Rapid Fire Review: Did Sri Lanka misread the pitch? Did SA adapt better?
Morne Morkel, Farveez Maharoof and Sanjay Manjrekar look back at a low-scoring game in New York
03/06Result
4th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at New York, Jun 3 2024
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
80/4 (16.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
03/06Result
4th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at New York, Jun 3 2024
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
80/4 (16.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Klaasen's 'first-class pedigree' on show against SL - Manjrekar
South Africa batter ticked to 19* off 22 balls on tricky pitch, where SL were bowled out for 77
Maharoof: Pitch in New York 'not good enough' for a T20 game
Sanjay Manjrekar also feels the pitch and the outfield could cause problems for the ICC
Did Sri Lanka's batters over-reach on a testing pitch?
Sanjay Manjrekar on what they could have done better against South Africa
What did Baartman get right on his World Cup debut?
Farveez Maharoof and Sanjay Manjrekar on the South Africa pacer's outing, which produced figures of 4-1-9-1
Morkel: High hopes that South Africa will go all the way this year
Morne Morkel on South Africa's underwhelming finishes at T20 World Cups
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPitch imperfect: New York's World Cup debut leaves questions to answer
A low-scoring game dominated by the bowlers was not the ideal way to launch a tournament which hopes to embrace a new audience
Nortje: Don't need 20 sixes to make an entertaining game
The South Africa quick defended conditions at the new stadium but Heinrich Klaasen did not think they were ideal for T20
Anrich Nortje's 4 for 7 sets up South Africa win on tricky New York pitch
The up-and-down surface meant the target of 78 was no walk in the park for South Africa, but they eventually got there in the 17th over
Stats - Nortje and Baartman hack into the dot matrix
Records tumbled as Sri Lanka and South Africa played out 127 scoreless balls between them
New York, new challenges as Sri Lanka begin a long road
Wanindu Hasaranga was hopeful conditions wouldn't be too far removed from home
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.017 |
| AFG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.305 |
| AUS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.331 |
| BAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.709 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.599 |
| ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.992 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.963 |
| USA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.906 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.137 |
| USA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.127 |
| PAK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.294 |
| CAN | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -0.493 |
| IRE | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1.293 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.791 |
| ENG | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3.611 |
| SCOT | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.255 |
| NAM | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2.585 |
| OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.062 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3.257 |
| AFG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.835 |
| NZ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.415 |
| UGA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -4.51 |
| PNG | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1.268 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.47 |
| BAN | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.616 |
| SL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.863 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.358 |
| NEP | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -0.542 |