Netherlands vs South Africa ஸ்கோர்கார்டு, Match 40, ICC T20 World Cup 2022

This will be the second men’s T20I game between South Africa and Netherlands with the former winning the only previous encounter played between the two sides by a six-run margin (March 2014).

South Africa have won six of their last seven games played in the men’s T20 World Cup, with the only loss coming against Pakistan in their most recent such encounter. Indeed, the last time the Proteas lost two consecutive men’s T20 World Cup games was March 2016.

Netherlands have won three games in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup edition (also in 2014), they have never won four games in a single edition in the history of the tournament.

Both South Africa and Netherlands have won a game each at Adelaide Oval; Netherlands defeated Zimbabwe last week in their only game played at the venue whilst South Africa defeated Australia in their only game at the ground in November 2014.

South African batters have averaged a boundary once every 5.2 deliveries in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup, the best such rate of any team participating in the competition; Netherlands are 14th in this list having managed a boundary every 10.2 balls.

Netherlands have saved 16 runs while fielding in the ongoing 2022 T20 World Cup, only Ireland have saved more (22 runs).

Netherlands and South Africa have registered a dot ball rate of 59% and 57% in the powerplay respectively while bowling in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup, only India among all participating nations have had a better a such rate (60%).

Max O’Dowd (Netherlands) has scored 213 runs in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup, he is 11 runs away from becoming the leading run-scorer of the competition (Kusal Mendis – 223, Virat Kohli – 220 & Pathum Nissanka - 214).

Quinton de Kock (South Africa) has scored 76% of his runs from boundaries in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup, the highest such rate of all batters to have played a minimum of 50 deliveries.

Paul Van Meekeren (Netherlands) has taken five wickets of opening batters in the current edition of the men’s T20 World Cup, only Blessing Muzarabani has bagged more such wickets (six).