• 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)

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)

Extras – 12 (lb7, b1, nb1, w3, p0)

Did not bat

Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa