Quinton de Kock hit his second consecutive century at the Cricket World Cup as South Africa made 311-7 in their group encounter against Australia.

De Kock, who is 30 years old, hit his 19th ODI hundred off of 90 balls, including eight fours and five sixes. He had already hit a century in South Africa’s first win over Sri Lanka.

De Kock was batting at the Ekana Stadium, where he plays for the Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. He will stop playing international cricket at the end of the tournament.

He was finally out for 109 when off-spinner Glenn Maxwell bowled him while he was trying to reverse sweep in the 35th over.

South Africa was on 197–3 at the time Aiden Markram took over.

Markram got to 56 quickly after being dropped by Australia’s captain Pat Cummins when he had only made a single. He had just made the fastest World Cup century off of 49 balls in the win over Sri Lanka.

Temba Bavuma, the captain of South Africa, was dropped twice, on 19 and 32. It was a bad day for Australia on the pitch.

Mitchell Marsh dropped Indian star Virat Kohli when he was on 12 in their first game. Kohli then made an 85 that won the game.

Bavuma’s luck ran out when David Warner caught him at midwicket off Maxwell with the score 35.

The captain and De Kock put together 108 runs for the first wicket.

After Cummins got rid of Markram, Marco Jansen (26) and David Miller (17) helped the Proteas score more than 300.

Miller and Jansen were both out in the last over, which was a double-wicket maiden bowled by Mitchell Starc.

Brief scores: South Africa 311-7 (Quinton de Kock 109, Aiden Markram 56) v Australia

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