Match Details
Players per side
12(11batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
South African Invitation XI , elected to field first
Season
Match days
28 March 2023 (50-over match)
A summer that began with much gloom and doom has ended with South Africa on the brink of automatic World Cup qualification
Markram scored 175 and Magala took five wickets as South Africa kept hopes of automatic qualification alive
Shamsi's three-for helped restrict Netherlands to 189 which the hosts chased with ease
Netherlands will look to repeat their Adelaide heroics from last year with inclement weather likely to play spoilsport
They need to win the two ODIs to give themselves the best chance of qualifying directly for the World Cup in India