Black Caps
Cricket fans are witnessing one drama after another in the World Cup. The match between South Africa and New Zealand is no exception. To take a step forward in the fight for the semi-finals, South Africa and New Zealand entered the field yesterday who are the two favorite teams of the World Cup. Considering the current form and performance of the team, fans were expecting a great fight in this match. But in the end, the South African cricket team won the match with a lot of single dominance. South Africa won the match against New Zealand for the first time since 1999 in the World Cup.
The match between South Africa and New Zealand was played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, India. At the beginning of their match, New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and decided to bowl. He made such a decision because in that pitch batting is slighty under the light of flat lights. As a result, they invited South Africa to bat in the beginning.
In New Zealand's batting invitation, the in-form de Kock and captain Bavuma opened for South Africa. These two openers started well for the team. Captain Bavuma departed after scoring 24 runs off 28 balls. After Bavuma's departure, another batsman in good form, Van der Duseen, came into the batting. Quinton de Kock and van der Dusen put on a winning partnership of 200 runs. Both brought up their personal hundreds milestone. This pair broke when de Kock got out after scoring 114 off 116 balls and returned to the pavilion.
After De Kock's departure, David Miller popularly known as Killar Miller came into the batting. This batsman played an impeccable innings of 54 runs off 30 balls. South Africa's innings stopped at 357 after losing four wickets at the end of the scheduled 50 overs. New Zealand set a target of 358 runs. It is impossible to win in such a big total. But in the last match, New Zealand almost made the impossible possible. The Black Kiwis lost by just five runs in that match of 760+ runs!
In response to the huge runs given by South Africa, the Black Caps went into bat and lost wickets at the beginning. The in-form opener returned to the pavilion after getting out for just two runs. After his departure, Will Young started to take the team forward with Rachin Rabindra. New Zealand's batting disaster began with the departure of Rachin Ravindra in the team's 45 run. Kiwis lost six wickets to score 100 runs.
Phillips played the highest innings of 60 runs off 50 balls for New Zealand in this match. New Zealand managed to cross the team's 150 runs by his contribution. New Zealand's innings stopped at 167 runs. As a result, the Proteas defeated New Zealand by a margin of 190 runs. This is the record winning for South Africa against New Zealand in terms of runs. Africans beat New Zealand for the first time after 1999 in the World Cup!