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WT20 2016: Afg vs SA – South Africa sets mammoth total for Afghanis

MUMBAI: South African batsmen managed to put mammoth total on scoreboard against Afghanistan in Super-10 (Group-1) match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, and TheNewsTribe.com reported.

Skipper South African team F du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat first on beautiful batting pitch. South African team scored 209 runs in limited 20-over game.

Left-handed opener of South African team de Kock played another brilliant innings and score 45 runs, while Amla failed to play long inning as he lost his wicket after scoring five runs.

du Pessis and AB de Villiers’s inning totaly change the game as both put Afghani bowlers on back foot. Skipper scored 45 and AB played inning of 64 runs with the help of 5 sixes.

Mohammad Nabi and Zadran took two wickets each and Hamza manged to grab only wicket against South African team.

South Africa innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal Q de Kock† c †Mohammad Shahzad b Amir Hamza 45 31 6 2 145.16
View dismissal HM Amla c Asghar Stanikzai b Shapoor Zadran 5 5 1 0 100.00
View dismissal F du Plessis* run out (Mohammad Nabi/†Mohammad Shahzad) 41 27 7 1 151.85
View dismissal AB de Villiers c Noor Ali Zadran b Mohammad Nabi 64 29 4 5 220.68
JP Duminy not out 23 19 2 0 121.05
View dismissal DA Miller c Gulbadin Naib b Dawlat Zadran 19 8 2 1 237.50
Extras (lb 2, w 4) 6
Total (5 wickets; 19.5 overs) 203 (10.23 runs per over)

To batCH Morris, KJ Abbott, D Wiese, K Rabada, Imran Tahir


Fall of wickets 1-25 (Amla, 2.4 ov), 2-90 (du Plessis, 9.4 ov), 3-97 (de Kock, 11.4 ov), 4-173 (de Villiers, 17.3 ov), 5-203 (Miller, 19.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
View wicket Amir Hamza 3 0 25 1 8.33 6 4 0
View wicket Dawlat Zadran 2.5 0 40 1 14.11 6 4 3 (1w)
View wicket Shapoor Zadran 3 0 28 1 9.33 6 5 0
View wicket Mohammad Nabi 4 0 35 1 8.75 11 3 2 (1w)
Rashid Khan 4 0 51 0 12.75 5 4 4
Samiullah Shenwari 3 0 22 0 7.33 5 2 0
Afghanistan team

Mohammad Shahzad†, Noor Ali Zadran, Asghar Stanikzai*, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shenwari,Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan, Amir Hamza, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran

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