Australia take on South Africa in Lucknow, India, this Thursday the 12^th of October and we look at the match from a betting perspective.

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AUSTRALIA

Australia played their first game of the tournament on Sunday, where they were sent in to bat first and lost to India by 6 wickets in Chennai.

Mitchell Marsh was dismissed early, making 0 runs off 6 balls, putting Australia under early pressure. David Warner and Steve Smith then stabilised the innings with a solid partnership. Warner ended the day scoring 41 runs with Smith being the top batsman with 46 runs, Australia managed to edge to a total of 199 runs leaving India to chase down 200 runs for the win.

Australia put immense pressure on the Indian side early in the second innings, taking 3 wickets before India could even put 3 runs on the board. India fought back though and got the winning runs with 6 wickets in hand and over 8 overs to spare.

Josh Hazlewood was the star bowler on the day, taking 3 wickets in his 9 overs for just 38 runs. Another notable bowling performance was that of Mitchell Starc who took 1 wicket and held an economy rate of 3.88 across his 8 overs.

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa played Sri Lanka on Saturday in Delhi in their opening game of the World Cup, where they batted first, putting up a massive total of 428 runs, which Sri Lanka fell 102 runs short of.

After Themba Bavuma left the park with an early dismissal, the South African batting innings was rescued by 3 brilliant centuries from Quinton De Kock, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram.

After putting runs on the board, South Africa sent Sri Lanka in with a lot of work to do. Marco Jansen picked up the first 2 wickets of the innings, piling the pressure on Sri Lanka who had made a fast start.

Thereafter the bowler of the game was Gerald Coetzee who picked up 3 wickets in his 9 over spell. Kagiso Rabada also put in an effective performance, taking 2 wickets and ending the game on the last ball of his 7^th over.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Australia and South Africa met in South Africa in September in a 5 match ODI series. Australia won the 1^st 2 matches only for the Proteas to storm back to win the series.

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BETTING – click here to bet.

Australia 7/10

South Africa 12/10

Suggested Bet: South Africa win at 12/10

They carry serious momentum into this game and are looking for their 4^th win in a row against the Aussies.

Suggested Bet: Quinton De Kock to be best South Africa batsman at 23/10

De Kock looked untroubled scoring his century in the game against Sri Lanka and when he is on form he tends to put streaks of big innings together.

Suggested Bet: Josh Hazlewood to be best Australian bowler at 23/10

Hazlewood always delivers a reliable bowling spell and his 3 wickets against India showed just how dangerous he can be.

All prices are subject to change.