South Africa did not play the ODI series against Australia in January this year due to franchise League SA2020 commitments. However, the team did not have to suffer less for this. Even after all the World Cup Super League matches, Temba Bavuma’s team could not secure their place in the World Cup. South Africa’s equation to directly step into the World Cup was no less difficult. The Proteas made it a little easier by losing the series to India and England. However, winning both matches of this rescheduled series against the Netherlands was imperative. And Bavuma’s team has done that easily.

South Africa beat the Netherlands by 146 runs in the last match of the series on Sunday (March 2). With this victory, South Africa won the three-match series 2-0. The first match of the series was abandoned due to rain. By winning this series, South Africa confirmed their direct participation in the World Cup. West Indies lost. The Caribbean has to participate in the ODI World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe in June-July. South Africa is also somewhat still being determined. If Ireland wins all three matches in the upcoming series against Bangladesh, the Irish will oust them and take a direct part in the ODI World Cup. South Africa lost the toss and batted in the beginning.

However, the Proteas gradually took control of the match with the impeccable batting of Adeine Markram and David Miller. Adeine Markram stopped at a career-best of 175 runs. And Miller scored 91 runs. The Proteas put up a mountain score of 370 runs. Batting in reply showed some resistance in the beginning, but the batting lineup of the Dutch gradually collapsed. In the end, the visitors stopped at 224 runs. Musa Ahmed scored the highest 61 runs for the Dutch. 42 runs from 33 balls came from captain Scott Edwards’ bat.