Watch: Gerald Coetzee removed Josh Inglis with a picture-perfect yorker to bring South Africa back into the game in their semi-final against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata today (November 16).
South Africa defended a low total of 213 against Australia and fought back well after Australia’s fast start. David Warner and Travis Head hit a number of boundaries early on to take Australia to 60-0 in his six overs.
However, with the introduction of spin, Aiden Markram hit the first ball and cleared Warner’s stumps to give South Africa their first breakthrough and revive them. Kagiso then Rabada bowled Mitchell and Marsh in the next over, taking Australia back to 61 for 2.
The wickets were consistent until the 24th over, and South Africa were definitely on the trail. However, his 37-run six-wicket partnership between Steve Smith and Josh Inglis put Australia back in the driver’s seat again.
However, the excellent bowling of Gerard Coetzee, South Africa’s leading wicket-taker in this World Cup, gave South Africa two important breaks.
First, he removed Smith and forced him to take a shot over the line from the wicket, which was deflected by Quinton de Kock for what could have been the last catch of his ODI career. And just when it looked like Australia would escape the chase, Coetzee relieved Inglis with two short balls before hitting a perfect yorker off the wicket.
Inglis, who had been playing well up until then with 28 runs off 49 balls, was slow to pick up the bat and fell for the seventh wicket, leaving Australia with a score of 193, still 20 runs short of their target. .
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At the end of that over (40th place), Coetzee’s record was 2-40 from 7 overs.
Watch Gerald Coetzee remove Josh Inglis with perfect yorker:
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