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Target is too low. Still, South Africa is playing to win. Travis Head and David Warner collected 60 runs in the first wicket partnership. Australian team collected 60 runs in only 6 overs. Warner got out after collecting 29 runs off just 18 balls. But the interesting thing is that Australia lost two of their key batsmen in two overs. Mitchell Marsh returned to the dressing room without scoring a run in 6 balls. At the end of 8 overs, Australia collected 61 runs losing 2 wickets. South African batsmen are now under pressure. Now if the Australian bowlers can take the wicket of Smith and Head in the next few overs then it will be difficult for Australia to win this match. I will be happy if the match turns out to be exciting. I don't want to see a one-sided match in the semi-final.

I was not expecting that South Africa will perform like this they really disappointed. David Miller was good in this match who made century. He was pulling the runs but others players were not standing on pitch. Miller were trying much and half of the full runs he had made.
But according to the current situation Australia has lost 2 wickets and made 98 runs in 13 overs. Travis Head is on the pitch and made 55 runs. Mitchell Marsh has a bad luck and made nothing on 6 balls.
By the way South Africa has lost the match in advance I think.

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South Africa Vs Australia

In the second semi-final match, South Africa won the toss and lost 4 wickets in the beginning. South Africa's batting performance suggests that they will be bowled out for 200 runs today. South Africa now need to form a strong pair to survive 50 overs. Otherwise, South Africa will not last the full 50 overs today. But we will wait to see the entire innings of the match from start to finish to see how any team can perform to confirm the semi-final today and confirm the final.

The way Australia are batting against South Africa, it looks like Australia will cross this target in 25 overs. South Africa could not come out of their usual form  South Africa performed well throughout the tournament but in the semi-final they performed poorly and they have been doing this for a long time. In the final of the 2023 India World Cup, we might be seeing Australia as India's opponents at the Ahmedabad Stadium. Australia need just 15 more runs to win with 8 wickets in hand and about 37 overs remaining. Australia will probably win this match against South Africa with 20 overs in hand. Best wishes in advance for the Australian team.

[FinePoine0]

South Africa are called chokers for a reason. After fighting hard in group stages they are once again at the verge of elimination. Starc and Hazlewood just destroyed the top order batting lineup of South Africa, 44/4 in 14 overs. I don't understand whats the benefit of playing so well at group stages if you have to do this in Semis?

South African team has done his one of worst ever performance in this world cup till now, mostly during his journey of this world cup thier top order scored brilliantly set a stage for rest of player and thus the rest of player Carrey on such momentum after thier dismissal and scored a decent big target but now I think this top order took Australian lighter which cost them brutal departure later miller took some responsibility and scored a significant runs in such high pressure critical situation but I don't think such small contribution will help south Africa to promote to final because if they scored 350+ then after that still I believe that Australia will win because they love high stage matches and they know how to survive here no matter how difficult it is.

Target is too low. Still, South Africa is playing to win. Travis Head and David Warner collected 60 runs in the first wicket partnership. Australian team collected 60 runs in only 6 overs. Warner got out after collecting 29 runs off just 18 balls. But the interesting thing is that Australia lost two of their key batsmen in two overs. Mitchell Marsh returned to the dressing room without scoring a run in 6 balls. At the end of 8 overs, Australia collected 61 runs losing 2 wickets. South African batsmen are now under pressure. Now if the Australian bowlers can take the wicket of Smith and Head in the next few overs then it will be difficult for Australia to win this match. I will be happy if the match turns out to be exciting. I don't want to see a one-sided match in the semi-final.

The South African team is not able to perform well in bowling. If the bowling performance does not improve then South Africa will lose in the end. Only two wickets have fallen, Australia team can easily win this match today. Because South Africa team has many strong batsmen in Australia team. Today there is enough opportunity for Head to score century as he has been performing well in batting form since the opening. 62 off 47 balls is currently collected but if this is how Head can last in the field then he can score century. But he should not have taken too much pressure as he was already out.  If the ball was left patiently, there was definitely no chance of getting out. So far Australia team total 109 runs 3 wickets in 15 overs.

[noormcs5]

South Africa! Damn! I feel that they will never get rid of their chokers tag in big ICC tournaments sadly. Even Afghanistan put up a better fight in comparison which goes to show why the chokers tag suits them perfectly.

Never understood why Bavuma was in the team and why the heck was he chosen as the captain. I applaud Miller for his amazing performance under such insane pressure. Looks like it's India vs Australia yet again in the final.

The game isn't over yet and South African spin bowlers may do some magic for them. Both set batsmen Travis Head and David Warner  are out and now is the only way that South Africa can pull back in this match is to keep on talking wickets and bowl them all out before they make 212 runs.

They just cannot restrict the Australian team because the required run rate is only less than 3 runs per over. Pretty easy for the Aussies to win this match if they can bat out the full 50 overs, even this target can be achieved with 35 overs or so.

So strange that Temba Bavuma won the toss, elected to bat and still they are in a miserable position at the moment. I wonder whether South Africa will ever pass the Semi final stage and play the world cup final 

[Bd officer]

I expected a competitive match in an exciting match like the semi-final. However, South Africa's batting performed very poorly due to which they gave a target of only 212 runs against the strong team Australia. However, if South Africa could have taken Australia's three wickets before 50 runs, it would have been very difficult for Australia to win and we would have seen a competitive match. Although Australia lost three wickets, David Warner and Travis Head got out with very good batting, only Mitchell Marsh batted very badly today and got out for 0 runs. Australia has so far scored 125 runs with 3 wickets in 20 overs. Australia need only 88 runs to win with 7 wickets still in hand. Australia will win easily if nothing happens today. Today Australia will win easily and will play against India in the final match.

[HelliumZ]

South Africa! Damn! I feel that they will never get rid of their chokers tag in big ICC tournaments sadly. Even Afghanistan put up a better fight in comparison which goes to show why the chokers tag suits them perfectly.

Never understood why Bavuma was in the team and why the heck was he chosen as the captain. I applaud Miller for his amazing performance under such insane pressure. Looks like it's India vs Australia yet again in the final.

Captain Bavuma just nothing but zero.
Bavuma, as the sole captain, has to accept responsibility for South Africa's poor performance in today's match. South Africa were under a lot of pressure early on with his wicket going. If David Miller had not played an innings of 101 runs, it is doubtful whether South Africa's total would have been 100 at all. However, Bavuma may not be seen as captain after the World Cup.

[BitcoinsGreat]

New Zealand vs India in today's first semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup. India will enter the field as the favorite team in today's match. It is not unknown to anyone that the Indian team is at the top of the cricket chest. As a fan of Indian cricket team, I expect India to win the first semi-final match. It is expected that in today's match the Indian team will present a wonderful match to the cricket lovers. Today's first semi-final match will start shortly. Only 35 minutes left for this match to start.

The much awaited match has started first semi final of ICC World Cup between two strong squads first India and second New Zealand. In this World Cup India squad, now a favorite squad from all other squads due to their consistent performance in previous matches faces the formidable New Zealand squad. India squad already won the toss from New Zealand squad and they want to bat first on the crease. Indian batters are showing their tremendous performance on the crease and their batting inning reached at the verge of finishing just few overs are remained for bat. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer both are out from crease but after showing their outstanding performances and both batters have completed their superb centuries for their squad. Let's see at the last of match, how much they will give a defending target to New Zealand squad

The first Semi-Final has been finished and the output is not good for New Zealand, people thought that history would repeat itself in the 2019 World Cup but the Indian team took revenge for their previous match that they both teams played in the England World Cup 2019 semi-final. Another trophy goes out of the New Zealand team hands. New Zealand doesn’t have any ICC tournament trophy, they just have a dream to win an event but sadly they can’t win yesterday they lost another hope of winning the World Cup, and now they are properly out of the World Cup.

Sad for the New Zealand team, New Zealand nation and more sad ending for their Captain Kane Williamsons.

[Unknown Op]

I expected a competitive match in an exciting match like the semi-final. However, South Africa's batting performed very poorly due to which they gave a target of only 212 runs against the strong team Australia. However, if South Africa could have taken Australia's three wickets before 50 runs, it would have been very difficult for Australia to win and we would have seen a competitive match. Although Australia lost three wickets, David Warner and Travis Head got out with very good batting, only Mitchell Marsh batted very badly today and got out for 0 runs. Australia has so far scored 125 runs with 3 wickets in 20 overs. Australia need only 88 runs to win with 7 wickets still in hand. Australia will win easily if nothing happens today. Today Australia will win easily and will play against India in the final match.

Yes, everyone waiting for this second semi final match would be tough and interesting. But looking at batting inning performance of South Africa squad in this match was very bad, if they perform  in the batting inning as they did in previously, they definitely won this second semi final match from Australia squad. They made low quality defending target of just 212 scores and then there whole squad was wiped out on the crease. At present time, Australia squad need 20 scores from 64 balls with 4 wickets. Today, Australian squad will win with a great margin and South Africa squad will suffer a very disappointing loss which was not expected at all.

[Jateng]

South Africa are called chokers for a reason. After fighting hard in group stages they are once again at the verge of elimination. Starc and Hazlewood just destroyed the top order batting lineup of South Africa, 44/4 in 14 overs. I don't understand whats the benefit of playing so well at group stages if you have to do this in Semis? South Africa only hope is rain which has stopped the play right now. There must a reserve day for this semi final also but I don't know play on reserve day will resume from scratch or from where its interrupted.

We have seen many matches in the history of South Africa where they played very well in the group stage and reached the semi-final but in the semi-final does it change in them when they do not qualify for the semi-final but like today's match they lost in the semi-final multiple times. Today I will see South Africa's first three batsmen as one of the main reasons for the loss of today's match. They don't really have the ability to withstand pressure in cricket rather they lack some qualities of cricket.

Australia at present 195/7 in 41 overs. They needs just 18 runs from 54 balls to win this match and qulaify for the final of the worl cup. Gerald Coetzee South Africa fast bowlers bowl brilliant gets 2/40 Crusial wickets and Tabraiz Shamsi excellent bowling spell gets 2 wickets also his bowling 2/42. Now match is 60% in favour of Australian beacuse still they have 3 wickets in hand and needed just 18 runs in 9 over. I think Australia will easily win this match and qulaify for final of world cup.

[ThemePen]

Yes, everyone waiting for this second semi final match would be tough and interesting. But looking at batting inning performance of South Africa squad in this match was very bad, if they perform  in the batting inning as they did in previously, they definitely won this second semi final match from Australia squad. They made low quality defending target of just 212 scores and then there whole squad was wiped out on the crease. At present time, Australia squad need 20 scores from 64 balls with 4 wickets. Today, Australian squad will win with a great margin and South Africa squad will suffer a very disappointing loss which was not expected at all.

I am enjoying the match at this time. And I am looking that Australia team is under pressure. They already lost 7 wickets and they need 14 runs on 49 balls. Australia is trying really well to win and South Africa is trying to get more wickets and want to make more pressure on Australia.
At this time Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are on the pitch the main players of the Australian are out. By the way according to the live forcast Australia has 97% chances that they will win the match. South Africa just need 3 wickets to win. Let's see 😉

[3kpk3]

Jesus! What a crazy entertaining match between Australia and South Africa. It looked like Australia would have been in huge trouble if De Kock didn't put Cummins down since it would expose the weak tail-enders.

I never expected the proteas to put up such a good fight after their terrible effort with the bat. I don't see such an average Australian team defeating the Indians in the final.

[leonair]

Yes, everyone waiting for this second semi final match would be tough and interesting. But looking at batting inning performance of South Africa squad in this match was very bad, if they perform  in the batting inning as they did in previously, they definitely won this second semi final match from Australia squad. They made low quality defending target of just 212 scores and then there whole squad was wiped out on the crease. At present time, Australia squad need 20 scores from 64 balls with 4 wickets. Today, Australian squad will win with a great margin and South Africa squad will suffer a very disappointing loss which was not expected at all.

I am enjoying the match at this time. And I am looking that Australia team is under pressure. They already lost 7 wickets and they need 14 runs on 49 balls. Australia is trying really well to win and South Africa is trying to get more wickets and want to make more pressure on Australia.
At this time Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are on the pitch the main players of the Australian are out. By the way according to the live forcast Australia has 97% chances that they will win the match. South Africa just need 3 wickets to win. Let's see 😉

South Africa had a very promising team this time and they were very likely to play the final match. But Australia is gradually overtaking South Africa as well and becoming a rival of India. Australia is trying to make a stronger entry in the final match. South Africa losing such a match today really surprises us. Australia played really well today. they have also shown great performances in bowling and they have done very well in batting as well. Australia were under a bit of pressure due to their quick loss of wickets but recovered quite easily

[Nalain420]

South Africa are called chokers for a reason. After fighting hard in group stages they are once again at the verge of elimination. Starc and Hazlewood just destroyed the top order batting lineup of South Africa, 44/4 in 14 overs. I don't understand whats the benefit of playing so well at group stages if you have to do this in Semis? South Africa only hope is rain which has stopped the play right now. There must a reserve day for this semi final also but I don't know play on reserve day will resume from scratch or from where its interrupted.

We have seen many matches in the history of South Africa where they played very well in the group stage and reached the semi-final but in the semi-final does it change in them when they do not qualify for the semi-final but like today's match they lost in the semi-final multiple times. Today I will see South Africa's first three batsmen as one of the main reasons for the loss of today's match. They don't really have the ability to withstand pressure in cricket rather they lack some qualities of cricket.

Australia at present 195/7 in 41 overs. They needs just 18 runs from 54 balls to win this match and qulaify for the final of the worl cup. Gerald Coetzee South Africa fast bowlers bowl brilliant gets 2/40 Crusial wickets and Tabraiz Shamsi excellent bowling spell gets 2 wickets also his bowling 2/42. Now match is 60% in favour of Australian beacuse still they have 3 wickets in hand and needed just 18 runs in 9 over. I think Australia will easily win this match and qulaify for final of world cup.

Today match south Africa 213 target for Australia. South African batsmen did not work hard today. And gave Australia a low target. This is very easy target for Australia team. Australia is one of the strongest teams.From which it seems that Australia will win the final match. because Australia team was very hard working.If the Australian team had been given a target of 300, they could have achieved this target. Australia bowlers chased down a very easy target by outs  South Africa 10-for-10 batsmen in just 49 overs.If south Africa batsmen had worked to some extent, they might have won to some extent.

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South Africa had a very promising team this time and they were very likely to play the final match. But Australia is gradually overtaking South Africa as well and becoming a rival of India. Australia is trying to make a stronger entry in the final match. South Africa losing such a match today really surprises us. Australia played really well today. they have also shown great performances in bowling and they have done very well in batting as well. Australia were under a bit of pressure due to their quick loss of wickets but recovered quite easily

That was an excited match. In the beginning I thought that Australia will won this match very easily but after falling the fourth wicket. Australia team performance become little bit vernable. I see lots of catch dropped by South African fielders so this is one kind of bad luck for them. Anyway from the South African team David miller tried his best. At the end of the day Australia on this match by making little bit hard from the easy game. Even then I would like to congratulation to Australia team for qualifying final.

[HONDACD125]

I am enjoying the match at this time. And I am looking that Australia team is under pressure. They already lost 7 wickets and they need 14 runs on 49 balls. Australia is trying really well to win and South Africa is trying to get more wickets and want to make more pressure on Australia.
At this time Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are on the pitch the main players of the Australian are out. By the way according to the live forcast Australia has 97% chances that they will win the match. South Africa just need 3 wickets to win. Let's see 😉

In the end, after a nerve-racking match, Australia defeated South Africa and qualified for the final. Australia's openers batted brilliantly at the start and scored 60 runs in the first six overs and I think that was the key milestone in Australia's win. Later on, of course, wickets continued to fall, but a good start had taken him very close in pursuit of 212.Mitchell Starc and commins achieved the target in 47.2 overs.

In my opinion, the main point of South Africa's defeat was the dismissal of four of its top order players for only 24 runs. Due to which South Africa's score was very low. However, the bowlers of South Africa tried hard to win the match, if the batsmen of South Africa had taken the score to 250 runs, it would not have been so easy for Australia to win. All the best to South Africa, because South Africa always enters every World Cup in a great way, but in the end, unfortunately, they lose in the semi-final or final.

[Mahdirakib]

The first semi-final has been played in a batting friendly pitch, where it was a bowling friendly pitch in the second semi-final today. The match was competitive even with the low target of 213 runs. Both favourite teams have qualified for the final. India is favourite for the final. I have won my bets by picking India and Australia as the winners in the semifinals.

[BitcoinsGreat]

I don't see such an average Australian team defeating the Indians in the final.

The first match of the Semi-Final was finished yesterday and the result came in the favor of the Indian team. Indian team deserved to win yesterday's match against New Zealand because they played very well, they took 10 out of 10 wickets, and Muhammad Shami is the main player that participated in the winning because if he doesn’t do bowling so Indian team is dead, and due to his bowling, he got the medal of most wickets in the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023.

He is the main player in this victory of India. He is able to possibly achieve this victory and may play an important part in the final against Australia.

[speeder]

Australia cricket team qualified for the final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup with a three-wicket victory over the South African cricket team in the second semi-final match today. I think South African cricket team lost against Australia cricket team due to bad batting of South African cricket team batsmen in today's match. If the batsmen of the South Africa cricket team could bat well in this second semi-final match today, then the opportunity to play in the final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup would not have been missed. However, in today's match, two teams had a competitive fight. Congratulations to the Australian team for making it to the finals by winning today's semi-final match

[laurenB7742]

Australia cricket team qualified for the final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup with a three-wicket victory over the South African cricket team in the second semi-final match today. I think South African cricket team lost against Australia cricket team due to bad batting of South African cricket team batsmen in today's match. If the batsmen of the South Africa cricket team could bat well in this second semi-final match today, then the opportunity to play in the final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup would not have been missed. However, in today's match, two teams had a competitive fight. Congratulations to the Australian team for making it to the finals by winning today's semi-final match

Had South Africa's top order improved, the outcome of this match might have been different. In each of the previous matches, we have seen excellent performances from South Africa's top order. But in today's match, the first four batsmen of South Africa's top order were flops. The Australian bowlers got off to a brilliant start. So they could stop the South African team for only 212 runs. Apart from the bowlers, the performance of Australia's two openers was quite good. Warner's innings was not big but his 29 from just 18 balls was very effective. After that, Head's innings of 62 runs from 48 balls resulted in the match being controlled by Australia. Even then, Australia lost 7 wickets. Anyway, finally got to watch the Australia vs India final, so I'm happy.

[AnonBitCoiner]

Today match was played as a second semi final between Australia and South Africa. In first batting the team of South Africa scored 212 runs. Australia attain the target very easily and won the match by 3 wickets. In the team of Australia the Maxwell out on just a single run. The performance of South Africa was not so good and their first four wickets were easily attained. In South Africa Miller scored 101 runs. Final match will be between India and Australia so the match will be much more interested as both team are very hard working and stronger.