South Africa vs Australia LIVE: World Cup result and reaction as Cummins and Starc lead Aussies to victory
Australia beat South Africa by three wickets and reach World Cup final
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Your support makes all the difference.Australia will face India in the Cricket World Cup final after overcoming South Africa at Eden Gardens winning their semi-final clash by three wickets.
Proteas captain, Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to bat only for South Africa to slip to 24-4 as Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc stuck early with the new ball. David Miller recovered the innings with a stylish century finishing with 101 runs as South Africa set a target of 213.
In reply, David Warner and Travis Head got the Aussies off to a flying start, putting on 60 for the first wicket. When Warner was dismissed for 29, Mitchell Marsh quickly followed and wickets continued to fall making Australia’s run chase a tense affair. Gerald Coetzee struck twice late in the innings leaving it to Starc and Pat Cummins to knock off the winning runs.
Australia advance to the tournament showpiece but face India who have yet to lose in this year’s competition and are favourites to claim the title of World Champions.
Relive the semi-final action below and get the latest odds and tips right here:
Wicket! van der Dussen out for 6! ct Smith b Hazlewood - South Africa 24-4
Klaasen will get off the mark with an edge that goes over second slip, but it’s becoming a concerning situation for South Africa out in the middle.
van der Dussen had weathered the storm, but couldn’t get the ball through the field, went for an off-side punch and edged it straight to Steve Smith in the slips.
South Africa 22-3 (11) van der Dussen 5, Klaasen 0, Starc 2-14 (6)
South Africa just need to hang on here and hope it gets a bit easier to bat or face a third semi-final defeat in ODI World Cup history against Australia.
Wicket! Markram out for 10! ct Warner b Starc - South Africa 22-3
Markram has his - and South Africa’s - second boundary of the day with a push into the leg side, straight out of the middle of the bat and to the boundary.
He drives again but finds Labuschagne at cover. He had just beens starting to look comfortable when the ball flashed off the face and Warner took the catch!
Markram has to go for 10 and South Africa are in trouble!
South Africa 18-2
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South Africa 17-2 (10) van der Dussen 5, Markram 6, Hazlewood 1-6 (5)
Hazlewood will continue, and both openers have been exceptional, he is bowling a perfect length and finding movement off the seam, and there doesn’t seem to be much that South Africa can do.
There’s just a single off the final ball of the over.
South Africa 17-2 (9) van der Dussen 5, Markram 6, Starc 1-11 (5)
Labuschagne has put in another dive to prevent anything sneaking through the infield, they have been exceptional so far in this match.
Markram goes for a swing, but is carved in two by a swinging delivery from Starc.
Markram has his and South Africa’s first boundary, it comes in the ninth over, and it’s flicked into the leg side. The Proteas will hope that will relieve some pressure and start allowing them to set any kind of platform here.
South Africa 9-2 (8) van der Dussen 3, Markram 1, Hazlewood 1-4 (4)
Hazlewood is just beating the bat time and time again, the ball, which barely moved in Mumbai yesterday, is swinging around a lot here and the two Australians are experts in these conditions.
For South Africa it is becoming a case of just weather the storm, but the Aussies are turning the screw with three slips in.
South Africa 8-2 (7) van der Dussen 3, Markram 0, Starc 1-4 (4)
van der Dussen goes for a wild swipe in an attempt to get runs on the board, and South Africa really have their backs up against it.
Starc bowls another maiden. This is exceptional bowling.
South Africa 8-2 (6) van der Dussen 3, Markram 0, Hazlewood 1-3 (3)
Hazlewood goes on the attack, gully is in place, but Aiden Markram, who captained the side earlier in the tournament with the injury to Bavuma has seen out the over.
Wicket! De Kock out for 3! ct Cummins b Hazlewood - South Africa 8-2
Hazlewood has bowled perfectly in this innings so far, everything has been perfect and South Africa have just struggled to get the ball away.
He starts his third over with three more dot balls, and that has brought another wicket!
De Kock goes for a big hit over the top but doesn’t get hold of it, and Cummins is able to take the catch running backwards.
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