South Africa 20-0 (2 ovs) vs Canada |
Scorecard
A stern test awaits Canada as they have opted to send last year's runners-up South Africa to bat first.
The in-form Quinton de Kock and skipper Aiden Markram are out in the middle to open for the Proteas.
Kaleem Sana will open the bowling for Canada. Markram is on strike.
Sana starts of with a big wide outside off.
Markram then gets off the mark by edging short of a length delivery in front of deep backward point for a single.
De Kock is on strike and another wide outside off follows.
De Kock opens his account with a couple through deep backward point by edging a good length delivery on off.
Two dots later, De Kock runs a full delivery on off down to long-on and picks up a couple.
A dot to end the over. Seven runs came off it. A decent start from Canada.
Dilon Heyliger operates from the other end and Markram cuts a short delivery outside off to the fielder at cover point.
Four! Markram makes room and crunches a half volley through deep extra cover boundary.
A dot later, Markram hits another boundary, this time off a full delivery through the gap at extra cover.
A dot and a wide follow.
Another boundary through sweeper cover to end the over. 13 runs came off it.
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