bowled him! Leg cutter, sliding into the top of off, he tries to launch over the leg side and it crashes into the top of off
Australia vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Darwin, AUS vs SA, Aug 10 2025 - Match Result
Australia take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Keep an eye out for Firdose Moonda's report. Thanks for your company tonight. We'll see you for game two on Tuesday.
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Mitchell Marsh: "There are times where the conditions might dictate that we bat a little differently but we just back our guys to play their way and Tim David batted beautifully tonight. It was a serious effort from all of our bowlers."
Aiden Markram: "We were pretty far from our best tonight. A few learnings over the next 24 hours and try and improve. Maphaka bowled very well."
Tim David is player of the match: "We went pretty hard today but there's not going to be that many occasions when that many of our batters miss out I don't think."
10.35pm Australia win by 17 runs and win their ninth straight T20I which is a record for them. Hazlewood and Dwarshuis pick up three wickets each. Rickelton's 71 wasn't enough. Australia out hit South Africa. Specifically Tim David, who clubbed eight sixes in his match-winning 83. Australia caught better too, with Maxwell's catch in the last over truly exceptional.
Sajib: "Hasn't there been a rule change recently for boundary catches?" Quite a few people querying the Maxwell catch. Here is the recent ICC rule change on boundary catches. Maxwell did not bunny hop outside the boundary. He threw the ball back before landing outside the boundary and then caught it back in ground again.
bouncer, over leg, he pulls off the top edge and it lands safe
dropped by Zampa running in at backward square! Full on leg, he whips it in the air behind square, Zampa runs in and spills it
full outside off, 130kph, he drives with power straight to mid-off
Maxwell takes an extraordinary catch at long-on! He makes it look so easy. Rickelton launches over long-on, Maxwell jumps from inside the rope to catch it and then releases it over his shoulder, lands, turns, jumps back in and catches it again without touching the rope. He made that look like a cake walk. Very few people in the world can do that
112kph, clever slower ball, completely deceives him as he tries to pull and it just balloons off the splice onto the pitch
Ellis gives up 44 from 4 and leaves Dwarshuis with 21 to defend.
wide low full toss, he slices a drive to deep cover for a couple
wide yorker inside the guide line, he squirts this out to wide deep third
attempted wide yorker and he misses his mark. Far too wide
sliced behind point! Full and wide, he reaches out and slices it with power behind point to find the rope
wide yorker, 130kph, he opens the face and squirts it fine of deep third
slower ball wide of off, he square drives to deep cover
thick edge wide of Inglis! Angled wide of off, he swings hard and the thick edge flies away to the rope
good length on middle, he drives in the air but with no timing well short of long-on
low full toss on middle, 135kph, he mistimes a drive to cover
134kph, full on leg, he whips with the bottom hand to wide long-on
wider of off, full, he drives and gets a thick edge wide of deep third and they don't run
clubbed over midwicket! 135kph, length in the slot, he sets his base and flushes this high over deep midwicket
yorker at the toes but it hits him outside the line of leg stump
full and wide, he square drives and gets a thick edge that runs to deep third. 50 off 43 for Rickelton and he does not celebrate
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Marrara Stadium, Darwin | |
Toss | South Africa, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2025 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Australia led the 3-match series 1-0 |
Match number | T20I no. 3403 |
Hours of play (local time) | 18.45 start, First Session 18.45-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.35, Second Session 20.35-22.05 |
Match days | 10 August 2025 - night (20-over match) |
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Over 20 • SA 161/9