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The 2nd Semi-Final Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 was played yesterday between South Africa vs Australia at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In which Australia beat South Africa by 3 wickets to reach the final.
TOSS- South Africa won the toss and opted to bat.
South Africa Innings- South Africa batted first after winning the toss and started the inning very poorly, the entire team was dismissed with just for 212 runs in the fourth ball of the final over. David Miller played a very brilliant century inning of 101 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 8 boundaries in 116 balls, Heinrich Klaasen played a brilliant inning of 47 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in 48 balls, apart from this no batsman could play well and stay in the crease, Gerald Coetzee dismissed for 19 runs in 39 balls, Kagiso Rabada 10 runs in 12 balls, Aiden Markram 10 runs in 20 balls, Quinton de Kock dismissed just for 3 runs in 14 balls, Temba Bavuma dismissed without scoring in 4 balls, Rassie van der Dussen 6 runs in 31 balls, Marco Jansen dismissed without scoring in just 1 ball, Keshav Maharaj 4 runs in 8 balls, Tabraiz Shamsi remained unbeaten for 1 run in 5 balls. In this way, the entire team was dismissed just for 212 runs in 49.4 overs and set a target of 213 runs in front of Australia.
Australian bowlers- Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets just for 34 runs in his spell, Pat Cummins 3 wickets just for 51 runs in 9.4 overs, Josh Hazlewood took 2 wickets just for 12 runs in 8 overs, Travis Head 2 wickets just for 21 runs in 5 overs, Glenn Maxwell was wicketless for 35 runs in his spell, Adam Zampa was wicketless for 55 runs in 7 overs.
Australia Innings- Australia chasing 213 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for the loss of 7 wickets in the second ball of the 48th over and won the match by 3 wickets. Australia started the inning very well, Travis Head played a very brilliant half-century inning of 62 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 9 boundaries in 48 balls, David Warner scored 29 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 1 boundary in just 18 balls, Steven Smith scored 30 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in 62 balls, Marnus Labuschagne scored 18 runs in 31 balls, Josh Inglis scored 28 runs in 49 balls, Mitchell Marsh dismissed without scoring in 6 balls, Glenn Maxwell dismissed just for 1 run in 5 balls, Mitchell Starc played an unbeaten inning of 2 boundaries in 39 balls, Pat Cummins was also played an unbeaten inning of 14 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in 29 balls. In this way, Australia chased the target very easily for the loss of just 7 wickets in just 47.2 overs and won the match by 3 wickets to reach the final.
South African bowlers- Tabraiz Shamsi took 2 wickets for 42 runs in his spell, Gerald Coetzee 2 wickets for 47 runs in 9 overs, Keshav Maharaj 1 wicket just for 24 runs in his spell, Aiden Markram 1 wicket for 23 runs in 8 overs, Kagiso Rabada 1 wicket for 41 runs in 6 overs, and Marco Jansen was wicketless for 35 runs in 4.2 overs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Australian batsman Travis Head was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant half-century inning of 62 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 9 boundaries in just 48 balls. .
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