There was a storm at SuperSport Park, Centurion and the visitor Aussies couldn’t find a shelter to defend themselves. Who brought this storm? The best white ball batter at the time in cricket world, without a doubt. He is Heinrich Klaasen who played an unbelievable and epic knock of 174 runs in just 83 balls.
The fans at SuperSport Park throughly enjoyed the epic knock of Klaasen who was in impeccable touch today against Australia. The South African batting innings can be divided into two halves, one before Klaasen came to bat and other after he left the ground with a great fervour and round of applause from South African fans.
Truly that knock had a life of its own because David Miller who scored 82 off 45 balls felt like playing a second fiddle in a mammoth partnership of 222 runs in 94 balls which is fastest double century partnership in the history of cricket.
It was raining sixes at Supersport park. In absence of Klaasen, the fans were having a mundane evening but their luck ensued them to witness one of the best batting performance by the home side and what can be said about the man, he played an unforgettable knock, one for the ages.
First time in the entire tour, Mitch Marsh felt the real pressure of captaincy, a game in which his team had the upper hand until 28th over, suddenly slipped evrything out of their hands. His bowlers took some hammering or rather, were obliterated by the South African duo Klaasen and Miller. Particularly Adam Zampa, he would like to forget this day as soon as possible but time won’t be easy on him.
What about South African bowling performance! They bowled purposefully to get wickets and they had a touch of confidence. The best we have seen of Lungi Ngidi in this series was today, he removed ever threatning David Warner and Mitchell Marsh within 3 overs and the task became insurmountable for Australia as their inform batters were back in the pavallion by the 12th over.
Klaasen with his unbelievable knock made the whole atmosphere truly ecstatic for the crowd. The truly enjoyed it and some late amazing flying catches by Kagiso Rabada and Quinton de Kock added more entertainment to the match.
While everything went good for the home side, the visitors pretty much had a sorry looking day. Alex Carey missed a well deserved century by just one run, a truly heartbreaking moment for cricket fans when he gloved one back in De Kock’s vicinity and he grabbed a spectacular catch. It was truly an outstanding catch to end an gritty and applaudable innings.
Both teams will meet at the Wanderers on Sunday for the series final which is expected to be a cracking contest. Another high scoring thriller, the winner will definitely carry a lot of positives to their ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 campaign which start from October 2.
