Live Cricket Scorecard - SA vs AUS 2nd Semi-Final, South Africa tour of ICC CWC, 2023

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South Africa
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

Australia
Travis Head
David Warner
Mitchell Marsh
Steven Smith
Marnus Labuschagne
Glenn Maxwell
Josh Inglis (W)
Pat Cummins (C)
Mitchell Starc
Adam Zampa
Josh Hazlewood

MATCH INFO

Toss:South Africa, who chose to bat
Venue:Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires:Nitin Menon (IND), Richard Kettleborough (ENG) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Match Referee:Javagal Srinath (IND)
Match Date:Thu, 16th Nov 2023

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SA - INN AUS - INN

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47.2: Marco Jansen to Pat Cummins, FOUR! THAT'S IT! Pat Cummins finishes things off with a boundary! A bit of width on offer outside off, shortish length, Pat Cummins allows the ball to come to him and angles the face of his bat perfectly to use the pace of the delivery. He guides it wide of backward point and the ball races off the practice pitches to beat the fielder at third man to his right for a boundary. Australia win by 3 wickets and march into their 8th ODI World Cup final appearance!

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47.1: Marco Jansen to Pat Cummins, Lands it on a short of a length, at the batter from over the wicket. Pat Cummins covers the line of the ball well and stabs it down on the leg side.

End of over 47
AUS211/7
AUS Batting M Starc 16(38) P Cummins 10(27)

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46.6: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, Swing and a miss! Slows it up and bowls it around off, Mitchell Starc is tempted by the flight and has a swipe across the line. He gets beaten on the outside edge by the away turn.

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46.5: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, A bit fuller this time, on off, Mitchell Starc gets a good stride in and works it towards point.

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46.4: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, Pushed through, short and on off, dabbed off the back foot by Mitchell Starc towards cover.

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46.3: Aiden Markram to Pat Cummins, Full again, on the pads, Pat Cummins looks to knock this one down the ground but hits it a bit uppishly to the right of Aiden Markram for a single.

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46.2: Aiden Markram to Pat Cummins, Tempts the batter by offering flight, full and on middle, Pat Cummins does not take the bait and keeps it out on the leg side.

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46.1: Aiden Markram to Pat Cummins, Pushed through, on middle, Pat Cummins prods forward and pushes it back to the bowler.

End of over 46
AUS210/7
AUS Batting M Starc 16(35) P Cummins 9(24)

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45.6: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, On a fullish length, on middle, Mitchell Starc jams it out down back towards the bowler.

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45.5: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, Slanting in, on middle and leg, on a length, clipped on the bounce to mid-wicket by Mitchell Starc.

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45.4: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! Clipped away! That should do it for Australia! Jansen tries to surprise Starc with a change in length and goes full, on middle and leg, Mitchell Starc does not miss out as he clears his front leg to clip it between mid on and mid-wicket for a boundary. Just a hit away now Australia.

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45.3: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, Sharp bumper, over middle, Mitchell Starc is quick to duck underneath and lets the ball go.

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45.2: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, Short of a length again, around off, Mitchell Starc sways away and lets the ball pass through to the keeper.

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45.1: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, Starts off with a short of a length, outside off, Mitchell Starc is happy to leave the ball alone.

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49.4: Pat Cummins to Kagiso Rabada, OUT! TAKEN! Top effort in the deep from Glenn Maxwell and South Africa have been bundled out here! Another off-paced delivery from Pat Cummins, shorter and around off, Kagiso Rabada hangs back again and swats this one away flat down to long on. Maxwell speeds across to his right and dives in low to take it with both hands, making a fairly tough catch look easy. Cummins ends with three wickets and South Africa finish with 212 runs on the board, almost the same score as what Australia posted in the 1999 World Cup semifinal.

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49.3: Pat Cummins to Kagiso Rabada, Brings out the bumper now and angles it across off, taking pace off it as well. Kagiso Rabada hangs deep in his crease and looks to take it on but misses.

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49.2: Pat Cummins to Tabraiz Shamsi, Tabraiz Shamsi does his job and gets off strike. The off-cutter now over middle, a bit shorter and turning into the body. Shamsi hops and gets an inside edge off the body onto the deck and they scamper across for a run.

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49.1: Pat Cummins to Kagiso Rabada, Calls two but there's never two there! Slower and shorter, dug in across the left-hander, Kagiso Rabada fetches and pulls it away to deep square leg for a single.

End of over 49
SA210/9
SA Batting K Rabada 9(9) T Shamsi 0(4)

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48.6: Mitchell Starc to Kagiso Rabada, Leg bye! Full and quick again, tailing into the legs, this is a bit too full and thuds into the pads before rolling away through mid-wicket. Kagiso Rabada strolls across for a leg bye.

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48.5: Mitchell Starc to Kagiso Rabada, Takes a bit of pace off this one and bowls it full and wide, Kagiso Rabada tries to reach it but fails to get any bat on it.

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48.4: Mitchell Starc to Kagiso Rabada, Swing and a miss! Full and quick, following the batter down leg, Kagiso Rabada throws the kitchen sink at it but only manages to connect with thin air.

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48.3: Mitchell Starc to Kagiso Rabada, SIX! BANG! Kagiso Rabada takes Mitchell Starc on and swings it away for a maximum. A quick bumper from Starc at 142 clicks and angled at the helmet. Rabada takes it on and swings his bat, dispatching the ball into the stands over the fine leg fence for a biggie.

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48.2: Mitchell Starc to Kagiso Rabada, Full and wide outside off, gets it in the blockhole, Kagiso Rabada stays leg side and has to really reach for it, only being able to jam it out to covers.

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48.1: Mitchell Starc to Kagiso Rabada, Close! Full and tailing into the batter's legs at 140 clicks. Kagiso Rabada backs away and looks to slog away but is well beaten and the ball shaves the leg stump as well.

End of over 48
SA203/9
SA Batting T Shamsi 0(4) K Rabada 3(3)

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47.6: Pat Cummins to Tabraiz Shamsi, Attempted yorker, turns out to be a high full toss on middle and Tabraiz Shamsi is taken aback by it. The ball is just about under waist height though and Shamsi gets bat on it.

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47.5: Pat Cummins to Tabraiz Shamsi, Another quick bumper, this time over middle and rising quickly, Tabraiz Shamsi looks to get behind the line but takes a blow to the gloves instead.

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47.4: Pat Cummins to Tabraiz Shamsi, Goes full now and bowls it close to the off stump, Tabraiz Shamsi looks to play at it but is beaten past the outside edge.

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47.3: Pat Cummins to Tabraiz Shamsi, Cummins welcomes Tabraiz Shamsi with a nasty bumper, right at the shoulders but Shamsi does well to duck under it.

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47.2: Pat Cummins to David Miller, OUT! TAKEN! Straight to the man and Pat Cummins has his revenge! This is banged in short over middle by Cummins, pace on and asking David Miller to take it on again. Miller hangs deep and does go after it, getting a decent connection as well but this is flat and hard toward deep square leg. Travis Head there, stands right on the edge of the ropes and takes the catch but has the presence of mind to just lift it back in the air as his back leg presses onto the ropes and Head takes it on the second attempt with ease. End of a sensational knock by Miller but Australia just one wicket away now from bundling South Africa out.

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47.2: Pat Cummins to David Miller, WIDE! Attempted slower bumper, angled across the left-hander and is called a wide.

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47.1: Pat Cummins to David Miller, SIX! 'Cometh the hour, cometh the man!' What a knock by David Miller and the crowd goes berserk inside Eden Gardens. This is dug in short by Pat Cummins, pace on this time and around off, Miller climbs into the pull shot and massacres it a long way over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. Miller is hugged by Rabada before soaking in the applause and the 200 also comes up for South Africa.

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ICC CWC, 2023 Eden Gardens, Kolkata

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