De Kock leads Proteas to 18-run win over USA at T20 World Cup

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA - Quinton de Kock hit a blistering half-century as South Africa defeated a battling United States by 18 runs in their opening T20 World Cup second round clash on Wednesday.

Opening batsman De Kock, his country's leading run-maker in the format, reached his 15th T20 international fifty off 26 balls. "We've had some tricky wickets so it was nice to spend some time in the middle today. The USA put us under pressure towards the end. It was a great game," said De Kock after South Africa had struggled for runs on the slow wickets of the US in the first round."We did lack discipline in the bowling at times. Once we play good cricket we can beat any team in the world. But we need to be a lot more disciplined," he said.

Slow left-armer Harmeet brought the United States back into the match by removing De Kock and fellow dangerman David Miller in the space of two balls. Kagiso Rabada removed Steven Taylor and Nitish Kumar before American hopes suffered a major blow when Jones was out without scoring.

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