Thursday, November 16, 2023, at Kolkata, India’s famous Eden Gardens venue, is the day of the much-awaited second semi-final of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Cricketing heavyweights South Africa and Australia will square off in an exciting match to see who makes it to the final.
The two sides’ most recent encounter took place in Lucknow during the tournament’s group stage, with South Africa winning by a commanding margin of 134 runs. Quinton de Kock brilliant century (109 off 106 balls) established the Proteas’ batting supremacy, and the team’s win was further solidified by Kagiso Rabada’s outstanding bowling performance (3/33) and the two wickets each that Tabraiz Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj, and Marco Jansen took.
Australia and South Africa are playing one other in the semi-finals for the third time; they drew the first encounter in 1999 at Edgbaston and won by Australia seven wickets in St Lucia in 2007. The victor of this semifinal will play against either New Zealand or India in the championship match. The final will take place on November 19, 2023, in Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
In the interim, before South Africa and Australia square off in the 2023 World Cup Semi-Final-2, consider these significant figures and statistics:
Head-to-head Records: Out of 109 games played between the two sides, Australia has won 50 times and South Africa has won 55. One match ended in a draw, and three other matches resulted in ties. Australia and South Africa have played seven World Cup matches together. One game ended in a tie, and both clubs have won three games apiece.
6 – Kagiso Rabada (494) needs six wickets to complete 500 wickets in international cricket.
1 – Aiden Markram (49) needs one maximum to complete 50 sixes in ODI cricket.
3 – Travis Head (47) needs three sixes to complete 50 maximums in ODIs.
1 – Marcus Stoinis (49) is one big hit away from reaching 50 maximus in one-day internationals.
2 – Marcus Stoinis (48) also requires two scalps to reach 50 wickets in the 50-over format.
102 – Glenn Maxwell (898) needs 102 runs to complete 1000 runs in the ODI World Cup.
4 – David Warner (296) needs four sixes to complete 300 sixes in international cricket
1 – Lungi Ngidi (199) needs one scalp to get to 200 wickets across formats.
68 – David Miller (932) needs 68 runs to Complete 1000 ODI runs
108 – Glenn Maxwell (3892) needs 108 runs to complete 4000 ODI runs.
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