Complete
Cricket World Cup 2023, 2nd Semi-Final (2nd v 3rd), Kolkata, Nov 16th, 2023

South Africa

(49.4 ov) 212/10

Australia

(47.2 ov) 215/7

Complete Australia won by 3 wkts

Player of Match: Travis Head

Welcome back.. South African players have been on the field practising for a while then Bavuma has a quick huddle before making their way to the middle. Warner and Head are out there as well.
Just remember this: If this game is a tie, then unlike 99 when Australia progressed to the final because they finished higher in the Super Six table than South Africa due to a superior net run rate, this time there will be a Super Over to decide who goes through to meet India in the final.
Stats by Roshan Gede
Josh Hazlewood in CWC knockouts
7/118 from 36 overs, seven maidens, ER: 3.27
Two or more hundreds from No.5 or below in World Cups
3 - Glenn Maxwell
2 - David Miller
Most ODI hundreds from No.5 or below
8 - Jos Buttler
7 - MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh
6 - AB de Villiers, Eoin Morgan, Andrew Symonds, Sikandar Raza, David Miller
Most ODI hundreds against a team from No. 5 or below
3 - Chris Cairns (NZ) vs IND
3 - Eoin Morgan (ENG) vs AUS
3 - Kevin Pietersen (ENG) vs SA
3 - David Miller (SA) vs AUS
Most hundreds in AUS vs SA ODIs
5 - Faf du Plessis
5 - David Warner
3 - Quinton de Kock
3 - Herschelle Gibbs
3 - David Miller
Most ODI sixes for South Africa
200 - AB de Villiers
138 - David Miller
137 - Jacques Kallis
128 - Herschelle Gibbs
118 - Quinton de Kock
Highest individual scores for SA in World Cup knockouts
101 - David Miller vs AUS, Kolkata, 2023 SF
82 - Faf du Plessis vs NZ, Auckland, 2015 SF
78* - Quinton de Kock vs SL, Sydney, 2015 QF
David Miller: Really big (importance of this knock.) Glad to get the hundred, but we want to win at the end of the day. Helped the team to score a decent score with those partnerships. Expected these conditions at the start of the match, but we were on the back foot after four down in the powerplay. Managed to put up a couple of partnerships (with Klaasen and Coetzee), think we fought hard. It's about watching every ball and staying in the moment, trusting your preparation. It's one-ball-at-a-time. We need to put them under pressure in the powerplay by taking wickets. It's about using the conditions, bowling in the right areas.
18:17 Local Time, 12:47 GMT, 18:17 IST: 213 ! It's that iconic number again ! 213 was Australia got in the 99 World Cup semi. Now the target for them is 213. We all know how the 99 match played out. If this game is half as good as this, then we are in for a bloody treat.
49.4
Cummins to Rabada, out Caught by Maxwell!! South Africa are bowled out. Rabada c Maxwell b Cummins 10(12) [6s-1]
Cummins to Rabada, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
49.3
Cummins to Rabada, no run
49.2
Cummins to Shamsi, 1 run, to 2nd slip
49.1
Cummins to Rabada, 1 run, Rabada is off strike. Australia will love this. A slower short ball on the stumps, pulled to deep mid-wicket for one
Gundla Venkatreddy: Outstanding knock from "KILLER" Miller in critical situation. One stage SA 12 overs 24/4. He has given a fighting score to his team & bowlers.
48.6
Starc to Rabada, 1 run, Rabada advances and Starc follows him with a low full-toss, a thick inside-edge on the flick on to pad, rolls away to backward square leg
48.5
Starc to Rabada, no run, full and wide outside off, no feet from Rabada as he pushes at it and is beaten
48.4
Starc to Rabada, no run
48.3
Starc to Rabada, SIX, wow! Handy runs these. Where has this come from? Starc goes short on the stumps, Rabada pulls and sends this way back over deep backward square leg. Flies away. 10 rows back
48.2
Starc to Rabada, no run
48.1
Starc to Rabada, no run
47.6
Cummins to Shamsi, no run