South Africa vs Afghanistan, 20th Match, Super 10 Group 1 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

South Africa are knights, yes. Although, they do carry stab wounds from their previous carnage against England. Putting up 229 on the board, on most days it's enough. That day it wasn't. Dale Steyn and co must have wished they were firefighters, bartenders, investment bankers, anything but bowlers that day as they were taken in full and put in a shredding machine by the Poms. But still, they have the strength at their disposal to recover and intimidate. Something to take heart from was how the batting breathed fire despite the failure of their talisman AB de Villiers.

Afghanistan are brilliant. Afghanistan are reckless. They are a bunch of mavericks who can defy odds and thump their enemies on certain days. And then they can be like a bunch of invaders who forget their siege weapons on others. They are not like their fellow associate nations. They make silly mistakes. Their fielding is cringe-worthy. But yet, the enigma remains. There are players like Mohammad Shahzad who can go on a killing spree taking hundreds with his own sword. Then there is Hamid Hassan. Mohammad Nabi. Asghar Stanikzai. Afghanistan can be dangerous.