Australia will play against England in the semi-finals and suffered a surprising defeat by 10 runs at Emirates Old Trafford, on Saturday. David Warner scored an emphatic century and Australian wicket-keeper Alex Carrey also scored a great innings of 85-runs but failed to earn the victory. Australia will now face host and in-form England team in the upcoming blockbuster semi-final.

Australia lose to South Africa surprisingly and to face England in semi-finals

Kangaroos tasted defeat against Proteus in the second-last ball of their innings and down to the second position after India who clinched a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka and take the top position on the group. Australia already beat England in the group stage but England is now a dominant force after reversing their situation. This is Australia’s second defeat at the group stage after got beaten by India.

Let’s take a look at the summary of the match.

South Africa Innings (325-6-50)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Aiden Markram st Alex Carey b Lyon 34 37  6  1 91.89
Quinton de Kock (wk) c Starc b Lyon 52 51  7  0 101.96
Faf du Plessis (c) c Starc b Behrendorff 100 95  7  2 106.38
Rassie van der Dussen c Maxwell b Pat Cummins 95 97  4  4 97.94
Jean-Paul Duminy c Stoinis b Starc 14 13  1  0 107.69
Dwaine Pretorius b Starc  2  5  0  0 40.00
Andile Phehlukwayo not out  4  3  1  0 133.33

Extras: 24(b 1, lb 10, w 13, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 325(6 wkts, 50 Ov)

Did not bat: Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi

Fall of Wickets: 79-1 (Aiden Markram, 11.3), 114-2 (Quinton de Kock, 17.4), 265-3 (Faf du Plessis, 42.6), 295-4 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 46.5), 317-5 (Dwaine Pretorius, 48.5), 325-6 (Rassie van der Dussen, 49.6)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Mitchell Starc   9   0  59   2   0   8 6.56
Jason Behrendorff   8   0  55   1   0   0 6.88
Nathan Lyon  10   0  53   2   0   0 5.30
Pat Cummins   9   0  66   1   0   3 7.33
Steven Smith   1   0   5   0   0   0 5.00
Marcus Stoinis   3   0  19   0   0   1 6.33
Glenn Maxwell  10   0  57   0   0   1 5.70
POWERPLAY    Overs   Runs
Mandatory    0.1-10   73

South Africa Squad: Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Faf du Plessis (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Jean-Paul Duminy, Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi, David Miller, Beuran Hendricks, Lungi Ngidi, Hashim Amla

Playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Faf du Plessis (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Jean-Paul Duminy, Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi

Bench: David Miller, Beuran Hendricks, Lungi Ngidi, Hashim Amla

Australia Innings (315-10-49.5)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
David Warner c Chris Morris b Pretorius 112 117 15  2 104.27
Aaron Finch (c) c Markram b Tahir  3  4  0  0 75.00
Usman Khawaja b Rabada 18 14  3  0 128.57
Steven Smith lbw b Pretorius  7  6  1  0 116.67
Marcus Stoinis run out (Rabada/de Kock)  22 34  4  0 64.71
Glenn Maxwell c de Kock b Rabada 12 20  1  0 60.00
Alex Carey (wk) c Markram b Chris Morris 85 69 11  1 123.19
Pat Cummins c Duminy b Phehlukwayo  9 15  1  0 60.00
Mitchell Starc b Rabada 16 11  1  1 145.45
Jason Behrendorff not out 11  6  0  0 183.33
Nathan Lyon c Markram b Phehlukwayo  3  3  0  0 100.00

Extras: 7(b 0, lb 4, w 3, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 315(10 wkts, 49.5 Ov)

Fall of Wickets: 5-1 (Aaron Finch, 2.1), 33-2 (Steven Smith, 6.3), 95-3 (Marcus Stoinis, 18.3), 119-4 (Glenn Maxwell, 24.1), 227-5 (David Warner, 39.1), 272-6 (Pat Cummins, 44.4), 275-7 (Alex Carey, 45.2), 301-8 (Usman Khawaja, 48.1), 306-9 (Mitchell Starc, 48.5), 315-10 (Nathan Lyon, 49.5)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Imran Tahir   9  0 59   1   0   0 6.56
Kagiso Rabada 10  0 56   3   0   0 5.60
Dwaine Pretorius   6  2 27   2   0   1 4.50
Chris Morris   9  0 63   1   0   0 7.00
Tabraiz Shamsi   9  0 62   0   0   1 6.89
Andile Phehlukwayo 2.5  0 22   2   0   1 7.76
Jean-Paul Duminy   4  0 22   0   0   0 5.50
POWERPLAY   Overs   Runs
Mandatory   0.1-10    44

Australia Squad: David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Peter Handscomb

Playing XI: David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon

Bench: Nathan Coulter-Nile, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Peter Handscomb

Australia will have to face huge competition after this dramatic defeat against their old enemy. South Africa found its rhythm in late. It’s really very frustrating for them. Two of Proteus players J P Duminy and Imran Tahir announced their retirement from ODI cricket. South Africa will surely miss their service.