South Africa vs Australia highlights: Temba Bavuma-led South Africa is scheduled to play in the 2nd semifinals of the World Cup 2023 against Pat Cummins-led Australia.
| Match No | ICC World Cup 2023, 2nd Semifinals |
| Match | South Africa vs Australia |
| Date | November 16, 2023 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and opt to bat |
| Venue | Eden Gardens |
| Result | Australia won by 3 wickets |
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South Africa Squad
Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi
Australia Squad
Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
South Africa vs Australia Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| South Africa | 212/10 (49.4 ov) |
| Australia | 215/7 (47.2 ov) |
South Africa vs Australia highlights
South Africa innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Quinton de Kock † | c Cummins b Hazlewood | 3 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 |
| Temba Bavuma (c) | c †Inglis b Starc | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rassie van der Dussen | c Smith b Hazlewood | 6 | 31 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 19.35 |
| Aiden Markram | c Warner b Starc | 10 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | b Head | 47 | 48 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 97.91 |
| David Miller | c Head b Cummins | 101 | 116 | 138 | 8 | 5 | 87.06 |
| Marco Jansen | lbw b Head | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Coetzee | c †Inglis b Cummins | 19 | 39 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 48.71 |
| Keshav Maharaj | c Smith b Starc | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Kagiso Rabada | c Maxwell b Cummins | 10 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 83.33 |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | not out | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Mitchell Starc | 10 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 3.4 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 8 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1.5 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Cummins | 9.4 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 5.27 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Adam Zampa | 7 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 7.85 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3.5 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Head | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4.2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Australia innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Travis Head | b Maharaj | 62 | 48 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 129.16 |
| David Warner | b Markram | 29 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 161.11 |
| Mitchell Marsh | c van der Dussen b Rabada | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Smith | c †de Kock b Coetzee | 30 | 62 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 48.38 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | lbw b Shamsi | 18 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 58.06 |
| Glenn Maxwell | b Shamsi | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Josh Inglis † | b Coetzee | 28 | 49 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Mitchell Starc | not out | 16 | 38 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 42.1 |
| Pat Cummins (c) | not out | 14 | 29 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 48.27 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Marco Jansen | 4.2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 8.07 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 6 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 6.83 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Aiden Markram | 8 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2.87 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerald Coetzee | 9 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 5.22 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 4.2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 10 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2.4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Player of the Match
Travis Head | Australia
Hard to unpack all of that. Tense finish, amazing game. Didn’t move from the seat for the last part. We knew how it was going to play, we had three or four days here. We haven’t seen such spin, we knew we had to battle.
I thought I wasn’t going to be here (after the hand injury), but I am happy to contribute for Australia, nice to be here. Straight as they came (Klaasen dismissal). He (Klaasen) smacked me, was under the pump, but it was nice to get his wicket. I was prepared to bowl a few overs, always keen to contribute with the ball.
We have had that positive approach to keep the pace rolling. Disappointed for the way I got out, that (vs Maharaj) was a match-up against a left-arm spinner, but wasn’t to be. It’s an unbelievable attack, their bowlers look sharp and they (India) have been one of the best teams in the competition, never dreamed of playing a World Cup final against them.
