WATCH: South Africa pacer bowls wide, Heinrich Klassen catches it nonchalantly at slips

South Africa batted Heinrich Klassen plays as a batter in the team despite being a wicketkeeper. Apparently, with the presence of Quinton de Kock, Klassen doesn’t get to keep wickets. However, for just one ball in the ongoing South Africa vs Netherlands match in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023, he did a job close to what a keeper does.

Apparently, Gerald Coetzee, who is playing his second game of the tournament, came to bowl his first over after his side won the toss and elected to bowl first. In the 12th over. Coetzee rolled his arm over and bowled two wides. The second one traveled to Klassen at the first slip with Sybrand Englebrecht at the crease and the Orange brigade having lost three wickets for 41 runs.

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Heinrich Klassen’s wicket has brought more trouble to South Africa

Meanwhile, talking about the game, the Proteas had a great start as they took five wickets for just 82/5. Furthermore, they took seven wickets for 140 runs with Teja Nidamanuru (20) and Logan Van Beek (10) applying themselves at the crease.

However, the likes of skipper Scott Edwards, Roelof van der Merve, and Aryan Dutt helped the team reach a fighting total of 245/8 in 43 overs as the game was reduced due to rain for the first two hours or so. Meanwhile, the skipper scored an unbeaten 78 runs while Merve (29) and Dutt (23*) played quick cameos and helped the team reach a competitive total with the bowlers meant to get some help from the wicket.

The Green Brigade had a horror start as they lost four wickets for 44 runs. Spinners such as Merve took two wickets while Colin Ackerman took one. Apart from them, Paul van Meekeren took one as well. At this stage, the likes of David Miller and Klassen started putting together a partnership before a poor shot from the latter against Logan van Beek meant that the team had been reduced to 101/5 at the time of writing.