MatchesMen's T20ISouth Africa tour of Australia 2025

South Africa v Australia

match 3 · Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns · 16 Aug 2025

Australia won by 2 wickets

South Africa innings172/720 overs
Australia innings173/819.5 overs · target 173

The worm

South AfricaAustralia
05010015020005101520South Africa: 1 wicket in over 1, 2/1South Africa: 1 wicket in over 5, 39/2South Africa: 1 wicket in over 7, 50/3South Africa: 1 wicket in over 12, 113/4South Africa: 1 wicket in over 16, 138/5South Africa: 1 wicket in over 17, 142/6South Africa: 1 wicket in over 20, 172/7Australia: 1 wicket in over 8, 66/1Australia: 1 wicket in over 9, 73/2Australia: 2 wickets in over 11, 92/4Australia: 2 wickets in over 14, 122/6Australia: 2 wickets in over 19, 163/8

Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.

Runs per over

South Africawicket
015305101520Over 1: 2 runs, 1 wicketOver 2: 6 runsOver 3: 11 runsOver 4: 13 runsOver 5: 7 runs, 1 wicketOver 6: 7 runsOver 7: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 8: 13 runsOver 9: 6 runsOver 10: 27 runsOver 11: 12 runsOver 12: 5 runs, 1 wicketOver 13: 4 runsOver 14: 8 runsOver 15: 9 runsOver 16: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 17: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 18: 9 runsOver 19: 10 runsOver 20: 11 runs, 1 wicket
Australiawicket
015305101520Over 1: 9 runsOver 2: 4 runsOver 3: 11 runsOver 4: 15 runsOver 5: 7 runsOver 6: 6 runsOver 7: 12 runsOver 8: 2 runs, 1 wicketOver 9: 7 runs, 1 wicketOver 10: 9 runsOver 11: 10 runs, 2 wicketsOver 12: 13 runsOver 13: 15 runsOver 14: 2 runs, 2 wicketsOver 15: 11 runsOver 16: 9 runsOver 17: 4 runsOver 18: 15 runsOver 19: 2 runs, 2 wicketsOver 20: 10 runs

South Africa innings 172/7 (20 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
AK Markramc C Green b JR Hazlewood130033.3
RD Rickeltonc JP Inglis b A Zampa131320100.0
LG Pretoriusc AM Hardie b NT Ellis241550160.0
D Brevisc GJ Maxwell b NT Ellis532616203.8
T Stubbsb A Zampa252320108.7
HE van der Dussennot out382630146.2
C Boschc NT Ellis b JR Hazlewood140025.0
S Muthusamyc JR Hazlewood b NT Ellis9810112.5
K Rabadanot out4210200.0
Extras4
Total7 wickets, 20 overs172

Did not bat: KT Maphaka, L Ngidi

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (AK Markram, 0.5 ov), 32-2 (LG Pretorius, 4.2 ov), 49-3 (RD Rickelton, 6.5 ov), 110-4 (D Brevis, 11.4 ov), 137-5 (T Stubbs, 15.4 ov), 138-6 (C Bosch, 16.2 ov), 165-7 (S Muthusamy, 19.2 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
JR Hazlewood403027.50900
AM Hardie2033016.50410
BJ Dwarshuis403709.25700
NT Ellis403137.75710
A Zampa402426.00700
GJ Maxwell201507.50200
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
125AK Markram 1, RD Rickelton 1
23021RD Rickelton 6, LG Pretorius 24
31715RD Rickelton 6, D Brevis 11
46129D Brevis 42, T Stubbs 18
52724T Stubbs 7, HE van der Dussen 19
614HE van der Dussen 0, C Bosch 1
72718HE van der Dussen 18, S Muthusamy 9
Unbroken74HE van der Dussen 1, K Rabada 4

Australia innings 173/8 (19.5 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
MR Marshc LG Pretorius b KT Maphaka543735145.9
TM Headc L Ngidi b AK Markram191830105.6
JP Inglisb C Bosch01000.0
C Greenc D Brevis b KT Maphaka9810112.5
TH Davidc & b K Rabada17911188.9
GJ Maxwellnot out623682172.2
AM Hardiec C Bosch b K Rabada120050.0
BJ Dwarshuisb C Bosch160016.7
NT Ellisc RD Rickelton b C Bosch01000.0
A Zampanot out02000.0
Extras10
Total8 wickets, 19.5 overs173

Did not bat: JR Hazlewood

Fall of wickets: 66-1 (TM Head, 7.6 ov), 71-2 (JP Inglis, 8.4 ov), 83-3 (MR Marsh, 10.2 ov), 88-4 (C Green, 10.5 ov), 120-5 (TH David, 13.1 ov), 122-6 (AM Hardie, 13.5 ov), 163-7 (BJ Dwarshuis, 18.3 ov), 163-8 (NT Ellis, 18.4 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
K Rabada403228.001321
AK Markram20613.00700
L Ngidi3.503408.87800
KT Maphaka3036212.00600
S Muthusamy3034011.33610
C Bosch412636.501110
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
16648MR Marsh 43, TM Head 19
254MR Marsh 5, JP Inglis 0
31210MR Marsh 6, C Green 5
453C Green 4, TH David 1
53214TH David 16, GJ Maxwell 16
624GJ Maxwell 1, AM Hardie 1
74128GJ Maxwell 35, BJ Dwarshuis 1
801GJ Maxwell 0, NT Ellis 0
Unbroken107GJ Maxwell 10, A Zampa 0

Match details

Toss
Australia, chose to field
Player of the match
GJ Maxwell
Ground
Cazaly's Stadium, Australia
Season
2025
Umpires
DM Koch, PJ Gillespie
Match referee
AJ Pycroft
Source
Cricsheet match 1478900