World Cup 2023: South Africa beats Australia (SA vs Aus) by 134 runs in the 10th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in Lucknow. Quinton de Cock scored his second ton in the 2023 World Cup, and Rabada’s 3-33 led them to the win.
South Africa’s Playing XI:
Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.
Australia’s Playing XI:
Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Josh Inglis, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
SA vs Aus Match Summary:
South Africa defeated Australia by a score of 134 runs in their second group stage match of the competition at the Ekana International Stadium in Lucknow, displaying complete dominance in all three areas of the field.
Australia won the toss and elected to field. While, South Africa scored 311/7 in their allotted 50 overs with the help of opener Quinton de Kock, who scored his second consecutive century in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Until, Quinton de Kock is dismissed by Glenn Maxwell for 109.
Aiden Markram, meanwhile, scored a difficult fifty, smashing 56 off 44 deliveries, including seven fours and a six. While, the captain, Temba Bavuma scored 35 off 55, van der dussen and Klaasen each contributed 26 and 29 runs respectively, putting up a total of 311 with the loss of seven wickets.
Both Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell recorded two wickets for Australia’s bowling unit. Meanwhile, Adam Zamba, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood each received a single wicket. In the last over, Mitchell Starc strikes twice limiting South Africa to 311/7 in 50 overs.
Australia was bowled out for 177 in 40.5 overs while attempting to reach a target of 313 runs because of Kagiso Rabada’s three-wicket haul. In the meanwhile, Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi both claimed two wickets.
The leading Australian scorer was Marnus Labuschange, who hit 46 runs off 74 balls. The top order of Australia got an early off, where Mitchell Marsh scored 7 runs off 15 balls and David Warner got dismissed on 13 runs. While, Steven Smith got leg before wicket by Rabada at 19.
Australia had reason to be upset over two judgments that went against them, as bad as they were. Despite the fact that it appeared to the unaided eye that the ball was about to pass Steven Smith’s leg stump, a field judgement was reversed on DRS and Steven Smith was ruled out LBW.
While, the choice to send Marcus Stoinis off for a catch down the leg side was far more doubtful. When Stoinis’ bottom hand made contact with the ball, it was not with the top hand as suggested by television umpire Richard Kettleborough and did not appear to be from the front-on perspective. The bowler that benefited from both was Kagiso Rabada, who finished with fantastic stats of 3 for 33.
With 9.1 innings remaining, the winning moment came, when Tabraiz Shamsi strucks two wickets in the winning over. However, the contest was actually over a long time ago.
South Africa’s net runrate shoots up sky-high after defeating Australia.
Australia second last on a World Cup points table – have you EVER seen this before? 😵
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 12, 2023
South Africa, meanwhile, leap to the top with a superb net run-rate 🔥 #CWC23 #AUSvSA pic.twitter.com/JgWcifHg08