ICC Cricket World Cup: Australia vs South Africa

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Australia vs South Africa will be one of the blockbuster matches in the ICC World Cup 2023, as both teams are the favorites to win the tournament, but both teams had quite different results from their first match of the World Cup.

Australian team suffered their first-ever opening defeat in the World Cup for the first time, and it was against the host nation India, who defeated them by six wickets, but still they gave a good fight on the spin-friendly surface. Lots of thinking must happen for the Australian team after they gave a below-average batting performance and must play spin better.

Pat Cummins praised the team for a tough fight against the top batting side like India and tried to defend 200 runs. They had an amazing start to the match as they picked three batters’ wickets on a duck, but KL Rahul and Kohli snatched the game from them.

The South African team smashed rain down the sixes in their last match against Sri Lanka and recorded the highest team total in the World Cup. They scored 428, which is the highest total scored by the team in the World Cup ever by South Africa. Three players on the team scored a century, and Markram scored the fastest century.

The bowling unit of South Africa has been one of the best for a long time, especially their pace unit, which showed their skill in the last match and got Sri Lanka out on 326. Gerald Coetzee took three wickets, and Rabada also took two wickets.

When and Where To Watch Australia vs South Africa 10th ICC World Cup 2023 Match

Match	Australia vs South Africa 10th ICC World Cup Match, 2023
Date & Time	October 12th, 2023, Saturday, 2:00 AM IST
Venue	Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Where to Watch	Disney Hotstar

Player Injury Report For Australia vs South Africa 10th ICC World Cup Match

There is no new injury update from either team after they played their first match against their respective opponents.

Australia vs South Africa Head-to-Head ODI Record

Match Played	108
Australia Won	50
South Africa Won	54
Tie/NR	3/1

South Africa recently won the series against Australia at their own home ground when they were two down. It is not going to be easy for Australia to win against South Africa.

Weather Conditions For Australia vs South Africa 10th ICC World Cup Match

The Weather will be clear, and there is no chance of rain, which is going to give fans big smiles because they will be able to see the whole match. There is a chance of some dew in the night.

Pitch Report of Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, In the South Africa vs Sri Lanka Match On October 12th, 2023

Match Played	4 Matches
Batting first won	2 Matches won
Batting second won	2 Matches won
Average 1st innings scores	234.8 Runs
Highest Team innings total	253/3 by WI
Lowest Team innings total	194/10 by WI

It is going to be the first World Cup match played on Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. The pitch is balanced and one of the best pitches to play cricket on, as it doesn’t assist a particular asset of the game.

Team Preview Australia

Australian middle order will look to perform better in the next match against the South African team, whose bowling attack is lethal and recently cost them three matches. They might make some changes to the side and might replace Zampa with Sean Abbott, who will give an extra hand in the batting south in the 2nd ODI match against India.

Important players for the Australia Team in the match against the South Africa team

1- Glenn Maxwell did not have a good match against India, but he can be the game changer against South Africa as he improved his bowling recently, but his batting is inconsistent. He has an average of 33.42 in 130 matches and took 64 wickets.

2- Mitchell Marsh had the worst match as he got out on a duck and also dropped an easy catch of Kohli, which lost them a match as Kohli scored 85 runs. He has been one of the strong-hitting batters but also inconsistent with scoring.

3- Steven Smith was one of the top performers of Australia in their last match, scoring 46 runs, but got out Jadeja’s drifter. He can score big, which he did in the past for Australia.

Team Preview Of South Africa

South Africa will be looking to go all out and win all the matches against the weak team because it is going to be a hard job for them to win against the top team, but they have all the skills to be in the semi-final as many experts did pick them in the top 4 of ICC World Cup 2023. They need to play spinners well against the Sri Lanka side, and if they are able to tackle the Lankan spinners, then they will have the upper hand.

Important players for the South Africa Team in the match against the Australia Team

1- Aiden Markram scored the fastest hundred in the last match against Sri Lanka, and he will be once again crucial for his team. He scored 1771 runs with an average of 36.89 in 55 ODIs and took 16 wickets, which is quite great for a part-time spinner.

2- Quinton de Kock has been one of the best players for the South African team over 5-8 years, as he scored 6276 runs with an average of 45.15 in just 146 matches, and his record in India is amazing. He scored a century once again against Sri Lanka and will be the key player to go up against the Australian bowlers.

3- Kagiso Rabada will be the lead bowler for the South Africa team and will have to give all after Nortje pull out of the squad due to injury. Rabada picked up 144 wickets in just 92 ODIs, which is an outstanding performance by the young but experienced bowler. He picked up two wickets in the last match.

Australia vs South Africa: Probable Playing 11 of Australia

David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey(w), Cameron Green, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Australia vs South Africa: Probable Playing 11 of South Africa

Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada