T20 WORLD CUP 2024 Full Schedule 
T20 World Cup 2024 Match 4: South Africa vs Sri Lanka| Match Results| Award Winners| POTM| Stats| Records
South Africa vs Sri Lanka: It was a great start for South Africa as they started their T20 World Cup 2024 journey with a win against Sri Lanka. It was a low-scoring game, with bowlers dominating the field. Anrich Nortje was the star bowler from South Africa’s side who registered his best figures in a T20I match. He picked up four wickets in his spell and dismantled Sri Lanka’s batting line-up to restrict them to a score of 77.
Sri Lanka’s skipper Wanindu Hasaranga decided to bat after winning the toss, and that decision backfired as South Africa’s bowlers started dominating the match from the third over of the game when Sri Lanka’s score was just 13 runs. Sri Lanka lost their first wicket in the name of Pathum Nissanka, who scored three runs. Kusal Mendis and Kamindu Mendis tried stabilizing the innings, but it was in the eighth over when Kamindu Mendis was dismissed. After that, skipper Wanindu Hasarnaga got out on a duck. Batters afterward didn’t trouble the scoreboard much as Sri Lanka got bowled out for 77 in 19.1 overs.
Chasing 78 runs, South Africa lost Reeza Hendricks early in the innings. As the target wasn’t that big, batters didn’t try too hard to reach it early. Sri Lanka’s bowlers picked up more wickets to keep themselves in the game, but that didn’t go in their favor, as South Africa registered a win by 6 wickets in their T20 World Cup 2024 opener.
T20 World Cup 2024 Match 4: South Africa vs Sri Lanka| Batting Scorecard
| BATTING(Sri Lanka) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | c Klaasen b Baartman | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kusal Mendis | c Stubbs b Nortje | 19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Kamindu Mendis | c Hendricks b Nortje | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Wanindu Hasaranga (c) | st de Kock b Maharaj | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | b Maharaj | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charith Asalanka | c Hendricks b Nortje | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Angelo Mathews | c Baartman b Nortje | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dasun Shanaka | b Rabada | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Maheesh Theekshana | not out | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Matheesha Pathirana | c Markram b Rabada | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nuwan Thushara | run out (Nortje/Jansen) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 3, w 3) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 19.1 Ov (RR: 4.01) | 77 | |||||||
| BATTING(South Africa) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton de Kock | c & b Hasaranga | 20 | 27 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Reeza Hendricks | c PHKD Mendis b Thushara | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Aiden Markram (c) | c PHKD Mendis b Shanaka | 12 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tristan Stubbs | c Asalanka b Hasaranga | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Heinrich Klaasen | not out | 19 | 22 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| David Miller | not out | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 1, w 2) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 16.2 Ov (RR: 4.89) | 80/4 | |||||||
T20 World Cup 2024 Match 4: South Africa vs Sri Lanka| Bowling Scorecard
| BOWLING(South Africa) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Jansen | 3.1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 4 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| Ottneil Baartman | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Anrich Nortje | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| BOWLING(Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo Mathews | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Nuwan Thushara | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 3.2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
T20 World Cup 2024 Match 4: South Africa vs Sri Lanka| Award Winners| Records
Player Of The Match(South Africa vs Sri Lanka): Anrich Nortje(South Africa), 4/7 in 4 overs
Most Runs Scored in (South Africa vs Sri Lanka) match: Quinton de Kock(South Africa), 20 runs in 27 balls
Best Spell(South Africa vs Sri Lanka): Anrich Nortje(South Africa), 4 wickets for 7 runs in 4 overs
- The match recorded 127 dot balls out of 214 deliveries bowled, the most in a T20I World Cup match.
- Sri Lanka recorded their lowest total in the T20 World Cup as they got bowled out on a score of 77 against South Africa.
T20 World Cup 2024 Match 4: South Africa vs Sri Lanka| Captains’ Corner
“Yeah happy with the win. The batting was a little up and down, speaks to quite a tough wicket but we found some way to score runs. It’s a tough one from a batting perspective. You try to take the pitch out of it, but if the ball misbehaves or there’s low bounce, it’s just one of those things and hopefully we can take some learnings out of it. [importance of adapting] Lots of different conditions as you move around the tournament. Obviously fortunate that we have our next two games here, so we know what to expect. But important to assess as you move around. [Nortje] Wasn’t worried about him, but it’s a fantastic day for him. From a mental point of view, he was massively down [with his recent form], so the boys were really happy for him. And hopefully he kicks on for the rest of the tournament.
Aiden Markram(South Africa Captain) said Post-match
Yeah, our batters were looking at 160-170. To be honest this a 120 wicket, especially with our bowlers. [How did you find the pitch?] We went with our bowling strength, that’s why we batted first. We wanted to put up a good score and defend it. [Positives] This is early in the tournament, as a team we wanted to do much better especially in the batting. We know we have bowling strength, so if our batters do well we can go further.”
Wanindu Hasaranga(Sri Lanka captain) said post-match
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