Summary

  • Australia book World Cup final date against hosts India

  • Cummins and Starc see Australia to three-wicket victory

  • Regular wickets keep SA in contention on spinning wicket

  • Head (62) and Smith (30) top-score for Australia

  • South Africa bowled out for 212

  • Miller hits 115-ball century, bringing up hundred with a six

  • Klaasen (47) & Miller put on 95 for fifth wicket

  • South Africa slump to 24-4 under grey skies

  • Starc & Cummins take three wickets each

  1. SA 17-0published at 3 overs

    Well South Africa do have a couple of spinners with big personalities in Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj, Joe.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

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    Joe Gibney: I was at the 1999 Cricket World Cup semi-final at Edgbaston. Shane Warne's finest hour rescuing Australia from the dead. Do South Africa have their modern version to stop a chase of 213?

  3. Postpublished at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Oh dear. This is not looking good for Marco Jansen.

    Quinton de Kock is like a jack-in-a-box at the moment.

  4. Aus 17-0published at 2.4 overs

    Three of wides from Marco Jansen which is keeping Quinton de Kock busy behind the stumps. The South Africa wicketkeeper produces one particularly athletic stop to a delivery down leg side from Janen.

    The big left-arm seamer's radar has gone a little awry.

  5. Postpublished at 13:27 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Jansen has had a good World Cup in terms of wicket-taking but teams have got after him.

  6. Postpublished at 13:27 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That is the sort of shot you play to someone you're trying to get after and feel might be a bit vulnerable.

  7. Aus 14-0published at 2.1 overs

    David Warner slashes hard to Marco Jansen and the ball flies to the boundary through point.

    Jansen looks pensive. Super serious. Like the man with the weight of the world on his shoulders.

  8. Postpublished at 13:25 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

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    Get another slip in there, this is the chance for South Africa. If they are going to win this game then they need to take early wickets.

  9. Aus 10-0published at 2 overs

    Travis Head hangs his bat out to a wider delivery from Kagiso Rabada which skips off the pitch and takes the edge.

    Unfortunately for South Africa it goes wide of second slip and races away for four.

  10. Postpublished at 13:22 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Kagiso Rabada is a fiery character. He has been in trouble with a few match referees over the years for going over the line but I like a bit of fire in my bowlers.

  11. Aus 5-0published at 1.1 overs

    Whooosh. Kagiso Rabada beats the outside edge of David Warner's bat with his first delivery and gets plenty of encouragement from Quinton de Kock behind the stumps.

  12. Aus 5-0published at 1 over

    A few nerves for the anxious Marco Jansen as the final ball of the over is a big wide down the leg side which South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock does very well to prevent from racing away to the boundary.

  13. Postpublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    Journalist Daniel Gallan on X: Two previous scores by Australia v South Africa: 177 and 193. They've got more than enough already.

  14. Aus 4-0published at 0.2 overs

    Travis Head swishes at Marco Jansen's first delivery outside off stump.

    Next ball, though, Head gets down low and flashes hard at the ball and it flies away to the boundary for a one-bounce four.

  15. Postpublished at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    JansenImage source, Reuters

    Left-arm seamer Marco Jansen will bowl the first over for South Africa.

    Travis Head has taken guard for the Aussies. He will face.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

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    Andrew Watson: I can't imagine any English listeners want South Africa to lose again in a semi, especially considering the opposing team and history.

  17. Postpublished at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    Australia's opening pair Travis Head and David Warner are out in the middle. South Africa's players are in a huddle on the edge of the boundary.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 13:13 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

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    I remember that crazy enthralling semi-final between these sides in 1999 and was looking forward to a repeat today.

    Leigh in Swansea

  19. Postpublished at 13:12 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    Thanks Ffion,

    Speaking of that 1999 World Cup semi-final... Allan Donald opened up on that match to BBC Sport, having rarely talked about it in the past.

    "I needed therapy to get over it," Donald explains. "I couldn't watch it. I couldn't talk about it. But I got over it. It's become part of me."

    You can read the full feature here...

  20. Postpublished at 13:08 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2023

    There was a lot of excitement building as South Africa neared 213, mirroring the famous 1999 semi-final.

    In the office, I was alone in not really understanding the hype because I was only three at the time.

    Anyway, they fell one short in the end but there's still something for the historians out there as Australia need 213.

    And here is Timothy Abraham to take you through it. Let's hope for a cracker.