By Brian Thomas
South Africa put into bat by Eoin Morgan, made 189 runs for 2 wickets against a top bowling attack of England.
The pitch in Sharjah was good for batting. The ball came onto the bat, and batters got value for their stroke play.
Van der Dussen is proving to be a fine player for the proteas as he took the English bowlers to the cleaners with his unbeaten 94. Auden Markram joined the run feast and made an unbeaten 52, with Quinton De Kock 34, which enabled the protease to register a match-winning total of 189 for 2 wickets.
England no doubt were in the hunt. However, the injury to Jason Roy, and the early dismissal of Jos Buttler for 26, hampered their unblemished record in this World Cup.
Jayson Roy limped off the batters crease for 20, with a leg injury.
Moeen Ali made 37, Darwin Marlan 33, Liam Livingstone 28, and Morgan 17. Sadly for England they gave a hat trick to Kagisgo Rabada in his final over, hence fell short by 10 runs.
Based on the run rate formula England needed only 87 to get a slot in the Semifinals, whilst South Africa needed to restrict England to less than 131, to ouster Australia from going through.
They won South Africa, but go back home after having played excellent cricket.
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