November 15th 2023.
Heinrich Klaasen has been one of the stars for South Africa, and with their dreams of winning the Rugby and Cricket World Cups in less than a month, the Proteas must face Australia in Kolkata to put an end to an unwanted treble. South Africa have never reached the Cricket World Cup final and their most bizarre defeat was in 1999 at Edgbaston. With the two sides tied on 213 runs, Lance Klusener was set to win it for South Africa with two glorious shots to the boundary, but a run out from Allan Donald and Darren Lehmann's missed stumps ended the match with Australia advancing to the final.
Since then, South Africa have been beaten by Australia in the semi-finals twice more, but should there be a tie at the end of this match, there will be a Super Over shootout that will give South Africa a chance to reverse their fortunes. And their recent record of seven wins in the last nine one-day internationals with Australia, including the last four, should give the Proteas confidence.
Teams batting first have won seven of the last 11 matches at Eden Gardens, so South Africa 6/5 with SpreadEx and Australia 3/4 with Paddy Power will both be hoping to win the toss. Aiden Markram is 11/2 with Betfair to be the Proteas top batter, and Marnus Labuschagne is 7/1 with the two bookies to be Australia’s top scorer.
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