Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

TH David
TH David
83(52) 4x4 - 8x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 25 runs
  • 1x4 - 3x6
0 1 7 0 18 25 8 24
RD Rickelton
RD Rickelton
71(55) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 19 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
4 13 7 12 17 10 4 4

Best performances - Bowlers

KT Maphaka
O4
M0
R20
W4
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
BJ Dwarshuis
O4
M0
R26
W3
Eco6.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Scorer: Thilak Ram | Commentator: Alex Malcolm

END OF OVER:
20 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | SA: 161/9 (18 runs required, RR: 8.05)

  • Kwena Maphaka3 (3b)
  • Ben Dwarshuis4-0-26-3
  • Nathan Ellis4-0-44-0

Australia take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Keep an eye out for Firdose Moonda's report. Thanks for your company tonight. We'll see you for game two on Tuesday.

Presentation

Mitchell Marsh: "There are times where the conditions might dictate that we bat a little differently but we just back our guys to play their way and Tim David batted beautifully tonight. It was a serious effort from all of our bowlers."

Aiden Markram: "We were pretty far from our best tonight. A few learnings over the next 24 hours and try and improve. Maphaka bowled very well."

Tim David is player of the match: "We went pretty hard today but there's not going to be that many occasions when that many of our batters miss out I don't think."

10.35pm Australia win by 17 runs and win their ninth straight T20I which is a record for them. Hazlewood and Dwarshuis pick up three wickets each. Rickelton's 71 wasn't enough. Australia out hit South Africa. Specifically Tim David, who clubbed eight sixes in his match-winning 83. Australia caught better too, with Maxwell's catch in the last over truly exceptional.

Sajib: "Hasn't there been a rule change recently for boundary catches?" Quite a few people querying the Maxwell catch. Here is the recent ICC rule change on boundary catches. Maxwell did not bunny hop outside the boundary. He threw the ball back before landing outside the boundary and then caught it back in ground again.

19.6
W
Dwarshuis to Rabada, OUT, bowled him! Leg cutter, sliding into the top of off, he tries to launch over the leg side and it crashes into the top of off

K Rabada b Dwarshuis 10 (22m 6b 0x4 1x6) SR: 166.66

19.5
1
Dwarshuis to Maphaka, 1 run, bouncer, over leg, he pulls off the top edge and it lands safe
19.4
2
Dwarshuis to Maphaka, 2 runs, dropped by Zampa running in at backward square! Full on leg, he whips it in the air behind square, Zampa runs in and spills it
19.3
0
Dwarshuis to Maphaka, no run, full outside off, 130kph, he drives with power straight to mid-off
19.2
W
Dwarshuis to Rickelton, OUT, Maxwell takes an extraordinary catch at long-on! He makes it look so easy. Rickelton launches over long-on, Maxwell jumps from inside the rope to catch it and then releases it over his shoulder, lands, turns, jumps back in and catches it again without touching the rope. He made that look like a cake walk. Very few people in the world can do that

RD Rickelton c Maxwell b Dwarshuis 71 (101m 55b 7x4 1x6) SR: 129.09

19.1
0
Dwarshuis to Rickelton, no run, 112kph, clever slower ball, completely deceives him as he tries to pull and it just balloons off the splice onto the pitch

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12AK MarkramRD Rickelton
2nd28RD RickeltonLG Pretorius
3rd8RD RickeltonD Brevis
4th72T StubbsRD Rickelton
5th0GF LindeRD Rickelton
6th3C BoschRD Rickelton
7th0S MuthusamyRD Rickelton
8th35K RabadaRD Rickelton
9th3K RabadaKT Maphaka