{"id":347025,"date":"2023-11-16T16:17:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=347025"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:01:03","slug":"australia-survives-in-thriller-to-seal-world-cup-final-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=347025","title":{"rendered":"Australia survives in thriller to seal World Cup final spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia<\/a> will play India for the ICC World Cup<\/a> trophy after beating South Africa<\/a> by three wickets in a semi-final thriller.<\/p>\n

After restricting the South Africans to 212, Australia managed to chase the total down with three wickets and 16 balls to spare in a tense atmosphere inside Eden Gardens.<\/p>\n

Pat Cummins<\/a> hit the winning runs with a four through backward point, as Australia attempts to win its sixth ODI World Cup.<\/p>\n

RECAP:<\/strong> Australia vs South Africa World Cup semi-final\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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"What a game of cricket," former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said on commentary.<\/p>\n

"… Australia have stood tall under extreme pressure put on them by a very good and valiant South Africa team.<\/p>\n

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"The Australians have got out of jail, they've done just enough to win their way through to another final and take on India.<\/p>\n

"… Captain Calm (Cummins) has done it again, under all sorts of pressure, extreme pressure, he's managed to drag his team across the line."<\/p>\n

Australia started the game on fire, with South Africa 4-24 \ufeffafter they won the toss and elected to bat.<\/p>\n

A rain delay helped the Proteas, with \ufeffHeinrich Klaasen and David Miller combining for a 95-run partnership.<\/p>\n

\"de\u00a0Kock\u00a0loses\u00a0patience\u00a0as\u00a0Hazlewood\u00a0strikes\"<\/p>\n

Travis Head then ripped through to remove Klaasen and Marco Jansen in two consecutive balls<\/a> before Miller pushed ahead to make a century.<\/p>\n

Miller's 101 helped push South Africa to 212 with Australia bowling them out in 49.4 overs.<\/p>\n

Watch Australia take on India in the Cricket World Cup final live and free on Channel Nine and<\/strong> 9Now<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ufeffAustralia's run chase was off to a fast start with an opening stand of 60, however a mini collapse made it 2-61 when David Warner and Mitch Marsh departed.<\/p>\n

Head made 62 before he was gone at 3-106.<\/p>\n

Australia continued to grind through the middle order but at 6-174 there were concerns in the dressing room with Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith all out.<\/p>\n

\"Proteas\u00a0gun\u00a0snares\u00a0unbelievable\u00a0catch\"<\/p>\n

Wicket-keeper Josh Inglis (28) stabilised the innings but he too \ufeffdeparted at 7-193 after a fiery spell from Gerald Coetzee.<\/p>\n

Cummins and Mitchell Starc managed to hold on as Australia now prepares to play in Ahmedabad on Sunday November 19.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for South Africa, the loss continues a horrible record in ODI World Cups, having not won a semi-final in five attempts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia will play India for the ICC World Cup trophy after beating South Africa by three wickets in a semi-final thriller. After restricting the South […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347025"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347031,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347025\/revisions\/347031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/347027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}