Kolkata: In cricket, South Africa will face Australia in the second semi-finals of ongoing ICC ODI World Cup. The match will be held at Eden Garden in Kolkata, today. The winner will face India in the tournament final on November 19 in Ahmedabad.
South Africa finished second in the group stage. They won 7 out of 9 played in the league. They had 14 points with a net run rate (NRR) of (+)1.261. Austrlia finished in third position. Australia won 7 out of 9 played in the league and had 14 points but have a lesser NRR of (+)0.841.
This is 16 years after that both the teams are facing each other in a 50-over World Cup knockout. They faced each other in 1999 and 2007. On both occasions, Australia won the matches.
So far, Australia and South Africa have faced each other 7 times in ICC ODI Cricket World Cup competitions, where Australia won 3, South Africa won 3, and 1 match was tied.
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SA vs AUS H2H in WORLD CUP:
Matches played – 7
Australia – 3
South Africa – 3
Tie – 1
Last result – South Africa won by 134 runs in 2023 in Lucknow
SA vs AUS – List of results in World Cups:
1992 – South Africa beat Australia by nine wickets in Sydney
1999 – Australia beat South Africa by five wickets in Leeds
1999 – Match tied in Birmingham
2007 – Australia beat South Africa by 83 runs in Basseterre
2007 – Australia beat South Africa by seven wickets in Gros Islet
2019 – South Africa won by 10 runs in 2019 in Manchester
2023 – South Africa won by 134 runs in 2023 in Lucknow
Squads:
South Africa squad: Temba Bavuma (Captain), David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Andie Phehlukwayo, Marco Janssen, Heinrich Klaasen (Wicketkeeper), Quinton de Kock (Wicketkeeper), Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi,
Australia squad: Pat Cummins (Captain), Glenn Maxwell, David Warner, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Adam Zampa, Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (Wicketkeeper), Josh Inglis (Wicketkeeper), Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc
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