An all-round dominant display by Australia helped𒅌 them clinch the series-decider at Newlands by 97 runs, on Wednesday (February 26), against South Africa and seal the sℱeries win 2-1.
Opener David Warner (57 off 37) and skipper Aaron Finch (55 off 37) piloted Australia to a com🔯manding 193/5 before leg-spinner Adam Zampa took two stunning outfield catches and registe⭕red figures of 2/10 from three overs.
The Proteas never came close to threatening the Aussies, losing captain Quinton de Kock in the very first over — cleaned up again by Mitchell Starc – before capitulating to all out for 96 inside 16 overs.
Brief Scores: Australia 193/5 in 20 overs (David Warner 57, Aaron Finch 55; Tabraiz Shamsi 1-25) beat South Africa 96 in 15.3 overs (Rassie van der Dussen 24, Heinrich Klaasen 22; Ashton Agar 3-16, Mitchelไl Starc 3-23) by 97 runs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Victory for Australia by 97 runs! 🎉
Three wickets apiece for Agar and Starc 👏
Adam Zampa🃏 also starred with two superb catches and a brace of wickets as well.
— ICC (@ICC)
South Africa's lowest totals in T20I cricket:
89/10 vs AUS, 2020 Johannesburg [1st T20I]
96/10 vs AUS, 2020 Cape Town [3rd T20I]South Africa's biggest defeats in T20I cricket:
107 runs vs AUS, 2020 Johannesburg [1st T20I]
97 runs vs AUS, 2020 Cape Town [3rd T20I]— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
🇦🇺 SEAL THE SERIES
OH NO!!!
🐭Disappointing result as the P꧅roteas suffer at the hands of 🇦🇺
& that means 🇦🇺 take a꧂ series win of 2️⃣-1️🍬⃣
🇿🇦 will have some reflecting to do ahead of Saturday's ODI opener
Fantastic turnout in the Mother City ⛰️
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA)
So we nothing without De Kock
— Spicy Plum🌶🏉 (@AngaBottoman)
Can we skip the wꦦorld cup 😩😭😭 There is no here 🤷🏾🧸♀️
— Nomhle wa le Downs 👆🏾 (@nsambocca)
Australia 🇦🇺 posted highest T20 score at Newꦬlands
South Africa 🇿🇦 posted the lowest T20 score at Newl🐟ands 🍒 No
— ̽▴̲̊̽▴̲̊̽̽▴̲̊̽/̽Tau (@tbchats)
This🅰 loss calls for our batting lineup to be restructured expeditiously! We’ve lost every single series that we playe🌜d this summer, all because our batsmen suck except for Quinny. 💔🤦🏾♂️
— El’ Mero⚡️ (@Shezlworldwide)
South Africa all OUT for 96 Runs after 15.3 deliveries. What a disaster 🤯🙄
Australia won by 97 Runs— Purpleswagger (@lungyndlovu15)
Another series win for Australia 🇦🇺
First match – Won by 107 runs
Second match – Lost by 17 runs
Third Match – Won by 97 runsSA completely blown away at home.
— Abhijeet ♞ (@TheYorkerBall)
The Proteas were proper thrashed in the T20I series, despite the win in PE. Losing hy 107 runs in the first and by 97 tonight is shambolic.♚ Spin once again the undoing and no Qu❀inton de Kock, no party. Congratulations to Australia on the series win.
— naeemah (@NaeemahBenjamin)
Australia🔯n bowlers dismissed South Africa under 100 twice in 3 games. Lot to worry, if there is nothing from QDK then the match is gone. They need to look to change that before the next T20 series in June against Sri Lanka.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Australia won by 97 runs
Scorecard—>— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Hands up, who did this?
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
