There’s something about the Proteas and New Zealand expats.
In 2015, former SA Under-19 player Grant Elliott famously denied his country of birth a first World Cup final.
On Wednesday evening, Colin de Grandhomme – a former Zimbabwe Under-19 stalwart – in all likelihood condemned South Africa to a pretty meaningless 2019 campaign.
The burly all-rounder cracked a brutal, unbeaten 60 off just 47 balls, enabling the Black Caps to clinch a four-wicket victory in Birmingham on Wednesday evening.
This blockbuster knock was the perfect complement to skipper Kane Williamson’s classy, unbeaten 103.
More pertinently, it means Faf du Plessis and his men have no lost four of their six matches and languishing in the eighth position on the points table.
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