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I'm curious to see how picturesque the Arnos Vale surroundings will be at night...

Old time poster Kami was from St Vincent...

In reply to Narper

Nepal have won the toss and have opted to field

In reply to Elsie
Kami is a really nice poster

Nepal won the toss and will field


Dis done - leh we go Saffies

Reeza Hendricks and de Kock are at the crease.

Reeza Hendricks is on strike.

Sompal Kami will open the attack

2.4
Sompal Kami to de Kock, FOUR, streaky runs, full and outside off, de Kock threw his hands at it, no footwork at all and it caught a thick inside edge that just about went past leg-stump

RSA 16/0 (3) CRR: 5.33

Reeza Hendricks 1(9)
Quinton de Kock 9(9

3.4
Dipendra Singh to de Kock, out Caught&Bowled!! He's chipped it straight back! So the struggle continues for de Kock. It was another arm ball, drifted into off-stump and de Kock just pushed at this, looked like it stopped on him a touch and it lobbed straight back to the bowler who took the simplest of return catches. An early wicket for Nepal

de Kock c and b Dipendra Singh 10(11) [4s-1]

RSA 22/1 (4) CRR: 5.5

Aiden Markram 0(2)
Reeza Hendricks 6(11

4.4
Karan KC to Reeza Hendricks, FOUR, lovely shot!
4.3
Karan KC to Reeza Hendricks, FOUR, that's a good shot! Full and just outside off, Reeza Hendricks made some room before slicing it up and over the infield on the off-side, went well over point and into the ropes

5.6
Kushal Malla to Markram, FOUR, that's pierced the gap!

RSA 38/1 (6) CRR: 6.33

Sandeep Lamichhane, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

6.1
Lamichhane to Reeza Hendricks, no run, turn straightaway! Full on middle-leg, Reeza Hendricks is rooted to his crease as he looks to defend and it turns sharply to beat the outside edge and go past off-stump

Lamichhane…nice

7.4
Kushal Malla to Reeza Hendricks, SIX

7.2
Kushal Malla to Reeza Hendricks, FOUR, struck with power! Length delivery on off-stump, wasn't all that short but Reeza Hendricks went right back before flat-batting hard down the ground, just beat long-off who was diving to his left

RSA 51/1 ( CRR: 6.38

Reeza Hendricks27(26)

Aiden Markram7(11)

10.5
Abinash Bohara to Reeza Hendricks, FOUR, dropped! Oh dear, this should've been taken! Full on off-stump, Reeza Hendricks just chipped it straight down the ground, checked his shot and nearly offered catching practice to the man at long-off, he put it down and pointed to the floodlights, it also ended up going to the ropes

11.2
Bhurtel to Markram, out Bowled!! He's dragged it on! Another scratchy innings for Markram, not at all the desired result.

Markram b Bhurtel 15(22) [4s-2]

RSA 68/2 (11.2) CRR:

Reeza Hendricks36(35)

12.2
Lamichhane to Klaasen, 1 run, dropped! Another one goes down and this could be costly! Length delivery on off-stump, Klaasen went for a reverse-pull almost, couldn't quite get it over the man at short third man who went with one hand to his right, just tipped it over, Kami the man

13.2
Bhurtel to Klaasen, out Caught by Karan KC!! A juggle but he holds on by the skin of his teeth! Floated up full outside off, Klaasen's eyes lit up as he looked to smoke this over extra cover, he didn't get the desired connection and it went high and down to the fielder. Karan KC down there and he gave all his teammates a good fright when he juggled it about three times before finally holding on. Regulation chance and he makes sure it doesn't go down this time.

Klaasen c Karan KC b Bhurtel 3(5)

Juggle, juggle and finally
Gone

Wilson in the spotlight, let’s see
Yuh lucky

WOW! Luck of the Irish. How can that be not out???

Nepal review. This looked like a pretty good shout for lbw but it was turned down

13.4
Bhurtel to Miller, no run, review retained, floated up very full on middle-leg, Miller leant in looking to sweep but it dipped and snuck under the bat, it was the wrong-un so question was if it had pitched in line. No bat involved and ball-tracker shows it was indeed pitching in line but it was just clipping the bails on umpire's call! So that will remain not-out! How crucial will this be? Miller had already started walking back after seeing the initial replay

UMP Wilson again

RSA 77/3 (14) CRR: 5.5

Reeza Hendricks 40(43)
David Miller1(3)

Kushal Bhurtel
3-0-10-2

15.3
Dipendra Singh to Reeza Hendricks, out Caught & Bowled!! Another one goes down! Reeza Hendricks goes after a scratchy knock. Flatter delivery just outside off from round the wicket, Reeza Hendricks looked to pull it away but it just held in the surface, just a hint of extra bounce and it went straight up off the top-edge. Easy catch for the bowler who had to take a few steps back.

Reeza Hendricks c and b Dipendra Singh 43(49) [4s-5 6s-1]

16.2
Lamichhane to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR, Full on middle, Tristan Stubbs leant in and swept it hard towards deep square leg, the fielder there ended up over-running it after not accounting for the spin

17.3
Dipendra Singh to Miller, out Caught by Lamichhane!! South Africa keep sliding deeper into trouble! Now Miller perishes too! Floated up full on off-stump, it was fairly full and in the slot so Miller went for it but it just held in the surface and turned again, caught the outside edge and lobbed up towards short third man, easy catch and Nepal are really on top of this

Miller c Lamichhane b Dipendra Singh 7(10)

RSA 97/5 (17.3) CRR: 5.54

19.1
Bhurtel to Tristan Stubbs, SIX, struck down the ground and over the man! Tossed up full just outside off, right in the slot, Tristan Stubbs got forward and right to the pitch of the ball before smoking it over long-on

19.5
Bhurtel to Marco Jansen, out Caught by Anil Sah!!

Marco Jansen c Anil Sah b Bhurtel 1(4)

19.6
Bhurtel to Rabada, out Stumped!! Bhurtel finishes with 4 wickets!

Rabada st Aasif Sheikh b Bhurtel 0(1)

RSA 115/7 (20) CRR: 5.75

Sompal Kami 2 1 6 0
Dipendra Singh Airee 4 0 21 3
Karan KC 1 0 9 0
Kushal Malla 2 0 17 0
Sandeep Lamichhane 4 0 18 0
Kushal Bhurtel 4 0 19 4
Abinash Bohara 3 0 19 0

In reply to Narper

This is going to be an interesting match!
South Africa completely bamboozled by the slower paced bowling.

In reply to StumpCam
RSA under pressure now

RSA picked Shamshi,,,,but the fastmen will have to deliver

0.4
Marco Jansen to Bhurtel, FOUR, streaky and four, Jansen goes full and wide of off - Bhurtel saw the width and went with hard hands on the drive, squirts a thick inside edge and it beats de Kock to his left, before running away to the ropes

1.5
Rabada to Aasif Sheikh, no run, a chance and Rabada has dropped a sitter, it couldn't have been easier, length ball on off and Sheikh went for a wild swipe, got it low off the bat and sliced it straight up - Rabada called for the catch on his followthrough, had plenty of time to get under and then lets it slips away from his grasp, hit his hand and bounced out

1.6
Rabada to Aasif Sheikh, FOUR, clattered, that's adding insult to injury - short and wide of off, Sheikh rides the bounce and thrashes the drive over cover, couple of bounces and over the ropes

That's the easiest catch, return or otherwise, Rabada ever dropped in his entire career.

2.6
Marco Jansen to Bhurtel, SIX

NEP 16/0 (3) CRR: 5.33 REQ: 5.88

Kushal Bhurtel 11(11)
Aasif Sheikh 5(7)

Marco Jansen
2-0-12-0

3.4
Ottneil Baartman to Aasif Sheikh, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

NEP 20/0 (4) CRR: 5 REQ: 6
Nepal need 96 runs

NEP 26/0 (5) CRR: 5.2 REQ: 6
Nepal need 90 runs in 90 balls

5.2
Ottneil Baartman to Aasif Sheikh, FOUR, beautifully played, length ball from Baartman, but it's too straight and it's picked off the pads, behind square on the on-side for another boundary

Here cheering on Nepal

7.2
Shamsi to Bhurtel, out Bowled!! Oh dear! Bhurtel can consider himself unlucky, but that's an opening for South Africa who were beginning to look desperate - was tossed up on off and spun back into the right-hander, Bhurtel had set himself up for the reverse sweep, goes through with the shot, the ball catches the under-edge and then bounces back onto the off-stump.

Bhurtel b Shamsi 13(21) [4s-1 6s-1]

7.4
Shamsi to Rohit Paudel, out Bowled!!

Rohit Paudel b Shamsi 0(2)

NEP 36/2 ( CRR: 4.5 REQ: 6.67
Nepal need 80 runs in 72 balls

Anil Sah1(2)
Aasif Sheikh16(23)

Tabraiz Shamsi
1-0-2-2

In reply to LBW375

8.2
Nortje to Anil Sah, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

NEP 42/2 (9) CRR: 4.67 REQ: 6.73
Nepal need 74 runs in 66 balls

Aasif Sheikh 16(24)
Anil Sah 5(7)

Anrich Nortje
2-0-7-0

NEP 48/2 (10) CRR: 4.8 REQ: 6.8
Nepal need 68 runs in 60 balls

Tabraiz Shamsi
2-0-8-2

Markram needs to bowl at the other end. All the wickets tonight have been taken by spinners

NEP 60/2 (11) CRR: 5.45 REQ: 6.22
Nepal need 56 runs in 54 balls

11.2
Shamsi to Anil Sah, SIX, beautifully played, Sah is making a name for himself tonight -picked the wrong 'un, played with the spin and then lofted it over wide long-off - Rabada ran across with his outstretched hands, but the ball sailed past him

Rabada not having a good outing.

NEP 69/2 (12) CRR: 5.75 REQ: 5.88
Nepal need 47 runs in 48 balls

12.1
Rabada to Aasif Sheikh, FOUR clubbed, SA are looking shell-shocked at the moment, banged in short and Sheikh swivelled across on the pull past square leg, Stubbs runs across from the deep and then lets the ball slip through his legs

Something's going on with these Saffie fielders.

12.5
Rabada to Aasif Sheikh, SIX, to deep square leg

In reply to Drapsey

Saffies thought this match would be a stroll in the park by just showing up!
Welcome to the World Cup!

Aasif Sheikh32(33)Anil Sah26(22)
Kagiso Rabada
2-0-17-0

13.4
Markram to Anil Sah, out Caught by Marco Jansen!!

Anil Sah c Marco Jansen b Markram 27(24) [4s-3 6s-1]

NEP 85/3 (13.4) CRR: 6.22 REQ: 4.89
Nepal need 31 runs in 38 balls

NEP 91/3 (15) CRR: 6.07 REQ: 5
Nepal need 25 runs in 30 balls

NEP 95/3 (16) CRR: 5.94 REQ: 5.25
Nepal need 21 runs in 24 balls

NEP 98/3 (17) CRR: 5.76 REQ: 6
Nepal need 18 runs in 18 balls

Tabraiz Shamsi [3.0-0-17-2] is back into the attack
17.1
Shamsi to Aasif Sheikh, no run

Shamsi to Dipendra Singh, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Review ime

17.3
Shamsi to Dipendra Singh, out Caught by de Kock!! Dipendra Singh has been given OUT caught behind and he's reviewing it. A big moment in the game, was the wrong 'un that was spinning down leg., he was trying to help it on its way and the ball has caught the underedge of his glove - good take from de Kock and UltraEdge confirms the nick. Dipendra is OUT and it's another twist added to the story.

Dipendra Singh c de Kock b Shamsi 6(11)

Reprieve

In reply to Narper

Joel got that one right

17.6
Shamsi to Aasif Sheikh, out Bowled!! Shamsi is turning it South Africa's way and he's off in celebration - how crucial was this overe? Was nicely tossed up on middle, the drift drew Sheikh forward and then it just spun enough to beat the inside edge, might've flicked the pad as it went on and crashed into the middle-stump. South Africa back in the game and could be slightly ahead now.

Aasif Sheikh b Shamsi 42(49) [4s-4 6s-1]

NEP 100/5 (1 CRR: 5.56 REQ: 8
Nepal need 16 runs in 12 balls

Wow, Nepal losing their way

18.2
Nortje to Kushal Malla, out Bowled!! This is going South Africa's way now - Nepal losing it completely in the last 2-3 overs, short of a good length and at the stumps, Malla backs away and swings wildly, he misses and the ball clatters into the top of middle-story. Oh Nepal, all the hardwork being frittered away in a moment of panic or two

Kushal Malla b Nortje 1(3)

NEP 100/6 (18.2) CRR: 5.45 REQ: 9.6
Nepal need 16 runs in 10 balls

In reply to Drapsey

18.5
Nortje to Sompal Kami, SIX, Nepal finds its voice, it's not over yet - was the slower ball, but it sat up nicely fort Kami to smack it onto the roof at square leg, a humongous hit,

Nepal need 10 runs in 7 balls

18.6
Nortje to Sompal Kami, 2 runs, to sweeper cover

NEP 108/6 (19) CRR: 5.68 REQ: 8
Nepal need 8 runs in 6 balls

8

19.1
Ottneil Baartman to Gulsan Jha, no run, short of a good length and angling across the left-hander, Jha was looking to cut and missed

19.2
Ottneil Baartman to Gulsan Jha, no run

19.3
Ottneil Baartman to Gulsan Jha, FOUR

NEP 112/6 (19.3) CRR: 5.74 REQ: 8
Nepal need 4 runs in 3 balls

19.4
Ottneil Baartman to Gulsan Jha, 2 runs

Nepal need 2 runs in 2 balls

19.5
Ottneil Baartman to Gulsan Jha, no run, a dot ball, short and just outside off - climbs over Jha's attempted cut. Super Over anyone?

A run-out shout shout. The third umpire will have a look.
This looks very close - has Jha plonked his bat in and forced a super over?

Saffies win

19.6
Ottneil Baartman to Gulsan Jha, out Gulsan Jha Run Out!! A run-out shout shout. The third umpire will have a look. This looks very close - has Jha plonked his bat in and forced a super over? Nervous look all-around - he's short, he's OUT and South Africa win. Oh goodness, Jha looks gutted, Nepal look gutted - they've lost a matych they could and they should have won. Relief in the South Afrcican camp, look at their delight, they've done a houdini actb and have come from nowhere. Coming to the ball, was banged in short and just outside off - Jha was looking to run it past the keeper and missed, de Kock went for the bowler's end as Sompal Kami scampered across, but the ball hit Jha's back and deflected towards cover.

Gulsan Jha run out (Klaasen) 6(6) [4s-1]

RSA 115/7 (20)
NEP 114/7 (20) CRR: 5.7
South Africa won by 1 run

Baartman is good, very good

Wow, wow, wow
Hard luck

World Cup 2024 eh easy!!!

In reply to Chrissy

Yes. No such thing as a moral victory but Nepal stretched the Saffies.

SA nearly blew it. Markram should have bowled 4 overs early in the innings. Shamsi will be mom

In reply to Chrissy

Learning how to unchoke

In reply to LBW375
Hey you

In reply to Drapsey
Deading wid laff

In reply to Discourse
I expected dem to choke and they did

In reply to Chrissy

In reply to Narper

In reply to googley
Saffies were trying out tings. Panic was always going to tek over.

In reply to Chrissy

If so, more reason to give your second or 3rd spinner match practice on a spin friendly wicket.

Wile up to aee the score. Wow. Juat qow.. good thing they dine advance too

In reply to Narper
I was enjoying di match wid friends laughing and telling dem to watch di choking proceedings

SA will not survive the next round...they are not that good