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World Cup; Australia defeated South Africa, the final match will be played against India on Sunday
…………. Asghar Ali Mubarak………
Australia sensationalized South Africa in the second semi-final of the World Cup 2023 thanks to Travis Head’s all-round performance. After the match, they defeated by three wickets and qualified for the final. Australia will face India in the final match of the World Cup on Sunday.
It should be noted that India defeated New Zealand in the first semi-final of the World Cup. Australia has qualified for the World Cup final for the eighth time. South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first. Captain Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock opened the innings but Australia took the wicket of the South African captain for one run in the first over.
Temba Bavuma was caught for no runs by Mitchell Starc. South Africa’s second wicket fell for 8 runs in 5.4 overs when Quinton de Kock was caught out for 3 runs. South Africa’s third wicket fell for 22 runs in 10.5 overs when Aiden Markram was caught out for 10 runs, after which Australian bowler Hazlewood took the fourth wicket in the next over.
He got Rossi Vander Dussen caught out for 6 runs. David Miller and Henrik Klaasen added 95 runs for the fifth wicket, but Klaasen was dismissed lbw by Travis Head for a total of 119, while Head also walked Marco Janssen on the very next ball. The South African team could score only 119 runs for the loss of 6 wickets by the end of the 31st over.
David Miller played a brilliant innings, he first made a partnership of 53 with Gerald Coetzee who scored 19 runs, then 19 runs with Keshav Maharaj who scored 4 runs and then 12 runs with Kagiso Rabada to take his team past the 200 mark. done David Miller was dismissed in the 48th over after playing an innings of 101 runs off 116 balls.
He hit 5 sixes and 8 fours during his innings. The South African team was all out by scoring 212 runs in the 50th over. For Australia, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc took 3, 3 while Travis Head and Josh Hazlewood dismissed two players each. Chasing the target, Australia got off to a great start and scored 60 runs in 6 overs, but David Warner was dismissed for 29 runs on the first ball of the seventh over.
South Africa got their second wicket on 61 runs when Mitchell Marsh was dismissed for a wicket, but on the other hand, opener Travis Head continued to score, scoring 69 runs for a total of 106. Steve Smith and Marinus Labushin continued to score runs, but Tabriz Shamsi broke the dangerous partnership and dismissed Labushin,
who scored 18 runs, lbw for a total of 133. South Africa got their fifth wicket after that, when the aggressive Glenn Maxwell was clean bowled by Tabriz Shamsi for a total of 135. In such a situation, Smith scored 30 runs and Josh Ingles scored 28 runs to bring the team close to victory.
After which captain Mitchell Starc scored an unbeaten 16 and Pat Cummins played an innings of 14 runs to take the team to the World Cup final for the eighth time. For South Africa, Gerald Coetzee and Tabriz Shamsi took two wickets each, while Kagiso Rabada, Eden Markram and Keshav Maharaj took one wicket each. Australia’s Travis Head was adjudged Man of the Match for his all-round performance.
In the first phase of the World Cup, both teams played nine matches and both teams won seven of their seven matches.
South Africa finished second and Australia third on the points table and qualified for the semi-finals. Now five-time champions Australia will face two-time champions India in the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Both the teams for today’s match consisted of these players:
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (capt), Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dusen, Henrik Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Johnson, Kagiso Rabada, Keship Maharaj, Tabriz Shamsi, Gerald Coetzee.
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Marence Labuchin, Josh Ingles, Steven Smith, Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood