Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

MR Marsh
MR Marsh
79(39) 8x4 - 6x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog sweep
  • 23 runs
  • 1x4 - 3x6
0 1 10 9 21 2 6 30
MW Short
MW Short
66(30) 7x4 - 4x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 24 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
5 4 6 4 13 2 6 26

Best performances - Bowlers

SA Abbott
SA Abbott
O4
M0
R22
W3
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
NT Ellis
NT Ellis
O4
M1
R25
W3
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Australia led the 3-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20

Match days

1 September 2023 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Ekanth

A thorough, clinical win for Australia. The balls that were used during Australia's innings would probably be relieved that they won't get bashed around anymore. Australia have the chance to make it 3-0 in a couple of days. Can South Africa stop them? Join us then to find out. For now, you can check out Firdose Moonda's match report here. Goodbye from me, Ekanth, and our scorers, K Vairavan and Chandan Duorah.

Mitchell Marsh, Australia captain: It's great. Proud of the boys. Series win in South Africa has been hard to come by in my time. Tonight, the game was set up by the bowlers. Always tough to leave out players. Spencer was rested, he'll have a role to play in the ODIs. Lucky to have Jason, who's experienced. All our bowlers were fantastic. Not every day you get the chance to get a 3-0 win. Hope we put on a show in front of a big crowd.

Sean Abbott, POTM: The pitch suited the bowlers. For most of the night, we got that right. Credit should go to the batters, great intent. Wasn't an easy pitch to bat on at times. Hundred partnership on that wicket was a very good effort. It's a great dressing room to be a part of. Getting to hang around these lads and beat a side as good as South Africa. One of Mitch's great strengths is he takes the pressure off you, provides a great environment, and gives a great vibe within the group.

Aiden Markram, South Africa captain: Temba got us off to a great start, played with good intent. Loss of wickets made it challenging. Wanted to take it deep and give yourself a chance to win the game. But we felt they bowled nicely. When they came on to bat, it was hard when you've got two big boys trying to smoke it out of the ground all the time. Good opportunity for a young group to learn. They have found matchwinners every game. Doesn't matter what team you field, it's still international cricket. You gotta find a way to be competitive. Hope to do that on Sunday.

Louis : "Wow, this is depressing."

Brett: "Australia (Marsh) got 4 off the last ball not 1." We're trying to figure it out. Both batters did get to the opposite end when the ball rolled to the boundary. Update: looks like the ball made it through just before Inglis. So, four it will be.

8:56pm: Phew, that was a demolition job to seal the series. Australia were led/bulldozed from the front by Marsh again. The score was around par, maybe slightly under, but Marsh made it look like it was, what, 70-80 short? Speaking of Short, he was just as good, belting all comers to finish with a 66 at a strike rate of 220. That was just a strength-and-conditioning session, an exhibition of brute power. South Africa's pacers and spinners often took pace off the ball but the batters manufactured their own, with a healthy surplus, to nail 18 fours and 10 sixes in just under 15 overs!

14.5
4
Ngidi to Marsh, FOUR, Marsh pulls it in the gap behind square. Inglis goes to the other end and applauds, ball races to the boundary. It was at the body and hit with lesser power than some of the previous shots but the placement was perfect.
14.4
0
Ngidi to Marsh, no run, Anticlimax as Marsh misses again. Slower one at 122kph. On a length, outside off, Marsh wanted to launch it over long-on. Missed it
14.3
4
Ngidi to Marsh, FOUR, Smoked over cover, scores level! Scary strength. Length outside off, a hard cover drive. Pinged off the bat, went over the infield and no one stood a chance
14.2
0
Ngidi to Marsh, no run, Seemed hardly possible but Marsh can actually miss the ball. Slow on a length, outside off, Marsh tried to clobber it over cover. Got done for the lack of pace

Saleem: "Marsh wants to finish it off before 9 PM. " Greg Dill: "It looks like Bison has dinner reservations in 30 mins from now! :O "

14.1
6
Ngidi to Marsh, SIX, Flayed over point! Full and slow, wide outside off, Marsh got on one knee and muscled the square drive with brute strength! Ball seems to have been lost. Might have gone into the basement

Just 11 needed. This might be the last over.

END OF OVER:
14 | 15 Runs | AUS: 154/2 (11 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 11.00, RRR: 1.83)

  • Mitchell Marsh65 (34b)
  • Josh Inglis2 (3b)
  • Tabraiz Shamsi4-0-40-1
  • Bjorn Fortuin2-0-25-0

Raju Gupta: "This is savage batting by Marsh."

13.6
1
Shamsi to Marsh, 1 run, Goes back to a slightly back of length ball that spins in. Shamsi went quicker to Marsh. Tucked to forward square leg

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st32TM HeadMW Short
2nd100MR MarshMW Short
3rd36MR MarshJP Inglis