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SA vs AUS 4th ODI: South Africa focus on levelling the series as Australia eye series win

Friday, 15-Sep-2023, 07:25 AM
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South Africa and Australia will be meeting once again in the fourth ODI of the five-match series on Friday at SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium. The series is on the line for both teams after having gained and lost in the previous matches. Australia are currently leading the series 2-1 after having won the first two matches. South Africa, on the other hand, won the third match to keep themselves alive in the series. South Africa had registered a massive 111-run victory in the third match which will give them confidence going into this match. Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma had played heroic innings in the third match to secure an important win. Australia, also saw their opener David Warner notch up (78) runs but it wasn’t the day that belonged to Australia. 

Now, heading into this game, both teams would try to do better to register an upper hand in the series and bring the outcome into their favour. Australia would look forward to correcting their mistakes made in the third match while South Africa would be of the view to continue with the same performance that they demonstrated into the third match. 

South Africa Probable XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma(c), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Sisanda Magala, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi

Australia Probable XI: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha, Josh Hazlewood

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