South Africa national cricket team vs England cricket team match scorecard

When we listen to the rivalry of South Africa and England, we come to the rivalry of semi finals of champions trophy in the year 2013, the match was in the hands of South Africa until Jonathan Trott smashed an unbeatable 82 runs. In the blog, we will deep dive into another rivalry of Super 8 for the year 2024.

South Africa national cricket team vs England cricket team match starting scorecard

The match started with a toss, obviously. England won the toss and decided to bowl first. This match was quite exciting and quite nervous for both the teams because it was a match on the road to finals. The match was played on Daren Sammy Cricket Ground,which was previously termed as Beausejour Cricket Ground. The ground was opened in 2002 and has a seating capacity of 15000.

South Africa national cricket team vs England cricket team match scorecard

Let’s analyze the scorecard of the South Africa national cricket team and England cricket team match with the below analysis.

South Africa National Cricket Team

Lets analyze the performance of South Africa by the below scorecard

South Africa scored a total of 163 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. There were a total of 6 extras which combined from 1 No Ball, 3 wide balls and 2 leg bye. Some players like Adil Rashid, Mark Wood and Reece Topley didn’t get the chance to bat. The highest runs were scored by Harry Brook, but the highest strike rate were performed by Liam Livingstone. Talking about the highest 4s and 6s, then it was performed by Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone respectively.

Talking about the bowling performance, the bowlers also performed well. The highest wickets were taken by the Jofra Archer while the lowest economy rate was with Adil Rashid. In going to the depth, the maximum fours were surrendered by Mark wood whereas the maximum sixes were surrendered by Jofra Archer.

England National Cricket Team

Lets analyze the performance of England by the below scorecard

South Africa scored a total of 163 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. There were a total of 6 extras which combined from 1 No Ball, 3 wide balls and 2 leg bye. Some players like Adil Rashid, Mark Wood and Reece Topley didn’t get the chance to bat. The highest runs were scored by Harry Brook, but the highest strike rate were performed by Liam Livingstone. Talking about the highest 4s and 6s, then it was performed by Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone respectively.

Talking about the bowling performance, the bowlers also performed well. The highest wickets were taken by the Jofra Archer while the lowest economy rate was with Adil Rashid. In going to the depth, the maximum fours were surrendered by Anrich Nortje whereas the maximum sixes were surrendered by Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada and Ottneil Baartman.

South Africa national cricket team vs England cricket team match bowlers best performance

Lets analyze the bowlers performance of both the teams in the match and see who performs the best. It was all decided by the economy rate. If the economy rate is still unknown to you. It is basically a rate which is calculated to analyze the bowler’s performance. It is calculated by the runs surrendered by the particular bowler with respect to the overs bowled. If the over is still left. The economy rate was calculated on a pro rata basis. Hence, lower the economy rate, better is for the bowlers

By the above table, we can clearly analyze that Aiden Markram from South Africa national cricket team has clearly won the battle after Adil Rashid

South Africa national cricket team vs England cricket team match scorecard batter best performance

Let’s analyze the batters performance of both the teams in the match and see who plays the best. It was all decided by the strike rate. If the concept of strike rate is still unknown to you, let’s discuss it in the most simple words. It is basically used to analyze the batter’s performance. It is calculated by the runs scored by the batter with respect to the balls faced. Higher the strike rate, better is for the batters

By the above table, we can clearly analyze that Liam Livingstone from England National Cricket Team has clearly won the battle after Quinton De Kock

South Africa national cricket team vs England cricket team match scorecard final results

Overall, the South Africa national Cricket team won the match by 7 runs and continued their journey towards the finals. Although the finals will be held in 8 days. The journey is still far. The man of the match was eventually given to Quinton de Kock from South Africa who scored 65 runs in 38 balls.

South Africa national cricket team vs England cricket team match key highlights

The match was eventually started before 8 pm IST. The ground pitch report was submitted at 6:26 pm and at 7:56 pm, both the teams played the national anthem. First for South Africa and then England. Lets not deep dive more on highlights and just focus on the core ones

1. South Africa National Cricket Team

Fifties

At 6.3 over, Adil Rashid balls to Quinton De Kock by taking 1 run, completed his fifties in just 22 balls

Hundreds

There was no hundreds that were scored in the match

Dropped Catches

At 8.2 overs Adil Rashid was bowling to Quinton De Kock. And the catch was eventually taken by Mark Wood. Although the team was celebrating the wicket, De Kock was not convinced. The catch and was hanging around in the field. As a result, the umpires sent upstairs for the confirmation, and umpire call them as ‘Not Out’, although Wood discussed with the umpire but the result was already out

Umpire Review Decision System (UDRS)

At 12.3 over, Sam Curran was bowling to Klassen. There was a leg bye and took a single run, although England was appealed but umpire declared as ‘Not Out’ and hence, England took the review for lbw. But it was declared not out, since the ball was not lined with the wicket.

2. England National Cricket Team

Fifties

At 18.2 Overs, Marco Jansen was bowling to Harry Brook, and by taking 2 runs, Brook completed his 50s. Although he seems to be little bit tired

Hundreds

There was no hundreds that were scored in the match

Dropped Catches

At 3.1 overs, Rabada bowled to Bairstow, but the catch was eventually dropped. Although Bairstow did not perform well, we could not underestimate his past performance.

Umpire Review Decision System (UDRS)

There was no Umpire Decision Review System in the innings.

South Africa national cricket team vs England cricket team match scorecard player squad

Let’s analyze the overall player squad for the innings for both England and South Africa

Player XI

Bench

Support Staff

Conclusion

While driving to the conclusion, we can clearly analyze that the match was the head to head rivalry between the players. It was full of excitement and nervousness. Although South Africa won this match, the upcoming match was not so easy. Such as their old rivalry vs Australia for the 1992 semi finals. Also the team had not won any t20 international world cup finals even for the first time.

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