CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments The grand battle between two top ranked ODI teams Australia and South Africa is coming up today on 7th June and it will be AUS vs SA in the 3rd ODI Match of Tri Series 2016. Both the teams are one of the most powerful team among the others and cricket fans love to watch encounter like this. The match will be played at the beautiful Providence Stadium and will start at 13:00 pm (local time). This will be the 3rd match of the series. Both the team have played their first match against the host team West Indies. South Africa lost their inaugural match by 4 wickets where Australia crushed the Caribbean team by 6 wickets win. In the Tri series points table currently Aussies are on the sailing on the top where the Proteas are standing on the last. But still 5 matches are remaining for each team and no one can predict the teams going to play the final of the Triangular series. Let’s see who can win this upcoming AUS vs SA ODI Match. Read our Prediction and the preview of the match which is given below.
Australia vs South Africa 2016 3rd ODI Preview :-
When two giant teams like these two strikes together, the match becomes more entertaining and people loves to watch tough competition like this one. Aussie are the no. 1 ranked team in ODI cricket and the current world champions. They have played fantastic cricket in the past specially against India in Jan 2016 where they have won the series by 4-1. In this Tri series, The Kangaroos has played only one match so far in tri series, in which they have defeated the Caribbean team by 6 wickets. It was a big victory for them, specially with the ball. They have made West Indies team all out on just 116 runs in 32.3 overs and they have successfully chased down the total in 25.4 overs and register their first win of the series.
Now the 3rd ODI of Triangular series is knocking up the door of both the teams. South Africa has lost his first match against West Indies but this time they will make sure that the mistakes they have made earlier would be avoided and a decent total on the board will help their bowlers to defend the target. AB de Villiers will be leading the Proteas. If we look at their batting lineup Quinton de Kock and Hasim Amla will open the innings. de Kock has impressed every one with his talent and is in good form where Hasim Amla is one of the most consistent player of the team. In the middle order captain AB de Villiers is there who is known for his variety of shots. He can add some spice into their innings with his blazing shots. Rilee Rossouw who was the highest run scorer from his team in the last match against WI can build some good partnership in the middle. Farhaan Behardien, JP Duminy, Chris Morris, Kyle Abbott can also bat and add some quick fire runs into the team total in the slog overs. So the batting line up is looking stronger than ever.
In the bowling department Kyle Abbott and Chris Morris will be leading with the pace attack with Kagiso Rabada where the spin attack will be headed by Imran Tahir with Aaron Phangiso. JP Duminy and Farhaan Behardien also can bowl as a part timer. So the team is looking well-balanced but if they want to win this match than Proteas have to play good cricket out there.
If we look at the Australian team, David Warner who was the hero of IPL 2016 where he scored 848 runs in just 17 innings and continued his form in west Indies also, scored 55 runs in 55 balls in the last match and took his team to the cross line. Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja are the batsman who can give a blustering start to the team. In the middle order captain Steven Smith holding the spinal cord of their batting with Glenn Maxwell and George Bailey. So they have powerful Batting line up who have destroy the opponent bowlers spell. No matters who is the bowler in front of them if they have decided to accelerate the run rate then they will surely achieve that.
In the bowling attack, the speedy Mitchell Strac is back in the squad. He is one of the fastest bowler of the world. He has bowled his career fastest delivery at 160.8 km/hr against New Zealand which is just short to become the world’s fastest delivery. Currently Shoaib Akhtar have the record of fastest ball at 100 mph (160.93 km/h). So now the bowling line up of the team will be more stronger than ever. Youngster Nathyon Lyon was the man of the match of the last match, he has taken 3 important wickets and gave 39 runs in 10 overs with 2 maiden overs. Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh are the other fast bowlers under the pace attack of the team. In the spin department Adam Zampa has impressed every one with his performance in the domestic cricket, in the IPL and now in the last match too, he has taken 3 wickets in just 5.3 overs. Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell can also bowl at crucial time. So the team is looking balance in terms of bowling and batting too. If we both the department performed then it will be tough for the South African team to win the match.
AUS vs SA Match Prediction: Who will Win ?
The match is coming up next and it will be full of entertainment for sure. We all are expecting a high scoring match at Providence Stadium, Providence and it is very tough to predict the result of match. But if we look at the squad of both the teams and their recent performance than Australia will win this 3rd ODI of Tri series. But as we know both the team are powerful and anything can happen in the game, we have to wait for the match to start and result to conclude.
Squads of both the teams :-
South Africa :-
AB de Villiers (C), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (W), JP Duminy, Francois du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi
Australia :-
Steve Smith (Captain), David Warner, George Bailey, Scott Boland, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa
Here is the full Match Details :-
| Australia vs South Africa 3rd ODI, Tri Series 2016 | ||
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| Venue | Providence Stadium | |
| Date | 7th June 2016 | |
| Time | 17:00 GMT (13:00 local) | |
| Match Result | South Africa won by 7 wickets | |
Also Check: Full schedule of WI Tri Series 2016
So what you think Who will win today ?