South Africa steamroll Australia in 1st ODI at Perth

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl in the 1^st ODI against Australia at the Optus Stadium, Perth today.

Australia 152 (Andile Phehlukwayo 3-33)

South Africa 153-4 (Quinton de Kock 47, Reeza Hendricks 44; Marcus Stoinis 3-16)

Result – South Africa won by 6 wickets

Scorecard

Bit of a change to the top of the order. De Kock and Hendricks to get the chase underway. 153 for the win. Go team ?? #AUSvSA pic.twitter.com/QDRSuUDnQo

— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) November 4, 2018

Australia were undone early on by the South African bowlers, who decimated the top order, leaving them 8-3 at the 6 over mark – Dale Steyn removing Travis Head and D’Arcy Short and Lungi Ngidi picking up the wicket of danger man Aaron Finch for just 5. It was an uphill struggle for Australia from then on and although keeper Alex Carey 33 and Nathan Coulter-Nile 34 briefly got going, Australia were bowled out for 152; Andile Phehlukwayo 3-33 the pick of the South African bowlers in later stages with Imran Tahir picking up 2 wickets as well.

In reply, Quinton de Kock 47 and Reeza Hendricks 44 got South Africa off to a solid start and despite a late burst of 3-16 from Marcus Stoinis, South Africa cruised home by 6 wickets.

Highlights

Australia Innings – Fall of Wickets

Over 2.3 Dale Steyn bowls short of length delivery to Travis Head, gets an outside edge which is caught by the Keeper. He is Caught

Over 2.5 Dale Steyn bowls good length delivery to D'Arcy Short, gets an outside edge and is caught in the slips. He is Caught

Over 5.5 Lungi Ngidi bowls pitched up delivery to AJ Finch, he is struck on the pad and the Umpire has given that out LBW. Out LBW

Over 16.2 Andile Phehlukwayo bowls good length delivery to CA Lynn, gets an outside edge which is caught by the Keeper. He is Caught

Over 18.1 Andile Phehlukwayo bowls good length delivery to GJ Maxwell, and he is caught by the fielder in the infield. He is Caught

Over 20.6 Andile Phehlukwayo bowls good length delivery to Marcus Stoinis, and he is caught by the fielder in the infield. He is Caught

Over 28.2 Kagiso Rabada bowls good length delivery to Alex Carey, the batsman is short of his crease at the non-striker’s end and is Run Out! .Runout at the non-striker end

Over 31.5 Imran Tahir bowls flighted delivery to Alex Carey, gets an outside edge which is caught by the Keeper. He is Caught

Over 35.6 Imran Tahir bowls flighted delivery to Mitchell Starc, he is struck on the pad and the Umpire has given that out LBW. Out LBW

Over 38.1 Lungi Ngidi bowls good length delivery to Nathan Coulter-Nile, and he is caught by the fielder in the infield. He is Caught

South Africa Innings – Fall of Wickets

Over 16.4 Nathan Coulter-Nile bowls good length delivery to Quinton de Kock, and he is caught by the fielder in the infield. He is Caught

Over 21.6 Marcus Stoinis bowls good length delivery to RR Hendricks, and he is caught by the fielder in the infield. He is Caught

Over 27.2 Marcus Stoinis bowls good length delivery to Aiden Markram, and that’s the end of his stay in the middle, clean bowled! Bowled him!

Over 29.1 Marcus Stoinis bowls good length delivery to Heinrich Klaasen, gets an outside edge and is caught in the slips. He is Caught

 

Teams

Australia - Aaron Finch(c), Travis Head, D'Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Alex Carey(wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood

South Africa - Quinton de Kock(wk), Aiden Markram, Reeza Hendricks, Faf du Plessis(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir

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