SA Vs AUS 2023: Consecutive Losses For Australia As South Africa Beats Australia In World Cup 2023

Consecutive Losses For Australia As South Africa Beats Australia In World Cup 2023:

Some lethal bowling by South Africa against Australia dismantled the Australian batting line-up as a result, SA won the second consecutive match in the World Cup 2023 by 134 runs against mighty Aussies.

The captain of Australia, Pat Cummins won the toss and Australia opted to field first against South Africa in the World Cup 2023 match.

FIRST INNINGS:

In the first innings, runs were chipped in from all SA batters including de Kock, Bavuma, Dussen, Markram, Klassen, and Jansen to get to a total of 300+ against Australia.

Furthermore, the brilliant century of de Kock against Australia at the top made the work easier for the other batters as he scored 109 runs on 106 deliveries smashing eight fours and five sixes in his second consecutive century of World Cup 2023.

Glenn Maxwell was the star with the bowl as he picked up 2 wickets for 34 runs as well as Mitchell Starc who picked up 2 wickets in his spell against South Africa.

SECOND INNINGS:

In the run chase of 312 runs, South African bowlers were all over the Aussies as they struck one after another and didn’t even let them settle.

As a result of the brilliant bowling effort by SA, half of the Australian team went back to the pavilion for just 65 runs and Africa bundled Australia for just 177 runs. The only partnership was between Marnus and Starc, apart from that, SA bowlers rattled Aussies batting line-up.

South Africa won their second consecutive match and handed Australia their second consecutive loss of the World Cup 2023 as they were bowled out in just 40.5 overs that too by a huge margin of 200 runs.

In the bowling department, brilliant line and lengths by Kagiso Rabada awarded him with three wickets in his spell against Australia. Two wicket were picked by Jansen, Shamsi, and Maharaj and one wicket was claimed by Ngidi.