David Miller played a match winning inning of 59* runs in 51 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes.
In the exciting match of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 played today i.e. on 8th June, South Africa defeated Netherlands by four wickets in New York. In this match, experienced batsmen David Miller and Tristan Stubbs from South Africa batted brilliantly and played an important role in their team’s victory.
Batting first against South Africa, Netherlands scored 103 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Sybrand Engelbrecht batted very well for the team and played a valuable innings of 40 runs in 45 balls with the help of two fours and a six. Engelbrecht was the highest run scorer for Netherlands. Logan van Beek played a brilliant innings of 23 runs. Apart from these two players, no other batsman could cross the 20-run mark.
Vikramjit Singh scored 12 runs while captain Scott Edwards returned to the pavilion on a personal score of 10 runs. All the bowlers from South Africa did their job well. Ottneil Baartman took four wickets for 11 runs in four overs for the team. Marco Jansen took two wickets for 20 runs in four overs while Anrich Nortje took 2 wickets for 19 runs in four overs.
David Miller played an unbeaten match winning innings for South Africa
South Africa had a very bad start while chasing the target and they lost their first wicket on the very first ball. Quinton de Kock was run out without opening his account against the Netherlands. Reeza Hendricks’ performance was also very poor and he returned to the pavilion after scoring three runs. Aiden Markram also could not open his account. South Africa lost four important wickets for 12 runs.
However, after this, David Miller and Tristan Stubbs batted very well and made an important partnership of 65 runs for the fifth wicket. David Miller played a match-winning innings of 59* runs with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes in 51 balls. Apart from David Miller, Tristan Stubbs contributed 33 runs. For the Netherlands, Logan van Beek took two wickets for 21 runs in four overs while Vivian Kingma took two wickets for 12 runs in four overs.
David Miller pic.twitter.com/rvPrINlbip
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 8, 2024
STAND UP AND SALUTE, DAVID MILLER 👌
– The Crisis man of South Africa. pic.twitter.com/xwzSkIxfMu
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 8, 2024
THE WINNING ROAR OF DAVID MILLER. pic.twitter.com/zAzUavyp76
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 8, 2024
David Miller saved South Africa 🔥#SAvsNED pic.twitter.com/NMWzaBK4H2
— Desi Bhayo (@desi_bhayo88) June 8, 2024
JOB DONE IN NYC. | #NEDvSA
David Miller leads us to victory.
That’s 2 wins in 2 matches.#WozaNawe #BePartOfIt #OutOfThisWorld #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/ml7Ux8r7mG
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) June 8, 2024
David Miller- 59(51)*, Strike rate- 115
Once a legend said “Strike rate is overrated” pic.twitter.com/YmBnfshBUy
— TukTukAcademy (@TukTuk_Academy) June 8, 2024
DAVID MILLER 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I’LL SAY IT AGAIN AND I’LL SAY IT A 100 TIMES MORE.. OUR ONLY CLUTCH PLAYER WE HAVE!!!!!
HE WAS THE DIFFERENCE! CHANGED THE MOMENTUM OF THE MATCH BIG TIME!
NED CAN FUCK OFF!!! #T20WorldCup #SAvNED pic.twitter.com/JmXbw0zg6f
— Lawrence Bailey ⚪ 🇿🇦 (@LawrenceBailey0) June 8, 2024
David Miller’s brilliant half-century helps the Proteas to their second #T20WorldCup win ✅🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/fQMcZbLeEX
— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) June 8, 2024
The Name Is David Miller 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/cQZ5IuF9m5
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) June 8, 2024
Take a bow, David Miller. What an innings under so much pressure 🔥🔥🔥#tapmad #HojaoADFree #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/3ywayueAhZ
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) June 8, 2024