AUSTRALIA VS SOUTH AFRICA T20 WORLD CUP 2021 : AUSTRALIA WON BY 5 WICKETS

 T20 WORLD CUP 2021 SUPER 12 ROUND MATCH 13: ABU DHABI STADIUM  AUSTRALIA BEAT SOUTH AFRICA BY  5 WICKETS  WITH 2  BALLS REMAINING  

IT'S A LOW SCORING THRILLING FINISH  GAME  MARCUS STOINIS  AND MATTHEW WADE  HOLDING THEIR NERVE  WHILE CHASING TILL THE  THE FINAL OVER OF THE GAME  WHILE CHASING A TARGET OF 119 RUNS 

MARCUS STONIS  HITS  A WINNING  WITH A  BOUNDARY AND AUSTRALIA START   A  TOURNAMENT WITH A WIN  BEAT SOUTH AFRICA BY 5 WICKETS  

AUSTRALIAN TEAM ARE TERRIFIC WITH BOWLING JOSH HAZLEWOOD, MITCHELL STARC, AND ADAM ZAMPA PICKED UP 2 WICKETS EACH TO RESTRICT  SOUTH AFRICA JUST 118 RUNS IN THE FIRST INNS OF THE GAME

IN SOUTH AFRICA BATTING  SIDE TOP AIDEN MARKRAM SCORE 40 RUNS JUST OFF 36 BALLS  WITH 3 FOURS AND ONE SIX 

SOUTH AFRICA  -  118/9  ( 20  OVERS ) 

AUSTRALIA HAD A  BAD START LOST 2  OPENERS EARLY  JUST A SCORE OF  20 RUNS  

AUSTRALIA   -  20 / 2  ( 4.3  ) OVERS 

THEN AFTER  STEVE SMITH AND GLENN MAXWELL MAKE CRUCIAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THEM 

BUT ANRICH NORTJE STRIKE A BIG WICKET OF STEVE SMITH  SCORE 35 RUNS JUST OFF 34  BALLS WITH 3 FOURS 

AUSTRALIA  -   81/5   ( 15.2 )  OVERS 

SOUTH AFRICA   GOOD COME BACK IN THE GAME 

BUT MARCUS STOINIS AND MATTHEW WADE  UNBEATEN TO GET HIS TEAM  INTO THE FINISHING LINE VICTORY BY 5 WICKETS  WITH 2 BALLS REMAINING 

AUSTRALIA  -   121/5   ( 19.4  ) OVERS,  AUSTRALIA BEAT SOUTH AFRICA BY 5 WICKETS 

PLAYER OF THE MATCH  -  JOSH HAZLEWOOD FOR HIS BRILLIANT PIECE OF FAST BOWLING  SUPER SPELL PICKED UP 2 WICKETS JUST GAVE 19 RUNS IN HIS SPELL WITH ONE MAIDEN 

TOP PERFORMANCES  BY SA                                                     TOP PERFORMANCES BY AUS 

AIDEN MARKRAM  -   40  ( 36  )                                                  JOSH  HAZLEWOOD -  2 /19   ( 4 )

ANRICH NORTJE  -   2 /21  ( 4 )                                                   STEVE SMITH  -   35  ( 34 )  

SQUADS  : 

(AUSTRALIA XI  )  -   AARON FINCH  (  CAPTAIN  ), DAVID WARNER, STEVE SMITH. GLENN MAXWELL, MARCUS STOINIS, MATTHEW WADE  ( WK ), MITCHELL MARSH, MITCHELL STARC,  ADAM ZAMPA, JOSH HAZLEWOOD, PAT CUMMINS 

( SOUTH AFRICA XI  )   -  TEMBA BAVUMA  ( C ), QUINTON DE KOCK  ( WK ), RASSIE VAN DER DUSSEN, DWAINE PRETORIUS, KESHAV MAHARAJA,  KAGISO RABADA, ANRICH NORTJE, TABRAIZ SHAMSI 

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