South Africa Vs Australia – T20 World Cup 2021 Match #13 Quick Review! Proteas Make It Difficult For Australia to Chase A Low Score
South Africa Vs Australia Quick Review – A good tight contest to open up Group 1.
Match Details, Scorecard, & Video Highlights
Scorecard: South Africa Vs Australia Video Highlights
Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to field first.
Venue: Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Umpires: Michael Gough & Nitin Menon
What Actually Happened
- Winner: Australia won by 5 wickets
- Scores: South Africa 118/9 – Australia 121/5
- Player of the Match: Josh Hazlewood 2/19
- Best Figures
- Josh Hazlewood (4-1-19-2), Adam Zampa (4-0-21-2)
- Anrich Nortje (4-0-21-2)
- Most Runs
- Aiden Markram – 40 (36)
- Steven Smith – 35 (34)
Moments of The Day: Fast Bowlers Shine As Smith, Finishers Save Australia
- Fast Bowlers have a say in both innings – Hazlewood bagged the player of the match award with Starc (2/24) and Cummins (4-0-17-1). Nortje (2/21) & Rabada (1/28) with good figures from Australia as well.
- The core of the Australian T20 batting is Maxwell, Smith, and Stoinis and all three came to the party with different roles to play. Smith stabilized the innings after Australia were struggling for 38-3 & Stoinis’ 24* (16) (and Wade’s 15* (10)) finished the game off when Australia were in a precarious position. However, it was Maxwell’s measly spell of 4-0-24-1 in the PowerPlay that set the tone.
- South Africa squeeze – At the halfway stage, 118/9 did not inspire much confidence. Maharaj & Shamsi continued the pressure left from Rabada-Nortje with combined figres of 8-0-45-2 and backed it up with impressive fielding. Highlight of their fielding effort was Aiden Markram’s flying catch to dismiss Steve Smith.
Broken Cricket Dream of the Day: Faf Du Plessis – Huge Gamble for South Africa?
- Faf Du Plessis was in touching distance of becoming the Orange Cap holder in IPL 2021 and was literally Protea’s best player in the IPL. Additionally, the second leg of the IPL was held on the same pitches as the ongoing World Cup. With an impressive bowling line up, South Africa’s only clear weakness is the batting. Except for Quinton de Kock (who took the second game off for personal reasons) & Rassie van der Dussen, the rest of the batting does not inspire consistency. Faf will be missed in this T20 World Cup.
Also Read: Faf du Plessis & AB De Villiers’ Friendship: Broken Dreams of Faf and ABD
Dreams Lived: Delhi Capitals Win
Who were the stars of the day? Steve Smith, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, and Marcus Stoinis, basically the 4 foreign players that play in the Delhi Capitals XI.
T20 World Cup Points Table, Stat Alert
No need to go elsewhere for the Points Table, Highest Run Scorer, Highest Wicket Taker, Most Catches, and Most Dismissals. We will keep updating it in every article!
- Mohommad Naim – 126 runs (Bangladesh, 3 Matches)
- Shakib Al Hasan – 11 wickets (Bangladesh, 4 Matches)
- Calum MacLeod, Jatinder Singh (Scotland/Oman, 3 Matches) – 5 catches
- Nurul Hasan (Bangladesh) – 5 dismissals
Group 1 Table
| Teams | Played | Won | Lost | Tied No-Result | Points | Net Run Rate |
| 1. England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | + 3.970 |
| 2. Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | + 0.583 |
| 3. Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | + 0.253 |
| 4. South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – 0.253 |
| 5. Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – 0.583 |
| 6. West Indies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – 3.970 |
Also, if you have not yet read our T20 World Cup Previews, here is a list of all of them! Check them out and share ahead:
- A Review – Group A 2021 T20 World Cup Squads Dissected: Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, Sri Lanka
- B Review – Group B 2021 T20 World Cup Squads Dissected: Bangladesh, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland
- 1 Review – Group 1 2021 T20 World Cup Squads Dissected: Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies
- 2 Review – Group 2 2021 T20 World Cup Squads Dissected: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, New Zealand
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