Harry Brook's brilliant innings did not work, South Africa defeated England in a thrilling match

South Africa defeated England by seven runs in a crucial match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

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South Africa defeated England by seven runs in an important match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. In this match, all the players from South Africa performed very well and played an important role in their team’s victory. The performance of England players was disappointing against South Africa.

Let us tell you, in this match, South Africa batted first and scored 163 runs in 20 overs by losing six wickets. The most disappointing thing with South Africa in this match was that their wickets kept falling at regular intervals.

Reeza Hendricks failed to bat well against England and was out after scoring 19 runs. However, Quinton de Kock batted very well for the team and played a valuable innings of 65 runs with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes in 38 balls. While on one hand the England bowlers put pressure on the rest of the South African batsmen, Quinton de Kock put his team in a very good position.

Apart from Quinton, David Miller contributed 43 runs. Tristan Stubbs scored 12* runs. Heinrich Klaasen was out on a personal score of 8 runs. All the bowlers of England bowled very well in this match. Jofra Archer took three wickets for 40 runs in four overs while Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid took one wicket each.

Harry Brook’s brilliant half-century innings did not come in handy

England’s wickets kept falling at regular intervals while chasing the target. At one point, England lost four wickets within 11 overs. However, after this, Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone made an important partnership of 78 runs for the fifth wicket. As long as these two players were present at the crease, it seemed that England would easily win against South Africa.

Liam Livingstone played a stormy innings of 33 runs in 17 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes against South Africa. Apart from Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook scored 53 runs in 37 balls with the help of 7 fours. Apart from these two batsmen, no other player was able to bat well against South Africa.

For South Africa, Keshav Maharaj took two wickets for 25 runs in four overs while Kagiso Rabada took two wickets for 32 runs in four overs. England could only score 156 runs against South Africa after losing six wickets in 20 overs.

that was a rollercoaster 🤯🎢

The @ProteasMenCSA give themselves a great chance of reaching the semi-finals 🏆#WozaNawe , #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/mR2zyaXOH2

— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) June 21, 2024

🟡🟢RESULT | #ENGvSA

6 wins in 6 matches.#WozaNawe #BePartOfIt #OutOfThisWorld #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/DC8JzIlzJc

— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) June 21, 2024

ANOTHER DAY
ANOTHER TIGHT FINISH
ANOTHER W 😤

— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) June 21, 2024

6 GAMES. 6 WINS.

A brilliant team effort by South Africa!#SouthAfrica #ENGvSA #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/HJaQsFK37b

— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) June 21, 2024

Outstanding effort by South African skipper. #ENGvsSA #Markram pic.twitter.com/oueCz0aX5o

— Shashwat0910 (@Shashwa51960283) June 21, 2024

Six unbeaten games👏 pic.twitter.com/3qk43rIa4Y

— Metja23 (@metja23) June 21, 2024

Can you believe it!

6th consecutive wins for South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024. 🤯🇿🇦#ENGvSA #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/abgfgn8AHb

— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01) June 21, 2024

Quinton De Kock is named the Player of the Match for his key knock in the first innings. #ENGvSA , #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/d4gELicOOL

— cricket fans club (@Muhib8992) June 21, 2024