South Africa vs Australia Scorecard (Match 3), 9 Mar 2016

Australia in South Africa T20I Series 2015/16

Completed

South Africa

178/4

(20.0 ov)

Australia

181/4

(19.2 ov)

Australia won by 6 wickets

Match 3 · T20 · 9 Mar 2016

Newlands, Cape Town

Key performer

HM Amla

South Africa

97 (62) · 1 ct

121

FANTASY PTS

SR Watson · Australia

42 (27) · 1/22

SPD Smith · Australia

44 (26) · 1 ct

SCORECARD

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
Q de Kock c JW Hastings b NM Coulter-Nile	25	13	4	1
HM Amla not out	97	62	8	4
F du Plessis c JP Faulkner b SR Watson	4	7	0	0
RR Rossouw c SPD Smith b NM Coulter-Nile	16	21	1	0
DA Miller c UT Khawaja b JP Faulkner	30	16	2	2
JP Duminy not out	1	1	0	0

Extras 5 (wd 2, nb 0, b 0, lb 3)

Bowler	O	R	W
NM Coulter-Nile (1wd)	4.0	36	2
JW Hastings	3.0	28	0
SR Watson (1wd)	2.0	22	1
JP Faulkner	4.0	42	1
A Zampa	4.0	23	0
GJ Maxwell	3.0	24	0

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
UT Khawaja c HM Amla b Imran Tahir	33	25	4	1
SR Watson c F du Plessis b Imran Tahir	42	27	2	3
SPD Smith c Q de Kock b K Rabada	44	26	2	2
DA Warner run out (Imran Tahir/Q de Kock)	33	27	3	0
GJ Maxwell not out	19	10	2	1
MR Marsh not out	4	1	1	0

Extras 6 (wd 4, nb 0, b 0, lb 2) · Target 179

Bowler	O	R	W
DW Steyn	4.0	30	0
K Rabada	4.0	38	1
KJ Abbott (2wd)	3.2	32	0
Imran Tahir	4.0	38	2
D Wiese (2wd)	2.0	23	0
JP Duminy	2.0	18	0

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Fantasy points

Player	Points
HM Amla · South Africa	121
SR Watson · Australia	75
SPD Smith · Australia	58
NM Coulter-Nile · Australia	50
Imran Tahir · South Africa	50
UT Khawaja · Australia	47
Q de Kock · South Africa	39
DA Warner · Australia	36
DA Miller · South Africa	36
JP Faulkner · Australia	33
K Rabada · South Africa	25
GJ Maxwell · Australia	23
RR Rossouw · South Africa	17
F du Plessis · South Africa	12
JW Hastings · Australia	8
MR Marsh · Australia	5
JP Duminy · South Africa	1
PM Nevill · Australia	0
A Zampa · Australia	0
D Wiese · South Africa	0
KJ Abbott · South Africa	0
DW Steyn · South Africa	0

Australia won by 6 wickets

Toss: South Africa, chose to batPlayer of the match: HM AmlaVenue: Newlands, Cape TownSeries: Australia in South Africa T20I Series 2015/16

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