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Travis Head starred with bat and ball as Australia set up a World Cup final clash with India after a tense three-wicket win over South Africa in Kolkata on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Chasing a tricky 213 for victory, Australia wobbled after Head hit 62 but Steve Smith (30) and Josh Inglis (28) helped the five-time champions reach their target with 16 balls to spare in the second semi-final in Kolkata.<\/p>\n
As Australia reached an eighth World Cup final, South Africa were left to rue a fifth semi-final loss despite David Miller\u2019s 101.<\/p>\n
Australia slipped to 137-5 and then 193-7 before Mitchell Starc (16) and skipper Pat Cummins (14) kept their nerve to steer the team home.<\/p>\n
Left-hand batsman and part-time off-spinner Head stood out after taking two wickets and then with his 48-ball innings laced with nine fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n
Australia were in trouble when they were five down as spinners Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi struck in quick succession to rattle the middle-order.<\/p>\n
Maharaj bowled Head, who was dropped on 40 and 57, and Shamsi, a left-arm wrist spinner, trapped Marnus Labuschagne lbw for 18 and bowled Glenn Maxwell for one in his next over.<\/p>\n
Australia started the tournament with two losses but registered their eighth straight win.<\/p>\n
Starc led the bowling charge with figures of 3-34 and Cummins also picked three wickets to bowl out South Africa for 212 in 49.4 overs.<\/p>\n
Left-arm quick Starc struck in the first over to send back South Africa captain Temba Bavuma, who had said he was not \u201c100 per cent fit\u201d at the toss, for a fourth-ball duck.<\/p>\n
Josh Hazlewood claimed the wicket of in-form Quinton de Kock for three as Cummins took a stunning catch.<\/p>\n
De Kock, who will quit one-day international after the World Cup, ended with 594 runs including four centuries to sit behind the tournament\u2019s leading batsman Virat Kohli (711).<\/p>\n
The new-ball bowlers kept up the attack with the wickets of Aiden Markram (10) and Rassie van der Dussen (six) as South Africa slumped to 24-4 and were 44-4 when rain interrupted play.<\/p>\n
Klaasen and Miller hit back after the 45-minute rain break as the two put on 95 runs but Head broke through to bowl Klaasen for 47.<\/p>\n
Head trapped Marco Jansen lbw on the next delivery to be on a hat-trick, which was saved by Gerald Coetzee, who put on a 53-run partnership with Miller.<\/p>\n
The left-handed Miller smashed eight fours and five sixes in his 116-ball knock.<\/p>\n
The final is on Sunday at the world\u2019s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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