South Africa win, but Australia go through

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Kagiso Rabada claimed a last-over chapeau instrumentality and South Africa exited the T20 World Cup successful benignant with a 10-run triumph against antecedently unbeaten England connected Saturday.

Put successful to bat and needing a convincing triumph after Australia's triumph implicit the West Indies earlier, South Africa scored 189-2 and restricted England's pursuit to 179-8. Rabada (3-48) claimed the wickets of Chris Woakes, Eoin Morgan and Chris Jordan successful the 20th over, each of them catches arsenic England desperately sought large runs.

But ending England's four-game winning streak astatine the tourney wasn't capable for South Africa. The effect means Group 1 victor England and second-place Australia beforehand to the semifinals with a superior nett tally rate. All 3 teams finished connected 8 points.

South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma called it “a bittersweet ending for us.”

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England's bowlers expected an onslaught from South Africa, and got it. Rassie van der Dussen deed an undefeated 94 disconnected 60 balls, including 5 fours and six sixes. Aiden Markram smashed a 25-ball 52 not out. The brace shared an unbroken 103-run partnership, adding 71 runs successful the past 30 deliveries. Woakes' past implicit outgo 21 runs arsenic helium collected unflattering figures of 0-43.

Pacer Mark Wood went for 0-47 successful 4 overs aft being the lone alteration made by England from its triumph against Sri Lanka. Wood came successful for Tymal Mills, who is injured and retired of the tournament.

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South Africa stayed unchanged from its triumph implicit Bangladesh.

After clearing hurdles of reaching 87 and 106 runs to respectively unafraid a spot successful the knockout stages and past apical spot successful its group, England finished 10 runs abbreviated pursuing Rabada’s triple strike. England’s decision was compounded by a limb wounded to opener Jason Roy.

England started its pursuit by racing to 37 without nonaccomplishment successful 4 overs, but Roy past collapsed successful agony aft mounting disconnected for a run, completed with a hobble, and was carried disconnected the field. England present faces an anxious hold implicit his fitness.

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Jos Buttler started his innings with a tourney mean of 214 and got into a groove with 3 fours successful 4 balls disconnected Rabada but slammed to mid-off for 26 disconnected 15 balls.

Moeen Ali top-scored for England with 37 disconnected 27, and Dawid Malan deed 33 disconnected 26.

England required 14 from the past over, but Rabada held his nervus spectacularly astatine the death. He had earlier been hammered for 3 successive sixes by Liam Livingstone (28), the archetypal measured astatine a tournament-record 112 meters.

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