Centurion. South Africa cricket team defeated Australia cricket team by 164 runs in the fourth ODI match of the series to level the 5-match series 2-2. Chasing the huge target of 417 runs to win the match played in Centurion, the Australian team could score only 252 runs after losing all the wickets in 34.5 overs.
Batting first, South Africa’s Quinton de Kock (45) and Van der Dussen (65) batted well at the top. After this, Heinrich Klaasen played a stormy innings of 174 runs and along with David Miller (82*) made a big partnership and took the team to a big score. In reply, Australia lost wickets at regular intervals. Meanwhile, Alex Carey struggled from the visiting team scoring 99 runs, which was insufficient for victory.
Batting first, when South Africa lost their third wicket at the score of 120 runs, Klaasen came to bat. As soon as he came to the crease, he batted aggressively and converted his innings into a century in just 57 balls. After this he also crossed his 150 run mark in 77 balls. He was out after scoring 174 runs in 83 balls with the help of 13 sixes and the same number of fours.
Klaasen along with Miller (82*) made a partnership of 222 runs in 94 balls for the 5th wicket. This became the second highest partnership for South Africa at No. 5 or lower. The record of the biggest partnership for the 5th wicket for the Proteas team is in the name of JP Duminy and Miller. The pair had made a partnership of 256 runs in the match against Zimbabwe in 2015.
While chasing the huge target of 417 runs to win, when Australia lost its third wicket at the score of 87 runs, Carey came to bat. On one hand Australia lost its wickets at regular intervals while on the other hand Kerry continued to bat aggressively. He was out as the last wicket after scoring 99 runs in 77 balls with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes.
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