Netherlands And South Africa Gear Up For T20 World Cup 2024 Clash In New York
Group D action continues as the Netherlands take on South Africa in match 16 of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County International Stadium in New York on Saturday (June 8).
Scott Edwards-led Netherlands aim to replicate their previous success and build on their victory over Nepal. Meanwhile, Aiden Markram's South Africa seeks to avenge their last edition's defeat and secure consecutive wins following a dominant performance against Sri Lanka in the opener.
The Netherlands restricted Nepal to 106 and chased the target with six wickets in hand and eight balls to spare at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas. South Africa, on the other hand, bowled out Sri Lanka for 73 before completing the chase with some difficulties at the New York venue.
This will be South Africa's ninth appearance in the T20 World Cup, with their best finish being a semi-final. The Dutch are playing in their sixth edition, with their best result being a Super 12 finish in 2022.
South Africa and the Netherlands have faced each other only at this tournament, but this will be their first encounter at the New York venue. Here is a look at their head-to-head numbers:
In the two SA vs NED head-to-head meetings in T20Is, both teams share a win each. South Africa won the first meeting in the 2014 T20 World Cup by defending a total of 145.
The Netherlands stunned South Africa and knocked them out of the T20 World Cup 2022 with a 13-run victory by defending 158. Here are the detailed head-to-head stats:
Netherlands vs South Africa Head To Head Stats in IPL
| STAT | For Netherlands vs South Africa | For South Africa vs Netherlands |
| Wins Batting 1st | 1 | 1 |
| Wins Chasing | 0 | 0 |
| Highest Total | 145 | 158 |
| Lowest Total | 145 | 139 |
| Highest Successful Chase | N/A | N/A |
| Lowest Total Defended | 145 | 158 |
| Most Runs | Stephan Myburgh (88 runs) | Hashim Amla (43 runs) |
| Highest scorer | Stephan Myburgh (51) | Hashim Amla (43) |
| Most Sixes | Stephan Myburgh, Colin Ackermann & Tom Cooper (2 sixes each) | Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla, Keshav Maharaj, Faf Du Plessis & Heinrich Klaasen (1 six each) |
| Most Fours | Stephan Myburgh (15 fours) | Hashim Amla (7 fours) |
| Most wickets | Ahsan Malik (5 wickets) | Imran Tahir (4 wickets) |
| Best Bowling | Ahsan Malik (5/19) | Imran Tahir (4/21) |
The match will be held for the first time at Nassau County International Stadium in New York, a venue temporarily constructed for T20 World Cup 2024 matches.
The pitches at this venue have been scrutinised due to low-scoring games. In two matches hosted so far, South Africa chased down 74 against Sri Lanka, while India chased down 97 against Ireland.
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