Australia face South Africa in World Cup today

NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (Agencies): Australia has already missed out on an early opportunity and South Africa has showed plenty of batting muscle ahead of their highly-anticipating showdown at the Cricket World Cup on Thursday.
There's a re-laid wicket to contend with at Lucknow, with spinners expected to find assistance.
The pitches were dug up at the stadium after the Indian Premier League and the authorities even fired the curator when India played a low-scoring Twenty20 international there against New Zealand in January.
"It's a bit of an unknown here," Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell said. "It will be a fresh start for the whole ground, turn up on the day and see how it looks. We are prepared for whatever conditions come our way over the next few games."
Five-time champion Australia lost its opening match to India, while South Africa posted a World Cup record total in its opening win over Sri Lanka.
India dismissed the Australians for 199 before Pat Cummins' lineup had the hosts on the mat in reply with three wickets down for two runs in 12 deliveries. The Aussies could have cracked India further, but paid dearly for Mitchel Marsh's dropped catch when Virat Kohli was on 12. Kohli made the most of his reprieve, combining with K.L. Rahul to guide India to a six-wicket win with plenty of overs to spare.
South Africa got away to a flyer when Aiden Markram smashed the fastest century in a World Cup and Quinton de Kock, playing for the last time in a major international tournament, and Rassie van der Dussen also scored big hundreds against Sri Lanka.
David Miller and Heinrich Klassen also showed brief batting prowess lower down the order and showed that the South Africans have come to India intent on breaking their long, painful title drought.
"We have learned to play with positive thinking," Markram said after his blistering 106 off 54 balls. "We're known to start pretty slowly, be it in a series or world events.