🏏 Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #20: England vs South Africa🏏 - Page 37

Heinrich Klaasen | Player of the Match: One of my best (knocks) ever, I was hitting the ball nicely, this knock will go down as one of my better ones. It was proper heat, saps all the energy out of you. The heat out there was extreme. They (England) were physically under the pump but a couple of wickets got them back in. Next level (Jansen's knock). This award needs to go to him (Jansen). He kept me going and pumped me up saying you are not leaving the ground without an 100. He has been phenomenal, has been batting so well. The runs he scored were so vital for us. That loss (against Netherlands) was a tough one, but we know we are playing good cricket. One loss doesn't make us a bad team. Had some chats and our boys bounced back with the training sessions. It was a fantastic performance today.

A very big match tomorrow!

India vs New Zealand, 21st Match

Series: ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Date & Time: Oct 22, 02:00 PM LOCAL

Biggest defeats by runs for a Full Member nation in World Cups
257 WI vs SA Sydney 2015
229 Eng vs SA Mumbai WS 2023 *
215 NZ vs Aus St George's 2007
206 Ban vs SA Mirpur 2011

Biggest defeats by runs for England in ODIs
229 vs SA Mumbai WS 2023 *
221 vs Aus Melbourne 2022
219 vs SL Colombo 2018

England with this heart wrenching loss slip to 9th on the table. They join four more sides who have played four and won only one. Men who won Gold last time around are vying for the wooden spoon in the current scenario. SA have renewed vigour. They outplayed Australia earlier. And now have annihilated England. One of the teams to beat and that little glitch against the Dutch might just have been the right wake up call and that too early in the tourney. England on the otherhand, where do they go from here? Forget about winning. They are yet to figure out their best XI. Can't recall last time when a defending champion looked so lost in a WC campaign. Maybe SL in 1999 WC. Their players might not believe in nightmares but they lived one today.

Archer ko bulwaaya hai England ne baaki ke matches mein teer chalane ke liye

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He has won 20 badges till now

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Congratulations to Tapdance for winning the 20th match badge today.

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England with this heart wrenching loss slip to 9th on the table. They join four more sides who have played four and won only one. Men who won Gold last time around are vying for the wooden spoon in the current scenario. SA have renewed vigour. They outplayed Australia earlier. And now have annihilated England. One of the teams to beat and that little glitch against the Dutch might just have been the right wake up call and that too early in the tourney. England on the otherhand, where do they go from here? Forget about winning. They are yet to figure out their best XI. Can't recall last time when a defending champion looked so lost in a WC campaign. Maybe SL in 1999 WC. Their players might not believe in nightmares but they lived one today.

Congratulations Soni for your third win.

Jos Buttler: Incredibly disappointing. We were well beaten. We have come here to play our best cricket. Lots of things didn't go to plan in the first innings. Reece picked up the injury. The boys fought hard. We could have restricted to 340-350, could have been a good chase. Incredibly tough under the heat. Could have been a good chase had we gotten off to a good start. The humidity was one of the challenges. Was tough. We needed to get off to a very good start. Couple of dismissals down the leg-side didn't help. Leaves us with no room for error. Need to win every game from here on.