- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 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. 12/112.4 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. 126/212.6 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. 127/317.2 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. 155/417.6 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. 159/519.6 gets more elevation than distance as this attempted flat-bat down the ground is pouched nicely at long-on by Atal 187/6Extras2 (b 1, w 1)TOTAL187/6 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 0 32 1 8 12 3 2 0 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3 0 30 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 4 0 41 3 10.25 7 3 2 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 2 0 20 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 28 2 7 9 2 1 1 0 Noor Ahmad 3 0 35 0 11.66 4 3 2 0 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.3 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. 121/44.2 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. 51/14.4 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. 51/25.2 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. 52/312.5 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. 121/517.5 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? 164/715.1 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. 139/618.3 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. 169/818.6 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 175/919.4 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. 187/10Extras14 (lb 1, nb 2, w 11)TOTAL187 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB L Ngidi 4 0 26 3 6.5 13 3 0 1 0 M Jansen 4 0 42 1 10.5 7 3 2 1 0 K Rabada 3.4 0 38 1 10.36 8 2 2 2 2 GF Linde 3 0 39 1 13 5 2 4 0 0 KA Maharaj 4 0 27 1 6.75 7 0 1 3 0 AK Markram 1 0 14 0 14 0 1 1 0 0
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
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 1 wicket)
- Drinks: South Africa - 43/1 in 6.0 overs (Q de Kock 25, RD Rickelton 13)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Q de Kock 27, RD Rickelton 22, Ex 1)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 1
- Q de Kock: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- RD Rickelton: 50 off 23 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 52 balls (Q de Kock 49, RD Rickelton 51, Ex 1)
- Over 12.6: Review by South Africa (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - RD Rickelton (Struck down)
- Drinks: South Africa - 131/3 in 14.0 overs (D Brevis 4, DA Miller 1)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 1
- Innings Break: South Africa - 187/6 in 20.0 overs (DA Miller 20)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 3 wickets)
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 17/0 in 1.0 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 16, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 1)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 23/0 in 1.0 overs (T Stubbs 7, DA Miller 16)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 3.6 overs (24 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 32, Ibrahim Zadran 12, Ex 6)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 52/3 in 5.2 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 34)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz: 50 off 26 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 10
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 33, Darwish Rasooli 13, Ex 4)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 127/5 in 14.0 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 2, Mohammad Nabi 4)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 10
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Videos
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.259 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.106 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.993 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.415 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.096 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.39 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.123 |
| SL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.95 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 |
| PAK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.976 |
| USA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.788 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.217 |
| NAM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.108 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ZIM | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.506 |
| SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.741 |
| AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.523 |
| IRE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.15 |
| OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4.845 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.874 |
| ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.201 |
| SCOT | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.184 |
| ITA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.02 |
| NEP | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.349 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.943 |
| NZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.227 |
| AFG | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.889 |
| UAE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.364 |
| CAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.426 |





