Summary

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  • Van der Dussen top scores for SA with 76

  • Phehlukwayo supports Van der Dussen with crucial 39

  • Rashid strikes twice as SA slip to 139-4

  • Afghanistan post 244 - Azmatullah ends unbeaten on 97 and Coetzee takes four wickets

  • Afghanistan win the toss & bat in Ahmedabad

  • South Africa meet Australia in semi-final

  • Afghanistan need highly improbable margin of victory to overtake New Zealand on net run-rate

  1. Postpublished at 10:15 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Dirk Nannes
    Former Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    He had all three stumps to aim at! That's like missing the dart board.

  2. Postpublished at 10:15 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Nikesh Rughani
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Oh dear, oh dear.

  3. Afg 92-3published at 22.3 overs

    Goodness me. Comical stuff all round!

    Azmatullah Omarzai hits the ball high and up over extra cover, it plugs and is hauled in short of the rope by Temba Bavuma.

    The throw comes in with both Afghanistan batters in the middle of the pitch before Azmat abruptly decides against a third.

    Rahmat Shah is well short of his ground but Andile Phehlukwayo initially doesn't throw at the stumps and then, when he does, misses them from all of a yard away!

  4. Postpublished at 10:11 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Afghanistan are starting to try and move up a gear now and Aiden Markram appears to be the bowler they've targeted...

  5. Afg 89-3published at 22 overs

    Too short from Aiden Markram and Rahmat Shah is able to go back and thwack the ball through the off side for four.

    Seven from the over makes it one of the more productive in the innings for Afghanistan.

  6. Afg 82-3published at 21 overs

    A change of pace in the bowling but not so much in the run-rate.

    The seam of Andile Phehlukwayo is treated much the same as the spinners have been by Afghanistan.

    After two singles from the first five balls, Azmatullah Omarzai punches the last firmly through cover for two.

  7. Postpublished at 10:05 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Thanks, Mike.

    A bit more intent from Afghanistan in that last over and they are going to need plenty more of that to get up to a competitive total.

    South Africa are in control at the moment and Andile Phehlukwayo is coming into the attack.

  8. Afg 78-3published at 20 overs

    Markram reels it back in, conceding just a single from the rest of the over.

    Here's Sam Drury to take you through the next twenty overs.

  9. Postpublished at 10:03 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Azmat gave himself just enough room to get his hands through and once he did and got the full face of the bat on it, there was no doubt it would be six.

  10. Postpublished at 10:03 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    There's a change of gear for Afghanistan - Azmat slap that for six over mid-off!

  11. 6 runs

    Afg 77-3published at 19.2 overs

    Where'd that come from?

    Azmatullah reminds Markram of his part time status, slapping him down the ground for six.

  12. Postpublished at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    You fancy that the Afghan spinners might enjoy bowling here later.

    Although there has been a lot of dew in the second half so that would not be to their advantage.

  13. Postpublished at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    It's a walk in the park for South Africa at the moment. Afghanistan are still in first gear and struggling to get into second.

    I like this plan from South Africa, though.

    Spinners in tandem to get through the overs quickly and by the time Afghanistan look up and realise what has hit them it's 30 overs down and the innings has got away from them.

  14. Afg 70-3published at 19 overs

    There's only so many ways I can write "a couple of singles", to be honest.

    Azmatullah gives it a bit of air, driving Maharaj into the covers, but there's no fielder there.

  15. Afg 68-3published at 18 overs

    Rahmat and Azmatullah work four singles from the back-end of Aiden Markram's second over.

    The spinner has only bowled in two of South Africa's matches in this tournament, but his side are perhaps taking this opportunity to give him some time with ball in hand.

  16. Postpublished at 09:56 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Natalie Germanos
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    This innings does feel like it's going nowhere at the moment.

  17. Afg 64-3published at 17 overs

    Keshav Maharaj rattles through another over - just a couple of singles again, with this Afghanistan innings feeling distinctly becalmed.

  18. Afg 62-3published at 16 overs

    Well, there's that boundary, Rahmat immediately sending the returning Aiden Markram to the cover ropes.

    Lovely shot, sending the ball away with consummate ease.

  19. Afg 56-3published at 15 overs

    Three singles from the latest Maharaj over - we haven't had a boundary since the eighth over, prior to Afghanistan losing any wickets.

  20. Postpublished at 09:45 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Afghanistan's bowling attack is so good that it buys them an extra 15 or 20 runs. So if 300 is a par score, they'll be happy with 280 but that is looking very far away from here.