South A are batting first. 

SA off to a flyer at 0-34 off 4 overs. 

Nice off drive from De Kock for 4. 

The Aussie bowlers are struggling despite Starc bowling very fast. 

The pitch looks alright at the moment for batting. SA are batting quite well  .

Wicket Lyon- Markram beaten in flight, stumped by Carey. 

lyon strikes again

not much turn, its a batting paradise, but at least its quick turn. Smith has looked good too

wonder how many overs we can get out of smith-maxwell-finch

wouldn't surprise me if its more than 10

cummins on

pace just looks inocous on this pitch
they might be better off aging the ball a bit

curious how a dibbly dobbler like stoinis will do

dibbly dobblers from stoinis looked more effective than our express bowlers on this pitch

maxwell on 3rd 5th bolwer over

carey misses an easy stumping

smh

he's batted beautifully carey

but have we ever had a keeper as bad as carey at a world cup?

He made a good stumping for the first wicket off Lyon. 

just 3 off the maxwell over

5th bowler been weirdly good today to make up for some loose bowling from our quicks

2 poor overs from stoinis

maxwell so far has been tight as was smith

5 5th bowling overs gone

i feel if we can just take a couple of wickets in the next few overs a sub 300 is possible

Saffers don't bat deep

I worry the missed stumping could really cost us

another tight over from maxwell

would like to see smith given another, he looked dangerous

starc on

couple of wickets and all is forgiven

saffers have managed to spoil some of our best overs and they do so again hitting a 4 off the last ball of that starc over

just 3 off that maxwell over, gee he's made a difference today

surprised smith hasn't been given more, he looked good

our new bowlers probably gave away 20 more runs that we should have 

can we make that back?

just 19 off maxwell's 5 so far

its an effort that reminds me of his tight bowling against sri lanka when a poor start by cummins and starc looked to take the game away from us

Cummins hit for six over his head

good batting pitch I think!

14 off that cummins over

If cummins is struggling to contain them its a good wicket

I'd bowl maxwell and smith more overs. Would take a brave captain I suppose

just 5 off that maxwell over

really think we should give smith a couple of overs

the part time spinners look more effective than the quicks

lyon slogged for 6

good recovery from lyon with 1 off the next 3

Wish we could have selected 2 spinners on this pitch

Finch has to bowl smith and get a couple more out of maxwell in my opinion

last 15

on this pitch with this many wickets in hand Saffas will want 150

we will want to keep them to less than 100

maxwell on for his 7th

maxwell hit for 6 ruining his figures haha

even still I really would like to see smith get another over

probably force a mistake and an outfield catch

great recovery from maxwell just 2 off the next 4

5th bowler has bowled 11 

means if someone gets hit out of the attack they can bowl less

still would have liked to see another 2 from smith

only 3 outside the circle against van dussen

nearly a catch
miss hit misses the fielder and goes for four off the dorff

then hits over the top for four
10 off that over after conceding just 2 off the first 4

maxwell bowling his 8th 5th bowler will bowl at least 12 today

just 3 off that over from maxwell

he should have had a stumping but for a carey howler this game. Him and Lyon have kept us in it

dorf spanked for 6

man that missed stumping hurt us

Didn’t see the missed stumping, but sounds like it was decisive. 

Lots of things were

South Africa were a batter short so we potentially keep them to 250 if he takes that stumping

Lots of things decisive inhindsight

The loose first 10 overs from oz.
Bowling 10 more widespread than south Africa
The missed stumping
Bowling Maxwells 10th rather than giving starc his full allotment of overs
Cummins having an off day
Warner still getting his placement back (his timing and eye have been impeccable) 
Khawaja getting injured
Stoinis getting runout (probably also injury)
Maxwell coming in too early (not in great form and he has struggled before the 30th but even still if he gets his trademark 30 off 15 we win)

It took everything to go right for south Africa and everything to go wrong for Australia to lose by only 10 runs

Now we have some selection headaches with khawaja and stoinis injured

Wade and mitch marsh the probable replacements

Gday gb,
jaszyjim - Taped the whole match, just finished watching it & read all the posts. 
Good summary gb & injuries now make it interesting as we can bring in players from outside the squad.

The positives from our bowling - Lyon a standout; Maxwell bowled with good economy x his last over.
Question marks fielding; Not Finch's best captaincy; why was Smith only bowled 1 over; why was Maxwell bowled out.
With the quick's getting pasted, bowl himself a few overs. 

Positives from our batting - 
Warner's 122; Carey's 85 & Stoinis going OK before run out.
Negatives - Finch out for 3, before feet get moving again; Khawaja injured; Smith out for 7 before getting going;
Maxwell out for 12 playing all over the place, totally unbalanced & the tail not doing much.
Whilst SA took some brilliant catches, they have to be there to be caught.

So going against England in the semis is going to be fascinating.
Our quick's aren't performing, and too many of our batters are failing.
Finch needs to score runs against the top sides - probably won't happen as they will work
him over before his feet start moving.
Warner if he keeps going will hopefully be a shinning light.
Khawaja will be out injured & that could be a positive - Wade has been suggested? but is he a 3.
Smith keeps on failing & at the moment is a negative - move him up to 3, bat Wade at 4 & pray.
Bat Carey at 5 & if Wade plays who will keep? as Carey at the moment can hold his place
as a batsman.
Stoinis will probably be out injured, replace by M. Marsh. This will be a ? at 6 or 7
Maxwell will retain his place if not injured & bat at 6 or 7 but don't expect much from him.
As I keep saying, he is a slogger with no foot movement & is being found out by the better bowlers.
Bowlers will remain as is except for injury.
The other option will be to bring Agar in but replace who?

 How does Maxwell keep his place?
Carey remains keeper.
Poms will doctor the deck for the semi..place bets on it.

Gday D4L,
jaszyjim - nice to see someone finally agrees with me re Maxwell.
According to others, without him the team is not balanced?
Obviously the selectors are on the same page.
How can someone who has done little in the last 4 games balance the team - it's ridiculous.
Yes he can average 200, but only off 10 balls or so then he's out.
Toss him out & bring Agar in.
I find it so frustrating that the selectors don't face reality,
Maxwell's time in the international's ODI's is finished - face it & move on.

They can’t doctor the weather.
Iffy forecast.
Not sure which team will benefit

almost chipped to point

mishit again goes to ground and saffers pick up 2

frustration for oz here

just 4 from the cummins over

great bowling

4 starc overs to come here. Hope his yorkers are on song

amazing run out I think

nope he made it

surprising

just 6 off that dorff over

we have done well to stay in this

Our batting will have to do very well

lyon to bowl at the death

brave

just 6 off that lyon over. Brilliant spell kept us in the match

Australia doing ok here in tough conditions you have to say

apart from giving away 20 too many in the first 10 we have done brilliantly on a tough pitch

hundred for faf du plesis

dorf tonked

not a lot of joy for him this game

he'll be key if we get to the final at lords

lucky that wasn't a nb full toss...

dorf gets the wicket of faf

maxwell to bowl another at the death

thought its time for starc

just 6 off that maxwell over

surely starcinator now

just 5 off that starc over

350 or even 340 looking out of reach here

brilliant fight back from oz led by lyon and maxwell (who should have had a stumping)

apart from the stumping fielding probably saved some of that 20 we gave away early

maxwell to bowl his 10th surprisingly

decieves the batter but duminy is too good!

if a wicket falls here starc can really hurt the tail even on this pitch

6 off maxwell

probably bowled 1 too many for mine 

would have played dorf here who's tail would be up after a wicket

good comeback from maxwell
still its an expensive over to ruin his figures

0-57 off 10 doesn't look as important as it was

huge swing there from starc

harmless in the end mind you

starc draws the mishit and the wicket

going upstairs to check the catch

into the tail here

restricting to 315 isn't out of the question here

7 and a wicket from starc

carey takes that stumping i reckon saffers out for 280. Anyway it gives us a chance to chase against the best attack in the tournament on a good batting pitch

wide to start from cummins

missed runout and a run on the overthrow

cummins tonked for 6 next ball

looked a mishit but good enough

another wide from cummins

an off day so far

mind you that 6 should be out

short boundaries are really unfair on the bowler, draw the mishit go for six anyway

another 4

terrible over from cummins

15 off this cummins over with 1 to come

16 off the over

starc also won't bowl out because we bowled a bunch of maxwell at the death

rare captaining mistake I think

starc over the wicket against the RH surprisingly

harsh wide there i thought a good delivery

bowled him and starc equals the record!

1 ball to break the record

unplayable delivery just gets kept out

shame he won't get his 10th over
bizarre decision from finch and maxwell went big in his 10th

cummins spanked for 4

he's usually great at the death

cummins finishes with a dot and a wicket

good comeback from a class bowler

a poor start, bowling maxwell one too many, carey's miss all cost us about 50

still it gives us a chance to bat on a road

only starc, lyon and maxwell have shown they can handle a road bowling so far

England have Plunkett who is an ordinary bowler in normal times but probably the best road bowler in the world

huge chase

if we make the final at lords I back us to beat anyone

England on a road in the semis will be super tough

24 extras from australia
poor discipline

saffas to start with legspin!

huge screw up throwing to wrong end gives warner a life!

just 2 off the first over of spin

no catching positions so they are really asking oz to hit over the top

rabada on

he's a superstar but unhappy world cup

australia look pretty nervy here

on the plus side that means they want this win bad!

a nervy chip nearly gets finch out
haven't seen us this nervy all world cup!

and finch is out early to the leg spin

come on australia

lovely cover drive from khawaja

again another nervy run that much and it was a nervy chip that got finch out

warner hits over the top for four

surprising aggression from him given what we've seen this cup!

there is a shadow right over the batter here from the light tower

bad placement of the tower! At least turn it on!

tahir's celebration after the finch wicket was like he won the world cup despite it being a dead rubber for them

I always get the impression south africa don't like us haha

khawaja with a calf injury here

retired hurt smith on early

another mix up and no run out

weirdly nervous

its just on of those days where everything goes wrong!

In any case we get 3

then warner hits you for 6

such a strange habit of the best players smashing you after you miss a wicket!