South Africa vs Canada, 9th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - CommentaryRSA vs CAN, 9th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Commentary

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Corbin Bosch to Kaleem Sana, FOUR, in the slot and hammered. But South Africa win easily. On a length on off, Kaleem Sana gets forward and lofts forcefully over extra-cover, runs away to the fence

Corbin Bosch to Navneet Dhaliwal, out Caught by Tristan Stubbs!! Navneet Dhaliwal holes out to long-on. A slower-ball off-cutter and full on off, Dhaliwal leans back to loft and there's no power behind the shot. Straight to long-on and Stubbs takes it on the reverse-cup. Navneet Dhaliwal c Tristan Stubbs b Corbin Bosch 64(49) [4s-7 6s-1]

Kagiso Rabada to Navneet Dhaliwal, FOUR, full and seam-up on middle, Navneet Dhaliwal stays deep and lofts well, straight down the ground and it splits long-off and long-on, one bounce over the ropes

Kagiso Rabada to Navneet Dhaliwal, FOUR, more good batting. A slower-ball and the leg-cutter, short of length and following Navneet Dhaliwal who swivels to help the pull to the deep backward square-leg fence, lifted one leg up in the air to play that

Marco Jansen to Jaskaran Singh, out Caught by Tristan Stubbs!! Two in two. Jaskaran Singh gets forward and lofts the full delivery on leg and middle. Cross-seam and full, Jaskaran hits it well but picks out long-on. Simple catch. Marco Jansen on a hat-trick. Jaskaran Singh c Tristan Stubbs b Marco Jansen 0(1)

Marco Jansen to Saad Bin Zafar, out Caught by Corbin Bosch!! Saad Bin Zafar finds deep backward square-leg. A slower-ball and dug in on a short of length, Saad Bin Zafar gets forward and pulls, doesn't keep it down and it's an easy catch. Sort of a knuckle-ball. Saad Bin Zafar c Corbin Bosch b Marco Jansen 11(12) [4s-1]

Corbin Bosch to Navneet Dhaliwal, 1 run, 50 for Navneet Dhaliwal. A short of length delivery on middle and leg, Dhaliwal shuffles across and flicks it through the vacant mid-wicket area. He raises the bat to get a good round of applause

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Lungi Ngidi to Saad Bin Zafar, FOUR, in the slot and clears the leap of Miller and his outstretched right hand. Saad Bin Zafar doesn't bother to stay in line. It's a slower-ball off-cutter and full on middle, he gets forward and lofts powerfully over cover

Lungi Ngidi to Harsh Thaker, out Caught by Kagiso Rabada!! Caught at third man. A slower-ball off-cutter and full outside off, Harsh Thaker gets forward to slog and the top-edge carries to Rabada who dives forward to take it well. The bottom-hand came off as well. Fourth for Lungi Ngidi. Harsh Thaker c Kagiso Rabada b Lungi Ngidi 33(29) [4s-2 6s-2]

Lungi Ngidi to Harsh Thaker, FOUR, half-volley outside off, Harsh Thaker smashes it over extra-cover, he gets forward and makes room slightly to go over the infield

Keshav Maharaj to Navneet Dhaliwal, SIX, smashed for six. It's tossed up full outside off, Navneet Dhaliwal comes down the track and even though he is not to the pitch of the ball, and there's turn away as well, but he nails the loft and sends it way back over long-off

Kagiso Rabada to Navneet Dhaliwal, FOUR, smashed over cover. A half-volley just outside off, Navneet Dhaliwal leans back and then hammers it hard, clears cover easily

Corbin Bosch to Harsh Thaker, SIX, superb shot. A short of length delivery on off, Harsh Thaker goes on the back foot and pulls meatily, flies into the crowd. Thaker picked the length so quickly, second time he has hit a short delivery for six

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Marco Jansen to Harsh Thaker, SIX, one of the shots of the game. It's a short delivery at Harsh Thaker who goes on the back foot and swivels to pull into the crowd at deep backward square-leg. The fielder was there but he watches it sail over. Timed it so well

Kagiso Rabada to Harsh Thaker, FOUR, beautiful square-drive. Almost KL Rahul like. Full outside off, Harsh Thaker gets forward and opens the face of the bat late to get it wide of backward point and point, races away as it's timed so well

Kagiso Rabada to Shreyas Movva, out Bowled!! The off-stump takes a walk. Full on off, late shape away, angled in, Shreyas Movva is not in line, stays leg-side of the ball, flicks and it just takes the leading-edge and knocks out off-stump. Kagiso Rabada with a fist-pump to celebrate. Movva shadow-practices the flick after he is out. Time for drinks as well. Shreyas Movva b Kagiso Rabada 9(11) [4s-2]

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Lungi Ngidi to Shreyas Movva, FOUR, deft and delicate. Length delivery outside off, Shreyas Movva opens the face of the bat and steers it wide of backward point, deep backward point runs to his left but can't get there

Lungi Ngidi to Shreyas Movva, FOUR, full and angling into the right-hander on middle and leg, Shreyas Movva shuffles across inside the line and flicks it away fine to the fine-leg fence. Again the wobble-seam delivery and Lungi Ngidi drifted too far down. There was a deep backward square-leg but he had no chance to his right

Kagiso Rabada to Navneet Dhaliwal, FOUR, another fabulous back foot punch. That hard back of a length outside off, Navneet Dhaliwal goes on the back foot and punches it so well, through backward point and in the air, but wide of the fielder, races away. That's two brilliant back foot punches in the over

Kagiso Rabada to Navneet Dhaliwal, FOUR, top shot. It's a short of length delivery just outside off, Navneet Dhaliwal goes on the back foot and stands tall, punches with a high-elbow and it races away wide of backward point to his right. On top of the bounce and Dhaliwal was on his tiptoes when he played that

Lungi Ngidi to Nicholas Kirton, out Caught by Kagiso Rabada!! That hard length and Nicholas Kirton makes the mistake of pulling. It's not there as it's tight on off, Kirton finds mid-on with a simple catch. Rabada dives forward to take the looping ball. Two in the over. Nicholas Kirton c Kagiso Rabada b Lungi Ngidi 4(3) [4s-1]

Lungi Ngidi to Nicholas Kirton, FOUR, that Caribbean flair. Full and wide outside off, Nicholas Kirton gets forward and throws the bat on that, open-face and flies wide of cover-point

Lungi Ngidi to Yuvraj Samra, out Caught by de Kock!! Edged and gone. Length delivery on the fifth-sixth stump line, wobble-seam delivery and it moves away, Yuvraj Samra pushes away from the body and edges it. That was a poor shot. Yuvraj Samra c de Kock b Lungi Ngidi 12(8) [4s-3]

Lungi Ngidi to Yuvraj Samra, FOUR, nice drive. Full outside off, Yuvraj Samra gets forward and opens the face of the bat to drive, wide of the diving cover and runs away. Good timing on that

Marco Jansen to Yuvraj Samra, FOUR, width and four. A wide length delivery outside off, Yuvraj Samra slashes as he gets forward and the ball flies over backward point, the face opened as well

Marco Jansen to Yuvraj Samra, FOUR, nicely played. Length and angling into the left-hander on leg-stump, Yuvraj Samra gets forward to flick and clears mid-on, runs away

Marco Jansen to Yuvraj Samra, FOUR, nicely played. Length and angling into the left-hander on leg-stump, Yuvraj Samra gets forward to flick and clears mid-on, runs away

Lungi Ngidi to Navneet Dhaliwal, FOUR, stylishly done over backward point and point. It's a length delivery outside off, Navneet Dhaliwal gets forward and lofts with an open-face, flies away, hint of flair in that shot

Lungi Ngidi to Dilpreet Bajwa, out Caught by de Kock!! Late in leaving that and gone. Full outswinger outside off, shapes away late, Dilpreet Bajwa wants to shoulder arms, but is late in withdrawing the bat, kisses the face of the bat and it's a clear deflection. Gone. Dream start for South Africa and Lungi Ngidi. Dilpreet Bajwa c de Kock b Lungi Ngidi 0(1)

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Jaskaran Singh to Tristan Stubbs, SIX, a maximum by Tristan Stubbs as South Africa post 213/4! 21 runs from the final over. This was pitched up by the bowler outside off, Tristan Stubbs goes down on his knee and thumps it over deep extra cover for a glorious six. Miller at the other end applauds that shot

Jaskaran Singh to David Miller, SIX, back-to-back maximums! On the shorter side and David Miller picks the length early, ends up pulling it over deep square leg for half-a-dozen more. He gets a round of applause from Markram

Jaskaran Singh to David Miller, SIX, in the arc, out of a park! A juicy full toss by Jaskaran Singh, David Miller doesn't miss out, sends it sailing over deep mid-wicket for a towering six

Kaleem Sana to David Miller, SIX, pitched up by the bowler around middle and leg, right in the slot and David Miller lofts it cleanly over the non-striker for a clean six. That was all about timing

Jaskaran Singh to Tristan Stubbs, SIX, even better. Pitched up by Jaskaran Singh, misses the yorker this time. Tristan Stubbs picks the length early, goes down on his knee and lofts it over wide long-off for a well-timed maximum

Jaskaran Singh to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR, banged in short by Jaskaran Singh, Tristan Stubbs finally gets hold of it and bludgeons it towards long-off. The fielder in the deep sprints across to his right, but fails to get there. A boundary after a long time for South Africa

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Dilpreet Bajwa to David Miller, FOUR, David Miller joins the act. He has a pretty good record at this venue in T20s. Played here when he was apart of the Gujarat Titans in IPL. That was fraction short and David Miller crunched it through covers for his first boundary

Dilpreet Bajwa to David Miller, FOUR, David Miller joins the act. He has a pretty good record at this venue in T20s. Played here when he was apart of the Gujarat Titans in IPL. That was fraction short and David Miller crunched it through covers for his first boundary

Ansh Patel to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR, Tristan Stubbs is off the mark with a boundary. A tossed up delivery outside off and Tristan Stubbs drills it through covers to get going rightaway. Needs no time to get his eye in

Ansh Patel to Dewald Brevis, out Caught by Nicholas Kirton! Another one bites the dust. It's Dewald Brevis this time. Ansh Patel is making up for that dropped catch. A nicely tossed up delivery around off, Dewald Brevis looks to take him on and swings hard. A leading edge lobs towards the right of cover where Kirton settles underneath it holds onto the skier. That's the third wicket for Ansh Patel and Canada are pulling things back to a certain extent by taking wickets at regular intervals. Dewald Brevis c Nicholas Kirton b Ansh Patel 6(6) [4s-1]

Ansh Patel to Ryan Rickelton, out Caught by Harsh Thaker!! Tossed up delivery by Ansh Patel, right in the slot and Ryan Rickelton's eyes lit up. He takes on the bowler, lofts it towards long-on and Harsh Thaker takes a safe catch at the edge of the boundary. Both the set batters are back to the pavilion in quick succession. First Markram, now Rickelton. Canada have a chance to slow down the scoring rate, if they continue to execute their plans. Ryan Rickelton c Harsh Thaker b Ansh Patel 33(21) [4s-3 6s-1]

Ansh Patel to Dewald Brevis, FOUR, Dewald Brevis doesn't waste time to get going. Picks the length early, rocks back in the crease and pulls the short ball away to the deep mid-wicket fence. With the platform set, South Africa will be looking forward to notching up a total in excess of 220

Ansh Patel to Aiden Markram, out Caught by Dilon Heyliger!! That's an outstanding catch by Heyliger. Aiden Markram's belligerent knock comes to an end, due to this effort in the outfield. Aiden Markram thumps it towards long-on aerially and just when the ball is about to clear the boundary, the fielder grabs a fantastic catch at the edge of the fence. He was running towards his left and managed to stay away from the cushions despite the momentum. Aiden Markram c Dilon Heyliger b Ansh Patel 59(32) [4s-10 6s-1]

Ansh Patel to Aiden Markram, FOUR, the boundaries keep coming! Markram on the charge. Tossed up delivery around middle and leg, Aiden Markram whips it through the on-side, bisecting the gap towards deep mid-wicket

Saad Bin Zafar to Ryan Rickelton, FOUR, 50-run stand up! Goes down on his knee and swipes it away to the deep fine leg fence. He's toying with the field. Smashing sixes and finding the boundaries with finesse

Saad Bin Zafar to Aiden Markram, FOUR, tad short outside off, Aiden Markram rocks back in the crease and carves it through the gap between backward point and short third man. Aiden Markram is looking fluent out in the middle

Saad Bin Zafar to Ryan Rickelton, SIX, lovely hit! Ryan Rickelton goes down on his knee and smokes this tossed up delivery over wide long-on for half-a-dozen. Proving to be an excellent partnership as it has already moved to 40 off 20

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Dilpreet Bajwa to Aiden Markram, FOUR, overpitched again, this time from Bajwa and the result is the same! Markram hammers it straight back and it goes to the boundary like a rocket

Saad Bin Zafar to Ryan Rickelton, FOUR, overpitched and hammered! It's fired in full, the line is wide and Rickelton reaches out to smash it through point

Ansh Patel to Ryan Rickelton, FOUR, wrong line and Rickelton cashes in! It's drifting well down the leg-side, he gets low and sweeps hard past short fine leg

Dilpreet Bajwa to de Kock, out Bowled!! de Kock deceived by the slowness of the delivery. Bajwa has mostly fired it in so far, but this time he tosses it up at 84kph, it dips in the blockhole and de Kock is early through the shot as he tries flicking it away. Done by the dip as much as the slowness, and it sneaks through to hit off stump. de Kock b Dilpreet Bajwa 25(22) [4s-2]

Jaskaran Singh to Aiden Markram, FOUR, again he goes over mid-on! Slanted in on leg, good length ball and Markram executes the pick-up shot well enough to clear the leaping fielder. Didn't quite middle it but it was enough

Jaskaran Singh to Aiden Markram, SIX, sublime pick-up! Full on middle and leg, Markram doesn't go too hard, holds his shape and whips it over mid-on

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Dilpreet Bajwa to Aiden Markram, FOUR, again the timing from Markram stands out! Flat on off, darted in by Bajwa and it zips through off the pitch. Markram makes a bit of room and punches it crisply through point

Saad Bin Zafar to de Kock, FOUR, too full and hammered! de Kock drills it down the ground to beat mid-off

Saad Bin Zafar to de Kock, FOUR, makes room and goes inside-out over the infield! Has assessed what Zafar is trying to do here. He's pushing it across from round the wicket, and so de Kock hits with the angle over extra

Kaleem Sana to Aiden Markram, leg byes, FOUR, straying down leg, loose delivery and it runs away fine off the thigh pad. South Africa on the charge early!

Kaleem Sana to Aiden Markram, FOUR, wow what timing! That's just a push and it has raced away. Good length on middle and leg, nips away a touch and he taps it through the gap at midwicket

Dilon Heyliger to Aiden Markram, FOUR, nails it on the up! Good length in the channel, not much wrong with the delivery but Markram gets right on top of the bounce as he square-drives it through the off-side

Dilon Heyliger to Aiden Markram, FOUR, finds the gap nicely! Full delivery just outside off, it's the outswinger and Markram drives nicely in the direction of the swing. Goes through the gap at extra cover

Dilon Heyliger to Aiden Markram, FOUR, wide half-volley, Markram reaches out and crunches it through the covers. Got away with the previous delivery, not this time. Not a great start from Heyliger

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