Teenaged south africa

Teenaged South Africa: Teenaged South Africa pacer Kwena Maphaka said hitting the stumps and constant change of pace were the key ingredients behind him producing a standout spell of 2-21 in the side’s five-wicket win over Zimbabwe in their final Super Eights clash of Men’s T20 World Cup at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday.

With Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj all rested ahead of Wednesday's semi-final clash against New Zealand in Kolkata, Maphaka was among those asked to step up and did so emphatically, by finishing with figures of 2-21 in his four overs. It included the prized wicket of Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza - the man who had been taking apart every other bowler - in the 17th over, as he popped a skier to David Miller at point.

"To be honest, we thought the wicket was going to be a little bit quicker, maybe a little bit more bounce. The last game we played in Delhi was a bit skiddier. Today was a little bit lower and slower, so we just tried to adapt to that as quick as possible - hit the stumps, and change of pace a lot of the times," he said, while replying to a query from IANS in the mixed zone interaction.