After South Africa clinched a stellar 229-run win against England in the 20th match of the ODI World Cup at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday, the Proteas star player Heinrich Klaasen said that his 109-run knock in 67 balls will go down as one of his best batting performance.
Speaking at the post-match press conference, Jos Buttler said that the English squad faced a disappointing loss in Delhi and after that did a lot of things to put it right against the Proteas but it didn't work out.
A fiery century by Heinrich Klaasen and then an all-out attack by pacers helped South Africa secure a 229-run win over defending champions England in their ICC Cricket World Cup match at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday.
This is England's biggest loss in ODIs and second-biggest loss in CWC history.
South Africa is at third spot with six points, three wins and a loss.
England is at ninth spot with three losses and only one win.
South Africa players Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen played a brutal partnership of 151 runs from 77 balls in the first inning and took the Proteas at 399/7 in the 20th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
South Africa star batsmen Reeza Hendricks and Heinrich Klaasen's stunning knock took the Proteas to 399/7 in the first inning against South Africa in the 20th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
A three-wicket haul by Logan van Beek, a half-century by skipper Scott Edwards and an all-round show by Roelof van der Merwe helped the Netherlands beat South Africa, two days after Afghanistan caused an upset by defeating England. South Africa lost the match by 38 runs. They gave away 32 ru
A second successive century by Quinton de Kock and a half-century from Aiden Markram helped South Africa post a massive 311/7 in the Cricket World Cup match against Australia at Lucknow on Thursday
South Africa rained runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Saturday in their first match of this year's World Cup match and records tumbled as Sri Lanka's bowling was hammered around the ground
South Africa created a record for the highest score in IPL in their opening match of the World Cup demolishing the Sri Lanka attack in a manner that left the spectators at Arun Jaitley Stadium here almost spellbound
Klaasen has meanwhile showcased incredible form in white-ball cricket this year. In 11 ODIs for SA this year, he has scored 527 runs in nine innings at an average of 58.55 and a strike rate of above 151. He has two centuries and a fifty, with the best score of 174.