Twitter Reactions: Australia get blown away by Rabada and De Kock's mayhem in Lucknow

South Africa continued their winning run in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 as they beat Australia by 134 runs on Thursday, October 12 in Lucknow. The Proteas bundled out Australia for 177 in 40.5 overs as they could never recover from the early blows. Kagiso Rabada starred with the ball as he picked 3/33 in eight overs while Marco Jansen (2/54, 7 overs), Keshav Maharaj (2/30, 10 overs) and Tabraiz Shamsi (2/38) also picked up two wickets each.

Australian chase didn’t get off to a good start as opener Mitchell Marsh (7 off 15) was once again dismissed cheaply. David Warner (13 off 27) also returned to the pavilion quickly in the very next over. Kagiso Rabada got rid of Steve Smith (19 off 16) and Josh Inglis (5 off 4) in back-to-back overs. Keshav Maharaj dismissed the dangerous Glenn Maxwell to leave Australia in all sorts of trouble at 65/5.

Marnus Labuschagne showed some fight with his knock of 46 off 74 but it wasn’t enough to bring his side back into the game. As a result, Australia got bundled out for 177 and lost their second consecutive match of the World Cup.

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Earlier in the day, South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to bat first. Bavuma (35 off 55) himself vindicated the decision as he put on a massive 108-run stand for the first wicket with Quinton de Kock. Following his dismissal, de Kock continued the attack from the other end and scored his second consecutive century of the World Cup 2023. 

Australia dropped four catches in the field

The southpaw played an exceptional innings of 109 off 106 balls with the help of eight fours and five sixes. Aiden Markram also continued his brilliant form and notched up a half-century (56 off 44). The Australian side looked pretty flat in the field as they dropped four catches which let South Africa post a massive total of 311/7 in their allotted 50 overs. Glenn Maxwell was the pick of the bowlers for Australia with figures of 2/34 in ten overs while Mitchell Starc (2/53, 9 overs) also picked up two wickets.

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Meanwhile, X was abuzz with reactions on South Africa's emphatic win.

Here are some of the posts:

Every year , southafrica gives cricket world a massive hope but only to fade away later . I hope this year they do go all the way just for the sake of cricket .. but they are peaking too soon !! will be important to keep it going @ProteasMenCSA #AUSvSA #WorldCup2023

— Shreevats goswami (@shreevats1) October 12, 2023

Cricket fans to Australia this WC: #SAvAUS #CWC2023 pic.twitter.com/mKEhEgEkav

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) October 12, 2023

Sadda kutta - kutta, todda kutta Tommy?

Australia on the umpire's call is a bit like this atm👇 🤭 #SAvAUS

#CricketWorldCup2023 pic.twitter.com/ZkQKsiKoqc

— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) October 12, 2023

That’s another odd one! #Smith #Stoinis #CWC23

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) October 12, 2023

Kasprowicz 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 Stoinis #IYKYK

To me that was Not out! The hand was clearly off the bat. #AUSvsSA

— Abhinav Mukund (@mukundabhinav) October 12, 2023

Australia crumbling on a tough pitch

Puts into perspective what a high quality 100 from @QuinnyDeKock69

South Africa surely strong contenders for the top 4 spot now#CricketTwitter#CricketWorldCup2023

— DK (@DineshKarthik) October 12, 2023

Ausies are struggling! 😳😳 #ICCCricketWorldCup23

— Mir Hamza (@mirhamza_k) October 12, 2023

Good fielders in cricket have many perks. For starters, they have a lot of goodwill in the dressing room and are always seen as team players. The same can't be said for the Aussies so far in this World Cup. #AUSvSA

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 12, 2023

If Australia lose today, yeh baqi ka poora tournament sab pay ghussa nikaalay gi!
Soch lain what you want

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 12, 2023

Outstanding from Rabada and Ngidi.

— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) October 12, 2023

Will be an interesting game this ! AUS vs RSA

— Angelo Mathews (@Angelo69Mathews) October 12, 2023