Lucknow: In the Super-8 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, England and South Africa teams faced each other at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St. Lucia. In this exciting match played between the two teams, the African team won by 7 runs and they have continued their winning campaign in this World Cup. Let us tell you that in this match, English team captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, the Proteas, who came to bat first, started off with a bang and scored 63 runs in the first 6 overs.

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Wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock batted brilliantly for the African team and scored 65 runs in 38 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes. The result of his innings was that the African team scored 163 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. The English team, which came out to chase the target, did not have a good start and they lost their first wicket at just 15 runs. England needed 14 runs in the last over to win this match. Fast bowler Anrich Nortje came to bowl for Africa and he dismissed Harry Brook, who had scored a half-century, on the very first ball.

If we talk about Africa's batting, apart from de Kock, star batsman David Miller played a brilliant innings in the last overs and took the team to a respectable score. Miller scored 43 runs in 28 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. His brilliant innings in the last overs was the result of the team crossing the score of more than 160. Fast bowler Jofra Archer was the most successful bowler for the English team, who took 3 wickets while conceding 40 runs in 4 overs.

The English team, which came out to chase the target of 164 runs, did not have a good start and they lost the first wicket at 15 runs. At the same time, three wickets fell at 54 runs. For the team captained by Butler, young batsman Harry Brook played a brilliant innings and scored 53 runs in 37 balls. During this, 7 fours came off his bat and he got out in the last over. As soon as he got out, the English team lost the match. At the same time, Liam Livingstone also scored 33 runs in 17 balls but could not make the team win.

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