ODI World Cup 2023: South Africa conceded 245 runs against Netherlands

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The Netherlands and South Africa faced off against each other at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala in the 15th match of the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. Both sides named one change each to their playing XIs. Gerald Coetzee came in for Tabraiz Shamsi for South Africa while the Netherlands replaced Ryan Klein with Logan van Beek. South Africa won the toss and opted to field first restricting the Netherlands to 245 runs. Here is a recap of the first innings.

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South Africa won the powerplay

Rain made a presence in the game delaying the start of the match by two hours and reducing the match to a 43-overs per side. The first powerplay was decreased to eight overs. Lungi Ngidi started with a maiden over to Vikramjit Singh. Marco Jansen from the other end started off with two wides and was hit for a four by Max O’Dowd. Ngidi too was smashed for a couple of fours by O’Dowd. Jansen bowled the second maiden over of the innings in the 4th over. O’Dowd continued with his attack smashing Ngidi for another four in the 5th over. 

Kagiso Rabada came into the attack replacing Ngidi and made an instant impact by picking a wicket off his first ball of the match. Rabada dismissed Vikramjit picking up his 150th dismissal in the format. Jansen too struck on the first ball of the next over dismissing O’Dowd. Originally he was given not out for the caught behind, but skipper, Temba Bavuma took the review and overturned umpire Michael Gough’s on-field call. O’Dowd scored 18 runs in 25 balls hitting four fours. After the end of eight overs, the Netherlands had scored 27 runs for the loss of two wickets.

Quick wickets for South African quicks

Rabada continued to bowl with tight lines and lengths and took another wicket in his third over. The South African pacer dismissed Bas de Leede who was originally given not out. This time it was umpire Richard Kettleborough who had to reverse his decision as the ball tracking showed three reds. Coetzee came into the attack in the 12th over and started his spell with a couple of very wide deliveries. Both Coetzee and Rabada bowled with immense control and allowed only nine runs in four overs (12-15). The lack of runs brought a false shot as Coetzee dismissed Colin Ackermann in the 16th over. The Dutch batter chopped on the back of the length delivery from outside off back to his stumps. Ackermann scored 13 runs in 25 balls hitting one four. 

The Netherlands regained some control

In the same over Engelbrecht smashed the first six of the match by getting a top edge while playing a hook shot. The next over resulted in some bonus runs as Ngidi came back into the attack. Ngidi bowled a short ball which went above the jumping effort of Quinton de Kock behind the stumps and resulted in 5 runs off wides. On the next ball, Sybrand Engelbrecht tried to glance a length ball going down the legside but the ball deflected off his thigh pad and went for a four. The Dutch regained some control and scored 31 runs in five overs (16–20). 

Ngidi picked up his first wicket of the match in the 21st over by dismissing Engelbrecht. Engelbrecht was trying to play another hook shot and even got a decent connection but it went straight to Jansen positioned at fine leg. The Dutch batter scored 19 runs in 37 balls hitting a four and a six each. 

Keshav Maharaj came into the attack in the 22nd over and was welcomed with a boundary from the Dutch skipper, Scott Edwards on the first ball. In the same over, South Africa after two successful reviews burned their first review off the match against Edwards as the ball tracking showed that the ball would have missed the leg stump. Teja Nidamanuru smashed a four in the following over against Ngidi. In the same over, Jansen then dropped a relatively easy catch at fine leg as Nidamanuru got a second life. In the following over, Edwards scored yet another boundary off Maharaj’s bowling as the Netherlands scored 100 runs in 23.4 overs.

South Africa continued to pick regular wickets

Jansen after dropping the catch redeemed himself as he dismissed Nidamanuru by trapping him in front of the stumps. Nidamanuru scored 20 runs in 25 balls hitting three fours. Logan van Beek opened his account with a boundary on the eighth ball he faced. Rabada came back into the attack and started with a quiet over resulting in just three runs. After a few quiet overs, Edwards broke the shackles by smashing Rabada for a six in the 33rd over. Maharaj finally got his first wicket of the match as he stumped out van Beek. 

The Netherlands scored some crucial runs

Coetzee came back into the attack in the 35th over replacing Rabada. The 23-year-old pacer was welcomed with two consecutive fours by Roelof van der Merwe. Van der Merwe smashed another six off the fifth ball and took a single to end the expensive 15-run over. Edwards in the following over smashed a boundary as the Netherlands increased their scoring rate. Coetzee conceded 10 runs in his next over as van der Merwe smashed him for another four. Maharaj conceded another four from Edwards as he let eight runs off his over. Edwards brought up his half-century in the following over by smashing Rabada for two consecutive fours. He completed his 14th ODI fifty in 53 balls. Ngidi came into the attack and received the same treatment as he let up some extra runs bowling wides and no-balls and conceded 12 runs in four balls. He dismissed van der Merwe on the fifth ball as the Dutch batter gloved the ball to de Kock. Van der Merwe scored 29 runs in 19 balls hitting three fours and one six. In the next over, Edwards smashed a four off the first ball off the 41st over and Aryan Dutt smashed a six on the fourth ball as Rabada conceded 16 runs off his over.

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