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- Netherlands pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament thus far by beating South Africa by 38 runs.
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The Netherlands fought back from being 82/5 and pulled off a famous win over an in-form South Africa, thus recording their first ever win in the World Cup over a Test p;laying nation..(Cricket Netherlands twitter)
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The match was reduced to 43 overs-a-side due to a significant rain delay. South Africa, who won their first two matches emphatically, chose to bowl first and it looked like it might be yet another easy win for them. (ANI )
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However, Netherlands captain Scott Edwards led a fightback. He ended up scoring a half-century and put up a 64-run stand with Roelof van der Merwe which came in just 37 balls. (AFP)
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Van der Merwe was the aggressor in the stand and as he scored 29 off 19 balls. After he got out though, Aryan Dutt came in and smashed 23 in just 9 balls, allowing the Netherlands to get to a score of 245/8. (AFP)
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Van der Merwe followed up the batting performance with a scintillating spell of 2/34 with the ball. (Cricket Netherlands twitter)
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