ICC World Cup 2023 Points Table: After crushing Australia, South Africa reached the top, surprisingly Australia is at number nine

ICC ODI Cricket World Cup 2023: At the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday, the ICC Men's ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 witnessed South Africa defeat Australia by a margin of 134 runs.

South Africa won their opening game in the competition, defeating Sri Lanka, therefore this is its second victory. While Australia dropped its first match against India on Sunday, October 8, it has now lost two straight.

Thanks to half-centuries of 56 off 44 from Aiden Markram and a century from Quinton De Kock (109 off 106 balls), South Africa reached 311/7 in the first inning. Mitchell Starc (9-0-53-2) and Glenn Maxwell (10-1-34-2) each claimed two wickets.

Australia responded by losing three wickets at a cost of 50 runs during the powerplay, but Marnus Labuschagne then struck 46 off 74 balls. Australia was all out at 177 after three wickets were taken by Kagiso Rabada (8-1-33-3).

South Africa have won both of their matches by significant margins to sit at the top of the table with 4 points.

Position    Teams    Matches Played    Won    Lost    No Result Points Net Run Rate
1    South Africa    2    2    0    0    4    2.36
2    New Zealand    2    2    0    0    4    1.958
3    India    2    2    0    0    4    1.500
4    Pakistan    2    2    0    0    4    0.927
5    England    2    1    1    0    2    0.553
6    Bangladesh    2    1    1    0    2    -0.653
7    Sri Lanka    2    0    2    0    0    -1.161
8    Netherlands    2    0    2    0    0    -1.800
9    Australia    2    0    2    0    0    -1.846
10    Afghanistan    2    0    2    0    0    -1.907
 
On Friday, October 13, Bangladesh will take on New Zealand at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. The match will begin at 2 pm IST. Check the complete ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 coverage here.