T20 World Cup Game 16 Netherlands v South Africa, June 9 2400hrs @ Nassau County International Cricket Stadium New York

[Gough]

Netherlands from, Scott Edwards (c), Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Kyle Klein, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Ryan Klein, Saqib Zulfiqar, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, ⁠⁠Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Barresi. Travelling reserve: Ryan Klein
South Africa from, Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs

 

[NYRB]

Netherlands (Playing XI): Michael Levitt, Max ODowd, Vikramjit Singh, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman


South Africa won the toss and elected to field first.

 

[akkaps]

Jansen with that height should be difficult to play on this pitch

 

[NYRB]

I see O'Dowd has had a bit of a haircut since his last World Cup in 2022.

 

[NYRB]

Pommy saying the outfield for todays game is 'slow'and I agree.

 

[NYRB]

Advantage South Africa after that powerplay with Dutch 20/3 after 6

 

[NYRB]

Whats the deal with making the outfield sand based?

 

[NYRB]

Excellent fielding from Markram there.

 

[akkaps]

Not the type of game this was billed as, due to the previous meetings between the two.

 

[NYRB]

if your trying to introduce the Americans to the game of cricket. Everything about the New York venue is bad.

 

[NYRB]

Marco Jansen is an underrated fielder.

 

[NYRB]

Its almost unfair as to how big Jansens mitts are. They are like baseball gloves.

 

[NYRB]

If I stand to be corrected India v Pakistan on tomorrow is on this wicket?

 

[NYRB]

I think this wicket is difficult to score runs, because the odd one is zipping with that extra bounce.

Its definitely a bowler friendly seamer wicket.

 

[NYRB]

Engelbrecht is the Kane Williamson of this team, the anchor.

 

[NYRB]

Baartman looks a bit like Kylian Mbappe.

 

[NYRB]

Baartman was the pick of the bowlers. Great last over there only conceding 1 run and bagging 3 wickets. 4/11 for the day

 

[NYRB]

South Africa should chase 103 but i dont expect it to just be a net run rate builder.

 

[Plugger35]

South Africa should chase 103 but i dont expect it to just be a net run rate builder.

Van Beek and Van Meekeran won't be easy to face on this pitch, Kingma and Pringle could cause a few problems too.

 

[akkaps]

There was a run there, they just needed to commit to it

 

[akkaps]

Engelbrecht is the Kane Williamson of this team, the anchor.

It usually falls on Scott Edwards to the be anchor, he just bats too far down to be able to anchor the innings properly.

 

[Plugger35]

That's a bonus for the Netherlands running out QDK for a diamond duck.

 

[Plugger35]

Van Beek knocks over Hendricks with a jaffa.

This won't be an easy run chase for South Africa.

 

[akkaps]

Jeez, South Africa could fumble this

 

[NYRB]

South Africa losing 3 wickets inside the powerplay.