Aiden Markram Onslaught Takes South Africa To Verge Of World Cup

02.04.2023 - 19:21 sports.ndtv.com

Aiden Markram hit 175 off 126 balls as South Africa took a giant step towards automatic qualification for the Cricket World Cup with a 146-run win over the Netherlands in the third one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday. "We did exactly what we wanted to do," said South Africa captain Temba Bavuma at the after-match presentation.

South Africa climbed into eighth place in the Super League table, going above the West Indies and improving their net run rate with a second emphatic win in three days.

Ireland are the only team who could squeeze South Africa out of automatic qualification for the World Cup but they will need to beat Bangladesh 3-0 in a series in England next month to draw level on points.

Ireland will also need to improve their net run rate. "In terms of the points and qualification, we've done ourselves justice," said Bavuma. "In the cricket as well, there were a lot of positives in the batting and the bowling." South Africa completed a 2-0 win in a series which was halted because of a Covid scare after the first game was rained off in November 2021.

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After defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in a high-scoring encounter, SunRisers Hyderabad will be squaring off against Mumbai Indians in their next IPL 2023 match on Tuesday. The 2016 champions posted a whopping total of 228/4 in 20 overs after Harry Brook slammed the maiden century of the season. Later, KKR were restricted to 205/7 despite fighting knocks of 75 and 58* from Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh respectively. As the Aiden Markram-led side is all set to face the five-time champions in Hyderabad, they are likely to go ahead with their same Playing XI.

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JOHANNESBURG : Aiden Markram scored a superb century and Sisanda Magala claimed five wickets to lead South Africa to a 146-run win over the Netherlands in a one-day international on Sunday and move them to the brink of World Cup qualification.