It was needed and he delivered it : STEYN !!!
What a performance by the Champion Bowler or we can say world's best bowler !!!
Needed just 7 of the last over and Dale went for just a boundary , took two wickets and a run out by himself of the last ball, to bring 2-run confidence booster victory for the Proteas.
South Africa 170/6 (20 overs)
New Zealand 168/8 (20 overs)
Though the Man of the Match is JP Duminy for his brilliant [building + hard hitting] innings which helped SA to get through a defend-able total .
Still we can say he[Steyn] was the game changer.And kinda deserved the MOM award; With fantastic figures in a T20I match a bowler can get 4ovrs-17runs-4wickets-run out !!!
During Presentation :
Brendon McCullum: "Credit to SA for the way they hung in there,
we probably should have won it easily, can't take it to the final over
against a top bowler like Steyn. Little bit of luck and we'd have got
across the line."
Faf du Plessis: " I was thinking all the time, Steyn is my trump
card, I need to bring him back in the game. Fantastic effort from him.And that was one of the best innings I had seen from JP."
HERE is Scorecard :
| South Africa (20 overs) | R |
| B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|
|
Q de Kock |
c Ronchi b Mills |
4 |
|
8 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
|
HM Amla |
c & b Anderson |
41 |
|
40 |
2 |
0 |
102.50 |
|
F du Plessis |
c NL McCullum b Southee |
13 |
|
8 |
2 |
0 |
162.50 |
|
AB de Villiers |
b NL McCullum |
5 |
|
6 |
1 |
0 |
83.33 |
|
JP Duminy |
not out |
86 |
|
43 |
10 |
3 |
200.00 |
|
DA Miller |
c & b Anderson |
6 |
|
6 |
1 |
0 |
100.00 |
|
JA Morkel |
b Southee |
13 |
|
8 |
0 |
1 |
162.50 |
|
DW Steyn |
not out |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
100.00 |
| |
Total |
(6 wickets; 20 overs) |
170 |
(8.50 rpo) |
| |
Bowling |
O
| M
| R
| W
| Econ
| |
|
KD Mills |
4 |
0 |
29 |
1 |
7.25 |
| |
MJ McClenaghan |
4 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
7.50 |
|
TG Southee |
4 |
0 |
46 |
2 |
11.50 |
|
NL McCullum |
4 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
6.00 |
|
CJ Anderson |
3 |
0 |
28 |
2 |
9.33 |
| |
KS Williamson |
1 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
13.00 |
| New Zealand (target: 171 runs of 20 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|
|
MJ Guptill | c de Kock b JA Morkel |
22 |
31 |
25 |
3 |
0 |
88.00 |
|
KS Williamson |
c de Villiers b Steyn |
51 |
63 |
35 |
5 |
2 |
145.71 |
|
BB McCullum |
st de Kock b Imran Tahir |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
100.00 |
|
LRPL Taylor |
run out (Steyn) |
62 |
68 |
37 |
4 |
3 |
167.56 |
|
C Munro |
c Amla b Imran Tahir |
7 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
87.50 |
|
CJ Anderson |
c Miller b Steyn |
7 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
175.00 |
|
L Ronchi |
c de Kock b Steyn |
5 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
166.66 |
|
NL McCullum |
c du Plessis b Steyn |
4 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
100.00 |
|
TG Southee |
not out |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
| |
Total |
(8 wickets; 20 overs) |
168 |
(8.40 rpo) |
| |
Bowling |
O
| M
| R
| W
| Econ
| |
| |
JP Duminy |
3 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
10.00 |
| |
LL Tsotsobe |
4 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
7.25 |
|
DW Steyn |
4 |
0 |
17 |
4 |
4.25 |
| |
M Morkel |
3 |
0 |
50 |
0 |
16.66 |
|
JA Morkel |
2 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
6.50 |
|
Imran Tahir |
4 |
0 |
27 |
2 |
6.75 |
