CNN —The USA lost to South Africa in their opening game of the second round of the men’s T20 Cricket World Cup on Wednesday as its historic run at the tournament continued.
Having elected to bowl first, the USA were pegged back by some aggressive batting from South Africa, with the Proteas finishing their 20 overs on 194 runs.
New stepsThe USA have been one of the talking points of the T20 World Cup so far, thanks to its shock victory over Pakistan and close defeat by India.
Steven Taylor bats against South Africa.
And they were never able to recover with South Africa eventually able to round out an 18-run victory.
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