Netherlands have slipped to a massive defeat, the fourth-biggest in World Cup history

Netherlands have slipped to a massive defeat, the fourth-biggest in World Cup history. South Africa defeated the Netherland team by 231 runs. AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla reeled off contrasting hundreds to set up a hammering of Netherlands. The Netherland’s captain Peter Borren elected to field under overcast skies, but things unraveled at an alarming rate after a disciplined show in the first quarter of the match. Amla overcame a sluggish start and focused on accumulation, while de Villiers shredded the attack in a blaze of big hits that was reminiscent of Herschelle Gibbs' assault in the last World Cup encounter between these two teams. South Africa's bowlers then backed up the batting with a near-perfect display to set up the fourth-biggest win in World Cup history. Amla and de Villiers set up a mammoth score, though it didn't seem as though South Africa would get that far given the manner in which they had gone about their innings in the first half. South Africa now lead Group B with two wins in two games.

HM Amla & GC Smith starting opening batting but they not starting good, after 12.5 over smith bold by Loots bowl. He take 20 by 32 balls. After Smith Kallis come for batting but he took only 2 runs by 12 balls when team score is 58/2.Then  AB de Villiers  come for batting, after coming AB de Villiers,  Amla  & he make a good partnership  of 221 runs 176 balls. Amla taken 113 runs by 130 balls, he became caught in Cooper’s hand by Doeschate’s bwol. After Amla, F du Plessis   came in batting. After 45.4 over AB de Villiers  became run out  before outing he took 134 runs in only 98 balls when team score was 283/4. After 50 over South Africa took 351 runs, F du plessis took 18  by 14 balls, JP Duminy take 40 in only 15 balls & MN van Wyk  took 0 runs by 1 balls not out. RN ten Doeschate took 3 wickets by 72 runs.

Then Netherland start their batting but they can’t  able to good start against South Africa. After 34.5 over they lost their 10 wickets & able to pick up only 120 runs, they lost the match by 231 runs. Imran Tahir taken three wickets & give 19 runs in 6.5 over. The outstanding bowling performance of South Africa made them to win this types of crucial victory. Dale Steyn, has said the mandatory ball change after 34 overs in an ODI innings could benefit seamarks in this tournament. "The change of ball helped to get some reverse swing," he said from Chandigarh. "We worked nicely on the second ball, and it has become clear that it's going to play a massive role."