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South Africa [108/6] beat Australia [87/7] in the shortened one-off T20I match

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From CSA media:

THE Standard Bank Proteas world-class pace attack finished the tour as they started it as they rounded off a 21-run victory for the South Africans over Australia in the one-off T20 International at Carrara on Saturday. It was effectively a T10 match as persistent rain for much of the evening reduced the game to a 10 overs per side match.

The Proteas, having lost the toss at an unfamiliar venue for them, were given a runaway start by Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks who put on 42 in the three power play overs

A further 50 runs came off the next five overs and, although they only scored 10/3 in their last two overs, they still posted a highly competitive total of 108/6.

The pace attack then took over and took four wickets in three overs to reduce Australia to 27/3 at the end of the power play and 38/4 an over later.

Chris Morris, getting his first international outing of the tour in the place of Dale Steyn, took two wickets in his first over and had the best figures of 2/12 from his two overs. It indicated the enormous depth the Proteas have to their pace bowling resources at the moment.

Tabraiz Shamsi, also having his first game of the tour, returned an economical 1/12 in spite of having to cope with the slippery ball, and there were two wickets each for Lungi Ngidi and Andile Phehlukwayo.

The Proteas thus completed a highly successful tour that saw them achieve success in both white ball formats.
 
Shortened to 10 overs per side due to rain in Queensland, South Africa prevailed in the solitary T20I, amassing a strong score of 108/6 before a top quality bowling display saw them round off their tour with a 21-run victory.

Player of the Match Tabraiz Shamsi was fantastic for his 1/12, while Chris Morris (2/12), Lungo Ngidi (2/16) and Andile Phehlukwayo (2/21) all chipped in with excellent contributions as Australia crumbled in their reply, Glenn Maxwell's 38 the only bright spark for the hosts with the bat.

Having won the toss and elected to bowl, Australia were immediately under the sword from their opponents. Quinton de Kock smashed Jason Behrendorff for six in the first over of the day, and after conceding 15 from his first offering, he didn't return for another over.

de Kock batted freely and effectively for his 26 before Maxwell (1/14) had him stumped, but the runs kept flowing. Reeza Hendricks notched a breezy 19 from eight balls, while skipper Faf du Plessis hit a 15-ball 27 as the hosts struggled to plug the run-flow.

Australia had the better of the final two overs though, Nathan Coulter-Nile (2/19) and Andrew Tye (2/18) conceding a combined total of 10 as the Proteas finished on 108/6. It was a hefty total for just ten overs worth of batting, but the Australians entered the innings break with some momentum after their death-bowlers had produced the goods.


Tye took two wickets in the final over as Australia finished the first innings well Tye took two wickets in the final over as Australia finished the first innings well

The potent opening pair of Chris Lynn and Aaron Finch got off to a flyer, the former taking Kagiso Rabada to all parts with 13 from the first over. Finch then fell to an Ngidi shooter, and what ensued was a combination of accurate, intelligent South Africa bowling, and some poor decision-making from the Aussies.

They lost wickets at 26, 27, 37, 43 and 60, before Maxwell's dismissal on the last ball of the innings rounded off a weak batting effort.

Morris was in inspired form, firing in yorkers for fun as he pinned both Lynn and D'arcy Short in the third over, and the innings became an uphill struggle with the hosts never really looking like they could turn the game around.


Morris was in breathtaking form, dismissing Lynn before seeing off Short for a golden duck Morris was in breathtaking form, dismissing Lynn before seeing off Short for a golden duck

Phehlukwayo saw off the middle order, with Marcus Stoinis skewing one to point for just five, and Ben McDermott (4) perishing via a feeble ramp-shot attempt.

Shamsi prevented a late onslaught with a fantastic spell, masterfully strangling Maxwell and Carey in their bid to accelerate proceedings, and having the latter caught on the boundary for eight.

Maxwell was then left with too much to do, needing 32 from the final over, and Ngidi rounded off a cracking effort from the Proteas with the wicket of Australia's star performer on the last delivery of the match.

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