Aiden Markram, South Africa Captain said:
Fantastic all-round performance. Couldn’t have asked for a bigger effort. Very pleased with the effort. Slightly surprised. We’d have batted first. Happy it worked out that way. Was good that our big quicks weren’t cooking in the heat. (On Hendricks) Really great knock, especially without warm-up. Experience helps. He’s improved each and every day. (On Klaasen) Him at 5 and Miller at 6 is a destructive pair at the back end. He’s come a long way. To showcase his abilities on a big stage is massive. (On Jansen) He’s having a great comp. Lot of ability with the bat, his confidence will rise. Incredibly pleased for him. Great way to bounce back after the Netherlands loss. Markram tries to wish the Springboks all the best against England and Michael Atherton cuts him off with a laugh.
Jos Buttler, England Captain said:
Incredibly disappointing. Come in with hopes of playing well but are beaten. Throughout the first innings, lots of things didn’t go to plan. Topley got injured, it was a tough 50 overs. Thought if we’d restricted them in 340-350. Bowling first is potentially a mistake in incredibly tough conditions. Everyone put in a great shift. The humidity, cramps and all other challenges was tough. We needed to get off to a good start with bat. Ball did a bit, batters got down the leg side and stuff like that put the writing on the wall. The loss leaves with no room for error.
Heinrich Klaasen, POTM said:
It’s up there with my best ever. The conditions were brutal. It’s just proper heat, sapped out all the energy. Was told to not run my runs too hard, save energy cos the heat out is extreme. It was a two overs too early. England also looked under the pump. (Chat with Markram) But a couple of quick wickets brought them back in. The chat with Marco was the same and that’s what happened. Jansen was next level, he kept me going and should get this award. His runs are so vital. Netherlands was a tough loss. One bad performance doesn’t make us a bad team. We had some hard chats, boys bounced back with training sessions. Fantastic performance today.
