Australia vs South Africa 13th Match at Sharjah, 23 Oct, 2021

Toss: AAustralia, who chose to bowl
South Africa 118/9 (20)
Australia 121/5 (19.4)
Australia won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Josh Hazlewood
  • Matthew Wade 15 * (10)
  • Marcus Stoinis 24 * (16)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Temba Bavuma, 2 runs, leans forward and finds the gap wide of cover with the drive, back for the second

Over 0.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Temba Bavuma, no run, gets the inside edge on the drive, rolls towards mid-off

Over 0.3 Mitchell Starc bowls a half volley to Temba Bavuma, Boundary! Leans into the drive, the ball finds the middle of the bat and runs away in the gap wide of mid-off

Over 0.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a half volley to Temba Bavuma, Boundary! Leans into the drive, with a slightly open face as he found the gap wide of cover-point, runs away to the ropes

Over 0.5 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Temba Bavuma,1 run, gets  reaches out on the drive and gets a thick edge down towards third man for a single

Over 0.6 Mitchell Starc bowls it short of length to Quinton de Kock, no run, gets  reaches out and finds cover-point

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1 GJ Maxwell tossed up delivery to Temba Bavuma,1 run, gets forward and worked in front of square on the on-side for a single

Over 1.2 GJ Maxwell tossed up delivery to Quinton de Kock,1 run, gets back in the crease and worked down to long-off for a single

Over 1.3 GJ Maxwell bowls a quicker arm ball to Temba Bavuma, out Bowled!! Bavuma was caught in the crease as he stayed back, played down the wrong line and the ball crashes into the middle-stump.

Over 1.4 GJ Maxwell tossed up delivery to Rassie van der Dussen,1 run,  worked in front of square on the on-side for a single

Over 1.5 GJ Maxwell bowls a slower one to Quinton de Kock,1 run, whipped away past square leg and the fielder in the deep has to sprint across to keep them down to a single

Over 1.6 GJ Maxwell bowls a slower one to Rassie van der Dussen,1 run,  worked in front of square on the on-side for a single

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Rassie van der Dussen,  out Caught by Wade!! van der Dussen committed on the back-foot push, the ball seamed away just enough to catch the edge and Wade does the rest. 

Over 2.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Aiden Markram,1 run, gets forward and finds a thick edge and runs past the lone slip, off the mark with a single

Over 2.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a back of length delivery to Aiden Markram, no run, pressing across on the tuck and is struck high on the thigh-pad


Over 2.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Quinton de Kock, no run, gets forward and past the inside edge on the tuck, hits him on the body and drops down

Over 2.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Quinton de Kock, no run, shuffles across on the back foot and clipped straight to the fielder at square leg

Over 2.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Quinton de Kock, no run, leans forward and drives it straight to the man at cover-point

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1 GJ Maxwell tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no run,  leans across and pushes it to mid-on.

Over 3.2 GJ Maxwell tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram,1 run, shimmies down the pitch to a well flighted delivery and works it past mid-wicket for a single

Over 3.3 GJ Maxwell tossed up delivery to Quinton de Kock, no run,  makes room on the cut, but can't get it past cover-point

Over 3.4 GJ Maxwell bowls it short of length to Quinton de Kock, Boundary! Swivels across and pulls it over mid-wicket, couple of bounces and over the ropes

Over 3.5 GJ Maxwell bowls a quicker arm ball to Quinton de Kock, no run, backs away and finds cover-point with the drive

Over 3.6 GJ Maxwell bowls a quicker arm ball to Quinton de Kock,1 run, gets on the sweep, gets a bottom-edge that rolled towards short third man

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Quinton de Kock, out Bowled!!  de Kock attempting the cheeky paddle after shuffling across the off-stump - missed the shot, the ball lobbed off the body, looped into the air and then bounced right onto the stumps. 

Over 4.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Heinrich Klaasen, no run, goes on to the back foot and defends it to backward point.

Over 4.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Heinrich Klaasen, no run, finds backward point with the back-foot cut

Over 4.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Heinrich Klaasen, no run,  presses across and turns it to mid-wicket

Over 4.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Heinrich Klaasen, no run,  leans across and defends it to the off-side

Over 4.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Heinrich Klaasen, no run, goes on to the back foot and defended to the on-side

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