Paul van Meekeren to Quinton de Kock, A dot to end but an expensive over. On off, defended.
Paul van Meekeren to Temba Bavuma, Another quick run! On off. Bavuma drives it to the left of mid off this time for one.
Paul van Meekeren to Quinton de Kock, On middle, this is worked to the left of mid on for one.
Paul van Meekeren to Quinton de Kock, On off, this is blocked.
Paul van Meekeren to Quinton de Kock, SIX! BANG! That is the length de Kock wanted. It is short and on middle, it is pulled over thr mid-wicket fence for a biggie
Paul van Meekeren to Quinton de Kock, On off, defended. No ball as Paul has overstepped. FREE HIT coming up.
Paul van Meekeren to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length and on off, this is guided down to thi4d man for one.
Paul van Meekeren to bowl from the other end.
Fred Klaassen to Quinton de Kock, BEATEN! DOT TO END! A good start for the bstting side. Outside of, de Kock slashes but misses.
Fred Klaassen to Quinton de Kock, Two more! Angled into the pads, this is worked down to fine leg for two.
Fred Klaassen to Quinton de Kock, On off, this is pushed to cover.
Fred Klaassen to Quinton de Kock, Shorter and outside off, de Kock looks to cut but this stays low. He is beaten.
Fred Klaassen to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! GLORIOUS! This is full and outside off, de Kock leans into it and creams it through covers for a boundary.
Fred Klaassen to Quinton de Kock, De Kock wants a sighted! Length and outside off, left alone.
We are back for the chase! The players are out in the middle. Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma are the two openers for South Africa. Fred Klaassen has been given the new ball and is raring to go. Here we go...
... THE RUN CHASE ...
Right then! Netherlands have put up a competitive total on the board and they will look to give their all to defend it. South Africa, on the other hand knows that they just need to win to qualify for the semi-finals. Will they able to do it? Or will Netherlands cause an upset? We will find out soon. Stay tuned for the second essay.
Stephan Myburgh is up for a chat. He says that South Africa is a good team. Adds that they are happy with 158 runs, but they could have got to 170 runs with the start they got. Mentions that it was a bit diificult to play the slower balls and further says that they have defended these kind of total earlier and they can do it again.
South Africa will be disappointed with their bowling effort, but they have enough quality to chase this total down. Anrich Nortje was the pick of their bowlers with his amazing spell of one for ten in his four overs. If not for him, they would have been chasing something around 175. Kagiso Rabada had a rare off day. South Africa need to get these runs to book their place in semi-finals.