Quinton de Kock hit his fourth century of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup while Rassie van der Dussen cracked his second as South Africa thrashed New Zealand by 190 runs on Wednesday to take a step closer to the semi-finals.
The Proteas’ commanding 357-4 was built on De Kock’s 114 and Van der Dussen’s 133.
New Zealand, just days from only narrowly falling short chasing 389 in a five-run defeat by Australia, collapsed to 190 all out with more than 14 overs to spare in Pune.
Proteas paceman Marco Jansen finished with 3-31 with left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj claiming 4-46.
Glenn Phillips was last man out for 60 in an innings where no other batter made more than Will Young’s 33.
Victory, which ended South Africa’s run of five straight first World Cup defeats by New Zealand since 1999, left the Proteas, bidding for a first one-day international World Cup title, virtually assured of a semi-final spot.
But New Zealand’s third loss of the tournament was a blow to their hopes of reaching the last four as they slipped to fourth in the table with eight points, two ahead of Pakistan as well as Afghanistan who have a game in hand.
Earlier, left-handed opener De Kock reached his 21st one-day international ton off 103 balls…
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