South Africa vs Australia, 1st T20I: Australia Thrashed South Africa by 111 Runs

South Africa and Australia came against each other in the 1st T20I of the series at Kingsmead, Durban. South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first.Head and Matthew Short came to bat and Marco Jansen opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Head smashed a six on the second ball and it was the first boundary of the match. He got out after scoring 6(3) on the third ball. In the 2nd over, Mitchell Marsh started the over with back-to-back two fours, smashed a six on the fourth ball and finished the over with a four. 

In the third over, Matthew Short started the over with back-to-back three boundaries. In the 4th over, Mitchell Marsh started the over with a four and finished the over with a four. In the 5th over, Mitchell Marsh smashed back-to-back two boundaries and Matthew Short got out after scoring 20(11) on the fifth ball. In the 6th over, Josh Inglis got out after scoring 1(3) on the second ball. After 6 overs, Aus was at 70-3.

In the 7th over, Stoinis hit a six on the fourth ball and got out after scoring 6(9) on the last ball. In the 9th over, Mitchell Marsh took a single on the third ball and scored a half-century and hit a four on the fifth ball. In the 12th over, Tim David hammered two sixes and took a single on the last ball and the partnership between Tim David and Mitchell Marsh reached 50 runs. After 12 overs, Aus was at 127-4.

In the 13th over, Tim David hit a four on the first ball and smashed back-to-back two boundaries. In the 14th over, Tim David hit a four on the second ball and Mitchell Marsh hit a four on the fourth ball. In the 15th over, Tim David hit a four on the third ball and scored a half-century and hit one more four on the next ball. After 15 overs, Aus was at 167-4.

In the 16th over, Tim David smashed a six on the first ball and got out after scoring 64(28) on the second ball. In the 17th over, Hardie smashed two boundaries. In the 18th over, Mitchell Marsh finished the over with back-to-back two fours and Australia reached 200 runs. In the 19th over, Hardie hit a four on the third ball and got out after scoring 23(14) on the fourth ball and Mitchell Marsh finished the over with a four.

In 20 overs, Australia scored 226 runs with a loss of 6 wickets.Chasing 227 runs, R Hendricks and Bavuma came to bat and Stoinis opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Bavuma got out for a duck on the fifth ball. In the 3rd over, Rassie van der Dussen hit a four on the second ball, smashed a six on the fourth ball and finished the over with a four. In the 4th over, R Hendricks smashed two boundaries and finished the over with a six. In the 5th over, R Hendricks smashed back-to-back two boundaries and van der Dussen got out after scoring 21(11) on the fifth ball. In the 6th over, Markram took a double on the second ball and RSA reached 50 runs. After 6 overs, RSA was at 53-2.

In the 7th over, R Hendricks hit a four on the third ball and Markram got out after scoring 7(7) on the last ball. In the 9th over, Brevis got out after scoring 5(6) on the third ball and Tristan Stubbs got out for a duck and R Hendricks finished the four. In the 10th over, Marco Jansen hit back-to-back two fours. In the 13th over, Marco Jansen hit two fours and got out after scoring 20(14) on the fifth ball. In the 14th over, Gerald Coetzee got out after scoring 1(2) on the first ball and Williams got out after scoring 1(2) on the fifth ball. In the 16th over, R Hendricks got out after scoring 56(43) on the first ball and Shamsi got out for a duck. South Africa got all out at 115 and lost the match by 111 runs.

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