‌SA vs NED | Twitter erupts as nervy de Kock causes huge mix-up to rumination familiar trauma

Winning the toss and electing to field first paid huge dividends for the Proteas side as their pacers made early inroads to put the opposition on the back foot. Following the lowest-ever powerplay in the ensuing tournament, Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek’s 52-run seventh wicket stand helped them reach 103 runs in 20 overs. Subsequently, the Proteas got off to a horrendous start with de Kock and Reeza Hendricks indulging in a huge mix-up to ruminate trauma from the past. 

On the first ball of the opening over, Vivian Kingma sprayed a full ball around the legs of the batter who missed a glance off the pads towards fine leg. Reeza at the striker’s end initiated for a scamper through the strips but de Kock stuttered after trudging off from the bowler’s end. This led to a start-and-stop action from Hendricks who eventually aborted the run to return back while the southpaw was stuck at three-fourth of the pitch towards the striker’s end. With Paul van Meekren making a clean throw from short fine leg, Max O’Dowd ran across and grabbed the ball to whip the bails at the non-striker’s end. 

The huge mix-up on the first ball itself triggered the Twitterverse to draw labels from South Africa’s recent defeats against the Dutch in ICC events.

Huge mess up

— Bill Jax (@jax_bill74377) 

Gone for zero

Diamond duck for Quinton de Kock😳

— Giriraj Dhaker (@cricket24_) 

Duck

Quinton de Kock 🤦🏿‍♂️ 🦆

— Bulelani Mbovu Mkuyana (@B_Mbovu) 

Opener gone

Openers to get out for a diamond duck in T20 WCs



Tillakaratne Dilshan vs SA, Hambantota, 2012

Quinton de Kock vs NED, New York, 2024*    

— Shashikant Singh (@shashi_CB) 

Underrrated

Quinton De Kock is an underrated choker in icc tournaments



Leave KOs he can't even perform in league stages . 2023 WC is his only good tournament and even in WC 2023 he choked in KOs

— 𝙍𝘿𝙆 𝘿𝙖𝙨 (@WasChampVirat18) 

In the fisrt ball

Wicket in 1st ball for Netherland.

Quinton de Kock gone for Zero.



Craziest T20 WC ever.

— Sayantan Pandit (@codziac) 

Good example

Quinton De Kock is a great example of the current South African parliament, very much confused 

— Richard-John Steyn (@RichardSteyn98) 

In the first ball

Quinton de Kock. Cock-up de Kock. First ball de Kock cock-up   

— Toby Wood (@TobyWoody) 

Lol

Quinton de Kock 😂

— Nick’s Pizza (@agobakwe_m) 

Too often

You don't see a diamond duck too often. SA Quinton de Kock out without facing a ball. 💎 🦆🏏

— Vinny Morley (@Chenzo1964)