T20 World Cup Game 21 South Africa v Bangladesh, June 11 2400hrs @ Nassau County International Cricket Stadium New York

[Gough]

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
Bangladesh from, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmud Ullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib. Travelling reserves: Afif Hossain, Hasan Mahmud

 

[NYRB]

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das(w), Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Jaker Ali, Mahmudullah, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman

South Africa (Playing XI): Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), 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 bat first.

 

[NYRB]

Its a pro-Bangladesh crowd in New York. Comms reckons a crowd today of around 20,000.

 

[NYRB]

Ready for an absolute humdinger of Monday Night World Cup Cricket

 

[NYRB]

De Kock goes bang for 6 2nd ball of the day.


Clean as a whistle.

 

[NYRB]

Back to back boundaries, de Kock coming out all guns blazing in the most famous city in the world.

 

[NYRB]

South Africa looking to keep their unbeaten run against Bangas in T20s and push that to 9-0 after todays game.

 

[NYRB]

Hendricks departs 1st over and this 1st over has had pretty much everything.

SA 11/1 after over 1.

 

[NYRB]

2nd six of the game and De Kock is seeing them like a beach ball in New York at the moment.

 

[NYRB]

That shot would have made any New York Yankee or New York Mets fans proud.

 

[Moonwatcher]

de Kock still in ODI WC form.

 

[NYRB]

why is Markram leaving balls inside a powerplay?

 

[NYRB]

you cant afford to be blocking 3 balls inside a powerplay, irrespective of how hard the wicket is.

Markram continuing on his negating IPL form.

 

[Moonwatcher]

de Kock can take his form to the change rooms. Edges the ball onto his stumps.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Or was it just clean bowled.

 

[Plugger35]

South Africa 3 wickets down now with Markram bowled, batting on this pitch still looks tough.

 

[Moonwatcher]

4/23 go the bangers

 

[Plugger35]

Make that 4 wickets down with Stubbs gone, South Africa are in disarray.

 

[Moonwatcher]

SA still favourites with Miller / Klaasen in.

 

[NYRB]

Markram is a poor mans Matt Short.

 

[Moonwatcher]

SA getting comfortable again.

 

[Plugger35]

Miller and Klaasan are starting to right the ship, they still need to bat for at least another 5 overs though with a long tail to come.

 

[Moonwatcher]

America is so green

 

[NYRB]

Taskin is being made to look like Curtly Ambrose on this wicket. Cant imagine what : Nortje, Rabada and Baartman will do.

 

[Moonwatcher]

SA will get a defendable score but at least it won't be 200+ like it could have been on paper at the start of the day.