SA vs AUS Highlights, SF World Cup 2023: Australia win low-scoring thriller

South Africa vs Australia Highlights, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Proteas gave their heart and soul, but just could not manage to win as the Aussies won by 3 wickets to reach record eighth final

10:42 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: The final line-up is ready

10:38 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Match Summary

 

Australia won a low-scoring thriller as they beat South Africa by three wickets in the second semifinal of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday, November 16 to qualify for their record eighth final, where they will take on India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, November 19. 

 

The Proteas gave their heart and soul in the field to defend 212, but after a rocking start by the openers where they added 60 in the first six overs, Australia were too much ahead in the game. Spinners Aiden Markram, Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj tried their best to bring the rainbow nation back into the game and to an extent they did bring them back, but small partnerships between Steve Smith and Josh Inglish first and then between Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc sawt the Aussies through 

 

Earlier South Africa were bowled out for 212 in 49.4 overs by Australia. At one point, the Proteas were reduced to 24/4 after back-to-back breakthroughs from Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Strac. However, David Miller hit a fantastic century to take the team to 212/10 in 49.4 overs.  For the Aussies, Mitchell Starc was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/34 in his 10 overs.

 

Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bat first. Both teams made two changes each in their side from their last league matches. While South Africa brought in Marco Jansen and Tabraiz Shamsi in place of Andile Phehlukwayo and Lungi Ngidi, Australia brought in Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc in their playing 11 in places of Marcus Stoinis and Sean Abbott.

 

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10:21 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Australia win, Proteas wait on

 

Once again, after doing all the hard work, after making everyone sure that it was going to be their World Cup, South Africa bowed out in the semi-final. Skipper Pat Cummins, who was dropped by de Kock just a few overs ago, hits the winning runs, even as the Proteas stretched the match all the way. 

 

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10:12 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Just two more needed

 

The match heads into the 48th over as Australia need only tow more runs to win the match. Thner have been chances ofr South Africa which they have failed to grab on to and that is going to be the ultimate difference it seems. 

 

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10:03 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: de Kock drops it

 

Oh, de Kock!! He has now dropped the second chance. Had he taken both, Aussies would have been nine down by now. But it is not to be. Cummins could have been walking back if only de Kock could have held on this one. Well bowled by Markram.  

 

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10:01 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Coetzee gives it all

 

Gelard Coetzee has given it all here for his team, but it might just not be good enough to get them through to their first-ever final here. Nine overs with an injured knee, 47 runs and two wickets. Marco Jansen would be used, but right now it is Markram who is being used here. 

 

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9:53 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Aussies past 200

 

The Australian side has gone past the 200-run mark here and they now need only 12 more to win with Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins at the crase here. Can’t afford to bowl no-balls and wides here which the Proteas are doing, They need to get two quick wickets anyhow. 

 

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9:50 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Coetzee gets Inglis

 

Glerad Coetzee you beauty!! He won’t let the game die down so soon as he cleans up Josh Inglis here and nearly had Pat Cummins too. 

 

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9:29 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: No slips hurt Proteas

 

Again no slips hurt South Africa. It is hard to understand why they do not have the slip even for a pacer while defending less than 30 runs, They have nothing at all to lose here, but a game to win if they get a wicket. 

 

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9:11 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Coetzee gets Smith

 

Finally, the wicket that South Africa needed, they have it, Coetzee has got Smith and if they can get two more, they are in with a great chance to defend what is almost undefendable here. 

 

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9:00 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Below 50 required now

 

Seems like the sting is out of the South African attack as they are no longer going for the wickets here. No slip, no attacking field set. They must understand that they can never defend this target and just as I say this edge flies past the area where there could have been a slip and probably a wicket. It’s hard to understand why they are not going for an all-out attack. Just 41 more runs are needed now. 

 

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8:47 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: 150 up for Australia

 

The game is ticking away from South Africa until and unless they pick up a wicket here as Australia have brought up their 150 and the partnership between Josh Inglis and Steve Smith is now 19 off 31 balls. 

 

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8:39 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Five runs from the over

 

Over Summary-L1 0 1 1 1 1; AUS 146-5 after 26 overs

Steven Smith (19), Josh Inglis (4); Tabraiz Shamsi 3-0-15-0

 

Five runs come from Shamis’s seventh over as he did not look very threatening this time around. 

 

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8:36 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Shamsi has the big fish Maxwell

 

Oh, he has cleaned him up! Shamsi gets the big fish Glenn Maxwell and he has kept the Proteas in it very much. Can he get Smith and close this one?

 

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8:34 PM

South Africa vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Shamsi gets Labuschagne

 

Tries to go for the reverse sweep and misses the ball, this time around the umpire’s call goes in Shamis’s favour as it is the wicket’s hitting umpire’s call and the umpire calls it out. South Africa are still in it pretty much. 

 

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