South Africa Pins Hopes on Proteas at Men's Cricket World Cup

South Africa's Proteas are in a crunch match with Australia on November 16, 2023 in a bid to reach the Men's Cricket World Cup final. The one-day international tournament is taking place in India. A long group stage began on October 5 with the final being held in Ahmedabad on November 19, 2023.

South Africa is the only African cricket team to qualify for the tournament.

The ten participating teams qualified through the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process. India qualified as hosts; Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa qualified via the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, with the Netherlands and Sri Lanka securing the final two places via the qualifier tournament that took place in Zimbabwe during June and July 2023. The West Indies missed out on qualification for the first time in their history.

India beat New Zealand in the other semi-final on November 15, meaning that the winner of the South Africa-Australia clash will face the host country in the final.

This article originally appeared on AllAfrica

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