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#5 Australia thumped South Africa in decider to clinch T20I series.

Starc's 3/23 was crucial in Australia bowling out South Africa for 96 and winning by 97 runs

Australia won the three-match T20I series against South Africa by beating them in the title decider by 97 runs in thrid and final game played at Newlands in Cape Town. Mitchell Starc rocked the Proteas batting line-up in their chase of 194 runs, by taking three crucial wickets to bowl them out for 96 runs.

Earlier, Quinton de Kock's decision to put the Aussies into bat first proved wrong as the opening pair of David Warner and Aaron Finch added 120 runs for the opening wicket. Steven Smith proved to a thorn for the Proteas once again as he played a crucial cameo to take the Aussie score past the 190-run mark.

Scorecard:

Australia: 193-5 (20 overs)

David Warner 57(37), Aaron Finch 55(37); Tabraiz Shamsi 1/25

South Africa: 96 all-out (15.3 overs)

Rassie van der Dussen 24(19), Heinrich Klassen 22(18); Mitchell Starc 3/23

Some sublime Steve Smith slogging lifts Australia to 5-193 from 20 oversFull scorecard: #SAvAUS https://t.co/jlGjztAtHe pic.twitter.com/DXETmOwvNY

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 26, 2020

Hands up, who did this? #SAvAUS pic.twitter.com/FlXhrzEsdj

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 26, 2020

It's a very good morning! Our Aussie men have claimed the T20I series on the Qantas Tour of South Africa, winning the decider in Cape Town by 97 runs! 🇦🇺🏆👏Report/highlights 👉 https://t.co/TDocEZQuni pic.twitter.com/1d0cEVQiMA

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) February 26, 2020

I think it has been a pretty good job from all the bowlers and it is something we want to keep building on. Quinton is a key player and we saw that in the previous game; he's a nice one to get early and get stuck into their middle order. We were all hoping for Agar to get another hat-trick. The spinners have been excellent; we have been doing a good job and there are players waiting in the wings as well. We have a bit of time for the World Cup, a few T20s in New Zealand and we have time to build on it. A 100-run stand for the opening wicket and a few other positives are there for us to build on.

Wickets in the powerplay is key, it goes a long way if you keep your wickets in hand in winning the game. Yes, it is a very settled side. Huge credit to all the boys, Ashton in my mind was the Man of the Series. And with Adam Zampa, the way they've controlled the middle overs has been amazing. They spin it both ways and challenge both edges and they are a difficult proposition.

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