It’s an unbelievable match that Netherlands won the match by 38 runs with South Africa due to great performance in bowling and batting. Due to bad weather, the overs was reduced to 43 overs in this match. After winning this match, Netherlands was placed in the 9^th position with 2 points. South Africa was placed in the third position with 4 points as per points table of the World Cup 2023. Earlier, Afghanistan defeated England by 69 runs in the World Cup 2023.

Earlier, South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first thus Netherlands batted first and made a good score of 245/8 in 43 overs due to great batting by Scott Edwards 78* (69), Roleof van der Merwe 29 (19), and Aryan Dutt 23* (9). Marco Jansen 2/27 (8), Kagiso Rabada 2/56 (9), Lungi Ngidi 2/57 (9), Keshav Maharaj 1/38 (9), and Gerald Coetzee 1/57 (8) were wicket-taking bowlers from the South African side. After this inning, Netherlands set a target of 246 runs in 43 overs for South Africa to win this match.

During chasing, South Africa was all out at only 207 runs in 42.5 overs and lost this match by 38 runs with Netherlands due to great bowling by Logan van Beek 3/60 (8.5), Roleof van der Merwe 2/34 (9), Bas de Leede 2/36 (8), Paul van Meekeran 2/40 (9), and Colin Ackermann 1/16 (3). David Miller 43 (52), Keshav Maharaj 40 (37), and Henrich Klaasen 28 (28) were good batting from the South African side.

Scott Edwards (NED), 78* (69), was declared as the Player of the Match due to his great performance in batting.