. Curran heaves it towards deep square leg and he then tears back to complete the second