2023 Cricket World Cup In the tenth match of South Africa A strong team of the past Australia suffered an incredible defeat, after which the question arose in the minds of the fans that Australia is the weakest team in this World Cup?
South Africa’s performance in all the matches so far has somewhat overshadowed the team’s disappointing performance in the last two World Cups.
Before the match at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium in the historical and cultural city of Lucknow, almost every pundit and commentator was saying that Australia would be the winning team of this match.
From the smoky batting of South Africa against Sri Lanka, it was predicted that the match would be a nail biter, but no one was under the illusion that the uncrowned kings of cricket, the kangaroos, would fly away like dry leaves.
When Australia won the toss and asked South Africa to bat first on a good batting pitch, all eyes could see the confidence on the face of Pete Cummins who was satisfied with the win despite the defeat against India.
South Africa, which has been a weak side for the last five years since the end of its golden era, seems to be emerging as a strong team again.
Opener Quinton de Kock looked in great form once again. Set the foundation for a good start by scoring a second consecutive century. In addition, South African captain Bawama shared a century for the first wicket.
Bauma scored 35 runs off Maxwell and was caught out by Warner while Russi van Dawson scored 26 runs and fell victim to Eden Zampa.
Adam Markram, who made the fastest century against Sri Lanka, could not score a traditional batting century but was dismissed by Pete Cummins after scoring 56 runs.
South Africa’s batting did not have the same aggressiveness as in the first match but all contributed to a big total. Meanwhile, de Kock completed his century, which was his 19th ODI century.
He was bowled by Maxwell after scoring 109 runs.
In the allotted 50 overs, the South African team scored 311 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
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This target was not difficult for Australia, but the Australian team suffered from difficulties from the beginning.
South Africa’s Negidi and Rabada made Australia’s batsmen very difficult. Nippy bowling did not allow the Kangaroo batsmen to play freely.
Apart from Marnus Labuchin, none of the batsmen could stay on the wicket. Labuchin played an innings of 46 runs while none of the Australian batsmen could support him.
South African spinners Kiso Maharaj and Tabriz Shamsi also bowled well and took two wickets each.
Kagiso Rabada dismissed three players by giving 33 runs, but the entire Australian team was dismissed in the 40th over after scoring 177 runs.
On the other hand, South Africa won the match by 134 runs and won the important match of the World Cup.
Seeing the poor condition of the Australian team, the fans are forced to say that it is the weakest team in this World Cup which has not even got a regular opener.
Out-of-form Mitchell Marsh is opening, while David Warner, who has become a worthless weapon at the end of his career, has announced his retirement from Test cricket in December.
The team currently does not have any reliable batsmen in the middle order apart from Steve Smith and Labuscheen, while Eden Zampa is yet to impress, which will make Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc work hard on India’s slower pitches.
Australia’s worst performance against South Africa has dimmed their hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup.
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2024-10-05 21:15:34