• South Africa won the toss and Choose to Bowl
• Australia beats South Africa by 97 Runs
• Mitchell Starc got Man of the Match Award and Aaron Finch got Man of the Series award
• Australia wins the 3 Matches T – 20 by 2 – 1

On Wednesday, at Newlands, in 3rd T 20 Australia beat South Africa by 97 runs and recorded against the biggest win against South Africa in T- 20 matches. South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first. But the Australian batsman played well and gave a good start to Australia. Warner (57) and Finch (55) Scored together 120 runs for the 1st wicket in just 11.3 overs. With the help of this partnership, Australia gave a huge target to the Africa of 193 Runs.

In reply, African openers unable to give the good start to Africa, they lose their 1st wicket at just 6 runs. After that, all African batsman lose their all wickets quickly and they scored just 96 runs in 15.3 overs. That is the second-lowest total of South Africa in T-20’s matches. Starc took most 3 wickets in 2.3 overs by just giving 23 runs from the Australian side.

Scorecard:

Australia                                                                                        193 – 5 (20 Overs)

Extras – 14 (lb5, b0, nb1, w8, p0)

Did not bat

Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa

South Africa                                                                               96 – 10 (15.3 Overs)

Extras – 4 (lb0, b0, nb0, w4, p0)

• 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

• South Africa won the toss and Choose to Bowl
• Australia beats South Africa by 107 Runs
• Ashton Agar take 5 wickets with a hat-trick and got Man of the Match Award
• Australia take lead by 1 – 0 in 3 Matches T – 20 series

On Friday, at The Wanderers Stadium, Australia beat South Africa by 107 runs and recorded the biggest win against South Africa in T- 20 matches. South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first. And the African bowlers take 1st wicket of Australia quickly at just 4 runs. Still, after that, Australian batsman didn’t lose their momentum and scored 196 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 6 wickets and gave the target to Africa of 197 Runs.

In reply, African openers unable to give the good start to Africa, they lose the 1st wicket by giving just 2 runs. After that, all African batsman lose their wickets quickly and they scored just 89 runs in 14.3 overs. That is the lowest total of South Africa in T-20’s. Ashton Agar took 5 wickets in 4 overs by just giving 24 runs including a hat-trick.

Scorecard:

Australia                                                            196 – 5 (20 Overs)

Extras – 14 (lb 2,b 0, nb 0,w 12, p0)

Did not bat

Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa

South Africa                                                   89 – 10 (14.3 Overs)

Extras – 7 (lb 0,b 0, nb 0,w 7, p0)

• South Africa won the toss and choose to bowl
• England beats South Africa by 2 runs.
• Moeen Ali got Man of the Match Award.
• England equals the series by 1 – 1 of the 3 Match Series.

On Friday at Kingsmead, England beat South Africa by 2 Run. South Africa won the toss and choose to bowl first. The England batsman performed very well and scored 204 Runs in 20 Overs with the loss of 7 wickets and gave the target to South Africa of 205 Runs.

In reply, South Africa openers give a good start to Africa, they scored 92 runs for the 1st wicket. DeKock scored his Fifty in just 17 balls. That’s the fastest fifty in the T-20 format by an African batsman. But his fifty goes in vain and England won the match by 2 runs and equals the series by 1 – 1.  

Scorecard:

England                                        204 – 7 (20 Overs)

Extras – 6 (lb2,b 0, nb0,w 4, p0)

Did not bat

Adil Rashid,Mark Wood

South Africa                                       202 – 7 (20 Overs)

Extras – 4 (lb1,b 0, nb0,w 3, p0)

Did not bat

Beuran Hendricks, TabraizShamsi, Lungi Ngidi

• England won the toss and choose to bowl
• South Africa beats England by 1run.
• Lungi Ngidi takes 3 wickets and got Man of the Match Award.
• South Africa take lead by 1 – 0 in 3 Match Series.

On Wednesday at BuffaloPark, South Africa beats England by 1 Run. England won the toss and choose to bowl first. England bowlers gave the good start and take 1^ST wicket at just 48 runs. But after that Bavuma (43) and Van der Dussan (31) scored the 63 runs together for the 2nd wicket. South Africa scored 177 runs by losing the 8 wickets in 20 overs and gave the target to England of 178 Runs.

In reply, England openers unable to give the good start to England, they scored just 19 runs for the 1st wicket. But after that Jason Roy (70) and Bairstow (23) scored 72 runs for the second wicket. Jason Roy and Morgan scored half-century from the England side but both player’s effort goes in vain and South Africa won the match by 1 run and take the lead by 1 -0 in 3 matches T20 Series.  

Scorecard:

South Africa                                176 – 9 (20 Overs)

Extras – 12 (lb5,b 2, nb2,w 3, p0)

Did not bat

TabraizShamsi, Lungi Ngidi

England                                             176 – 9 (20 Overs)

Extras – 1 (lb1,b 0, nb0,w 0, p0)

Did not bat

Mark Wood