South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score - Live Cricket Scorecard SA vs AFG, 1st Semi-Final, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2024, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago
8.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Reeza Hendricks, FOUR! DONE AND DUSTED! SOUTH AFRICA IS HEADING TO BARBADOS FOR THEIR FIRST-EVER T20 WORLD CUP FINAL! This is bowled full in length, and angles on the off stump, Reeza Hendricks presents the full flourish of the willow and drives it downtown past mid off for a boundary to seal the deal. South Africa maintains their unbeaten merry way in this tournament winning the first semifinal by 9 wickets. Happy emotional faces all around the South African camp. And it was just not meant to be for Afghanistan.
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8.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Reeza Hendricks, SIX! Just beyond the ropes and the scores are level now! Azmatullah Omarzai bangs it short and it rises up with the bounce on the bodyline, Reeza Hendricks bends a bit and manages to pull it all the way over deep square leg for a six. Also, that brings up the 50-run partnership between these two batters.
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8.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Aiden Markram, Full in length, and on the fourth stump line, Aiden Markram takes the front foot out and goes for an expansive drive through covers but inside edges it to square leg for a single. Oh, wait! Azmatullah Omarzai has overstepped here and the umpire calls a No Ball. Free-Hit to follow now.
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8.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Aiden Markram, Wild swing and a miss there! Short and jagging back in sharply, Aiden Markram goes for a pull shot but the ball pings his body and lobs towards the point region.
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8.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Aiden Markram, FOUR! In a hurry now! Gloriousness written all over it! Offers more width on the back of a length, Aiden Markram hits it on the rise and gets it over mid off for a boundary.
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8.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Reeza Hendricks, On the back of a length, outside off, Reeza Hendricks caresses it on the up through the cover-point gap for a single.
End of over 8
SA43/1
SA Batting A Markram 18(18) R Hendricks 18(22)
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7.6: Gulbadin Naib to Aiden Markram, Bowls it full in length and outside off, Aiden Markram drives it nicely but finds backward point. South Africa need only 14 runs to win now and they have all the time in the world to do so.
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7.5: Gulbadin Naib to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Pulled away powerfully! Short in length, and on the top of the off and middle, Aiden Markram stands tall, rides on the bounce and pulls it using his wrists over mid-wicket for a boundary.
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7.4: Gulbadin Naib to Reeza Hendricks, Almost a half-tracker on the off stump, Reeza Hendricks punches it through covers for a single.
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7.3: Gulbadin Naib to Reeza Hendricks, Hard length and outside off, Reeza Hendricks pushes it to covers off the bottom half of the bat.
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7.2: Gulbadin Naib to Reeza Hendricks, The last thing Afghanistan would want is sloppiness in the field! Back of a length, nipping away from outside off, Reeza Hendricks slices it off the outer half of the bat towards deep third where Karim Janat fumbles to pick it cleanly and allows the batters to cross for the double.
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7.1: Gulbadin Naib to Aiden Markram, Gulbadin Naib comes into the attack and hurls it outside off at just 119 kph, Aiden Markram waits for the ball to arrive, and goes back and across before slashing it through covers for a single.
End of over 7
SA35/1
SA Batting R Hendricks 15(19) A Markram 13(15)
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6.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Reeza Hendricks, Now this one takes off! Hard length, and outside off, it climbs on the bounce. Reeza Hendricks camps back and punches it straight to covers.
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6.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Reeza Hendricks, Well bowled! In the channel of uncertainty around off, stays low once again. Reeza Hendricks gets beaten on the outside edge as he plays inside the line of the ball.
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6.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Reeza Hendricks, Outside off, on a length with a variable bounce that keeps viciously low. Reeza Hendricks anticipates the ball to bounce but adjusts his shot hopping back and blocking it out.
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6.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Aiden Markram, Angles it on the pads, on a length, Aiden Markram whips it and beats Noor Ahmad at mid on for a single.
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6.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Aiden Markram, On the top of off, on the back of a length, Aiden Markram climbs on the bounce and plays it to mid on with a horizontal bat.
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6.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Aiden Markram, Stays low on the bounce on the middle and leg, Aiden Markram hops and jams his bat down in time to block it out back to the bowler.
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11.5: Tabraiz Shamsi to Naveen-ul-Haq, OUT! LBW! Tabraiz Shamsi wraps things up here! He flights this one up, full and around middle, Naveen-ul-Haq goes for the traditional sweep this time, but the length is too full for that shot, he misses and gets hit on the pads right in front of the stumps. There is a huge appeal for LBW and up goes the finger again, Naveen takes the review more in desperation. Nothing on UltraEdge and Ball Tracking comes up with three reds. Afghanistan have been bowled out for a mere 56!
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11.4: Tabraiz Shamsi to Naveen-ul-Haq, Quicker one, on middle, turns in a long way, Naveen-ul-Haq gets struck on hi pads again.
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11.3: Tabraiz Shamsi to Naveen-ul-Haq, Flatter, short and on leg, turns in, Naveen-ul-Haq tries to play but misses and gets hit on the pads.
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11.2: Tabraiz Shamsi to Naveen-ul-Haq, BYES! Floated, full and on off, Naveen-ul-Haq goes down to reverse sweep but misses, Keshav Maharaj at leg slip anticipates and runs to his left, Quinton de Kock misses the ball and it hist Maharaj's leg and rolls away. Two byes taken.
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11.1: Tabraiz Shamsi to Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tossed up, full and on off, Fazalhaq Farooqi drives it towards long off for a single.
End of over 11
AFG53/9
AFG Batting Naveen 2(4) F Farooqi 1(1)
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10.6: Anrich Nortje to Naveen-ul-Haq, Short of a length and on middle, gets some extra bounce this time, Naveen-ul-Haq sways away and tries to ramp it but misses it.
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10.5: Anrich Nortje to Naveen-ul-Haq, Back of a length and around middle, Naveen-ul-Haq backs away and guides it nicely wide of point, Kagiso Rabada in the deep fumbles and allows the second run.
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10.4: Anrich Nortje to Naveen-ul-Haq, On a length and on middle, angling in, Naveen-ul-Haq blocks it out as the ball rolls towards mid off.
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10.3: Anrich Nortje to Fazalhaq Farooqi, Full and on off, Fazalhaq Farooqi hangs his bat away from his body and pushes it through covers for a single.
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10.2: Anrich Nortje to Rashid Khan, OUT! BOWLED'EM! This has been an absolute carnage from ball one by South Africa. Afghanistan are 9 down now. Anrich Nortje charges in and cannons a vicious good-length delivery around the off-pole and it keeps a bit low on the bounce, and skids through very quickly into the batter. Rashid Khan cluelessly hops and backs away from the line, anticipating the ball to come high on the bat but he exposes all his stumps and gets squared up. The ball whizzes past his outside edge into the stumps. Rashid Khan departs and this has been a nightmare for Afghanistan.
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10.1: Anrich Nortje to Rashid Khan, Back of a length, and on the top of off, Rashid Khan punches it off the back foot to covers.
End of over 10
AFG50/8
AFG Batting Naveen 0(1) R Khan 8(6)
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9.6: Tabraiz Shamsi to Naveen-ul-Haq, A googly now, full and on middle, turns away, Naveen-ul-Haq stays back and blocks it out.
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9.5: Tabraiz Shamsi to Noor Ahmad, OUT! LBW! Tabraiz Shamsi with the double whammy! It is going from bad to worse for Afghanistan. This one is bowled flatter, short and on middle, and skids through, Noor Ahmad is stuck on his crease as he tries to play at it but misses, the ball hits his front pad first and then his back pad as well. However, Noor takes the review here straightaway. UltraEdge shows that there is no bat involved and Ball Tracking once again indicates that it is just clipping the leg stump. It is the umpire's call for the second time in this over and it has gone horribly against the Afghans both times.
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9.4: Tabraiz Shamsi to Noor Ahmad, Quicker, short and on middle, Noor Ahmad stays back and nudges it to short mid-wicket.
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9.3: Tabraiz Shamsi to Karim Janat, OUT! LBW! Tabraiz Shamsi gets the breakthrough. Or does he? Afghanistan takes the review this time. This one is floated, full and around the middle, and turns in a bit, Karim Janat strides out to work it away but plays down the wrong line and gets hit on the pads. The only thing that can save him here is if it is missing leg. UltraEdge confirms no bat is involved and Ball Tracking shows that it is just clipping the leg stump. The on-field call remains. Afghanistan is seven down now!
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9.2: Tabraiz Shamsi to Karim Janat, Tossed up, full and on off, Karim Janat drills it to short covers.
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9.2: Tabraiz Shamsi to Karim Janat, Floated, full but down the leg again, Karim Janat tries to swipe it away but misses. Wided. 50 up for Afghanistan!
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9.1: Tabraiz Shamsi to Karim Janat, FOUR! Poor delivery and rightly punished! Tabraiz Shamsi begins with a short delivery down the leg side, Karim Janat has all the time in the world to rock back and he pulls it hard and wide of deep square leg for a boundary.
8.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Reeza Hendricks, FOUR! DONE AND DUSTED! SOUTH AFRICA IS HEADING TO BARBADOS FOR THEIR FIRST-EVER T20 WORLD CUP FINAL! This is bowled full in length, and angles on the off stump, Reeza Hendricks presents the full flourish of the willow and drives it downtown past mid off for a boundary to seal the deal. South Africa maintains their unbeaten merry way in this tournament winning the first semifinal by 9 wickets. Happy emotional faces all around the South African camp. And it was just not meant to be for Afghanistan.