CWC 2023: Heinrich Klaasen collects Gerald Coetzee’s bizarre wide delivery at first slip – SA vs NED Match 15 Highlights

South Africa and the Netherlands are locking horns in Match 15 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Tuesday, October 17 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and invited Netherlands to bat first. The decision was vindicated by his seamers who got early breakthroughs for their side and left them reeling at 50/4.

23-year-old Gerald Coetzee was also among the wickets, however, he didn’t get his spell off to a good start. The right-arm seamer began his spell in a rather bizarre manner as he bowled a wide delivery down the leg side. On the very next ball, Coetzee bowled a wide delivery on the other side of the stumps as his delivery was collected by Heinrich Klaasen at first slip. The bizarre ball left even the commentators in splits.

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Watch the incident here:

After a shaky start, Coetzee finally managed to get his first wicket in the 16^th over as he sent Colin Ackerman’s stumps flying. Earlier in the match, Dutch openers couldn’t get their team off to a great start as Vikramjit Singh (2 off 16) was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada. His partner Max ODowd (18 off 25) fell prey to Marco Jansen in the eighth over.

Rabada further got the big wicket of Bas de Leede (2 off 7) in the 11^th over. Captain Scott Edwards bailed his team out of trouble as he stitched crucial partnerships with the lower order. He added 40 runs with Teja Nidamanuru (20 off 25) for the sixth wicket and later stitched a 64-run partnership with Roelof van der Merwe (29 off 19).

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Edwards went on to play a magnificent innings of 78* off 69 balls with the help of ten fours and a six. Aryan Dutt also played a brilliant cameo of 23* off 9 lower down the order and guided his team to a total of 245/8 after 43 overs. Marco Jansen was the pick of the bowlers for South Africa as he registered figures of 2/27 in eight overs while Lungi Ngidi (2/57) and Kagiso Rabada (2/56) also picked up two wickets each.

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