South African imperious batter David Milller on Thursday bagged a milestone for his team against Australia in the semi-final of the World Cup at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Miller becomes the first batter to rack up a ton for South Africa in the World Cup knockouts.
Though his team was not looking in shape, he scored a brilliant 115-ball 101 to power South Africa to 212 against the Australian bowling powerhouse.
– South Africa skittled out for 212 against Australia –
Mitchell Starc (3-34) and Pat Cummins (3-51) dismantled South Africa on 212 in the last over in the second semi-final at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Opting to bat first, South Africa lost their first wicket, when Temba Bavuma made his way back to the pavilion without troubling the scorecard. Bavuma was shown the way back to the pavilion by Mitchell Starc. Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc bludgeoned South Africa’s top order.
The lone ranger in South Africa was David Miller, who racked up 116-ball 101, studding with eight fours and five sixes.
Quiton de Kock, whose form in this tournament turned out to be one of the pluses for South Africa, could only manage to plunder 14-ball 3 before he was removed by Josh Hazlewood.
Rassie van der Dussen took 31 deliveries to score merely six and was perplexed by Josh Hazlewood.
Aiden Markram could not cope with the pressure mounted by the Australian frontline pacers and perished on 20-ball 10.
Heinrich Klaasen (10) and David Miller (10) were on the wicket before the match was interrupted by rain. South Africa were 44/4 in 14 overs.
After the match started again, Klaasen and Miller looked to rebound the team's innings.
