Good Morning to all, World Cup is now in the final stage of qualify round where last game will be played today of round-robin format and then from Monday it will semi-finals start. Australia who is already qualified for semi-final whereas South Africa was out from tournament so early but still this match will matter for the tournament because it will decide who will play against whom in the semi-final so let discuss this match in details below.
there will be another match today too and it's between India and Sri Lanka but that game will be one side may be but this game may interesting because lots of controversy between South Africa and Australia in past few years so we will talk about it. this both team will play against each other in the world cup after 12 years of gap and Australia mostly dominated in this battle because South Africa won last against Australia in world cup 1992 and South Africa's current form also shows that Australia may dominate today too.
South Africa already out of the tournament and this will be their last match and they want to go from here by defeating stronger team which they didn't able to do in this tournament but their opponent is at no. 1 spot in point table so its very hard for South Africa. South Africa's recent record is good against Australia but that time there were no Warner and Smith and we all know that controversy which banded both players for one year so they will eager to play against South Africa want to show their best performance.
Australia's performance was so ordinary before the world cup but once world cup starts and their two key players come, they become the strongest team again and they are now on top which shows that do not take them lightly. Australia's success reason is not warner and Smith but according to me, Finch is the reason because he played very mature and responsible cricket which help his team and take them to first in the points table. Mitchel Starc also back in form so it will be a huge boost for them. batsmen doing their job well, as well as bowlers too so Australia, is favorite for a win this match as they will play with the same team or they can make some changes to give rest to their key players for the upcoming semifinal after just one day.
South Africa will try best to win this match and as Faf Du Plessis already said that they will play with the same team which they played against Sri Lanka so it's pretty clear that there will not any changes in the team unless injury before the match. this match will be also the last match for Tahir and Duminy as they will retirement from ODI cricket after this match so they also want to win this match for them. Tahir performance is excellent in this whole tournament and bowling department much depend on him where is Jp Duminy will try to finish his last inning with a good score as he is not able to score in this world cup.
If Australia wins today then they will remain in the top of points table which means they will play against New Zealand on Monday as first semi-final but if South Africa win today and India beat Sri Lanka then India will go on top in the points table and in that case, India will play against New Zealand. New Zealand is not in good form as not able to play good cricket in last few matches so most of the team will try to play against him and they want to avoid England because they are back in form with a bang. according to me, no one has to fear to play against anyone because best team win at last so not in the semi-final but in final you have to face them so its better do it early.
I have also posted this blog in scorum and here is its link :- South Africa v/s Australia Match Preview