South Africa and Australia battled each other in the 3rd and last T20 Cricket International at SuperSport Park, Centurion, from 18:00 SA Time on Friday 14 March.
This was the last game for the 2 sides, before departing for the T20 International World Cup, starting on Sunday.
Australia won the match and the T20 Seires by 2 / 0, after the 1st game in the series was rained out and abandoned and after the 2nd game was reduced to 7 overs a side, where Australia won earlier in the week.
Australia won with 5 full overs to spare and by 6 wickets.
The score cards was updated at regular intervals here on Rugby-Talk.
South Africa: 128 / 7 (20 Overs)
Australia: 129 / 4 (15 Overs)
| South Africa innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Q de Kock† | c †Haddin b Hogg | 41 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 102.50 |
|
HM Amla | lbw b Starc | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
|
F du Plessis* | c Hogg b Maxwell | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 |
|
JP Duminy | c Henriques b Maxwell | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 81.25 |
|
AB de Villiers | c Hodge b Hogg | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 110.00 |
|
DA Miller | c Bailey b Henriques | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
|
JA Morkel | b Starc | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 163.63 |
| WD Parnell | not out | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| BE Hendricks | not out | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 109.09 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 3, nb 1) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 20 overs) | 128 | (6.40 runs per over) | ||||
Did not batLL Tsotsobe, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Amla, 2.3 ov), 2-20 (du Plessis, 3.4 ov), 3-44 (Duminy, 7.3 ov), 4-68 (de Villiers, 10.5 ov), 5-75 (Miller, 12.4 ov), 6-81 (de Kock, 13.5 ov), 7-103 (Morkel, 16.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
MA Starc | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4.00 | (1w) |
| NM Coulter-Nile | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 | (1nb, 1w) | |
|
GJ Maxwell | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4.75 | (1w) |
|
MC Henriques | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 | |
|
GB Hogg | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | |
| SR Watson | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Australia innings (target: 129 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
AJ Finch | c Miller b Imran Tahir | 39 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 144.44 |
|
CL White | c Imran Tahir b Parnell | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 127.27 |
|
SR Watson | c du Plessis b Imran Tahir | 35 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 125.00 |
|
GJ Maxwell | lbw b Hendricks | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 141.66 |
| GJ Bailey* | not out | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 171.42 | |
| BJ Hodge | not out | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 220.00 | |
| Extras | (w 1) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 15 overs) | 129 | (8.60 runs per over) | ||||
To batBJ Haddin†, MC Henriques, MA Starc, NM Coulter-Nile, GB Hogg
Fall of wickets 1-43 (White, 4.5 ov), 2-67 (Finch, 8.1 ov), 3-105 (Maxwell, 12.4 ov), 4-107 (Watson, 13.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Duminy | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 13.50 | ||
| LL Tsotsobe | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | ||
|
BE Hendricks | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 7.00 | |
|
WD Parnell | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7.50 | (1w) |
|
Imran Tahir | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 | |
| JA Morkel | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13.00 |
Match details
TV umpire – AT Holdstock
Match referee – BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire – KH Hurter
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 – 6.0 (Mandatory – 34 runs, 2 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (53 balls), Extras 3
- South Africa: 100 runs in 16.2 overs (99 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: South Africa – 128/7 in 20.0 overs (WD Parnell 17, BE Hendricks 12)
- Australia: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 0
- Australia: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 1
David Warner can surely not do it again against South Africa, he has to fail sometime.
I wonder how the pitch will play after all the rain that must have hampered the preparation of it.
Vier vinnige stappe om weer deur teen Aus te verloor:
1. Laat Tjotsie weer boul, veral vir Warner.
2. Maak of dit proewe is, en gee vir die rookie bouler in die span die belangrikste over om te boul in die hele game, die 2de laaste over (as jy tweede boul)
3. As die boulbeurte verminder word, na 12 of minder, los jou grootste slaners (Albie en Miller) vir laaste, en stuur toetskolwers soos Amla en Faf voor hulle in.
4. Laat Parnell boul in Abbott se plek.
@ Ben:
Veral punt 3 is baie waar… Amla se 3 or 4 lopies van 7 balle was basies die verskil tussen wen en verloor laas keer.
@Ben
Feite, baie waar en goeie post
Game about to start, I’ll start it off and then leave for a while to go fetch an Advertising Trailer…
Would have preferred that de Kock started the game off, but I suppose we must settle for you doing it after a maiden over
Maiden Over for Australia to start with and Quinton de Kock cops one on the throat off the last ball of the over.
Shot
4 And a 6 from Quinton de Kock, one after the other
Looking beter
SA 13 / 0 after 2 overs
Amla out.
SA 15 / 1 after 2.3 overs
SA 20 / 2 after 3.4 overs, Faf out
what a pathetic shot by Kaf du Plessis.. failing to see the slower one .
SA 28 / 2 after 5 overs
It is definitely not the normal batsman friendly T20 pitch- balls seem to “stick” and not coming through.. JP looking pretty decent though so far
SA 43 / 2 after 7 overs
SA 44 / 3 after 7.3 overs
Duminy gone.
SA 48/3 from 8 and half overs
Practicing their chocking moves early for the real ICC event starting this weekend
Shark supporters better not watch, they will be feeling a sense of déjà vu come SR semi and finals time
@ robzim:
Hello robzim doesn’t seem to be the normal high scoring affair at Centurion is the wicket softer after all the rain and little time in baking sun? What do you think will be a good score for SA to defend?
@ grootblousmile:
Hello Gbs hows it going there? Finally got bit more time on hand again although even so miss the rugby tomorrow with work.
nortierd wrote:
Hello nortierd you don’t like Sharks
@ nortierd:says a Stormpoppie supporter
Who’s team chokes way before finals or semi fonI mean this is the same man who stopped supporting his losers 😉
@ Bullscot:
Hi,
Not sure.. my guess would be 150-160 …. the problem is they do not seem to be able to put the bad balls away at the moment.there is a good one by Quintin..
SA 68 / 4 after 10.5 overs, AB de Villiers gone
Bullscot wrote:
Ha ha, not much, I support the wooden spoonists, aka the Stormers
Sharks_forever wrote:
Djangoooooooo
Mention the words Sharks and chokers in the same sentence is like saying Beetlejuice 3 times
Guaranteed to bring a Tjaarkie out of the woodwork
@ robzim:
Thanks man would be really good if they got that many now, am not watching just following online but my concern will be the ball becoming slippery as the night goes on so harder for the bowlers to control, maybe also harder for the fielders to keep their footing.
Not doing well here again. Pity we lost the toss might have made a diffeence.
29 @ Puma:
Meant difference. Not easy using this daft ipad. Just that no tv in my study.
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