South Africa emerged victorious by a 146-run margin, formalising its entry into the quarter-final stage.
“It seems the only way they cannot score 400 runs is if we win the toss and bat,” Mohammad Tauqir, the UAE captain, had joked on the eve of his side’s ICC Cricket World Cup Pool B fixture against South Africa.
Tauqir raised quite a few eyebrows therefore by choosing to bowl first upon winning the toss on a beautiful batting strip at the Wellington stadium on Thursday (March 12), but his bowlers did reasonably well to keep South Africa to well under 400. Indeed, had it not been for a late blitz by Farhaan Behardien that brought 41 runs in the last 13 deliveries of the innings, South Africa might have finished a fair few short of 341 for 6.
UAE was never in the hunt at any stage, their final tally of 195 giving South Africa victory by 146 runs and formalising their entry into the quarterfinal stage, against opponents as yet undecided.
“It seems the only way they cannot score 400 runs is if we win the toss and bat,” Mohammad Tauqir, the UAE captain, had joked on the eve of his side’s ICC Cricket World Cup Pool B fixture against South Africa.
Tauqir raised quite a few eyebrows therefore by choosing to bowl first upon winning the toss on a beautiful batting strip at the Wellington stadium on Thursday (March 12), but his bowlers did reasonably well to keep South Africa to well under 400. Indeed, had it not been for a late blitz by Farhaan Behardien that brought 41 runs in the last 13 deliveries of the innings, South Africa might have finished a fair few short of 341 for 6.
UAE was never in the hunt at any stage, their final tally of 195 giving South Africa victory by 146 runs and formalising their entry into the quarterfinal stage, against opponents as yet undecided.
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