Aus vs Sa: Australia won first T20I by 17 runs. What a brave innings of 83 by Tim David

In the first match of the Aus vs Sa T20I series , Team Australia has claimed the victory over South Africa by 17 runs. Tim David‘s on time and brave innings of 83 off just 52 runs played a crucial part in Australia’s victory. Team Australia lost their 6 important wickets on just 75 runs. Tim David’s under-pressure innings helped team Australia to set a target of 179 runs for South Africa.

With impressive bowling of Josh Hazlewood and Ben Dwarshuis as each of them took 3 wickets, South Africa‘s team all out on the last ball of their innings. In this way, Australia managed to restrict South Africa to 161 runs and won the first match of the Aus vs Sa series by 17 runs. Team Australia is leading the series by 1-0.

Series

South Africa tour of Australia, 2025

Venue

Marrara Oval, Darwin, Australia

Playing 11s

Australia	South Africa
Mitchell Marsh(C)	Aiden Markram
Travis Head	Ryan Rickelton(wk)
Josh Inglis(wk)	Lhuan-dre Pretorius
Cameron Green	Dewald Brevis
Tim David	Tristan Stubbs
Glenn Maxwell	Gerorge Linde
Mitchell Owen	Corbin Bosch
Ben Dwarshuis	Senuran Muthusamy
Nathan Ellis	Kagiso Rabada
Adam Zampa	Lungi Ngidi
josh Hazlewood	Kwena Maphaka

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to field first.

First Innings

Power-play

Representing Australia, Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head came to the crease. Mitchell without any hesitation, launched the very first ball of the inning for a Six. After a wide delivery, he followed that up with a four on the very next delivery. With the help of two runs on the last ball, Team Australia secured 14 runs from the first over. On the fifth ball of the second over Linde dropped a crucial catch of Head.

First Loss for team Australia

However, Travis Head was caught by Kwena Maphaka on the very next ball while playing a full outside off delivery. Maphaka was quite hyped about and catch and the replay proved him right. Head scored 2 runs off 7 deliveries.

Josh Inglis’s wicket

In the very next over, Linde paid off the mistake of dropping catch by providing another crucial wicket to team South Africa. On the very first delivery, Inglis tried to hit the ball over the backward point but the ball didn’t have enough elevation and went into the hands of Muthusamy for a sharp catch. Muthusamy cashing the chance, took the catch helping his team to withdraw another wicket. Inglis, unfortunately, had to go back on golden duck.

Cameron Green’s Aggressive Entry

To overcome the loss, Cameron Green joined the Mitchell Marsh. In the same over, after a dot ball he smashed to back-back fours. He continued his aggressive style and followed that up with a Six on the very next delivery. With these shorts, team Australia stood at 30 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.

Mitchell’s wicket

On first delivery of the fourth over, Rabada who took Head’s wicket in the last ball of his previous ball, struck again and forced Mitchell to play for a boundary. Unfortunately, the ball didn’t cover the required distance and Maphaka took another catch. Mitchell Marsh scored 13 runs facing off 7 deliveries. This loss pushed the Australian team under-pressure again.

Tim David’s Heroic Entry

Knowing the current situation of the match, Tim David came into the crease in heroic mode.Without the fear that the team Australia already lost his three crucial wickets quite early, after a dot ball he smashed the third ball of the 4th over for a beautiful Six down the pitch. Green who already showed his aggression, came to strike on the last ball of the over and played it for a four again. Until this time, All the runs that he scored were in the form of boundaries.

On the very next and first delivery of the fifth over, Tim David played a four towards outside off. Green also joined the party and played the fourth ball of the same over for a Six. Tim David followed it up with a beautiful Six on the last ball of the over. With these fearless boundaries team Australia one again came out of the pressure and was standing at 60 runs after 5 overs for the loss of three wickets.

This time Ngidi came onto the bowling attack for his second over and Green was on the strike. Green Welcomed him by heaving the ball into the deep square for a Six. He followed it up with a four.

End to Green’s Innings

However, on the fifth delivery of the 6th over, he went for a shot again but this time ball went quite higher towards the keeper, who without any mistake took the catch. Cameron Green played a brave inning of 35 runs facing off just 13 deliveries with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes and at a strike rate of 269. At the end of the power play, team Australia stood at 71-5.

Fourth loss for team Australia

After Green’s departure, Mitchel Owen came onto the crease for batting. Team Australia had a good start and had secured good score so they could player slower for few over. But, Owen went for a shot on the 4th delivery of the 7th over and got cleaned up by Kwena Maphaka. He scored runs on four balls.

Maxwell’s Departure

Next, Maxwell came into the batting attack from team Australia. Unfortunately, on the fourth ball from Muthusamy, Maxwell sliced the delivery over point. Linde ran for the catch from dive for a brilliant catch. Maxwell went to the pavilion scoring just 1 run facing off 5 deliveries. With these back-to-back fall of wicket, team Australia stood at 76-6 after 8 overs.

After this wicket,Ben Dwarshuis joined Tim David on the crease. At this point of the match, team Australia was hoping for a good partnership. On the other hand, David was building his momentum. On 4th ball of the 9th over he smashed the ball for a Six. He followed it up with a four on the last delivery of the same over. By the half way, team Australia was standing at 88 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.

On the 5th delivery of the 11th over, Dwarshuis played for the ball for a four. Luckily for team Australia, the very next delivery, Linde bowled a wide delivery which went for a four.Tim David smashed the very first delivery of the 12th over for Six onto the roof. He followed it up with another Six in the next over.

Fifty for Tim David and Dwarshuis

On the last delivery of the 13th over, he smashed the ball for another four. This four led him to complete him his 7th T20I fifty. He achieved this benchmark with the facing off just 29 deliveries. Meanwhile , Dwarshuis played the 5th ball of the 14th over for a four. He tried to play for a boundary again in 15th over but Markram took the catch. He secured 17 runs for team Australia in 19 deliveries. After 15th overs, Aussies were standing at 136 for the loss of 7 wickets.

Tim David’s catch dropped

On the third delivery of the 16th over, David smashed the ball for a boundary but the ball didn’t cover the required distance and changed into a catch. Luckily the caught got dropped by Stubbs. David took this golden opportunity and smashed the very next delivery for Six. He followed it up with another Six on the very next delivery.

He didn’t stop there and utilised the third delivery of the 17th over for another Six. He followed that up again with a four in the 18th over. Ellis also tried to go for a shot but got caught at the boundary on the last ball of the 18th over. Luckily umpire called the delivery a No-Ball.

End to Tim David’s Innings

In 19th over, David tried for another shot but the ball didn’t travelled the desired distance and got caught by Stubbs. Tim David played a crucial and aggressive innings for team Australia. He managed to score 83 runs facing off just 53 deliveries. He achieved this milestone with the help of 4 fours and 8 sixes.

On the 4th delivery of the same over, Zampa who just came to the crease, tried for a shot and got caught by Brevis. He scored 1 run on 2 balls. On the first delivery of the last over, Ellis played the ball for a beautiful four. Ellis followed it up with a beautiful Six on the fifth delivery. Team Australia lost their 10th wicket in the form of a run-out when Ellis wanted to steal a second run on the last delivery of the innings.

Target

After 20 overs. team Australia settled down a respectable target of 179 runs for South Africa

2nd Innings

Power-Play

Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton came to the crease for the start of second innings. Markram played a beautiful stroke for four runs on the second delivery of the first over. He followed it up with two back-to-back fours in the same over.

First loss for South Africa

However, unfortunately, he tried to go for a drive but got caught by Green. He scored 12 runs facing off just 6 deliveries. This early loss pushed the pressure towards team South Africa. To overcome this situation, Pretorius joined Rickelton on the crease. Pretorius after gaining some momentum, played the last delivery of the second over for a four. He followed it us with another four in the third over.

Pretorius’s Dismissals

In fourth over, on the third delivery Rickelton secured his first boundary in form of a four. He followed it up with another four on the very next delivery. However, went for a shot but got caught by Mitchell. He scored 14 runs on 9 deliveries with the help of two fours.

Another loss for South Africa

In 6th over, Brevis who just came to the crease a few deliveries earlier, when he tried to whip it into the leg-side, but edge went straight up. Abbot took the caught without making any mistake. Brevis scored just 2 runs on 6 deliveries. At the end of the power-play, team South Africa was standing at 48 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.

Meanwhile, Rickelton kept on building momentum, he secured a boundary of four runs on the 3rd delivery of the 8th over. He followed it up with a four in the next over. Stubbs also joined the party and smashed a four on the first delivery of the 10 over. He followed it up with two back-to-back fours.

In 14th over Stubbs played the 2nd delivery for a four as the ball just landed inside the rope. He followed it up with another four on the fourth delivery of the same over. After 14th overs, South Africa were standing at 119 for the loss of 3 wickets.

Loss of two 2 wickets for South Africa

In 15th over, Hazlewood came into the bowling attack. On his third delivery, Stubbs got an inside edge and got caught by the keeper. He scored 37 runs for facing off just 27 deliveries with the help of 5 fours. On the last ball of the same over, Linde who just came on the crease, edged and got caught by Maxwell on the slip. He went back to the pavilion for a golden Duck facing off three deliveries.

South Africa lost another two wickets

In 16th over, Zampa came into the bowling attack, he bowled a beautiful delivery that sneaked under the bat and knocked off the off stump. Corbin Bosch had to left the crease who scored 2 runs on 4 balls. On the last ball of the same over, Muthusamy got LBW by Zampa while trying for a reverse sweep. Muthusamy left the crease with a golden duck.

In 17th over, Rabada smashed a beautiful Six. Meanwhile, on the other end Rickelton refused to surrender and reached his 2nd T20I fifty. He smashed the second delivery of the 18th over for his first Six. He followed that up with a four on first delivery of the next over.

Last 2 overs of 2nd Innings

On the very first ball of the 18th over, Rickelton smashed the first delivery for a four. He followed it up with a four on the 4th delivery of the same over. In 20th and last over of second innings, they required 21 runs to win. Unfortunately they lost their 9th wicket in the form of Rickelton who played a crucial innings of 71 runs facing off just 55 deliveries.

Australia won the Match

With a wicket on the last ball, South Africa were all out on 161 runs. So, team Australia won the first match T20I match of Aus vs Sa series by 17 runs.

Summary

South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first. This decision proved good as they managed to withdraw two important wickets until the third over. At the end of 6 overs, South Africa secured 4 wickets. Which increased to 6 wickets in the eighth over. On the other hand, team Australia without caring about falling wickets in kept on playing aggressively against South Africa.

At the end of the 20 overs, Aussies were all out on 178. Tim David’s innings of 83 runs off 53 deliveries helped Australia in settling down this respectable total.Tim David achieved the benchmark of 83 runs with the help of 4 fours and 8 sixes.

Meanwhile chasing the target of 179 runs, team South Africa lost their first wicket in first over. At the end of the power-play they were at 48-3. After 14th over, with the help of consistent boundaries team South Africa stood at 119 for the loss of three wickets. In 15th over Hazlewood took 2 crucial wickets by giving just 1 run. In next over, Zampa followed that up with withdrawing another two wickets. At the end of the 20th over, Australia won the match by 17 runs.

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