Pacer Marco Jansen ended up taking three wickets while spinner Keshav Maharaj bagged a four-wicket haul as New Zealand mustered 167 in 35.3 overs to record a massive defeat at the hands of South Africa
South Africa have regained the top spot on the ICC World Cup 2023 points table. Rassie van der Dussen was named the Player of the Match for his 118-ball 133.
New Zealand were dealt an early blow in their chase with Devon Conway falling to Jansen in the third over.
Earlier, De Kock and van der Dussen put up 200 runs off 189 balls for the second wicket. De Kock became the third batter after Kumar Sangakkara and Rohit Sharma to score four centuries in a single World Cup
Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen's innings defined much of it and they were given a boost by David Miller's 53 off 30, Heinrich Klaasen making 15 off seven.
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Rassie Van der Dussen carried on and scored his sixth ODI hundred. He went on to smash 133 in 118 balls before falling in the 48th over.
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