South Africa beat england and topped the points table..!!

south africa defeated england in their last league match in the Champions Trophy series and topped the points table in Group B. With this, the South African team has qualified for the semi-finals. england won the toss and elected to bat first in the league match held in Karachi. In this match, the South African team was in a situation where they would only be out of the series if they lost by 201 runs. Thus, the South African team faced england with good motivation. england, who won the toss and batted first, scored the highest with Joe Root (37), Ben Duckett (24), Jos Buttler (21) and Jofra Archer (25). As the rest of the players lost their matches by a few runs, england scored 179 runs in 38.2 overs.
South Africa's bowling side, Marco Janssen and Wian Mulder, took three wickets each. After this, the South African team came out with a simple target of 180 runs to win. Tristan Stubbs, who played as the opener, was dismissed. Ryan Rickelton and Vander Duisen, who joined forces for the second wicket, played a brilliant game and saved the team from the slump. Ryan Rickelton was dismissed for 27 runs, and Henrich Klaasen came on to show his strength. The english players were unable to break the Vander Duisen pair. Klaasen scored 64 runs off 56 balls, including 11 fours.
Vander Duisen, who remained unbeaten until the end, scored 72 runs off 87 balls. With this, south africa reached the target for the loss of three wickets in 29.1 overs. With this, south africa topped the points table. However, the fact that three players in the South African team were not fit before the semi-final has shocked fans. Temba Bavuma and opener Tony Tshorsi were already unfit, so they did not play in today's match. Due to this, Aiden Markram came in as the temporary captain. But he also got injured while fielding. Due to this, he did not come to bat. Therefore, the fact that three players were not fit before the semi-final has saddened South African fans.
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Sowmiya Sriram

01/03/2025 10:16 PM