Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    2.3 deceives him with an excellent change up! It's the slower ball, slanted fuller and Markram can only manage to toe-end it to Nabi who makes no mistake at mid-off. 12/1
    12.4 picks out the lone man at deep midwicket! Relief for Rashid, relief for Afghanistan. This was a nothing delivery, too short, and de Kock was looking to back away and muscle it over the longest pocket. Ended up picking the man who was five yards in. 126/2
    12.6 South Africa have reviewed an lbw decision! no bat involved, this one skids through off a length and has beaten Rickelton on the inside edge as he's pinned on the crease. Not too far for the ball to travel, and that explains why ball tracking projects this to hit the stumps. Saikat gets it right, South Africa lose a review. Rashid is pumped. 127/3
    17.2 massive wicket! Brewis sees this served up short, goes hard but ends up hitting it flat and straight to Nabi at mid-off. The timing seemed off because this seemed to hold on on the surface just a touch. Afghanistan continue to chip away. 155/4
    not out
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    15
    32
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    133.33
    17.6 he's scooped this straight to short fine leg. Hit that well, right off the middle but picked out the man at 45. The slowdown continues for South Africa. 159/5
    19.6 gets more elevation than distance as this attempted flat-bat down the ground is pouched nicely at long-on by Atal 187/6
    Extras
    2 (b 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    187/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.35)
    Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Aiden Markram, 2.3 ov), 2-126 (Quinton de Kock, 12.4 ov), 3-127 (Ryan Rickelton, 12.6 ov), 4-155 (Dewald Brevis, 17.2 ov), 5-159 (Tristan Stubbs, 17.6 ov), 6-187 (Marco Jansen, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Fazalhaq Farooqi403218123200
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman303001073200
    Azmatullah Omarzai4041310.2573200
    Mohammad Nabi202001011100
    Rashid Khan40282792110
    Noor Ahmad3035011.6643200
  • BATSMEN
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    12.3 big wicket, Maharaj takes off on a celebratory run. Linde takes a stunner at short third as he dives full stretch to his left. Gurbaz is beaten in the air as the attempted inside-out loft is sliced to short third. Gurbaz is crestfallen but has to walk back. 121/4
    4.2 the slower ball sneaks through Ibrahim Zadran and crashes into the stumps! Once again this one dips on him as he advances, through with the stroke before the ball arrives. 'You miss, I hit' stuff. 51/1
    4.4 pace off works, again! This time, it's a brilliant return catch by Ngidi. Gulbadin is taken by surprise a the ball stops on him, he's through his defensive shot way too early as the ball pops up with the bowler diving across to his right on the followthrough to complete the catch. 51/2
    5.2 taken brilliantly at short fine leg! Atal looks back in disbelief because he picked that very well but picked out the wrong man, Jansen. More trouble for Afghanistan. 52/3
    12.5 outstanding from South Africa, sensational from de Kock! Omarzai slaps this straight to point. There's plenty of yes and no, Omarzai was ball watching, but his partner more than halfway down. de Kock knew that and he fired a throw at the non-striker's end upon receiving the throw from the point fielder. The two set batters are gone. 121/5
    17.5 ice-cool Stubbs has pulled off a stunner at long-on under pressure! Azmat lofted that high and handsome using all his might to get power and elevation against that slower ball into the pitch. Stubbs got his hands on it, but realised he was going over. So threw the ball back in, and then rebalanced himself inside the boundary to grab it on the second attempt. He wasn't meant to be here, but has Stubbs changed the course of the game with this catch or what? 164/7
    15.1 is that the match? Nabi's gone. Linde tossed one up on leg stump from over the wicket, Nabi looks to go against the turn and heave across the line but ends up slicing it to point. Markram at no point looked like missing that. Linde got that to dip on the batter and spin sharply. Terrific bowling. 139/6
    18.3 he has bludgeoned this straight and hard, for the longest time it seems like it'll elude long on, but David Miller sprinted around to his left and threw himself full stretch to firstly get two the ball and then hold on with full focus as he put in the slide. Catches win matches, Miller has surely done it for South Africa. Could well be the turning point. 169/8
    18.6 direct hit from Jansen as he grabs the ball on his followthrough with Mujeeb well short of the crease. There was no single there as Noor didn't time it at all. Slight collision between the non-striker and Jansen, but he managed to gather himself to hit bull's eye 175/9
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    166.66
    19.4 drilled down to wide long-off, as they scamper a second. The throw comes in on the bounce to Rabada who stretches back to break the bails at the bowler's end with Farooqi a millimetre short of the crease. Third umpire needs just two replays to confirm what Afghanistan feared. There was one legit delivery remaining. Could they have tried to take it to the final ball? South Africa will believe they've got out of jail. This was done and dusted when a wicket fell first ball, but for that no-ball. Afghanistan then came storming back. And now here we are, going into the tournament's first Super over. 187/10
    Extras
    14 (lb 1, nb 2, w 11)
    TOTAL
    187 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 9.5)
    Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Ibrahim Zadran, 4.2 ov), 2-51 (Gulbadin Naib, 4.4 ov), 3-52 (Sediqullah Atal, 5.2 ov), 4-121 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 12.3 ov), 5-121 (Darwish Rasooli, 12.5 ov), 6-139 (Mohammad Nabi, 15.1 ov), 7-164 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 17.5 ov), 8-169 (Rashid Khan, 18.3 ov), 9-175 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 18.6 ov), 10-187 (Fazalhaq Farooqi, 19.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    L Ngidi402636.5133010
    M Jansen4042110.573210
    K Rabada3.4038110.3682222
    GF Linde303911352400
    KA Maharaj402716.7570130
    AK Markram101401401100

Match Details

Toss

Afghanistan , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11.00 start, First Session 11.00-12.30, Interval 12.30-12.50, Second Session 12.50-14.20

Match days

11 February 2026 (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

South Africa 2, Afghanistan 0

Match Notes

Afghanistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st51Ibrahim ZadranRahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd0Gulbadin NaibRahmanullah Gurbaz
3rd1Rahmanullah GurbazSediqullah Atal
4th69Darwish RasooliRahmanullah Gurbaz
5th0Azmatullah OmarzaiDarwish Rasooli
6th18Mohammad NabiAzmatullah Omarzai
7th25Rashid KhanAzmatullah Omarzai
8th5Rashid KhanMujeeb Ur Rahman
9th6Mujeeb Ur RahmanNoor Ahmad
10th12Fazalhaq FarooqiNoor Ahmad

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426