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Quinton de Kock's second century  in a row inspired South Africa to a dominant 134-run victory over Australia in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday. De Kock put on a 100-run opening partnership with Aiden Markram, who also scored a half-century, to lay the foundation for South Africa's big total. David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen added a quickfire 70-run partnership for the fifth wicket to further boost South Africa's score. Australia's chase got off to a bad start, losing David Warner and Mitchell Marsh early. Marcus Stoinis and Marnus Labuschagne tried to rebuild the innings, but both were dismissed for half-centuries. Australia continued to lose wickets at regular intervals, and were eventually bowled out for 177 in 40.5 overs. For South Africa, Lungi Ngidi and Keshav Maharaj picked up three wickets each. The win was a huge boost for South Africa's World Cup campaign. They now have two wins from two matches, and are...