AUS vs SA Live Updates, ICC World Cup 2023: India looking for first win against South Africa
Australia vs South Africa Live Score, ICC World Cup 2023: South African team is batting first, Quinton de Kock and captain Bavuma are present at the crease. Earlier, Australia has decided to bowl against South Africa after winning the toss. Australia has made two changes in the playing eleven against the African team, while South Africa has made one change.(SCORECARD)
Today, the five-time champion Australia team will be eyeing its first win of the World Cup 2023 against South Africa at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Australia had to face defeat from India in its first match of the World Cup 2023. On the other hand, the South African team, which has got the title of chokers, will be looking for its second win of the tournament. South Africa played the first match of the tournament against Sri Lanka and in that match the team defeated Sri Lanka by 102 runs. In that match, the team had created history by scoring more than 400.
This is the playing eleven of both the teams:
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.
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South Africa 58/0 (10.5 overs)
AUS vs SA Live Updates: Both South African opener Temba Bavuma and wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock are looking in great form and are hitting great shorts all around the field.
South Africa 33/0 (6 overs)
AUS vs SA Live:
South Africa started batting. south african captain Temba Bavuma and wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock at the crease.
Australia has made two changes in the playing eleven and South Africa has made one change in the playing eleven.
This is the playing eleven of both the teams:
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Australia vs South Africa Live:
Australia has won the toss and decided to bowl against South Africa.
What will be the mood of the pitch in Lucknow, it will decide with which playing eleven both the teams will field. South Africa had set a record against Sri Lanka, so there would hardly be any change in the batting of the team, but a change in bowling is possible.
Both teams are like this:
South Africa squad: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Lizaad Williams, Riza Hendrix, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi
Australia team: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott, Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis. , Josh English
Australia vs South Africa Live Updates:
The spin bowlers are making an impact on the Ekana pitch. But a new pitch has been made for the World Cup 2023, it will be interesting to see who gets help from the pitch. Looking at the past record, it is very difficult to score 300 runs on this pitch.
South Africa’s middle order has the highest average (44.6) and run-rate (6.4) in ODIs in the last four years. On the other hand, Australia’s middle order average during the same period was 29.9 and the team scored runs at a run-rate of 5.40.
Even though South Africa’s middle order has performed brilliantly in the last few years, this year the team has bowled very poorly in the powerplay. South Africa’s power play has averaged 43 and the team has given runs at an economy rate of 6.6. The average of Australia’s powerplay bowlers is 40.7, but their economy rate is 5.4.
Australia vs South Africa Live Updates:
Hello, welcome to the live blog of NDTV Sports. The African team, which has got the tag of fours, faces Australia’s challenge today. The match between South Africa and Australia is very high-voltage. Australia is looking for its first win of the tournament, while on the other hand, the African team would like to maintain its winning streak against Sri Lanka.