South African bowlers held their nerve and in the end were able to beat one of the best teams in this tournament - England, by 10 runs. Kagiso Rabada, who was smashed for 3 back-to-back sixes in the 16th over, did a hattrick in the ultimate over and took his team to victory. For South Africa, Rabada picked up 3 wickets, while Dwaine Pretorius and Tabraiz Shamsi picked up 2 wickets each. Anrich Nortje also picked up a wicket.
England started off well and look in total control of the game. Openers - Jason Roy & Jos Buttler provided a partnership of 58 runs in 5.3 overs. But then, other batters failed to stay at the crease long enough. Roy scored 20 off 15 with 4 fours while Buttler scored 26 off 15 balls 3 fours & 1 six.
Moeen Ali held the crease for a while for his 37 runs off 27 balls with 3 fours & 2 sixes. Malan also scored 33 off 26 and Livingstone scored 28 off 17 but in the end it wasn't enough as South Africa ended their tournament on a high note. For South Africa, the game went in too far and are now behind Australia on NRR but have won the hearts of the cricketing world, who didn't even think of South Africa making it this close, winning 4 out of 5 Super 12 matches.
