David Miller's unbeaten half-century (59*) helped South Africa defeat the Netherlands by four wickets in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. In another low-scoring encounter at the venue which has been criticised for the unpredictable bounce and injury scare, the Proteas nearly escaped the Dutch threat and prevailed in the match to register their second consecutive win of the tournament. Chasing 104, pacer Vivian Kingma's opening spell along with support from Logan van Beek and Bas de Leede reduced South Africa to 12/4 in 4.
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com/aEs7wryy2I — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 8, 2024 Quinton de Kock (0), Reeza Hendricks (3), captain Aiden Markram (0) and Heinrich Klaasen (4) were sent back to the pavilion well inside the powerplay to put pressure on the batting side. However, Miller and Tristan Trubbs did not bow down to the pressure and paved the way to rescue the side and build a steady partnership of 65 runs for the fifth wicket. Netherlands were very much alive in the game till the second-last over with the late wickets of Stubbs (33) and Marco Jansen (3) in the 17th and 18th overs respectively.
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