World Cup Daily: Australia edge into final over spirited South Africa

Test Match Special

BBC

Sports, Cricket, News, Sports News

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

We’re set for an India vs Australia final! Jonathan Agnew is joined by Steve Finn, Geoff Lemon and Firdose Moonda as Australia reach their eighth World Cup Final. They did it the hard way though in a thrilling Kolkata clash, winning by just three wickets. There’s reaction from Travis Head, Pat Cummins and Temba Bavuma. Plus, you can relive the classic 1999 semi-final between the two sides which ended in a tie. Proteas bowler Steve Elworthy reminisces on one of the great contests.

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and trust me you'll get there in a moment but if you're a comedy fan
0:05.2	I'd really like to tell you a bit about what we do. I'm Julie Mackenzie and I commission comedy
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0:18.0	making people's days a bit better, helping them process, all manner of things.
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0:24.4	subjective and everyone has different tastes so we've got a huge range of comedy on offer
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0:41.6	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:45.0	The Test Match Special Podcasts at the Cricket World Cup.
0:49.0	It's gone before.
0:51.0	It's all over.
0:52.0	Smith and Watson in Br Smith leaps on Watson and he
0:56.6	punches the air a couple of times Australia have emphatically won their fifth World Cup by seven wickets.
1:04.7	Here comes Van Boula.
1:05.9	Up to Walter Hershey gives it short.
1:07.5	He goes for it.
1:08.5	It's over the boundary.
1:09.8	It's six-sixes in Leova. Hello, I'm Jonathan Agnew and welcome to the World Cup Daily Podcast
1:16.0	as Australia, Edge Pass, South Africa,
1:19.0	in a thriller to reach the final.
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