South Africa may need trotted previous Sri Lanka of their first match, however they’ve a difficult opponent in Netherlands of their second group D match in New York on Saturday.
The scars from their 38-run loss in opposition to the Dutch in final 12 months’s 50-over World Cup would possibly nonetheless be contemporary within
the minds of the Proteas.
The Aiden Markram-led aspect would definitely desire a reversal this time round. Essentially the most encouraging sign from their win over Sri Lanka was the type of Anrich Nortje.
The pacer, who was a shadow of his intimidating self within the IPL, appeared to have regained his rhythm on a spicey New York pitch whereas grabbing 4 wickets in opposition to the Islanders.
Together with Kagiso Rabada, Nortje types a robust mixture upfront, and SA would require them in full flight in opposition to Netherlands, who began with a six-wicket win over Nepal.
Additionally they ticked a couple of packing containers in that match as frontline batter Max O’Dowd made a fifty whereas main pacers Tim Pringle and Logan van Beek took three wickets apiece.
The Dutch aspect will probably be hoping for one more medical outing from their prime gamers to bruise their fancied opponent as soon as extra.
Teams
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs.
Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Kyle Klein, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Ryan Klein, Saqib Zulfiqar, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Barresi. Travelling reserve: Ryan Klein.
