Player of the Match
Player of the Match

5.15pm Match 2 isn't far away, and our commentary for that game - Pakistan vs Namibia - is up and running. Do hop over there as we continue our coverage of this tournament. That's all from this game, so on behalf of Monga and Raghav, goodbye!

Temba Bavuma: "It was a good day for us. Quite a lot in the wicket early on, and KG and Nortje were able to exploit it. It excites us. The conditions reminded us of playing at home. It's never easy when you have one guy bowling 150 and another guy in KG who's got all the skill in the world. We wanted to get the score in a good time, but the conditions were a bit tricky. It's a big game [against England], looking at the competition the way it is, they have had the better of us recently, and we would like to make amends."

Mahmudullah: "I think the wicket was pretty good to bowl on in the first half. We weren't good enough in the middle. That was a poor batting display, but having said that there was enough assistance in the pitch. Taskin has been bowling well in this tournament. We had the choice between Taskin and Fizzy, but we went with Taskin because he has been bowling well. It's frustrating, but we could have won two games. If we had won those games, it would have been a different story."

5.08pm S Rajesh from our stats team tells me South Africa will need to beat England by 81 runs (if they score 160) to top the group.

Kagiso Rabada is the Player of the Match. "That wicket favoured the seamers and I'm just glad that today was my day. Every time we have the opportunity to practice, we try and implement what could possibly work for us. We always train hard, and today it paid off. It's nice to see the ball swing, especially in T20 cricket, but it wasn't a surprise, having seen that happen in the IPL games here. There's a bit of bounce here, but it's a bit two-paced, some balls skid through, but it's probably the quickest wicket here [in the UAE]. [Anrich Nortje] has been in good form for a long time now, and I'm happy for him."

5.00pm Superb performance from South Africa. They've done pretty much exactly what they must have set out to do once they won the toss. And they probably wouldn't have hoped for a win this one-sided. Their net run rate is now up to 0.742, which is more than a run per over better than Australia's at the moment. The seamers set things up, with Kagiso Rabada the major hero, and the batting, after a bit of an early wobble, was controlled and clinical.

Stath: "Bangladesh losing with 33 balls to spare, a slight improvement on when they played England and lost with 35 balls left"

Mark: "This result leaves Australia hoping that South Africa beat England, but not by much and that they can win their last two matches by huge margins to get their Run Rate above South Africa's. Not an easy job! " -- I think Australia would prefer it if England beat South Africa, no?

Rawffe: "SAF's win today has officially/mathematically knocked-out BD and SL."

13.3
4
Mahedi Hasan to Miller, FOUR, full on off stump, and there's the winning hit. Clears his front leg and whips it away, into the big gap to the left of midwicket
13.2
1
Mahedi Hasan to Bavuma, 1 run, length ball on the pads, clipped to the left of short fine leg

Over the wicket to Bavuma.

13.1
1
Mahedi Hasan to Miller, 1 run, flighted ball outside off, driven to sweeper cover

Here's David Miller. Just five runs to get now. Mahedi comes in from around the wicket, with a slip in place.

END OF OVER:
13 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 80/4 (5 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 6.15, RRR: 0.71)

  • Temba Bavuma30 (27b)
  • Nasum Ahmed2-0-22-1
  • Soumya Sarkar1-0-7-0
12.6
W
Nasum Ahmed to van der Dussen, OUT, down the track, and that's an outstanding catch from Shoriful! Nasum slows it down just a touch, and van der Dussen has to reach out in front of him to hit the lofted shot. Ends up scooping it higher than he wants, and Shoriful turns around at mid-on, sprints towards the boundary, and throws himself forward to catch the ball that is descending from behind him, finishing sprawled on the ground with both hands wrapped around the ball. Outstanding

HE van der Dussen c Shoriful Islam b Nasum Ahmed 22 (60m 27b 2x4 0x6) SR: 81.48

12.5
4
Nasum Ahmed to van der Dussen, FOUR, down the track, and that's a nice shot. Drifting in from wide of the crease, into the batter, and he uses that angle to lift it up over the wide mid-on region
12.4
1
Nasum Ahmed to Bavuma, 1 run, full on middle and leg, pushes gently towards mid-on and gets through for the single. The fielder was on the edge of the circle

There was a slip in place before that ball. No slip now.

12.3
4
Nasum Ahmed to Bavuma, FOUR, a touch short, a touch of width, and Bavuma makes room, slashes it away and gets it into the big gap to the left of backward point
12.2
0
Nasum Ahmed to Bavuma, no run, looped up slow outside off, comes forward and pushes into the point region with an open face
12.2
1w
Nasum Ahmed to Bavuma, 1 wide, quickish length ball, ends up sliding down the leg side, past the attempted flick

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st6RR HendricksQ de Kock
2nd22HE van der DussenQ de Kock
3rd5HE van der DussenAK Markram
4th47HE van der DussenT Bavuma
5th6DA MillerT Bavuma

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33063.754
NAM3214-0.523
IRE3122-0.853
NED3030-2.46
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SCOT33060.775
BAN32141.733
OMA3122-0.025
PNG3030-2.655
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG54182.464
AUS54181.216
SA54180.739
SL5234-0.269
WI5142-1.641
BAN5050-2.383
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK550101.583
NZ54181.162
IND53261.747
AFG52341.053
NAM5142-1.89
SCOT5050-3.543