New York: With the help of David Miller's brilliant unbeaten inning of 59 runs, South Africa recovered from a bad start and registered a four-wicket win over Netherlands in the T20 World Cup match here on Saturday.
Miller scored 59 runs from 51 balls to give South Africa their second win in as many matches, while playing a key role in the fifth wicket partnership with Tristan Stubbs. Chasing 104, the Proteas finished at 106 for six in 18.5 overs.
South Africa were reduced to 12/4 inside the powerplay, but they recovered strongly on the back of a 65-run partnership between Miller and Stubbs (33, 37 balls, 1x4, 1x6).
Earlier, fast bowler Otniel Baartman took four wickets as South Africa restricted Netherlands to 103 for 9.
Bartman produced a modest spell to record 4-0-11-4, while Anrich Nortje (2/19) and Marco Jensen (2/20) provided strong support as the Proteas bowlers dominated the Dutch batsmen.
Brief scores: Netherlands: 103/9 in 20 overs (Sybrand Engelbrecht 40; Marco Jansen 2/20, Otniel Baartman 4/11, Anrich Nortje 2/19) lost to South Africa: 106/6 in 18.5 overs (Tristan Stubbs 33 , David Miller 59 not out; Vivian Kingma 2/12, Logan van Beek 2/21) by 4 wickets.
Miller scored 59 runs from 51 balls to give South Africa their second win in as many matches, while playing a key role in the fifth wicket partnership with Tristan Stubbs. Chasing 104, the Proteas finished at 106 for six in 18.5 overs.
South Africa were reduced to 12/4 inside the powerplay, but they recovered strongly on the back of a 65-run partnership between Miller and Stubbs (33, 37 balls, 1x4, 1x6).
Earlier, fast bowler Otniel Baartman took four wickets as South Africa restricted Netherlands to 103 for 9.
Bartman produced a modest spell to record 4-0-11-4, while Anrich Nortje (2/19) and Marco Jensen (2/20) provided strong support as the Proteas bowlers dominated the Dutch batsmen.
Brief scores: Netherlands: 103/9 in 20 overs (Sybrand Engelbrecht 40; Marco Jansen 2/20, Otniel Baartman 4/11, Anrich Nortje 2/19) lost to South Africa: 106/6 in 18.5 overs (Tristan Stubbs 33 , David Miller 59 not out; Vivian Kingma 2/12, Logan van Beek 2/21) by 4 wickets.
