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Australia in South Africa T20I Series - 1st T20I
South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
| Australia innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| DA Warner | c & b Peterson | 38 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 131.03 | |
| MJ Clarke | b Parnell | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| RT Ponting* | c Botha b Morkel | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| DJ Hussey | not out | 88 | 63 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 200.00 | |
| MEK Hussey | run out (Botha) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BJ Haddin† | c Morkel b Peterson | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CL White | c Duminy b Peterson | 16 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 80.00 | |
| MG Johnson | b Parnell | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| JR Hopes | not out | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 250.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 4) | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 20 overs; 78 mins) | 166 | (8.30 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat SM Harwood, B Geeves |
| Fall of wickets 1-5 (Clarke, 1.5 ov), 2-16 (Ponting, 3.2 ov), 3-70 (Warner, 9.1 ov), 4-70 (MEK Hussey, 9.2 ov), 5-71 (Haddin, 9.6 ov), 6-116 (White, 15.6 ov), 7-149 (Johnson, 18.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 11.00 | (1w) | ||
| WD Parnell | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 | (2w) | ||
| JA Morkel | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 | (1w) | ||
| J Botha | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | |||
| RJ Peterson | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 7.50 |
| South Africa innings (target: 167 runs from 20 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HM Amla | b DJ Hussey | 26 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 108.33 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Ponting b Geeves | 19 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 158.33 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Geeves | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| JP Duminy | b Hopes | 21 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| VB van Jaarsveld | b DJ Hussey | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| MV Boucher† | not out | 36 | 43 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 163.63 | |
| JA Morkel | c DJ Hussey b Johnson | 37 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 194.73 | |
| J Botha* | not out | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 8, nb 1) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 19.2 overs; 91 mins) | 168 | (8.68 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RJ Peterson, WD Parnell, DW Steyn |
| Fall of wickets 1-26 (Gibbs, 3.1 ov), 2-46 (de Villiers, 5.1 ov), 3-64 (Amla, 8.6 ov), 4-81 (Duminy, 11.3 ov), 5-83 (van Jaarsveld, 12.1 ov), 6-141 (Morkel, 17.1 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MG Johnson | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5.00 | (5w) | ||
| SM Harwood | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 12.00 | (2w) | ||
| B Geeves | 3.2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 10.50 | (1nb) | ||
| DJ Hussey | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 | |||
| JR Hopes | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 10.25 | (1w) |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to field Series South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0 |
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T20I debut
B Geeves
(Australia) Player of the match DJ Hussey (Australia) |
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Umpires
M Erasmus and RE Koertzen TV umpire BG Jerling Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire ZTA Ndamane |
| Match notes |
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Mar 27, 2009 Michael Clarke congratulates Johan Botha after the win © Getty Images |
Mar 27, 2009 Man of the Match David Hussey is in good spirits after the defeat © Getty Images |
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