Quote from: noormcs5 on Today at 01:24:07 PM

Quote from: Swordsoffreedom on November 16, 2023, 05:13:48 PM

The South African bowlers made the match competitive despite giving away a target of just 213 runs. However, Australian batsmen batted very well in the first 10 overs. He scored 74 runs in the first 10 overs. Travis Head's innings of 62 off 48 balls kept Australia in control of the match. However, the match became competitive due to the poor performance of the middle order. I expected a more responsible performance from the Australian batsmen. With such a performance, Australia will not be able to do well against India in the final match. To do well in the final, Australia's batsmen need to do better. India is a very strong team. If the batsmen perform so erratically against India, the attempt will be by a big margin to the Australian team.

South Africa can’t qualify for the final due to their batting and fielding. They couldn’t take very easy catches so they should have loss as a punishment for not playing well and they had, but on the other hand, it is a very sad moment for South Africa because they did very hard work for the World Cup but they can’t make it real,
and South Africa don’t have any good thing because they lost in 2015 World Cup and the captain of that time was Ab de Villars who cried and this time it was Temba Bavumba cried in the stadium because of Semi final loss and not making his team to clear the semi final hurdle.

It is very sad for South Africa. They performed very well in this world cup. In almost every match of the World Cup, we have seen better batting from the South African batsmen. South Africa used to score high especially in the first innings. But South Africa's top order collapsed very quickly against Australia. Apart from Miller, no other player in the squad batted well. If the top order batted a little better, South Africa could easily have set a target of more than 280. Along with batsman, the bowlers also gave a lot of runs in the first 10 overs. The performance of the bowlers was not controlled in the beginning. As a result, it was easy for Australia to control the match.