AUS vs SA: South Africa has a chance to win 5th consecutive ODI

AUS vs SA: South Africa has a chance to win 5th consecutive ODI

Australia will face South Africa in the World Cup 2023 today, on Thursday 12th October. This match will be played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, Lucknow from 2 pm. The toss will take place half an hour earlier at 1:30 pm.

This is the second match of both the teams in this World Cup. Australia had to face defeat against India by 6 wickets in its first match. Whereas South Africa had defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 102 runs. Before the World Cup, the Australian team had to face series defeats against South Africa.

 

Recent Records

So far 6 matches have been played between the two teams in the ODI World Cup. Australia won thrice and South Africa won twice. One match was tied. Talking about overall head-to-head, a total of 108 ODIs have been played between the two teams so far. Australia won 50 and South Africa won 55 matches. Three matches were tied and one remained inconclusive.

 

Most Memorable Matches

Both teams clashed in the 1999 World Cup Super-6. South Africa scored 271 runs. Chasing Australia had lost 3 wickets for 152 runs in 30.5 overs. Captain Steve Waugh came to the crease and Herschelle Gibbs dropped an easy catch off the ball of Alan Donald. Then Steve told Gibbs – You gave up the World Cup, not the catch. Steve Waugh scored 120 runs and Australia won the match by 5 wickets with 2 balls remaining.

The two teams met again in the 1999 semi-finals. Australia was all out for 213 runs, in reply South Africa could also score only 213 runs. The match was tied, but due to better run rate in the Super-6 stage, Australia got entry in the final despite the tie. Australia also became champion in 1999.

Aiden Markram is the team top scorer this year

South Africa has won the last four out of the last 5 matches consecutively. Had to face defeat in one. If the team wins today, it will be its fifth consecutive win. Talking about batting, Aiden Markram has been the top scorer for South Africa so far in 2023. Marco Janson is the topper in the team in terms of bowling.

 

Labuschagne is Australia's top scorer and Zampa is the top wicket taker.

Australia won only one of its last five matches and lost the remaining matches. Marnus Labuschagne has scored the most runs for Australia so far this year. He also scored a century. In bowling, Adam Zampa has bowled well.

 

pitch report

The spinners have been getting help on the wicket of Ekana Stadium. So far 4 ODI matches have been played here. The team batting first has won 2 matches and the team bowling first has also won 2 matches. The average total in the first inning is 220 runs. There is dew here in the evening and due to this there can be difficulty in gripping the ball.

 

Good news from weather front

There is no chance of rain in Lucknow on 12th October. Therefore, you can expect a tough match between two powerful teams. Humidity will be around 43%. During this period the wind speed will be 10 kilometers per hour. This means that the players will look sweaty because the humidity will be high and the wind speed will be low.

 

Possible playing 11 of both teams

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansson, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Geralt Coetzee/Tabaraiz Shamsi and Lungi Ngidi.

 

Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green/Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.