After Faf du Plessis and Rassie van der Dussen shone with the bat, Kagiso Rabada bagged a three-wicket haul to help South Africa end their ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 campaign with a win by 10 runs against Australia at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Team South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat. The Proteas posted a total of 325 runs for the loss of six wickets in 50 overs, on the back of a 94-ball 100 by Faf du Plessis and 97-ball 95 by Rassie van der Dussen.
Pacer Mitchell Starc and spinner Nathan Lyon were the highest wicket-takers accounting for two wickets apiece.
In reply, Australia were bowled out for 315 runs in 49.5 overs with David Warner (122) the highest run-scorer. Alex Carey (85) was the second highest run-scorer, with Proteas pacer Kagiso Rabada the pick of the bowlers finishing with three wickets.
The defeat resulted in Australia securing the second spot in the 2019 World Cup points table. Virat Kohli led India, on the other hand, finished on top of the table.
England and New Zealand finished on the third and fourth spot respectively after accumulating 12 and 11 points respectively.
Let us take a look at the points table after Australia vs South Africa clash:
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Australia | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| England | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| South Africa | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| West Indies | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Here are the 10 squads:
England
Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
India
Virat Kohli (capt), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav.
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (capt), Tom Blundell (wk), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wk), Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor.
Pakistan
Sarfaraz Ahmed (capt & wk), Asif Ali, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz.
South Africa
Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Rassie van der Dussen.
Sri Lanka
Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Avishka Fernando, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Jeevan Mendis, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera (wk), Thisara Perera, Nuwan Pradeep, Dhananjaya de Silva, Milinda Siriwardana, Lahiru Thirimanne, Isuru Udana, Jeffrey Vandersay.
West Indies
Jason Holder (capt), Fabian Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Shannon Gabriel, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope (wk), Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Nicholas Pooran, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas.
Bangladesh
Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Abu Jayed, Liton Das (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Mithun (wk), Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal.
Australia
Aaron Finch (capt), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
Afghanistan
Gulbadin Naib (capt), Aftab Alam, Asghar Afghan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari.
