New Zealand skipper Tom Latham on Wednesday rued the collection of accidents which has left the Black Caps in a troublesome place because the World Cup enters the enterprise finish. New Zealand slumped to their third consecutive defeat as South Africa handed them an enormous 190-run loss right here on Wednesday. To add to their woes as many as 5 gamers, together with common skipper Kane Williamson (thumb), are battling accidents, leaving them with solely 10 match gamers of their squad of 15.

“We have faced adversities with injuries. We will reflect on this one quickly and move to the next one, we don’t become a bad team overnight,” Latham mentioned after the sport.

Matt Henry and James Neesham suffered accidents on Wednesday with the previous hurting is hamstring. He will endure scans on Thursday.

Neesham, then again, suffered a blow on the his proper wrist throughout his observe via, however got here out to bat.

Lockie Ferguson (achilles) and Mark Chapman (calf) are additionally nursing accidents.

New Zealand failed with the bat and ball in opposition to the Proteas. While the bowlers gave away 357 runs, the whole staff was bowled out for 167.

“Not our best performance. We were under pressure after that partnership (between Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen). It was a big score. From the batting point of view, we had to have those partnerships, but we had our back against the wall. Those two played fantastically well.

“It was a small floor and an excellent floor, however we could not do a lot in these first 10 overs. I feel they put themselves in a terrific place, we weren’t in a position to construct partnerships, that was disappointing.” Meanwhile, South Africa marched to the top of the table with their fourth win on the trot and skipper Temba Bavuma was chuffed about his team’s performance.

“Clinical show with bat. Handled the problem with the ball nipping round. We utilized strain with the ball. We tried to pounce on unhealthy balls, Quinny began slowly, hung in there and cashed in on the finish.

“More than the score, we were trying to stay in till 30 and go big later on. We were always looking to dominate with the new ball and middle overs. Knew they’d come hard at us and we’d get opportunities.

“Gotta hear the permutations about making the semis. After tomorrow, it is again to enterprise, received to organize for the subsequent sport,” he said.

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