AUS vs SA Highlights: Australia suffered their second straight defeat in World Cup as batters failed to chase down 312 against South Africa in Lucknow on Thursday. Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram were South Africa’s heroes again as they helped Proteas post 311/7. De Kock smashed his second consecutive century, scoring 109 off 106, while Markram hit 44-ball 56. In reply, Australia crumbled under scoreboard pressure and bundled out for 177. Marnus Labuchagne was the top scorer for the Aussies with a gritty 46. Kagiso Rabada was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets. Earlier, Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to against South Africa in match 10 of the ICC World Cup 2023.
Teams:
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Pat Cummins & Co lost to India by six wickets, while Proteas came in this game with a thumping 102 win over Sri Lanka in their first game.
In the World Cups, these two teams have faced each other six teams, with Australia winning three of them, and South Africa winning two of them. One match was tied in 1999, everyone knows what happened in that nail-biter of the match, were Allan Donald’s brain fade moment resulted in SA getting the choker tag.
It’s been 23 years since that infamous Edgbaston semi-final. While Australia have gone to win four WC titles, SA have failed to reach finals even once in eight times in WC.
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This time SA goes into the 2023 WC as dark horses, with no favorites tag attached. While Australia as usual, enters WC as the favourites.
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