England skipper Jos Buttler was in the center of an extraordinary run out on Friday (June 21) as he produced a magical moment in the T20 World Cup contest with South Africa. Buttler, renowned for his excellent wicket-keeping duties gave a fine example of it as he dismissed Heinrich Klaasen with a neatly taken throw. This left the Proteas batter surprised while England players congratulated their stumper.
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On the fourth ball of the 14th over, Mark Wood bowled an offset delivery on the leg side resulting in a wide ball. The extend of the wide was such that Buttler behind the stumps had to struggle to get to the ball which was seen as an opportunity by batter Klaasen (striker end) and David Miller (non-striker end) to run for a single. While it looked a casual single with Buttler struggling to get to the ball having lost control initially, he did not give up on chasing the ball.
As a result, Klaasen who thought it was a simple single was deceived with a perfect throw from Buttler at the non-striker’s end. The throw resulted in a run out as Klaasen was yet to reach his crease and was left ball-watching. David Miller, running at the striker’s end was also left helpless as he realised Klaasen was run out at the other end.
What happened in the South African innings?
After an 86-run stand for the opening wicket between De Kock and Reeza Hendricks (19 off 25), the Proteas lost their way and quickly went from 86/0 to 113/4. David Miller (43) and Tristan Stubbs (12) were the only other batters to get into double figures as South Africa batters in the middle order lost their way before getting restricted to 163/6 in 20 overs.
Jofra Archer was the pick of the bowlers for England as he ended with figures of 40/3 in his four overs. Moeen Ali (25/1) and Adil Rashid (20/1) also played key roles in restricting South Africa.
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