The South Africa vs. Australia ODI match has already become the talk of the town because of the brilliant knock of Klaasen. But in the second innings the cricket world witnessed a heartbreaking moment. While chasing a big total of 417 Australia was scattered a bit. Australian star batter Alex Carry got out on 99 in a short ball by Kagiso Rabada.
South Africa’s dominance:
South Africa started their innings with a bang. Klaasen was the star of South Africa’s batting lineup. This giant batter scored 174 out of 83 balls which contains 13 boundaries and 13 over boundaries. David Miller was his perfect companion who also ended the innings with an unbeaten 82 runs. Depending on those mighty performances South Africa put on a target of 417 in front of Australia.
Carey’s fight for the team:
In the second innings, Australia didn’t start with the determination. David Warner got out pretty early by just scoring 12 runs in 13 balls. Young batter Travis Head was retired heart. Captain Marsh was not in a good form. From the Aussies, Alex Carey tried to dominate the opponent.
He played an electrifying innings of 99 out of 77 balls which contains 9 boundaries and 4 over boundaries with a strike of 128.57. When the Aussi batter was close to his century Kagiso Rabada bowled a brilliant short ball. Carey went to pull the ball but de Kock caught the ball from behind.
It is a game of uncertainty. Australia lost the match. Since the First South Africa dominated the match. The defeated Aussies by a huge margin of 164 runs. Before this match, Australia was leading the five-match ODI series with a 2-1 margin. Now proteas equals the calculation. The last match of the series will be the decider of the champion side.
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