South Africa vs Australia: Pat Cummins takes Australia to World Cup finals against India, defeat Proteas by 3 wickets
South Africa vs Australia, ICC World Cup 2023 2nd semi-final: Australia cricket team will face Team India in the final of ICC World Cup 2023 as they defeated South Africa by 3 wickets. South Africa's bowling attack fought well with a low score to defend, but the Australian batters didn't have a tough challenge against them. South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first, but the decision didn't turn out well for the Proteas as the pitch of Eden Gardens, Kolkata behaved in an unpredictable pattern for the batters.
As the dangerous Australian pacers Mitchell Strac and Josh Hazlewood got that extra bounce with the new ball, South Africa lost its top order in the first powerplay. At one point the score was 24/4 and things were looking terrible for the Proteas, but then Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller formed a partnership to provide some stability to their team. Rains interrupted the game for a while, but Klaasen and Miller played well until Australian skipper Pat Cummins introduced Travis Head as their sixth bowler who clinched Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen's wicket in his first over.
The South African innings was struggling again but David Miller kept playing his game from one end. Gerald Coetzee supported David Miller well for a while but then Pat Cummins took him out and Keshav Maharaj came on the crease, only to get dismissed soon while playing a bad shot. David Miller slammed his first World Cup century but Pat Cummins took him out soon after.
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