Netherlands knock South Africa out of T20 World Cup

The Proteas were shockingly eliminated from the Men's T20 World Cup by the Netherlands, which allowed Pakistan to proceed by defeating Bangladesh.

At the Adelaide Oval, the Dutch shocked everyone with a 13-run victory in the opening game of the day, eliminating South Africa in the process.

The Dutch scored 158 runs overall thanks to the middle-order efforts of Colin Ackermann and Tom Cooper, who scored 35 and 41 runs respectively while striking above 150.

South Africa's top six players responded by all making starts but not going any further, scoring between 13 and 25 runs each.

South Africa's greatest chance of winning appeared to be finisher David Miller, but he was beautifully captured by former Proteas player Roelof van der Merwe, leaving South Africa at 115 for two.

Wayne Parnell was dismissed one run later and South Africa could only limp to 145 for the loss of eight wickets.