SA vs AUS: The ODI World Cup 2023 did not go very well for David Miller and he was disappointed in the 9 league matches he played for his team. In these 9 league matches, he scored a half-century only once and played an inning of 53 runs against New Zealand in Pune, but in the semi-final match, he proved to be a big troublemaker for his team and managed the team well by playing a century against Australia. Work done.
In this match, Proteas captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bat first, but his decision did not prove correct and at one point the team lost 4 wickets for 24 runs. Then for the fifth wicket, David Miller made a partnership of 95 runs with Heinrich Klaasen, but at the score of 119 runs, Klaasen was out after scoring 47 runs and this was the fifth wicket of South Africa. Immediately after this, at the score of 119 runs, the team’s sixth wicket fell and Yansen was out on a duck, but Miller stood firm and faced the Kangaroo bowlers very well.
David Miller scored his first century in this World Cup
David Milner batted patiently against the Kangaroo team in this match and completed his century in 115 balls. This was his first century in this World Cup while it was his second century in the overall ODI World Cup. In the ODI World Cup, he scored his first century against Zimbabwe in 2015 and played an unbeaten inning of 138 runs. In this match, facing 116 balls, he scored 101 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 8 fours.
Miller succeeded in scoring his second century in the ODI World Cup after 8 years, while this was his sixth century in his ODI cricket career. This was the third century of Miller’s ODI career against the Australian team. Miller now became the highest run-scorer for the Proteas in an ICC Knockout match and also broke the record of Faf du Plessis (82 runs).
