Australia vs South Africa 1st T20 Match 2014

144/6
20 Overs
Shane Watson
47(36)
James Faulkner
41(33)
Kyle John Abbo..
21/3
Ryan McLaren
27/1
145/3
19 Overs
Rilee Rossouw
78(50)
Quinton de Koc..
46(39)
Doug Bollinger
22/1
Pat Cummins
21/1

Scorecard - South Africa won by 7 wickets

South Africa dominates Australia in the 1st T20 - A T20 match is always a thrilling match to watch out for and when it is a match between Australia and South Africa then this is a match worth witnessing. Over the past these two teams have produced some of the greatest fixtures in the world of cricket. The 1st match of the 3 match series between Australia and South Africa was played at the Adelaide Oval. In this match after winning the toss the home team decided to bat first.

Aaron Finch and Cameron White gave a quick start to the team scoring 33 runs for the 1st wicket in just 4 overs. Finch was the 1st one to go after scoring 14 runs. Later this momentum was lost by the team as they saw many wickets fall down pretty early. In just 10.2 overs the team was reduced to 67/4. Later Shane Watson and James Faulkner together stitched a good partnership to bring the ship back on track. They together took their team to a score of 124 in 17 overs. It was at this moment when Watson after scoring 47 runs lost his wicket. Faulkner continued his service scoring 41 runs for the team and remained unbeaten. The Australians managed to score 144 runs in 20 overs. Kyle Abbott managed to take 3 wickets in the match.

Reeza Hendricks after playing 3 balls went back losing his wicket without scoring a single run. This was one of the bad starts that the visitors would have wanted. Later Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw together took their team to 129 in 15 overs. Rossouw after scoring 78 runs lost his wicket but he insured that his team had the momentum and could have won the match comfortably. The very next over Kock too followed losing his wicket after scoring 46 runs. The team was brought home safely by Jean Paul Duminy and David Miller. The South Africans won the 1st T20 with 6 balls remaining. Rossouw was named as the man of the match. South Africa now leads the series by 1-0.

Series Name

Australia vs South Africa T20 Series 2014 Schedule

Date

05/11/2014

Start Time

19:5 (Local Time)

Match Day

Wednesday

Stadium

Adelaide Oval

Playing Teams

Australia, South Africa

Australia Team Squad

Shane Watson,	Cameron White,	Kane Richardson,
James Faulkner,	Aaron Finch,	Doug Bollinger,
Ben Cutting,	Pat Cummins,	Nathan Reardon,
Cameron Boyce,	Ben Dunk,

South Africa Team Squad

Imran Tahir,	Kyle John Abbott,	Farhaan Behardien,
Quinton de Kock,	Ryan McLaren,	David Miller,
JP Duminy,	Wayne Parnell,	Rilee Rossouw,
Reeza Hendricks,	Kagiso Rabada,

Australia vs South Africa 1st T20 Match 2014

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