Australia face an uphill battle to succeed in the highest 4 within the group stage after they suffered a second defeat in two matches on the Cricket World Cup; Quinton de Kock starred for South Africa once more; watch each match from the Cricket World Cup stay on Sky Sports Cricket

Australia suffered their heaviest Cricket World Cup defeat as Quinton de Kock’s century guided South Africa to a dominant 134-run victory in Lucknow.

A sloppy Australia dropped 5 catches, which put them on the backfoot as South Africa posted 311-7 because of extra brilliance from De Kock (109), who scored his second century in as many matches.

Australia may solely muster 177 in reply and are considered one of 4 groups nonetheless and not using a win – Sri Lanka, the Netherlands and Afghanistan being the others – after they misplaced their opening sport to match hosts India by six wickets on the weekend.

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