Live Cricket Score | Australia vs South Africa Live Score & Commentary | AUS vs SA Scorecard, ICC Men's T20 World Cup

13th T20I • Sheikh Zayed Stadium • Abu Dhabi

South Africa

118/9 (20)

Australia

121/5 (19.4)

AUS won by 5 wickets

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Josh Hazlewood

2/19

SA s

AUS s

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South Africa s

118/9 (20)

Batters

Temba Bavuma

(C)

171.43

b G Maxwell

Quinton de Kock

58.33

b J Hazlewood

Rassie van der Dussen

66.67

c MS Wade b J Hazlewood

Aiden Markram

111.11

c G Maxwell b M Starc

Heinrich Klaasen

100.00

c S Smith b P Cummins

David Miller

88.89

lbw b A Zampa

Dwaine Pretorius

50.00

c MS Wade b A Zampa

Keshav Maharaj

0.00

runout (MS Wade / G Maxwell)

Kagiso Rabada

82.61

Not out

Anrich Nortje

66.67

c A Finch b M Starc

Tabraiz Shamsi

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 5.9)

118/9

Bowlers

EXT

8.00

6.00

4.75

4.25

5.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Temba Bavuma

b G Maxwell

1-13

1.3

Rassie van der Dussen

c MS Wade b J Hazlewood

2-16

2.1

Quinton de Kock

b J Hazlewood

3-23

4.1

Heinrich Klaasen

c S Smith b P Cummins

4-46

7.6

David Miller

lbw b A Zampa

5-80

13.3

Dwaine Pretorius

c MS Wade b A Zampa

6-82

13.6

Keshav Maharaj

runout (MS Wade / G Maxwell)

7-83

14.3

Aiden Markram

c G Maxwell b M Starc

8-98

17.1

Anrich Nortje

c A Finch b M Starc

9-115

19.4

Australia s

121/5 (19.4)

Batters

David Warner

93.33

c H Klaasen b K Rabada

Aaron Finch

(C)

0.00

c K Rabada b A Nortje

Mitchell Marsh

64.71

c RVD Dussen b K Maharaj

Steven Smith

102.94

c A Markram b A Nortje

Glenn Maxwell

85.71

b T Shamsi

Marcus Stoinis *

150.00

Not out

Matthew Wade

150.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(19.4 Ov, RR: 6.15)

121/5

Did not Bat

Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa

Bowlers

EXT

7.00

5.25

5.75

5.50

3.4

7.09

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Aaron Finch

c K Rabada b A Nortje

1-4

1.5

David Warner

c H Klaasen b K Rabada

2-20

4.3

Mitchell Marsh

c RVD Dussen b K Maharaj

3-38

7.5

Steven Smith

c A Markram b A Nortje

4-80

14.5

Glenn Maxwell

b T Shamsi

5-81

15.2

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Oct, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Match

13th T20I,

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Umpires

Michael Gough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath(India)

Toss

Australia elected to bowl

Player of the Match Josh Hazlewood

2/19

Commentary

Right then. The Super 12s got underway with a low-scoring thriller with Australia getting off to a winning start. The attention quickly shifts to Dubai as the finalists from the previous edition go head-to-head. England and West Indies will look to get off the mark with a win. Don't think we'll get a low-scoring game there, with the firepower on display. Switch tabs and catch all the action from that upcoming encounter. That's all we have from this one. This is Pratyush Rohra, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator, Sooryanarayanan Sesha. Take care then. We'll see you around!

Aaron Finch (Australian captain): The dugout was a bit more relaxed than I was. Every time you are chasing a total and the game goes down to the wire, it is stressful. Stoinis and Wade did well to see us through. Maxwell a good job for us. He had some good matchups for him today that allowed us to squeeze them. The whole bowling unit was outstanding as well. Ideally, I would have loved to push Hazlewood for a third over. He is a world-class bowler. His accuracy and consistency is key and he did a brilliant job again. There's never been an issue from our point of view. We wanted to rest some guys and give others a chance. We've got some world-class back in our side now which is really pleasing in this brutal tournament, The way South Africa fought was outstanding. They fielded and bowled brilliantly. In the end, we needed some luck to go our way and we got it.

Temba Bavuma (South African captain): We want to talk about us being resilient. Big ups to the guys to take the game to the last over. We didn't get enough on this wicket and it wasn't going to be easy but the bowlers did really well to make a game of it. I think they adapted to the conditions early on. They didn't give us an opportunity to get some momentum. Credit to Aiden to get something of significance on the board. The day didn't go according to plan but we can take positives from it. We spoke about not giving up at the halfway mark and the boys gave everything out there. We'll take the positives from this one and move on.

Josh Hazlewood (Player of the Match): I think the length was the key. Just bowling the right length and hitting the top of the stumps was the plan. Anything too full or short would have made it easy for the batters. (On the de Kock dismissal) He's pretty good at that ramp shot so we worked out a field for it. Luckily it hit the glove and went straight onto the stumps. Good to see the back of him early. The wicket seemed reasonably good. It just stopped a bit and it can play like that in the daytime. We've got a number of all-rounders but Maxi was the man to open the bowling for us today and he did a great job. I was sitting inside - it got close towards the end but it was a great finish.

Australia won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining).

Who says low-scoring thrillers aren't enjoyable contests? It was the grit, desperation, and determination on display as both sides fought hard to get their tournament off to a winning start. Handshakes everywhere, with a smile on the face of the Australians. Frustration for South Africa. So near, yet so far. They did brilliantly to make a contest of this game, having an under-par total on the board. Far from a complete performance for both outfits, but Australia will gladly take the two points in the group of death.

Defending 119 was always going to be a tough ask for the South Africans. However, they showed enough character and belief which they can be proud of. However, they failed to hold their nerve in the end and perhaps even missed out on a sixth bowler. Batting will be a big cause of concern for both sides going ahead in the tournament but they've shown that their bowlers have enough in their arsenal to defend a respectable total.

Stoinis and Wade sealed the deal for Australia in the end, which will b quite pleasing considering that Stoinis is expected to play the finisher's role throughout the tournament. The top-order's form will be concerning and might open the door for Josh Inglis in the coming games. So, Australia get off to a winning start at the expense of the South Africans. Stay tuned for the post-match presentations!

Full toss, as easy as they come. Marcus Stoinis is too good to miss out on that and Australia have managed to sneak over the finishing line in this enthralling contest. What a way to get the Super 12's underway! Australia won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining).

20.0

19.4 Dwaine Pretorius to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! STOINIS SEALS IT FOR AUSTRALIA! Wretched full toss at the stumps on middle and off, Stoinis sits deep in his crease and powers it flat over mid-wicket as the vacant real estate in the deep take the ball through to the fence to complete the formalities. What a game we've had to kickstart the group stages - Australia beat South Africa by 5 wickets with 2 deliveries to spare!

19.3 Dwaine Pretorius to Marcus Stoinis, DOT BALL! Full length delivery outside off, Stoinis hangs deep in his crease to drill it along the ground towards mid-off.

The power of Marcus Stoinis! He's standing deep in his crease to make some room for himself. Langer punches the air in delight. That'll ease the nerves in the Australian dugout.

19.2 Dwaine Pretorius to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! BUTCHERED! That should be the game! Overpitched outside off, Stoinis shuffles across and smothers it straight as an arrow down the ground as the umpire dodges it in time before the ball rockets to the fence.

Justin Langer is up on his feet to applaud the good running between the wickets. 6 off 5 now..

19.1 Dwaine Pretorius to Marcus Stoinis, low full toss outside off, Stoinis walks across and sits low for a wristy flick through mid-wicket before sprinting back to his end to complete the second!

That was turning out to be a superb over from Nortje until he decided to go for the change up short slower delivery. That just eases the pressure off Australia slightly. 8 needed off the final over. Which way is this going to go?

overs

111 /5 score

runs

Matthew Wade

15 (10)

Marcus Stoinis *

14 (12)

Anrich Nortje

2 /21

18.6 Anrich Nortje to Marcus Stoinis, goes very full and wide outside off, Stoinis reaches out and drills it on the up towards long off to keep the strike. 8 needed off the final over!

That is exactly what Stonis was waiting for. One half-tracker on the slower delivery and he's been punished. Momentum swings back in Australia's favour.

18.5 Anrich Nortje to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! STOINIS GETS THE BOUNDARY! Back of a length slower delivery well outside off, Stoinis stands tall and pumps it flat over the vacant spaces along mid-wicket before beating Markram running across from long on with ease!

18.4 Anrich Nortje to Matthew Wade, too full outside off as he fails to nail the yorker, Wade sits on one knee and slices it over backward point for another single into the deep. Australia will want a boundary now!

18.3 Anrich Nortje to Marcus Stoinis, low full toss as he goes for the wide yorker, Stoinis leans across and slices it over the covers for a single into the deep as the sweeper cuts across.

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