By Saira Asghar South Africa defeated England by 10 runs but still couldn’t reach the semi-finals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
In the match between South Africa and England on Saturday, November 6, 2021, South Africa won by 10 runs still knocked out from the ICC tournament due to low NRR.
In this thrilling and exciting match, South Africa was playing perfectly from the start of the match. Especially in the time when they needed 60 runs to beat England. Performing their best, South Africa settled a sturdy target of 189 runs. Every player did their best but Rassie Van der Dussen remained undefeated at 93 whereas Aiden Markram counter-attacked with solid 53 runs.
A match spot in the semifinals was assured but the England team vanished South Africa’s hopes of reaching the last-four stage. Once the 2 groups meet one another during the high competition Super twelve matches of the ICC T20 World Cup. The net run rate of South Africa is +3.183, where South Africa lying within the third spot with six points from four matches.
Earlier the match between Australia and West Indies when Australia won the match. Here both south Africa and Australia seemed to be in the same spot for the semifinals. But the net run rate was lesser than Australia. That’s why despite the win, South Africa failed to enter in semi-finals of the ICC T20 world cup.