South Africa Vs Australia Match 3 03 September 2023

3rd T20I • Kingsmead • Durban

South Africa

190/8 (20)

Australia

191/5 (17.5)

AUS won by 5 wickets

Info

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Mini Games

Player of the Match Travis Head

91(48)

Player of the Series Aiden Markram

AUS

Info

South Africa

190/8 (20)

Batters

Reeza Hendricks

140.00

c Inglis b Sangha

Temba Bavuma

0.00

c Head b Stoinis

Matthew Breetzke

71.43

c David b Stoinis

Aiden Markram

178.26

c Turner b Abbott

Tristan Stubbs

156.25

c Short b Abbott

Donovan Ferreira

228.57

runout (Inglis)

Bjorn Fortuin

0.00

c Marsh b Abbott

Gerald Coetzee

118.18

c (sub Hardie) b Abbott

Keshav Maharaj

128.57

Not out

Lungisani Ngidi

100.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.5)

190/8

Did not Bat

Lizaad Williams

Bowlers

EXT

Marcus Stoinis

9.75

Spencer Johnson

7.25

Sean Abbott

7.75

Nathan Ellis

12.50

Tanveer Sangha

9.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Temba Bavuma

c Head b Stoinis

1-1

0.2

Matthew Breetzke

c David b Stoinis

2-12

2.2

Aiden Markram

c Turner b Abbott

3-70

7.6

Reeza Hendricks

c Inglis b Sangha

4-116

12.4

Tristan Stubbs

c Short b Abbott

5-122

13.1

Bjorn Fortuin

c Marsh b Abbott

6-122

13.4

Gerald Coetzee

c (sub Hardie) b Abbott

7-176

18.1

Donovan Ferreira

runout (Inglis)

8-181

19.3

Australia

191/5 (17.5)

Batters

Matthew Short

0.00

lbw b Markram

Travis Head

189.58

c Bavuma b Fortuin

Mitchell Marsh

125.00

c Fortuin b Coetzee

Josh Inglis

190.91

c Coetzee b Fortuin

Marcus Stoinis

176.19

Not out

Tim David

50.00

c Ferreira b Coetzee

Ashton Turner

100.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(17.5 Ov, RR: 10.71)

191/5

Did not Bat

Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Spencer Johnson, Tanveer Sangha

Bowlers

EXT

Aiden Markram

9.25

Lizaad Williams

12.00

Bjorn Fortuin

9.00

Lungisani Ngidi

18.00

Gerald Coetzee

3.5

9.39

Keshav Maharaj

13.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Matthew Short

lbw b Markram

1-0

0.1

Mitchell Marsh

c Fortuin b Coetzee

2-43

4.1

Josh Inglis

c Coetzee b Fortuin

3-128

11.1

Travis Head

c Bavuma b Fortuin

4-186

16.5

Tim David

c Ferreira b Coetzee

5-187

17.1

Match Info

Date & Time

03 Sep, 05:30 PM IST

Venue

Kingsmead, Durban

Match

3rd T20I,

Australia tour of South Africa

Umpires

Allahudien Paleker (South Africa), Bongani Jele (South Africa), Lubabalo Gcuma (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson(West Indies)

Toss

South Africa elected to bat

0 6 1 0 6 1

Over 15

Runs: 14

4 1 4 1 0 1

Over 16

Runs: 11

1 2 1 6 W 1

Over 17

Runs: 11

W 1 1 1 1

Over 18

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Travis Head

91(48)

Player of the Series Aiden Markram

Commentary

That's all from us then. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of this KFC T20 international between South Africa and Australia. For now, this is Soumarya Dutta taking your leave on behalf of Pratyush. See you soon!

Right so, the Aussies have humbled the Proteas for the third successive occasion here at Durban and they've won the series 3-0! It has been a remarkable effort from a rather young and inexperienced Australian side and they will be mighty proud of the way this team has shaped up. South Africa will be disappointed though. They were missing some players too but they had far more experience in their ranks and they should have done better in this series. There will be a lot of soul-searching in that Proteas camp as they head on to the ODI series and they will be looking to come back with some better performances.

Mitchell Marsh, Australia Captain - I do enjoy coming to South Africa and it's a great place to tour. We gelled well as team and we played some really positive cricket and really proud of the way, this group has come over here and played. I've matured a lot as a leader and have learnt from the early days at Perth Scorchers as a captain. We're building towards next years world cup and we're really pleased with the way our domestic players have stepped up and have been at home in the international level. It's never easy winning for the first time in South Africa but these boys have achieved that and we're mighty proud of these boys.

Travis Head is the Player of the Match. Here is what he has to say: It's nice to be back and contributing for the time. There have been limited opportunities for me in this format and it's nice to contribute tonight. The power we've got in this team puts pressure on the bowlers. Once we're set, I was looking to pick the right moment and then we're good. It shows where we're at. With 4-5 guys not here, the guys from the BBL have stepped out. It's nice to see that in the build up to the T20 World Cup that is next year.

Aiden Markram: Yeah we were slightly better today. Not exactly where we want to be but we know we can get better, take from our learnings and take it forward. There were a few partnerships. We were getting momentum and losing momentum. Credit to Donavon with the way he played on debut. To get to a total like 190, you'll always take it. We were pretty much happy with it. It's quite big for us. The World Cup coming up is huge. We've got a team in mind and are looking forward to the ODI series. The fans have been fantastic. They turn up at Kingsmead for us. We haven't put on the performances we'd like too but they've still supported us throughout. Hopefully, we can perform better for them in the future.

Australia 191/5 in 17.5 overs
Travis Head 91(48) | Bjorn Fortuin 2/36
Josh Inglis 42(22) | Gerald Coetzee 2/36

This has been an absolutely incredible batting effort from Australia and they've won this game in a one-sided fashion. The South Africans have just been blown away here for the third consecutive time in the series and this one would hurt them real bad as they had 190 to defend this time.

Australia started off on a disastrous note as Matthew Short was adjudged LBW of the very first ball of the innings but from there onwards it was all about the batters. Travis Head played a remarkable knock of 91 and he absolutely thumped it to all corners of the ground during his stay. He rode his luck a bit too as there were some dropped chances in the middle but it was an magnificent innings from him .

He was given good support from Josh Inglish who went after the bowling from ball one and played a blistering cameo of 42 runs. Once he had been dismissed, Marcus Stoinis came in and continued the carnage. He hit a few massive ones into the crowd and ensured that the Aussies were always ahead of the game. There were a couple of late wickets towards the back end, but the Aussies romped home fairly comfortably in the end.

The bowlers took a real hammering today for South Africa and there isn't a lot to write home about what has been a below par bowling effort from them. Markram picked up an early wicket but they struggled after that as they were either too full or too short which made life easy for the batters. Fortuin and Coetzee picked up a couple of wickets each but it was never going to bother the Aussies much since they had been in cruise control of the game.

Australia win by 5 wickets and clinch the series 3-0!

17.5 Gerald Coetzee to Marcus Stoinis, THAT WILL BE THAT! Australia win by 5 wickets and 13 balls to spare! Full delivery to angle it into the pads, Stoinis flicks it to deep backward square leg to complete the clean sweep for the visitors.

17.4 Gerald Coetzee to Ashton Turner, finds the yorker outside the off-stump. Turner squeezes it out to third man to level the scores!

17.3 Gerald Coetzee to Marcus Stoinis, another one banged in short. Stoinis controls his pull to deep square leg for another single. Only two needed now

17.2 Gerald Coetzee to Ashton Turner, short of a length angled into Turner. He pulls it to deep square leg for a single

Ashton Turner, RHB, comes to the crease.

Some wickets late in the piece for South Africa here and Coetzee has got his second one here. The rain has arrived here too and Australia will be hoping that they can wrap things up quickly here.

17.1 Gerald Coetzee to Tim David, HOLES OUT! In an attempt to finish things off in style, David perishes. Dug in short and he latched onto the pull, getting enough bat on it but not enough to clear the ropes. Ferreira steadies himself calmly to take the overhead catch. Coetzee has something to smile about.

Tim David c Donovan Ferreira b Gerald Coetzee 1(2b, 0x4, 0x6)

Fortuin ends with two wickets and the game will go into the 18th over eventually. He got rid of Head in that over as Bavuma held on to one for a change today.

overs

187 /4 score

runs

Tim David *

1 (1)

Marcus Stoinis

35 (19)

Bjorn Fortuin

2 /36

16.6 Bjorn Fortuin to Tim David, arm ball pushed through quicker at the stumps. David punches it through the covers for a single

Tim David, RHB, comes to the crease.

OHH!! It's the anti climax!! It wasn't the free hit and Head finally mistimed one in what has been an stupendous innings. Australia have lost their fourth one now.

16.5 Bjorn Fortuin to Travis Head, BAVUMA HOLDS ON! Floated full and outside the off-stump, Head hammers it flat and hard towards long-off. After dropping a couple, Bavuma finally clings on to this one and doesn't bother celebrating. End of a terrific knock from Head.

Travis Head c Temba Bavuma b Bjorn Fortuin 91(48b, 8x4, 6x6)

That's an absolute Monster and looks like that Australia will get home in this very over itself!

16.4 Bjorn Fortuin to Travis Head, SIX! That's a gift. Dishes out a juicy full toss for Head, who heaves it over square leg to clear the ropes. As easy as you'd like.

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