![]() ![]() South Africa did not recover from the shaky start and with Australia picking up wickets at regular intervals, they never threatened to post a big total.Īiden Markram's 36-ball 40 and Kagiso Rabada's useful unbeaten 19 lower down the batting order helped the Proteas past the 100-run mark. ![]() Australia's bowlers responded splendidly to Finch's call to bowl first, after winning the toss at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.Īustralia made a bold call in leaving out left-arm spinner Ashton Agar - their top-ranked T20 international bowler - but Finch had enough firepower at his disposal to put South Africa on the backfoot from the onset.Īfter Maxwell's part-time off-spin found a way past South Africa captain Temba Bavuma's defence, seamer Josh Hazlewood extracted a bit of extra bounce to pick up two wickets to reduce their opponents to 32/3.
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