South Africa Vs Australia Match 1 30 August 2023

1st T20I • Kingsmead • Durban

Australia

226/6 (20)

South Africa

115 (15.3)

AUS won by 111 runs

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Scorecard

Stats

Mini Games

Player of the Match Mitchell Marsh

92(49)

Player of the Series Aiden Markram

AUS

Info

Australia

226/6 (20)

Batters

Travis Head

200.00

c Hendricks b Jansen

Matthew Short

181.82

c Hendricks b Williams

Mitchell Marsh

187.76

Not out

Josh Inglis

33.33

b Coetzee

Marcus Stoinis

66.67

c Jansen b Williams

Tim David

228.57

c Bavuma b Shamsi

Aaron Hardie

164.29

c Brevis b Williams

Sean Abbott

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 6, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 11.3)

226/6

Did not Bat

Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha, Spencer Johnson

Bowlers

EXT

Marco Jansen

11.25

Lungisani Ngidi

12.25

Gerald Coetzee

10.00

Lizaad Williams

11.00

Tabraiz Shamsi

10.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Travis Head

c Hendricks b Jansen

1-6

0.3

Matthew Short

c Hendricks b Williams

2-69

4.5

Josh Inglis

b Coetzee

3-70

5.2

Marcus Stoinis

c Jansen b Williams

4-77

6.6

Tim David

c Bavuma b Shamsi

5-174

15.2

Aaron Hardie

c Brevis b Williams

6-210

18.4

South Africa

115/10 (15.3)

Batters

Reeza Hendricks

130.23

c David b Johnson

Temba Bavuma

0.00

b Stoinis

Rassie van der Dussen

190.91

c Marsh b Abbott

Aiden Markram

100.00

c Stoinis b Sangha

Dewald Brevis

83.33

c Abbott b Sangha

Tristan Stubbs

0.00

st Inglis b Sangha

Marco Jansen

142.86

b Sangha

Gerald Coetzee

50.00

c David b Stoinis

Lizaad Williams

50.00

c Marsh b Stoinis

Lungisani Ngidi

66.67

Not out

Tabraiz Shamsi

0.00

b Johnson

Extras

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

TOTAL

(15.3 Ov, RR: 7.42)

115/10

Bowlers

EXT

Marcus Stoinis

6.00

Spencer Johnson

3.3

9.43

Sean Abbott

8.50

Nathan Ellis

5.50

Tanveer Sangha

7.75

Aaron Hardie

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Temba Bavuma

b Stoinis

1-1

0.5

Rassie van der Dussen

c Marsh b Abbott

2-47

4.5

Aiden Markram

c Stoinis b Sangha

3-61

6.6

Dewald Brevis

c Abbott b Sangha

4-69

8.3

Tristan Stubbs

st Inglis b Sangha

5-69

8.4

Marco Jansen

b Sangha

6-106

12.5

Gerald Coetzee

c David b Stoinis

7-107

13.1

Lizaad Williams

c Marsh b Stoinis

8-109

13.5

Reeza Hendricks

c David b Johnson

9-114

15.1

Tabraiz Shamsi

b Johnson

10-115

15.3

Match Info

Date & Time

30 Aug, 09:30 PM IST

Venue

Kingsmead, Durban

Match

1st T20I,

Australia tour of South Africa

Umpires

Bongani Jele (South Africa), Lubabalo Gcuma (South Africa), Stephen Harris (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

South Africa elected to bowl

1 4 1 4 W 1

Over 13

Runs: 11

W 1 0 1 W 0

Over 14

Runs: 2

1 1 0 1 1 1

Over 15

Runs: 5

W 0 1wd W

Over 16

Runs: 1

All Overs

Player of the Match Mitchell Marsh

92(49)

Player of the Series Aiden Markram

Commentary

That'll be it from us in terms of coverage of the first T20I. While the margin of defeat might seen gut-wrenching for the hosts, given the inexperience in this South Africa side, they'll only gain learnings from lessons such as this. Australia, having had a near-perfect game, will look to take the momentum to Friday, and seal the T20I series. Keep an eye on our tabs for our coverage of that, and of course, a lot, lot more! This is Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of Pradeep. See you tomorrow!

Mitchell Marsh is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: It was a nice way to start the series with a win, also to score runs, very happy. Lot goes into it, process and to get back from injury, really proud of that and it's all about playing for Australia, give my best and nice to contribute as well. Tim David was fantastic, took a couple of balls initially and then the way he batted, took the pressure off me and I was playing a lot of test cricket, couldn't connect a few at the end, need to work on that, it was really good partnership. Amazing from Sangha, he's done that in Big Bash in the last couple of years, fantastic young talent, Zampa missed out today and he came in and delivered, showed great character!

Aiden Markram [South Africa captain]: Wicket played really well, around 200 run mark we had a good chance of chasing, but I suppose all three disciplines, we were a bit rusty and it's been a while we played games, it showed up tonight. That's not an excuse for us, it's an opportunity for few guys, some glimpses we saw, felt and looked a bit rusty, come back stronger on Friday. That's the idea behind the series, we still want to be competitive, we don't like losing being a sportsman, be able to win games for the country.

Match summary:

Australia win by 111 runs

Mitchell Marsh 92*(49) | Tanveer Sangha 4/31 (4)
Reeza Hendricks 56(43) | Lizaad Williams 3/44 (4)

They tried to make a match out of it, but South Africa were never, ever, going to be in the game having lost half their side within the halfway mark of the innings. They started off on a slow note, and while he had a half-century to his name at the end of the day, the intent didn't seem promising from Reeza Hendricks early on. It wasn't until Rassie van der Dussen got the engine started in the run-chase that he followed suit, but once he started to run out of support, the game was gone from the Proteas' grasp.

That being said, nothing can be taken away from the Australians today. They've had the near-perfect T20I game today - all three departments rose to the occasion in grand fashion! Tanveer Sangha proved to be an excellent find - unlike other Australian leg-spinners, Sangha can extract a lot more bounce due to his height. He used it to full effect, got the ball to dip, turn and bounce, and walked away with a four-for on debut!

Marcus Stoinis and Spencer Johnson landed the lid on the South African top-order in the initial overs with some quality swing and pace bowling respectively. Having beaten the bat of Hendricks with the outswinger, Stoinis proved to be too good for Bavuma in the first over of the chase, nipping one back off the deck, past Bavuma's defence, Stoinis drew first blood for the hosts. While he took a while to settle in, a brief onslaught from Rassie van der Dussen sparked interest all around Kingsmead.

The South African line-up capitulated as soon as the powerplay ended. Tanveer Sangha, introduced into the attack right after the 6-over mark, sent the trio of Aiden Markram, Dewald Brevis and Tristan Stubbs in quick succession, and the game was pretty much up for the hosts right there. Stoinis and Johnson then returned for another spell, and went on to mop up the lower-order in quick time.

Well, Spencer Johnson ends the game with just under 5 overs left! A skiddy delivery proves to be too good for Shamsi, and the fibre set behind lights up! Australia claim the first T20I in grand fashion!

15.3 Spencer Johnson to Tabraiz Shamsi, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! It's all over as Australia annihilate South Africa to take a 1-0 lead in the three match T20I series! Just sheer pace from Johnson, that's what he can do. Back of a length on the stumps, Shamsi went back to defend, but misses, through to rattle the stumps. South Africa have some soul searching to do here!

Tabraiz Shamsi b Spencer Johnson 0 (2b, 0x4, 0x6)

15.3 Spencer Johnson to Tabraiz Shamsi, WIDE! Short but loses the radar, strays down the leg-side and a wide has been signaled.

15.2 Spencer Johnson to Tabraiz Shamsi, OH! Change of pace, short and angles it just outside the off-stump. Shamsi on his toes looks to poke, but gets beaten.

Tabraiz Shamsi, RHB, comes to the crease

15.1 Spencer Johnson to Reeza Hendricks, OUT! DAVID JUGGLES BUT CLINGS ON! Johnson picks up his first wicket and Hendricks departs now. Low full toss on the off-stump, reaches and smacked it down to long-on. David diving to his right takes it, but pops out and takes it on the second attempt.

Reeza Hendricks c Tim David b Spencer Johnson 56 (43b, 5x4, 2x6)

Spencer Johnson (3-0-32-0) is back into the attack

The run comparison chart reads a rather sorry tale for the hosts. South Africa's line has fallen off drastically, and there's not much left to play for them in this game.

overs

114 /8 score

runs

Reeza Hendricks *

56 (42)

Lungi Ngidi

2 (3)

Aaron Hardie

0 /5

14.6 Aaron Hardie to Reeza Hendricks, low full toss on the off-stump, Hendricks punched it around extra-cover for just a single again.

14.5 Aaron Hardie to Lungi Ngidi, pace, short on the leg-stump. Ngidi waits and swipes it behind square for another single.

14.4 Aaron Hardie to Reeza Hendricks, pace off, back of a length outside the off-stump. Hendricks pushes it straight to extra-cover for a quick single.

14.3 Aaron Hardie to Reeza Hendricks, back of a length, but goes wide of off-stump. Hendricks has a loose waft and gets beaten.

14.2 Aaron Hardie to Lungi Ngidi, EDGED AND SAFE! Back of a length outside the off-stump, Ngidi looks to cut but takes the outside edge to third-man for one.

14.1 Aaron Hardie to Reeza Hendricks, short outside the off-stump, Hendricks slaps it to deep covers for an easy single.

Aaron Hardie, right-arm fast-medium, comes into the attack