South Africa [325/6] beat Australia [315] by 10 runs in the final group stage match of WC2019

[sweep_shot]

NZ generally beats India in big tournaments. I expect NZ to go to final.

 

[ipog]

Never seen Shamsi do anything significant..why does he keep getting picked? SA were almost on the verge of losing this game

 

[K4Kohli]

NZ generally beats India in big tournaments. I expect NZ to go to final.

I like your non biased analysis. Very logical

 

[Hasan123]

Australia would have won this game had someone supported Warner in in the top 4.

Well played South Africa.

 

[jagatk]

NZ generally beats India in big tournaments. I expect NZ to go to final.

India v NZ in world cup is 3-4. Why do pak fans create alt facts rather than stick to the real ones?

 

[Artaxerxes]

South Africa are chokers.They can't play when under pressure.They play well in dead rubbers.

 

[gazza619]

SPEARHEADED by Faf du Plessis’ century and his 151-run partnership with Rassie van der Dussen, the Standard Bank Proteas finally produced a complete performance with bat, ball and in the field to beat Australia by 10 runs in their final match at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Saturday.

In what was the 100th ODI between the two countries the two teams produced a suitably memorable match which leaves both teams having won 48 encounters with three matches ending in ties and one no result.

It was also the Proteas eighth victory over Australia in the last nine encounters between the two countries and only South Africa’s second victory over Australia at a World Cup, the other one having come in South Africa’s first ever match at a World Cup at Sydney in 1992.

Du Plessis was named man of the match for his century (100 off 94 balls, 7 fours and 2 sixes) and for his overall leadership qualities although the award could equally have gone to David Warner for his century (122 off 117 balls, 15 fours and 2 sixes).

It was Du Plessis’ fifth century against Australia against whom he has an average well in excess of 50 and his 12th overall. He also became the seventh Protea to complete 1 000 ODI runs against Australia.

There were good supporting acts for both sides by Van der Dussen who made a career best 95 (97 balls, 4 fours and 4 sixes) and Alex Carey for Australia (85 off 69 balls, 11 fours and a six).

Kagiso Rabada finally came out on top of the South African bowling attack (3/56) which included two critical wickets in his last over when Australia were still threatening to make a successful chase.

Other key contributions to the South African victory were the opening stand between Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock which enabled the Proteas to post easily their best total in the opening power play of 73 runs – it was also the fourth highest of the tournament – and a big improvement in the quality of the fielding with De Kock and Markram again playing key roles as did Chris Morris.

The outcome of this match is that India top the final log and will play New Zealand in the one semi-final and Australia take on England in the other.

 

[sweep_shot]

South Africa is still a pretty strong team. One bad tournament doesn't mean anything. They have to kick out some older players and get some young guns.

Great win by SA.

 

[Hasan123]

South Africa is still a pretty strong team. One bad tournament doesn't mean anything. They have to kick out some older players and get some young guns.

Great win by SA.

Spot on.

PP just overreacts after one or two defeats. Even this not so great South African team was 3rd in the ODI rankings before the tournament. Sure they will kick out the oldies.

 

[ManFan]

NZ and India will make for a one-sided affair.

Whichever way it will go, will be very interesting for Pakistanis.

 

[tyron_woodley]

ngidi should have played over stupid shamsi. would have been an easier win for the saffers.

 

[Dingolfy]

NZ and India will make for a one-sided affair.

Whichever way it will go, will be very interesting for Pakistanis.

Not exactly. Even in our 4-1 drubbing agianst them, the matches were close. Boult can run through our top order and our boys can take out Williamson. Either way, it would be a cracking match.

 

[baggy blue]

SPEARHEADED by Faf du Plessis’ century and his 151-run partnership with Rassie van der Dussen, the Standard Bank Proteas finally produced a complete performance with bat, ball and in the field to beat Australia by 10 runs in their final match at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Saturday.

In what was the 100th ODI between the two countries the two teams produced a suitably memorable match which leaves both teams having won 48 encounters with three matches ending in ties and one no result.

It was also the Proteas eighth victory over Australia in the last nine encounters between the two countries and only South Africa’s second victory over Australia at a World Cup, the other one having come in South Africa’s first ever match at a World Cup at Sydney in 1992.

Du Plessis was named man of the match for his century (100 off 94 balls, 7 fours and 2 sixes) and for his overall leadership qualities although the award could equally have gone to David Warner for his century (122 off 117 balls, 15 fours and 2 sixes).

It was Du Plessis’ fifth century against Australia against whom he has an average well in excess of 50 and his 12th overall. He also became the seventh Protea to complete 1 000 ODI runs against Australia.

There were good supporting acts for both sides by Van der Dussen who made a career best 95 (97 balls, 4 fours and 4 sixes) and Alex Carey for Australia (85 off 69 balls, 11 fours and a six).

Kagiso Rabada finally came out on top of the South African bowling attack (3/56) which included two critical wickets in his last over when Australia were still threatening to make a successful chase.

Other key contributions to the South African victory were the opening stand between Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock which enabled the Proteas to post easily their best total in the opening power play of 73 runs – it was also the fourth highest of the tournament – and a big improvement in the quality of the fielding with De Kock and Markram again playing key roles as did Chris Morris.

The outcome of this match is that India top the final log and will play New Zealand in the one semi-final and Australia take on England in the other.

48 matches each..Wow..sa vs aus confrontation is the best in world cricket

 

[baggy blue]

South Africa is still a pretty strong team. One bad tournament doesn't mean anything. They have to kick out some older players and get some young guns.

Great win by SA.

Absolutely.. this tournament was just a bad planning

 

[jnaveen1980]

Absence of an oldie player like Amla helped them lol. Teams clinging on to old players always don't express themselves as well as they can.

 

[DHONI183]

A South Africa versus Australia match used to be such a mouth-watering prospect in world cup matches, and despite the disparity between the two teams on current form, I´m so happy that it lived up to its past expectations - despite being a dead rubber. South Africa last won against Australia in a world cup match as way back as in 1992 - phew! It was quite a thrilling match to watch. A thing here or there for Australia and they were running away with the game.

Good to see Warner batting at the pace as demanded by the required run-rate. He has coped a lot of criticism for this in this tournament, but his innings was spot on yesterday, despite running out of partners at the other end. Some brilliant shots played by him yesterday; and of course, who can match his jump celebration that he does at reaching milestones? A stunning catch by Morris to dismiss him turned the match on its head. What a grab!

Carey, from amongst the wicket keeper batsmen, has easily been the biggest revelation of the tournament. So impressed with him right from day one. A cool and calm customer who knows his game well. He´s excellent at finding gaps and and timing the ball, and he relies on these qualities more than the power to hit big. The comparisons with Bevan and Hussey make all the more sense given these factors.

We often undermine these things but in tight matches like the yesterday, they end up being the decisive factor in the end: Australia conceded 13 wides yesterday - almost as much as the margin of the defeat. Australia usually don´t do that, do they? They´re most careful of these things and are highly professional. They mightn´t have brought their A game to the ground yesterday. God knows! Taking nothing away from South Africa´s brilliant victory of course!

 

[Artaxerxes]

South Africa is still a pretty strong team. One bad tournament doesn't mean anything. They have to kick out some older players and get some young guns.

Great win by SA.

The SA teams have always been pretty strong but in ICC competition SA doesn't play to its full potential.