but it wasn t a straight forward semifinal. they were up against south africa who initially struggled, losing four early wickets, before recovering to push australia right to the end. however the five time champions used all their experience to battle through and take a nervy three wicket win, asjoe wilson reports. what s in those south african expressions? pride, of course, but nerves. well. first over of the match, their captain temba bavuma out south africa, chose to bat first they like to bat first. quinton de kock. that s only going for pat cummins. australia caught everything. the kolkata conditions suited their bowlers. south africa for a while could barely score. when rassie van der dussen fell, it was 2a for four. heinrich klaasen resisted until this dismissed by the part time spin of travis head. through it all, david miller kept strong, kept swinging. his 101 gave his team something. a total of 212 to defend. south africa s opportunity, well, they dropped travis he
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