SA on course for big win

Mon, 09 February 2026

22:24

Canada 132-5 (17 ovs) vs South Africa 213-4 | Scorecard

Keshav Maharaj is bowling out and Dhaliwal punches a short of length delivery to mid-wicket and gets off the strike.

Two dots later, Saad Bin Zafar pushes one down to long-on and gets a single.

Two more singles to end the 16th over. Just four runs came off it.

Canada need 90 off 24 balls.

Corbin Bosch is back into the attack and sends down a yorker but it just misses the leg stump.

Saad Bin Zafar then slices a low full-toss to the right of sweeper cover and gets a couple.

Follows it up with a single through cover.

Bosch goes round wicket and sends down a wide down the leg side.

Dhaliwal completes his fifty with single through mid-wicket. It took him 39 balls to reach the landmark. He has so far hit five boundaries and a six.

A single and a couple through deep mid-wicket follow.

8 runs came off the over.

Canada need 82 off 18 balls.

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