South Africa survive scare against USA in Super 8s

 South Africa survive scare against USA in Super 8s

T20 World Cup, Antigua

South Africa won by 18 runs

Scorecard

South Africa endure a panic prior to beating USA by 18 runs in the main round of the Super 8s at the T20 World Cup in Antigua.

Subsequent to slipping to 76-5 in quest for 195, a brilliant organization worth 91 between Andries Gous and Harmeet Singh gave USA any desire for a shocking triumph.

They required only 28 from 12 balls yet the nineteenth over from Kagiso Rabada went for only two runs and incorporated the wicket of Harmeet to drag the game back in South Africa's approval.

The last over from Anrich Nortje went for only seven as South Africa hung on for the success.

Gous finished unbeaten on 80 after a splendid thump that included five fours and five sixes, while Rabada was the pick of the Proteas bowlers taking 3-18.

Quinton de Kock prior top-scored for South Africa with a superb 74 from 40 balls, with seven fours and five sixes.

Captain Aiden Markram added an enthusiastic 46 from 32 balls and Heinrich Klaasen 36 from 22 as South Africa posted 194-4 - their most noteworthy score of the competition up until this point.

Britain and West Indies are the other different sides in Gathering Two, with their opener occurring in St Lucia at 01:30 BST on Wednesday night.

There will be ball-by-ball analysis on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Games Extra, in addition to live text refreshes and in-play video cuts on the BBC Game site and application.

Class at last tells as Proteas edge fighting USA

South Africa went into the game with four successes from four however their players have battled for familiarity, with their top score in the gathering stage only 115.

The precarious contribute New York, where they played three of their four gathering games, offers a few relief and the more player accommodating surface in Antigua permitted them to exhibit the capability in their top request.

Notwithstanding losing Reeza Hendricks from the get-go De Kock and Markram assumed command, arriving at 64-1 toward the finish of the powerplay that incorporated a severe 28 runs off a Jessy Singh over.

South Africa looked on course for a score more than 200 at that stage however USA kept on showing the commendable soul they have displayed all through this competition.

Harmeet eliminated De Kock and David Mill operator in progressive conveyances to really look at force, while left-armer Saurabh Netravalkar by and by dazzled with figures of 2-21.

USA pursued down 195 in their opener against Canada and they started forcefully to attempt to stay aware of the rate, yet lost wickets at normal spans, slipping from 53-1 to 76-5.

That carried Gous to the wrinkle to get Harmeet together with the game apparently gone, however some unprecedented hitting brought them back into dispute.

Gous, who is presently the competition's top run-scorer with 182, arrived at his 50 years from only 33 balls with two tremendous consecutive sixes off Nortje.

He then hit two more in the eighteenth over from Tabraiz Shamsi that went for 22.

However, Harmeet holed out to Tristan Stubbs toward the beginning of the following over from Rabada, who showed all his class at the passing to snuff out the USA's test.

South Africa's next match is against Britain in Holy person Lucia on Friday at 15:30 BST, while USA take on individual co-has West Indies at 01:30 on Saturday.

'USA put us under tension' - what they said

Man of the match, South Africa's Quinton de Kock: "It is pleasant getting out on a simpler wicket at last. We've had a few precarious wickets coming up to this game so getting some break in the middle was great. The young men played pleasantly thus joined USA. They put us under tension, especially towards the end. It was an incredible game."

South Africa chief Aiden Markram: "You are continuously going to feel like you ought to score more. It was a pleasant beginning yet the wicket certainly switches around. It got increasingly slow stoppy. On the off chance that you wed those things together it seems OK why you don't feel like you a bang. We'd prefer finish like that than victory for 160-170."

USA commander Aaron Jones: "I would rather not say disheartened, yet no doubt it's difficult to take the loss subsequent to getting so close. I figured we https://youtu.be/FB5JO2v53ZQ?si=rouiyl3ogCdPr6Wg might have been more focused bowling-wise.

"We have a great unit, a ton of ability in the USA. At the point when we play great cricket we can overtake any group on the planet.