Match of the tournament
Netherlands v South Africa. The fact there is one very obvious answer – which we’ll come to – means selecting anything else is a shock, which given that it was itself a shock, in a tournament full of shocks, seems appropriate. Highlights included probably the catch of the competition from Roelof van der Merwe, and the extraordinary conclusion to South Africa’s doomed run chase, with Keshav Maharaj hopping slowly down the pitch on his only functioning leg, turning potential twos and threes into singles, while Pakistan and Bangladesh, who would both have been eliminated had South Africa won, sat in the same venue watching what had seemed a faint and distant hope become ever clearer and nearer.
