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With a significant victory over New Zealand, South Africa’s incredible play continues. Conversely, after winning their first four games, New Zealand has since dropped its last three. Centuries from Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen and a complete bowling performance set up the 190-run victory. Here is a recap of the second innings.
Jansen’s strike put New Zealand on the backfoot
On the opening ball of the second innings, Devon Conway’s bat gave an outside edge to Marco Jansen’s delivery. In the second over, Lungi Ngidi gave Will Young a maiden blow. In the third over, Jansen defeated Conway with another little movement to the outside. The 32-year-old Kiwi starter was removed by Jansen with the last ball of the third over.
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After making an impression throughout the tournament, Rachin Ravindra was removed in the ninth over by Jansen’s short ball. When Ravindra attempted to catch the short ball, she was only able to top edge it to fine leg. With six more wickets than Jansen, who now has 12 in the World Cup powerplay, Dilshan Madhanka is the next best. At the cost of two wickets, New Zealand finished the powerplay with 51 runs on the board.
Quick wickets hurt New Zealand
After the powerplay, Gerald Coetzee bowled his first over and removed Will Young on the third ball. Young hit five fours and scored 33 runs off of 37 balls. Bowling from the other end, Kagiso Rabada delivered a maiden over. The seasoned pacer took his first wicket of the game after Coetzee and Rabada produced a few more calm overs. Rabada removed Tom Latham, the captain of New Zealand, in his fourth over. Throughout his tenure at the crease, Latham never seemed to be at ease.
In the 17th over, which ended with 15 runs, Coetzee briefly lost control of length and line. After he was replaced, Keshav Maharaj made an immediate impression by benching Darryl Mitchell. Following a persistent display of disciplined bowling from the fast bowlers, Mitchell elected to take on the off-spinner. However, he was unable to reach the delivery pitch and misplayed the lofted ball to long-off. In the twentieth over of the innings, Rabada bowled the third maiden over.
After 20 overs, New Zealand had amassed 91 runs with five wickets lost. After hitting Mitchell Santner for a four on the preceding delivery, Maharaj claimed his second wicket in the 23rd over. Tim Southee batted at number eight in place of James Neesham, who was hit by a ball with his right hand in the first innings.
In the 26th over, Jansen returned to the attack for his second spell and claimed a wicket on the opening ball of the new one. Southee, who had amassed seven runs in eleven balls, was removed by Jansen via LBW. Maharaj dismissed Neesham for a duck to pick up his third wicket of the match. In the 29th over, Glenn Phillips blasted the first six home runs of the inning. Taking his fourth wicket, Maharaj removed Trent Boult from the game. At the fall of the ninth wicket, Matt Henry entered the batting order despite having torn his right hamstring earlier in the match. Phillips with three consecutive boundaries in the 33rd over completed his half-century and made some useful runs with respect to New Zealand’s NRR. Phillips hit another six before getting dismissed on the next ball by Coetzee.