The Proteas set Australia a target. Image: @Proteasmen/(X)
LIVE SCORING | Cricket World Cup: Proteas annihilate England
Look back at the live scoring as the Proteas thrashed England by 229 runs in a crucial Cricket World Cup pool game on Saturday.
The Proteas set Australia a target. Image: @Proteasmen/(X)
The Proteas bounced back from a surprise Cricket World Cup loss to the Netherlands as they hammered England on Saturday in an important pool game that puts them well on track to qualify for the knockout phase.
South Africa started the tournament with two good wins, and needed to get their campaign back on track against the defending champions after the latest shock loss.
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Look back at the Proteas live scoring below:
In response to the Proteas’ start to the tournament, captain Temba Bavuma said they couldn’t run away from the disappointment of the loss to the Dutch.
“You got to let the emotion kind of seep in,” Bavuma said at the post-match presentation. “Don’t think there is any point in trying to forget what’s happened. It is going to hurt, it should hurt.”
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“But then you come back tomorrow, you wake up and we get back onto the journey. Our campaign is not over by any stretch of the imagination, but you’ve got to feel the emotion of today and come back tomorrow with the head held up,” Bavuma added.
2023 CRICKET WORLD CUP FIXTURES
- 21 October: v England, Mumbai
- 24 October: v Bangladesh, Mumbai
- 27 October: v Pakistan, Chennai
- 1 November: v New Zealand, Pune
- 5 November: v India, Kolkata
- 10 November: Afghanistan, Ahmedabad
At the World Cup, each team plays the other nine in a round-robin format. The top four qualify for the knockout stage and semi-finals.
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SA SQUAD – ICC MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP INDIA 2023
Temba Bavuma (captain, DP World Lions), Gerald Coetzee (Momentum Multiply Titans), Quinton de Kock (Momentum Multiply Titans), Reeza Hendricks (DP World Lions), Marco Jansen (Dafabet Warriors), Heinrich Klaasen (Momentum Multiply Titans), Keshav Maharaj (Hollywoodbets Dolphins), Aiden Markram (Momentum Multiply Titans), David Miller (Hollywoodbets Dolphins), Lungi Ngidi (Momentum Multiply Titans), Andile Phehlukwayo (Hollywoodbets Dolphins), Kagiso Rabada (DP World Lions), Tabraiz Shamsi (Momentum Multiply Titans), Rassie van der Dussen (DP World Lions) and Lizaad Williams (Momentum Multiply Titans).
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