AUS vs SA Highlights, World Cup 2023: Proteas demolish Aussies by 134 runs

Australia vs South Africa Highlights, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Quinton de Kock scored a century while Kagiso Rabada picked 3/33 as South Africa bundled Australia out for 177 to beat them 134 runs

9:48 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Match Summary

South Africa thrashed Australia by 134 runs in an ICC World Cup 2023 match on Thursday, October 12 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. This was the second win in a row for the Proteas who beat Sri Lanka in their first match. Quinton de Kock (109) with the bat and Kagiso Rabada (3/33) with the ball were the heroes for the Men in Green and Yellow who bowled the Aussies out for 177. 

 

Earlier in the day, South Africa set a target of 312 for Australia after they were asked to bat first by Australia captain Pat Cummins who won the toss and decided to bowl first. de Kock hit a century while Aiden Markram hit a fifty. Mitchell Starc brought Australia back a bit by conceding just a single and taking two wickets in the final over. 

 

Australia made two changes in their playing 11 as Marcus Stoinis came in for Cameron Green while Josh Inglis replaced Alex Carey as the wicket-keeper batter. For South Africa, there was one change in the playing 11 as Gerald Coetzee made way for Tabraiz Shamsi in the playing 11.

 

9:39 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | South Africa win by 134 runs

 

Pat Cummins has departed here and that would be it I guess, no more hope for Australia here. Cummins was caught by David Miller on the bowling of Tabraiz Shamsi who had his first wicket of the World Cup. 

 

That is it. The last wicket has fallen here and it is Hazelwood’s who has been caught at mid-off by Kagis Rabada Shamsi has another one in the over as Australia are bowled out for 177 in 40.5 overs and lose the match by 134 runs. Two matches and two bog losses for Australia., Two matches and two big wins for South Africa. 

 

Australia Live Score 177/10 after 40.5 overs

 

9:24 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Pat Cummins deals in boundaries

 

Pat Cummins has come out here and started hitting boundaries. He knows that the target is almost beyond the achievable limits at more than 12 runs per over, but his runs might come in handy as the net run rate will be a big thing late in the tournament. 

 

Australia Live Score 168/8 after 38 overs

 

9:17 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Maharaj gets Labuschagne

 

Keshav Maharaj might have put the last nail in the coffin here as he has got the wicket of Marus Labuschagne, who wanted to go over the covers. The match is already gone, it is now about getting as many runs as possible here for Australia and he was trying to do that. 

 

9:14 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Jansen gets Starc

 

This is now the beginning of an end here as Marco Jansen has removed Mitchell Starc. Australia are eight down now

 

8:21 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | 100 up for the Aussies

 

Finally, the Aussies have been able to bring up their hundred here at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. There have been demons in the ground as has been shown by the 32-runs stand between Mitchell Starc and Marnus Labuschagne. There has been just poor shot selection by the Australian batters and some inspired bowling by the Proteas bowlers.  

 

Australia Live Score 104/6 after 26 overs

 

Brilliant timing from Warner 

 

7:52 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Great catch from de Kock gets Stoinis

 

Marcus Stoinis was given out by the third umpire after the catch was referred by the South African team. There was a nick on the ball from the glove, but the on-field umpire adjudicated that it was when the glove was in no contact with the bat. However, the third umpire felt that both hands were touching the bat when the glove touched the ball and therefore a stupendous catch from behind the stumps bore fruit for the Proteas. 

 

Australia Live Score 72/6 after 18.1 overs

 

7:42 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Australia handed their fifth blow

 

Keshav Maharaj gets the big wicket of Glenn Maxwell as the Aussie plays back to the left-arm spinner and he makes no mistakes at all to hold on to the catch and give Australia their fifth blow. 

 

Australia Live Score 65/5 after 16.1 overs

 

Also, watch the highlights from the first innings 

 

7:23 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Rabada's dream delivery

 

Bamboozled!! What a ball that was!! I mean if ever Kagiso Rabada would look for a wicket, he would want yet another delivery like this. Pitched on middle and off and went on to hit the off stump. I mean wow!! English had answers at all.  

 

Australia Live Score 57/4 after 12 overs

 

Quinton de Kock leads the run-scorers’ chart as of now in the World Cup.  

 

7:13 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Shocking dismissal of Smith

 

Kagiso Rabada has not had a great outing so far and that is how has been hit for two fours back to back. 

 

And just as I type that, he has hit Smith on the front leg and the Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma goes for the review. There is no bat involved but the ball seems to be going down the leg. 

 

Well, well, it is wickets hitting and Smith would have to walk back. This is unbelievable and Smith is shellshocked as no one would have that the ball was an away swinger and not an in-swinger as it has managed to travel inside and hit the leg stump after hitting the pads on leg stumps as well. 

 

Australia Live Score 50/3 after 10 overs

 

Australia missed a lot of chances, here’s one of them. 

 

7:07 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Ngidi tries again

 

Lungi Ngidi tries to get yet another wicket, but the Aussies are all geared for him now. 

 

Australia Live Score 42/2 after 9 overs

 

Watch how Aiden Markram got out 

 

7:02 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Shamsi teased by the ball

 

This has been a tricky chase for Tabraiz Shamsi who gave it up one time after diving past the ball and then ran again and was still not able to get there. 

 

A stunning drive for a four from Steve Smith ends the over. 

 

Australia Live Score 36/2 after 8 overs

 

Have a look at the shot of the day

 

6:57 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Ngidi gets Warner

 

The South African pacers have done brilliantly well in the first eight overs, especially Ngidi who has conceded just four runs in his first four overs and just as I type he gets a wicket too. This has been a terrific spell and David Warner’s sticky stay at the crease comes to an end. 

 

Australia Live Score 27/2 after 7 overs

Aiden Markram was brilliant with the bat 
 

6:50 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Micthell Marsh departs

Australia have started the chase well by not losing any wicket in the first six overs here. They are slow to get off the blocks but that has been due to a tight line and length by the South African poachers early on. However, as the night progresses dew will favour the batters to get easy runs here. 

 

But just as I write this Mitchell Marsh’s bad run of form continues and is a leading edge in an over which had seen 11 runs come from the first four balls. 

 

Australia Live Score 27/1 after 5.5 overs

 

6:10 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Here’s where the match stands right now

 

Will Australia be able to chase this down?

 

5:52 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Just one from the last over

 

Wicket on the first ball and Starc once again has a wicket in a World Cup game. Starc has not gone wicketless in any of the 19 matches that he has played in the World Cup. 

 

Bowled him!! That would be tow wickets for Starc as this time around, Miller has been cleaned up. A good last over to boost the morale of the Aussies here. 

 

Just one run from the over so far. 

 

A dot ball again. This has been a bumper of a last over by Starc here. 

 

Maharaj tries to reverse scoop instead of playing a normal shot and that would mean only one from the last over as Proteas set Australia a target of 312 to win the match. Not very difficult, but certainly not easy. 

 

South Africa Live Score 311/7 after 50 overs

 

5:45 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Buttery hands for Australia

 

Dropped!! Mitchell Starc has not had a good game today and he misfields here to let go of yet another chance for the Australian side to get a wicket here. 

 

Four!! Hit over the wicket-keeper for a four. 300 up for the Proteas with 10 balls yet to be bowled. 

 

Dropped!! This can’t be true. This cannot be happening to an Australian side. Marco Jansen has been dropped again and this time the culprit is Marcus Stoinis 

 

Six!! Rubbing salt to injury is what we call this as Miller hits a six next ball. He shouldn’t have been on strike in the first place had Stoinis caught Jansen. 

 

South Africa Live Score 310/5 after 49 overs

Watch How de Kock eventually got out

 

5:40 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Jansen goes after Starc

 

Marco Jansen leads the charge against Mitchell Starc as he hits him for a six over long-on and then manages to eke out six more runs from the over to take Proteas close to the 300-run mark. 

 

South Africa Live Score 296/5 after 48 overs

Look at this shot from de Kock ealry on in the match

 

5:23 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Klaasen out for 29

 

The question of 330 is out now as the Proteas lose Heinrich Klaasen here. They now have David Miller in the middle alongside Marco Jansen. The last recognised batting pair with five overs to go. 

 

South Africa Live Score 272/5 after 45 overs

 

5:12 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Markram departs

 

Aiden Markarm has gone out to Pat Cummins and it is a very soft dismissal here. He is out for 56 off 44 balls as he has been caught at backward point by Hazlewood. 

 

South Africa Live Score 263/4 after 43.1 overs

 

5:10 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | 250 up for Proteas, Markram on march

 

Having brought up their 200 in the 36th over, it has taken the Proteas another six overs to bring up their 250 here. Klaasen and Markram at the crease and just as I type, Markram has brought up his fifty here. A half-century after a century. He is in some form here. 

 

South Africa Live Score 263/3 after 43 overs

 

4:45 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | 200 up for the Proteas

 

South Africa have brought up their 200 here with more than 14 overs to go and two very fierce hitters of the ball Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen at the crease. 

 

South Africa Live Score 205/3 after 37 overs

 

4:38 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Glenn Maxwell gets de Kock

 

As bizarre as it gets, Quinton de Kock has chopped the ball back onto his stumps while trying to execute a reverse sweep of the bowling of Glenn Maxwell and South Africa lose their third wicket. 

 

South Africa Live Score 197/3 after 35 overs

 

Watch how de Kock brought up his hundred 

 

4:19 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Century for de Kock

 

Quinton de Kock has brought up yet another century and this is now his second World Cup century and it has come in back-to-back games for the left-hander. 

 

South Africa Live Score 177/2 after 31 overs

 

4:07 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Rassie departs

 

Wicket!! Rassie van der Dussen has been caught in the deep here by Sean Abbott of the bowling of Adam Zampa and Proteas lose their second wicket. 

 

South Africa Live Score 158/2 after 28.3 overs

 

4:03 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | 2000 ODI runs for Rassie van der Dussen

 

Rassie van der Dussen has brought up his 2000 runs in ODIs. He has taken only 45 innings to reach here, which is the joint second-quickest to the milestone after Hashim Amla’s 40 innings. 

 

South Africa Live Score 156/1 after 28 overs

 

Future stars and current stars 

 

3:50 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Proteas ahead after first 25 overs

 

Half the innings have passed and the Proteas, even after losing Temba Bavuma, look in control of the match. 

 

South Africa Live Score 136/1 after 25 overs

 

A look at how Sean Abbott messed up Bavuma’s catch earlier on. 

 

3:46 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Back to back sixes by de Kock

 

Six!! That would have been catch, or maybe not. Mitchell Marsh came in for the catch, but the ball not only cleared him but had he even been stationed on the boundary line, it would have cleared him comfortably. 

 

Six!! Short again and pulled over deep fine leg for a six again by de Kock. 

 

South Africa Live Score 122/1 after 23 overs

A look at de Kock's fifty
 

3:40 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Maxwell bowls a maiden over

 

It is very hard to believe but the reality is that Maxwell has bowled a maiden over against Quinton de Kock who is batting on 68. 

 

South Africa Live Score 109/1 after 22 overs

 

3:31 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | Australia vs South Africa LIVE SCORE | Bavuma out

 

The Proteas have taken the first 20 overs here as they have scored 108 runs and lost no wickets at all. 

 

And just as I write, Temba Bavuma has departed trying to accelerate. He could score only 35 off 55 balls that he played. 

 

South Africa Live Score 108/1 after 19.4 overs