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

RSA 212/10 (49.4)

AUS 215/7 (47.2) CRR: 4.54

Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
14
29
2
0
48.28
16
38
2
0
42.11
Last Wicket: Josh Inglis b Gerald Coetzee 28(49) - 193/7 in 39.5 ov.
Bowler
0
M
R
W
ECO
4.2
0
35
0
8.08
8
1
23
1
2.88
Recent: ... 0 4 0 0 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 0 4 Overs: 47.2
Mark your calendars if you haven't already - November 19th will see India go up against Australia in the 2023 Cricket World Cup final at Ahmedabad.
Pat Cummins:
Temba Bavuma: Cannot put it into words, first of all congratulations to Australia. Good luck to them in the final. They played really well today. Our character came through today. We should a lot of resilience. The way we started with the bat and the ball was the telling point, that's where we lost the game.
Spare a thought for Quinton de Kock too, his ODI career comes to an end with that.
All stats courtesy of our hard-working legend Roshan Gede
It will be an India vs Australia final for the second time in World Cups (after 2003); the only other instance of two teams facing off in a CWC final twice featured Australia and Sri Lanka (1996 and 2007).
Lowest win-margins in World Cup knockouts (by wickets)
3 wickets - AUS vs SA, Kolkata, 2023 SF
4 wickets - PAK vs NZ, Auckland, 1992 SF
4 wickets - NZ vs SA, Auckland, 2015 SF (1 ball remaining, DLS)
4 wickets - AUS vs ENG, Leeds, 1975 SF
[b]Most defeats in World Cup semi-finals[b]
7 - New Zealand
4 - India
4 - Pakistan
4 - South Africa
Most wins in a single World Cup edition
11 - Australia (2003)
11 - Australia (2007)
10* - India (2023)
9 - India (2003)
8 - Sri Lanka (2007)
8 - New Zealand (2015)
8* - Australia (2023)
AUS vs SA in ODIs since 2016
Matches: 22
Won by SA: 16
Won by AUS: 5
NR: 1

Before today, South Africa had won four consecutive ODIs against Australia - all by 100-plus runs - three in their come-from-behind series win at home in September, before a 134-run win in the round-robin game in Lucknow.
Teams qualifying for World Cup finals most often
8 - Australia
4 - England
4 - India
3 - West Indies
3 - Sri Lanka
Most wickets in a World Cup edition for South Africa
20 - Gerald Coetzee (2023)
17 - Lance Klusener (1999)
17 - Morne Morkel (2015)
17 - Marco Jansen (2023)
Most wicketkeeping dismissals in a World Cup edition
21 - Adam Gilchrist (2003)
21 - Tom Latham (2019)
20 - Alex Carey (2019)
20 - Quinton de Kock (2023)
17 - Kumar Sangakkara (2003)
17 - Adam Gilchrist (2007)

Quinton de Kock also became the only wicketkeeper to achieve a double of 500-plus runs and 20 dismissals in a single World Cup edition.
SA bowling today
Rabada and Jansen: 1/76 in 10.2 overs, ER:7.35
Others: 6/136 in 37 overs, ER: 3.68
Australia batting today
Openers: 91(66), SR: 137.87
Others: 107(220), SR: 48.63