Australia vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Darwin, AUS vs SA, Aug 10 2025 - Playing XI

RESULT

1st T20I (N), Darwin, August 10, 2025, South Africa tour of Australia

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178

(20 ov, T:179) 161/9

Australia won by 17 runs

Player Of The Match

, AUS

83 (52)

Cricinfo's MVP

, AUS

123.03 ptsImpact List

	Australia	South Africa
1	Mitchell Marsh (c) allrounder	Aiden Markram (c) allrounder
2	Travis Head top-order batter	Ryan Rickelton † wicketkeeper batter
3	Josh Inglis † wicketkeeper batter	Lhuan-dre Pretorius wicketkeeper batter
4	Cameron Green batting allrounder	Dewald Brevis batting allrounder
5	Tim David middle-order batter	Tristan Stubbs batter
6	Mitchell Owen middle-order batter	George Linde allrounder
7	Glenn Maxwell batting allrounder	Corbin Bosch allrounder
8	Ben Dwarshuis bowler	Senuran Muthusamy batting allrounder
9	Nathan Ellis bowler	Kagiso Rabada bowler
10	Adam Zampa bowler	Kwena Maphaka bowler
11	Josh Hazlewood bowler	Lungi Ngidi bowler
Bench
12	Sean Abbott bowling allrounder	Nandre Burger bowler
13	Aaron Hardie allrounder	Nqabayomzi Peter bowler
14	Matthew Kuhnemann bowler	Prenelan Subrayen allrounder
15	Matthew Short top-order batter	Rassie van der Dussen top-order batter

Language

English

Win Probability

AUS 100%

AUSSA

100%50%100%

Over 20 • SA 161/9

Ryan Rickelton c Maxwell b Dwarshuis 71 (55b 7x4 1x6 101m) SR: 129.09

W

Kagiso Rabada b Dwarshuis 10 (6b 0x4 1x6 22m) SR: 166.66

W

Australia won by 17 runs

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