Two different days, two different teams, two world-class players and two different stories. Well, you might be intrigued to know the story behind it. Spilling the beans, we came across one skipper Virat Kohli, who walked off the field assuming he nicked the ball even the umpire didn’t raise his hand. At the other hand, we got Kane Williamson, who refused to walk back even edging the ball. Meanwhile, the former Proteas player Paul Adams questions his work ethics.
Kane Williamson produced a masterclass of controlled batting to lead New Zealand to a tense four-wicket victory against South Africa at Edgbaston on Wednesday, realistically killing off the Proteas’ hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals.
Kane Williamson finished the task for Kiwis:
Both teams were sloppy in the field in New Zealand thrilling win. It was South Africa’s errors, which cost them more as they did not put a lot on the board on a sluggish track at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Imran Tahir’s 38th over just summed up South Africa’s campaign. They handed well-set New Zealand batsmen Kane Williamson and Colin de Grandhomme a reprieve each. It let their much-win match slip away.
The right-hander had tried to play a fizzing leg-break by Imran Tahir fine towards the third man boundary but failed. Tahir was convinced he had edged the ball. But, Quinton de Kock, behind the stumps, and the umpire Nigel Llong were oblivious to any contact.
Had the captain, Faf du Plessis, reviewed, Williamson would have departed for 76. The replays and ultra-edge showed that there was the faintest of edges. Regarding the same, Paul Adams came up with a surprising tweet.
Why didn’t Kane Williamson walk ? #CWC19 #SAvsNZ pic.twitter.com/H3Cj6M4pGy
— Paul Adams (@PaulAdams39) June 19, 2019
Meanwhile, speaking of it in the post-match presentation, the skipper of South Africa Faf du Plessis believes that wasn’t the real game-changer. Further, he went on to say that Quinton de Kock is his go-to man during those situations, which he failed to hear.