World Cup 2023 semis, SA vs AUS Playing 11, toss result, live streaming

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia live full scorecard

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia live score and match updates

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South Africa vs Australia semifinal at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: S Africa Playing 11

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: Australia Playing 11

Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

1:37 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: Two changes in AUS XI

Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell make a comeback.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: One change in SA XI

South Africa have made one change in their Playing 11, bringing in Shamsi in place of Lungi Ngidi.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: Proteas batting first

Temba Bavuma wins the toss and elects to bat first under the overcast conditions at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: Toss coming up

SA vs AUS toss is moments away, stay tuned.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | S Africa vs Australia Weather live: Covers completely off

The pitch is expected to assist the spinners. However, gloomy conditions persist at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | S Africa vs Australia Weather live: Light drizzle in Kolkata

There is a very light drizzle at the Eden Gardens at the moment. The pitch is being covered. 

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | S Africa vs Australia Weather live: Glomy conditions at Eden Gardens

All the covers are off the ground but the overcast conditions doesn't look inspiring. It is gloomy, quite gloomy. 

The weather conditions are likely to affect the team selection.

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12:47 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | S Africa vs Australia Weather live: Covers are coming off

Covers are coming off at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata as broadcasters reveal.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | S Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: Proteas' chokers tag, part 2

The Allan Donald Run-Out of 1999

 

Chasing 214 to win, Proteas all-rounder Lance Klusener showed some killer instincts, scoring 31 off just 16 balls as he worked with tailenders Elworthy and Allan Donald to take South Africa to a place from where losing was not even a far-fetched possibility. After Klusener hit Fleming for back-to-back fours off the first two balls when the Proteas needed 9 to win from the last over with one wicket in hand, it was only formalities to get the single and enter the final.

 

However, the Australians did not give up and built pressure. Klusener denied a single call from Donald on the third ball. Then Donald remained ball-watching as the former touched the fourth one and ran instantly, only turning back to see Australia celebrate as the match was tied. Australia advanced to the final courtesy of a better net run rate at the end of the Super Six.

 

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: Proteas' chokers tag

In sports, two parameters generally determine a team’s or individual’s performance and greatness: peaking at the right time and choking at the wrong one. South Africa and cricket are infamous for the latter, as the tag of 'chokers' has remained attached to the Proteas ever since their return to cricket in 1992.

 

Speaking about it, Temba Bavuma, the captain of the current South African unit, said, "As a South African team, we know we're going to have that chip on our block, or that narrative that we have to get over. That's always going to be there until we win a trophy."

 

So, how did the tag get attached to the Proteas?

 

Rain break of 1992

 

In the 1992 World Cup semi-final, South Africa's first since their return to cricket, they needed 22 runs off 13 balls to win the match and make it to the final. The umpires took a rain break, and after the break, the Proteas still needed 22 runs but off just one ball to win. The bizarre calculation was unfathomable as South Africa lost their first semi-final.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: Predicted XIs

South Africa Probable XI: Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi.

Australia Probable XI: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne/Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (capt), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | Proteas aim to put history behind at Eden Gardens

The meeting between South Africa and Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens on Thursday, November 16, will rekindle the memories of cricket fans about the infamous 199 semi-finals in which the match ended in a tie. Still, Australia went on to play the final as they had more points than the Proteas in the league stage of the tournament.
 

However, if such is the case this time around, there is a provision for continuous super-overs. And by chance, if the match does not finish for any reason, South Africa would have the advantage of a better net run rate, even as the two teams finished on the same point at the league stage.

In the 199 semi-finals, Australia made 213 thanks to their captain Steve Waugh’s fighting fifty. Waugh was dropped on zero by Herschcelle Gibbs, the best Proteas fielder in the team. He dropped a sitter, and Waugh allegedly said to him, “ You dropped the World Cup, mate."

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: Big update on Maxwell

Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Wednesday said Glenn Maxwell is available for the World Cup semifinal against South Africa as the all-rounder "is all clear" for Thursday's knock-out game.

 

Five-time world champions Australia play the Proteas at the Eden Gardens on Thursday.

 

Maxwell battled cramps and severe pain to score a scintillating double century in a three-wicket win over Afghanistan at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on November 7.

 

"Glenn Maxwell is all clear. He is all good. He was a little bit sore yesterday (Tuesday). Yeah, we get scans a lot of the time just to make sure that if there is something, we know what we're dealing with and fortunately it came back all okay. So he's fine," Cummins said during the pre-match press conference.

 

The skipper also said that Australia will announce their playing XI during the toss on Thursday. It remains to be seen whether Cummins goes with Marnus Labuschagne or Marcus Stoinis in the vital match against the Proteas.

 

"We will announce our XI at the toss," said Cummins when asked if Australia will go into the match with an extra all-rounder or a batter.

Australian batter Glenn Maxwell celebrates his century during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 match between Australia and Netherlands, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates: Changes expected

Both Australia and South Africa are expected to make changes in their Playing 11 from their previous World Cup match. Maxwell is expected to return to Australia's Playing 11 while Marco Jansen to South Africa's XI.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal | South Africa vs Australia Playing 11 live updates

India is waiting in Ahmedabad for final clash and the second finalist will be decided today, when South Africa lock horns with Australia at the Eden Gardens. As both team are gearing up for today's match, stay tuned with us for the live updates on Playing 11 of both teams.

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