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South Africa Men vs Australia Men - 1st ODI

291/7 (50.0)

AUS

217 (45.1)

CR:4.80 | RR:15.52

South Africa win by 74 runs

MATCH DETAILS

Venue
Boland Park, Paarl
Series
South Africa v Australia ODI - Men's
Toss
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
Umpire
Holdstock, A T , Llong, N J
Match Referee
Pycroft, A J
Tv Umpire
Illingworth, R K
Man of the Match
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Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Adam Zampa	7	5	1	0	140.00
Josh Hazlewood	1	4	0	0	25.00

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	Ec.
Anrich Nortje	7.1	0	39	2	0	0	5.44

44.6 Andile Phehlukwayo to Adam Zampa

Over 45. 6 runs. Bowler: Andile Phehlukwayo. Australia: 9-217(rr 4.82)

44.6 Andile Phehlukwayo to Adam Zampa

FOUR! Andile Phehlukwayo to Adam Zampa. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Pulled away over mid-wicket for four, Zampa made good contact with this one.

44.5 Andile Phehlukwayo to Josh Hazlewood

Andile Phehlukwayo to Josh Hazlewood. Slower ball back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Verreynne.

44.4 Andile Phehlukwayo to Josh Hazlewood

Andile Phehlukwayo to Josh Hazlewood. Slower ball full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by de Kock.

44.3 Andile Phehlukwayo to Josh Hazlewood

Andile Phehlukwayo to Josh Hazlewood. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by de Kock.

44.2 Andile Phehlukwayo to Adam Zampa

Andile Phehlukwayo to Adam Zampa. Slower length ball, to leg on the front foot driving, to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Verreynne.

44.1 Andile Phehlukwayo to Pat Cummins

OUT! Caught. Andile Phehlukwayo to Pat Cummins. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, by Verreynne. What a catch! Verreynne comes in from long-on, he needs to make a lot of ground manages to get a dive in and take the catch close to the ground. Cummins tries to go for a big drive but skies the ball straight up, one more needed for South Africa to win.

42.2 Andile Phehlukwayo to Mitchell Starc

OUT! Run Out. Andile Phehlukwayo to Mitchell Starc. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, bottom edge to wicketkeeper, fielded by de Kock.

42.1 Andile Phehlukwayo to Mitchell Starc

Andile Phehlukwayo to Mitchell Starc. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by de Kock.

41.6 Tabraiz Shamsi to Mitchell Starc

Over 42. 3 runs. Bowler: Tabraiz Shamsi. Australia: 6-203(rr 4.83)

41.6 Tabraiz Shamsi to Mitchell Starc

Tabraiz Shamsi to Mitchell Starc. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to extra cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Miller, fielded by Ngidi.

41.5 Tabraiz Shamsi to Mitchell Starc

Tabraiz Shamsi to Mitchell Starc. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Nortje.

41.4 Tabraiz Shamsi to D'Arcy Short

Tabraiz Shamsi to D'Arcy Short. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to cover for 1 run, fielded by Miller.

41.3 Tabraiz Shamsi to D'Arcy Short

Tabraiz Shamsi to D'Arcy Short. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Shamsi.

41.2 Tabraiz Shamsi to Mitchell Starc

Tabraiz Shamsi to Mitchell Starc. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Verreynne.

41.1 Tabraiz Shamsi to Mitchell Starc

Tabraiz Shamsi to Mitchell Starc. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, off stump on the back foot driving, to extra cover for no runs, fielded by Miller.

34.5 Anrich Nortje to D'Arcy Short

Anrich Nortje to D'Arcy Short. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Malan.

34.4 Anrich Nortje to D'Arcy Short

Anrich Nortje to D'Arcy Short. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by de Kock.

34.3 Anrich Nortje to D'Arcy Short

Anrich Nortje to D'Arcy Short. Back of a length, middle stump on the back foot driving, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Maharaj.

34.2 Anrich Nortje to D'Arcy Short

Anrich Nortje to D'Arcy Short. Length ball, to leg on the back foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Klaasen.

34.1 Anrich Nortje to Steven Smith

OUT! L.B.W. Anrich Nortje to Steven Smith. Seaming in length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, hit pad to gully. Wicket! Two in two overs for South Africa, Smith out now, the main man. He is trapped in front with another ball that seamed in. Good innings from Smith, but he has left Australia in a tough position now.

33.4 Lungi Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh

OUT! Bowled. Lungi Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh. Seaming in length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed to. Marsh out! Lots of movement into the batter here, Marsh goes for a drive and this one goes through the gate. Well bowled by Ngidi after conceding four off the second ball of the over.

33.3 Lungi Ngidi to Steven Smith

Lungi Ngidi to Steven Smith. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Maharaj.

33.2 Lungi Ngidi to Steven Smith

FOUR! Lungi Ngidi to Steven Smith. Full toss, middle stump on the front foot working, well timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Full-toss smashed for four by Smith, Smith again going after the bad balls. One of those per over and Australia will be well on their way to winning this one.