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