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England's cricketer Jos Buttler advised his team to embrace the pain after their loss to Afghanistan in the World Cup. He encouraged his team to feel the agony and allow it to motivate them to perform better in future games.
South Africa dominated Bangladesh in their recent 50-overs World Cup match thanks to an impressive performance by Quinton de Kock, who scored a blazing 174. With this victory, South Africa remains in contention for a spot in the semi-finals of the tournament.
De Kock achieved the highest individual score of the current tournament, and South Africa's middle order put pressure on a weak Bangladesh attack by scoring 382-5 after choosing to bat first at the Wankhede Stadium.
The fast bowling squad's intense attack overwhelmed Bangladesh, leading them to a score of 58-5, and ultimately being dismissed for a total of 233 in 46.4 overs. This resulted in the team winning their fourth game out of five.
Mahmudullah put up a strong fight for Bangladesh, scoring 111 runs in just one ball. However, his efforts fell short and they still suffered a significant loss.
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Battle Of Cricket Titans: SA Vs BD
South Africa triumphed with a victory margin of 149 runs.
SA Vs Bangladesh: Battle On The Pitch
We have a wicket! Lizaad Williams bowled a short ball to Mustafizur Rahman who tried to cut it away. Unfortunately, he mistimed the shot and the ball flew into the air, landing in the hands of David Miller at short extra cover. Rahman is out!
Battle Of The Cricket Titans: SA Vs BD
Lizaad Williams sends the ball to Mustafizur Rahman. The ball is delivered with a short length, aimed to hit the off-side area. Rahman steps away to take a shot but misses, resulting in no runs. The ball is then safely caught by Klaasen.
SA Vs BAN: Clash Of The Titans
Lizaad Williams pitched the ball to Shoriful Islam. The ball was a medium-length delivery outside the off stump. Islam chose to play it on the back foot with a drive, but unfortunately, the shot wasn't timed well. The ball landed towards the deep extra cover, enabling them to take just one run. The fielder, Markram, was present there to retrieve the ball.
SA Vs BD: Cricket Battle!
Gerald Coetzee bowled a delivery that was of average length and was aimed outside the off-stump. Shoriful Islam retreated towards the leg-side but attempted to strike the ball hard, resulting in a poorly-timed connection. The ball traveled towards the mid-on region where it was fielded by Jansen and then passed onto Markram for further fielding. Only one run was scored by Shoriful Islam in this attempt.
SA Vs BAN: Battle Of The Cricket Titans
Gerald Coetzee delivered a half volley to Shoriful Islam. Shoriful attempted a front foot drive on the outside off stump, but unfortunately mistimed his shot and the ball went back to the bowler without any runs being scored.
Battle Of Nations: SA Vs BD
Gone! Mahmudullah caught by Jansen off the ball bowled by Gerald Coetzee. The ball was a leg cutter length and was aimed too wide outside the off stump, moving in front, which caused Mahmudullah to mis-time his shot. The ball went up in the air and was caught uncontrolled by Jansen at deep extra cover.
SA Vs BAN: Clash Of The Titans
The cricket ball was bowled by Gerald Coetzee to Mahmudullah, and it was at a moderate length and placed outside the off stump. Mahmudullah attempted to hit the ball with a driving motion, but he made contact poorly, causing the ball to produce a thick edge. As a result, the ball traveled through the air and landed past the third man boundary rope, scoring the batting team 4 runs.
Battle Of South Africa And Bangladesh
Gerald Coetzee pitched a full toss slower ball to Mahmudullah who went for a front-foot drive. However, the ball was wide outside the off stump and ended up going towards extra cover without earning any runs.
SA Vs BD: Cricket's Clash Of The Titans
Gerald Coetzee delivered a ball to Mahmudullah, which was a full-length one. Mahmudullah attempted to hit it by stepping forward, but he failed to hit the ball properly. As a result, it was caught by the fielder near the batsman, and there were no runs scored on that delivery.
