South Africa vs Nepal Live Score - Live Cricket Scorecard SA vs NEP, Match 31, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2024, Arnos Vale Ground, Arnos Vale, St Vincent
19.6: Ottneil Baartman to Gulshan Jha, OUT! RUN-OUT! SOUTH AFRICA HOLD THEIR NERVE! AGONY FOR NEPAL! They have fallen short by just one run. Ottneil Baartman bowls it short again, around off. Jha plays and misses again. The batters look to scamper for a bye as de Kock throws it at the bowler's end but the ball hits the back of Jhas. Heinrich Klaasen collects it quickly and knocks down the stumps. Gulshan Jha is short of his crease and Nepal fails to get over the line. Soo close and yet so far for Nepal.
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19.5: Ottneil Baartman to Gulshan Jha, A precious dot from Ottneil Baartman. Bowls it short of a length, angling away from the batter. Gulshan Jha looks to play the upper cut but does not connect.
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19.4: Ottneil Baartman to Gulshan Jha, Hard-length, outside off. Gulshan Jha clears the front leg and slaps it to deep extra cover for a couple.
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19.3: Ottneil Baartman to Gulshan Jha, FOUR! CRUNCHED! Gulshan Jha connects and gets a boundary. Full-length delivery outside off. Jah swings hard and smacks it toward the deep cover region for a cracking boundary. Nepal are just a hit away from a historic win.
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19.2: Ottneil Baartman to Gulshan Jha, An excellent wide yorker from Ottneil Baartman. Gulshan Jha looks to squirt it away but misses again.
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19.1: Ottneil Baartman to Gulshan Jha, On a good length, angling across the batter. Gulshan Jha plays and misses.
End of over 19
NEP108/6
NEP Batting S Kami 8(4) G Jha 0(0)
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18.6: Anrich Nortje to Sompal Kami, Full and straight at the stumps. Kami makes room and drills it toward the deep extra cover region for a couple.
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18.5: Anrich Nortje to Sompal Kami, SIX! OUT OF THE PARK! A massive hit and Sompal Kami keeps Nepal alive in the chase. Slower length ball, angling into the middle and off. Sompal Kami picks the bones out of it and smokes it hard over the deep square leg boundary for a 105 meter hit.
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18.4: Anrich Nortje to Sompal Kami, Back of a length, outside off. Kami plays and misses.
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18.3: Anrich Nortje to Sompal Kami, Pitched full, on off. Kami drives it to the man at short cover.
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18.2: Anrich Nortje to Kushal Malla, OUT! TIMBER! Another one bites the dust and Nepal are faltering in the run-chase. This was on a hard-length, on the middle and off-stump line. Kushal Malla goes for a wild pull across the line and misses it completely. The ball clatters into the stumps and the sixth Nepal wicket is back in the pavilion.
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18.1: Anrich Nortje to Kushal Malla, Back of a length, on off. Malla mistimes the pull to mid-wicket.
End of over 18
NEP100/5
NEP Batting A Sheikh 42(49) K Malla 1(1)
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17.6: Tabraiz Shamsi to Aasif Sheikh, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Tabraiz Shamsi gets his fourth wicket and probably the most important one of his spell. This was tossed up on the middle and spun back into the stumps. Aasif Sheikh plays all around it and the ball clatters into the stumps. The set batter Aasif Sheikh is back in the hut as Nepal have lost half their side.
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17.5: Tabraiz Shamsi to Aasif Sheikh, Flatter, turning on the middle and leg. Aasif Sheikh goes back to nudge it away but misses and wears on the pad.
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17.4: Tabraiz Shamsi to Kushal Malla, Flighted on the pad. Malla nudges it through square leg for a single. 100 is up for Nepal.
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17.3: Tabraiz Shamsi to Dipendra Singh Airee, OUT! CAUGHT! Bowls it flat and spins it down the leg. Dipendra Singh Airee gets across the line to sweep this away but gets a faint edge on the glove. Quinton de Kock takes a sharp catch and is given by the on-field umpire. Dipendra Singh Airee goes for the review. The replays show a clear spike on the glove and Airee is a goner. Nepal lose their fourth!
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17.2: Tabraiz Shamsi to Aasif Sheikh, Floated on off. Aasif Sheikh skips down the pitch and drills it to long on for a single.
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17.1: Tabraiz Shamsi to Aasif Sheikh, Flat and turning back into the batter. Aasif Sheikh goes back and blocks into the leg side.
End of over 20
SA115/7
SA Batting K Rabada 0(1) T Stubbs 27(18)
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19.6: Kushal Bhurtel to Kagiso Rabada, OUT! STUMPED! Kushal Bhurtel ends with a four-fer and Nepal will be ecstatic with that bowling display. Burtel tosses the ball up on a dragged length on leg stump. Kagiso Rabada steps out to go big over long on but gets beaten all ends up and Aasif Sheikh has an easy stumping job to do behind the stumps. South Africa finish with a meager total of 115 for 7 on the board.
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19.5: Kushal Bhurtel to Marco Jansen, OUT! TALEN! Kushal Bhurtel with his third wicket and what a bowling performance this has been from Nepal. Bhurtel goes into the pitch and slows it up, getting the ball to turn away from off stump. Marco Jansen goes on the back foot and looks to slog it over long on but the connection isn't there. Anil Sah there dives across to his right and manages to hold onto the catch.
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19.4: Kushal Bhurtel to Tristan Stubbs, Looking for two but won't get it. Slower and shorter, turning away from middle and leg, Tristan Stubbs presses back and just nudges it to the leg side for a single.
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19.3: Kushal Bhurtel to Tristan Stubbs, Trying too much there, Tristan Stubbs. Nicely flighted outside off and turning away. Stubbs tries to reverse sweep but misses and gets hit on the hands.
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19.2: Kushal Bhurtel to Tristan Stubbs, Tossed up again, outside off stump, Tristan Stubbs reaches out and slaps the ball away towards deep cover for a couple of runs.
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19.1: Kushal Bhurtel to Tristan Stubbs, SIX! BANG! That's the risk with a spinner bowling the final over. Tossed up on the stumps, Tristan Stubbs reaches forward and powers the ball away over the man at long on for a maximum.
End of over 19
SA106/5
SA Batting T Stubbs 18(14) M Jansen 1(3)
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18.6: Abinash Bohara to Tristan Stubbs, Keeps it full and tries to angle it away, Tristan Stubbs brings out the drive but gets an inside edge to the leg side for a single.
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18.5: Abinash Bohara to Tristan Stubbs, Pitched up, full and outside off stump, Tristan Stubbs smashes the ball on the up and straight back at the bowler who does brilliantly on the follow-through and pouches it without a fuss.
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18.4: Abinash Bohara to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Nicely done by Tristan Stubbs. Full again on middle and leg, Stubbs moves across the off stump and flicks it away towards the vacant fence just behind square leg and picks up a boundary.
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18.3: Abinash Bohara to Tristan Stubbs, A slog and a miss! Full and in the blockhole outside off, slinging it away, Tristan Stubbs looks to reach out and smash it over covers but misses.
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18.2: Abinash Bohara to Marco Jansen, Leg bye! Full again and around off stump, Marco Jansen looks to reverse-flick it away but misses and the ball goes off the pads to point. They get a leg bye.
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18.1: Abinash Bohara to Tristan Stubbs, Well-fielded! Too full and around off stump, Tristan Stubbs reverses it on the full and wide of short third where the fielder dives across and makes the save. Just the single then.
End of over 18
SA99/5
SA Batting M Jansen 1(2) T Stubbs 12(9)
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17.6: Dipendra Singh Airee to Marco Jansen, A bit flatter and trying to angle it across the stumps, Marco Jansen blocks it to the off side.
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17.5: Dipendra Singh Airee to Tristan Stubbs, Slows it up and floats it on the off stump, Tristan Stubbs shuffles across to the off side and mistimes the sweep straight to short fine leg for a single.
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17.4: Dipendra Singh Airee to Marco Jansen, Full on middle and leg, clipped away through the mid-wicket region for a single.
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17.3: Dipendra Singh Airee to David Miller, OUT! CAUGHT! Beautifully bowled by Dipendra Singh Airee and David Miller has to depart here. Nicely tossed up from around the stumps, a bit fuller and around off stump. Miller looks to hold his ground and heave across the line but the ball just turns a bit and gets sliced up off the outside edge. Sandeep Lamichhane at short third man takes a simple reverse-cup catch and Nepal get another big wicket.
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17.2: Dipendra Singh Airee to Tristan Stubbs, Tries to spear it in across the off stump but ends up serving a low full toss, Tristan Stubbs hits it firmly down to long off and picks up a single.
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17.1: Dipendra Singh Airee to David Miller, Quick and flat, on a dragged length around off, David Miller rocks back and punches it away in front of point for just a single.
