In the first match between South Africa and Australia, the home team Proteas batted first. South Africa team batsmen were 4 down at 126 in 26.4 overs. The opener of the team JN Malan has gone with golden-duck. The captain of the team Q de Kock † scored 15 runs off 16 balls and gone. T Bavuma’s wicket fallen with 26 runs.
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K Verreynne was the 4th number batsmen who played some good shots and he scored 48 runs. After a very long time, H Klaasen batted so well he scored 123 runs off 114 deliveries and he goes not out. DA Miller was the man who stayed with H Klaasen, and he scored 64 runs off 70 balls. PJ Cummins three, MA Starc two and JR Hazlewood took one wicket.
In reply, the Aussie team was going better than the home team, because they were 4 down at 174 in 33.4 overs. But after that, the Ozzie team wickets started falling and in the end, South Africa won by 74 runs. SPD Smith scored 76, M Labuschagne 41, DA Warner 25 and DJM Short scored 18 runs. L Ngidi three, A Nortje and T Shamsi two each, KA Maharaj and AL Phehlukwayo these two took one wicket each.
Form guide
(last five completed matches, most recent first)
South Africa WLWWW
Australia LLLWL
Australia win toss and chose to bat first.
South Africa team: 1 Janneman Malan, 2 Quinton de Kock, 3 Jon-Jon Smuts, 4 Kyle Verreyne, 5 Heinrich Klaasen, 6 David Miller, 7 Andile Phehlukwayo, 8 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Anrich Nortje, 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Tabriaz Shamsi.
Australia team: 1 David Warner, 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Steve Smith, 4 Marnus Labuschagne, 5 Mitchell Marsh, 6 Alex Carey, 7 D’Arcy Short, 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Ashton Agar, 10 Pat Cummins, 11 Adam Zampa.
Match Timings: 11:00 GMT | 13:00 Local
Umpires – Richard Illingworth, Bongani Jele
TV Umpires – Nigel Llong
Match Referee – Andy Pycroft
Reserve Umpire – Adrian Holdstock
Match number – ODI no. 4252
