Highlights:

• South Africa won the toss and choose to bat
• South Africa beats Australia by 12 Runs
• Quinton de Kock got Man of the Match Award
• With this win, South Africa equals the 3 Matches series by 1 – 1

In the 2nd T- 20 at St George’s Park, South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first and with the African captain de Kock inning of 70 runs, South Africa scored 158 runs in the 20 overs with loss of 4 wickets. DeKock hits five 4’s and four 6’s in this inning.

After a half-century from Captain Quinton De Kock, Lungi Ngidi’s great bowling helped South Africa to beat Australia by 12 runs in the second T-20 match. Warner (67) gave a good start to Australia but unable to finish Australia inning in the last. Due to this Australia lose the match by 12 runs. With this win, South Africa equals the 3 matches T- 20 series by 1-1 and the T-20 series reached an exciting turning point. The last match of the series will be played on 26 February at Cape Town Ground.

Scorecard:

South Africa                                                                                  158 – 4 (20 Overs)

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Quinton de Kock (c &wk) c Starc b Zampa	70	47	5	4	148.94
Reeza Hendricks c Agar b Kane Richardson	14	17	1	0	82.35
Faf du Plessis c Kane Richardson b Cummins	15	14	1	0	107.14
Rassie van der Dussen c Agar b Kane Richardson	37	26	2	2	142.31
David Miller not out	11	13	0	0	84.62
Pite van Biljon not out	7	3	1	0	233.33

Extras – 4 (lb3,b0, nb0,w 1, p0)

Did not Bat

Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

Australia                                                                                        146 – 6 (20 Overs)

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner not out	67	56	5	1	119.64
Aaron Finch (c) b Lungi Ngidi	14	12	2	0	116.67
Steven Smith   c du Plessis b Pretorius	29	26	1	1	111.54
Alex Carey (wk) b Lungi Ngidi	14	10	0	1	140.00
Mitchell Marsh c Miller b Lungi Ngidi	6	8	0	0	75.00
Matthew Wade c & b Rabada	1	2	0	0	50.00
Ashton Agar b Nortje	1	5	0	0	20.00
Mitchell Starc not out	2	2	0	0	100.00

Extras – 12 (lb7, b1, nb1, w3, p0)

Did not bat

Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa