South Africa thrashed Afghanistan by nine wickets to reach the final of the T20 Cricket World Cup for the first time on Wednesday.
TAROUBA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - South Africa demolished Afghanistan's T20 World Cup dream in ruthless fashion on Wednesday, thrashing the minnows by nine wickets with more than 11 overs to spare to reach the final of the cricket showpiece for the first time.
On a surface which encouraged all bowlers but left Afghanistan with too little to defend, South Africa lost Quinton de Kock early in reply for Fazalhaq Farooqi's tournament-leading 17th wicket. Only Azmatullah Omarzai got into double-figures for the Afghans while their highest contribution to the paltry total was 13 extras in a thoroughly deflating effort following Monday's pulsating drama when they pipped Bangladesh in St. Vincent to reach the final four.
"You need to be mentally ready for any kind of situation. They bowled exceptionally and we just couldn’t bat well." "It's not really the captain who gets you to this stage of a competition. It's a massive squad effort involving those behind the scenes and off the field."
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