South Africa crushed
Scotland by 130 runs in their opening match at the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup. It is also the second highest margin of victory.
AB de Villiers scored a classy 79 runs in just 34 balls to help South Africa score 211 runs, the highest score in the tournament so far. In reply, Scotland who defeated
England the other day, were all out for just 81 runs handing a 130 run victory for the South Africans.
South Africa: 211/5 (20.0 overs)
AB de Villiers 79*(34),
Jacques Kallis 48(41),
Majid Haq 2/25
Scotland: 81 all out (15.4 overs)
Kyle Coetzer 42(32),
Johan Botha 2/17,
Roelof van der Merwe 2/17,
Albie Morkel 2/15,
Dale Steyn 2/21
Result: South Africa beat Scotland by 130 runs
Player of the match: AB de Villiers
