Netherlands vs South Africa, World Cup 2023: Awards List, Man of The Match, Key Stats, Presentation Ceremony

Netherlands stunned South Africa by 38 runs in the ICC World Cup 2023 second big upset in three days in Dharamshala on Tuesday. Netherlands scored 245 for eight after South Africa opted to bowl in the rain-hit match. In reply, South Africa were all out for 207 in 42.5 overs.

The game began late owing to inclement weather and was reduced to a 43-over-a-side contest. When their turn to bat came, the Proteas were off to a decent start before losing four wickets in a heap to be reeling at 44 for four in the 12th over.

The South Africans could not recover from there as the Dutch bowlers shared the spoils between them to script one of the ICC World Cup 2023 biggest upsets. On Sunday, Afghanistan humbled defending champions England by 69 runs for this tournament's first shocker of a result.

Earlier, Scott Edwards top-scored for the Netherlands with a 69-ball 78. South African pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen enjoyed successful outings, finishing with figures of 2/56 and 2/28 respectively.

ICC World Cup 2023: Netherlands vs South Africa Key Stats

South Africa batting totals - last six ODIs
338/6 vs Aus
416/5 vs Aus
315/9 vs Aus
428/5 vs SL
311/7 vs Aus
207/10 vs Net

Netherlands win in ODI World Cups
Beat Namibia by 64 runs, Bloemfontein, 2003
Beat Scotland by eight wicktes, Basseterre, 2007
Beat South Africa by 38 runs, Dharamsala, 2023

Highest scores by Netherlands captains in ODIs
84 Peter Borren vs Ire Kolkata 2011
83 Scott Edwards vs Zim Harare 2023
78*Scott Edwards vs SA Dharamsala 2023
78 Scott Edwards vs Eng Amstelveen 2022

Stat courtesy: Cricbuzz

Netherlands vs South Africa: Who said what?

Scott Edwards | Netherlands captain: "Extremely proud. We came in with high expectations. We had very good players. Happy to get the first win out of the way. Hopefully, few more wins. We do a fair bit of research.

"We come up with a few matchups. Some days it works and some days it doesn't. We were in decent positions in the first few games but then fell away. I am sure there will be plenty of fans staying up and watching this. Extremely happy with the win.

Temba Bavuma | South Africa captain: "I think we had them at 112 for 6. We shouldn't have allowed them to go past 200. We dropped the ball there. Still we were confident with the chase. But they were able to extract some deficiencies in our batting department.

"We were clinical against Australia. We could have controlled the extras. The fielding wasn't up to the standard. Not the same standard we had against Australia. We need to have some conversations with the boys.

"You got to let the emotion to seep in. It will hurt. Our campaign is not over by any stretch of the imagination. That was a proper display from them. They put us under pressure throughout. Good luck to them."