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Australia vs South Africa, 3rd T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: South Africa tour of Australia, 2025 Venue: Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns Date & Time: Aug 16, 07:15 PM LOCAL

Lungi Ngidi 0-34(3.5 ov)

19.5
4
Ngidi to Maxwell, FOUR, the Big Show does it in his inimitable style. Australia win by 2 wickets and seal the series 2-1. It was a juicy full toss on the stumps, but Maxwell had decided to play a reverse scoop two weeks ago (read: premeditated shot). Was hurried by the pace, but there was decent contact on the shot to clear the short third fielder and trickle away to the fence...
19.4
Ngidi to Maxwell, no run, Maxwell doesn't want the single! He gets a full ball on the stumps and it's been drilled straight to long-on
19.3
Ngidi to Maxwell, no run, a high full toss outside off, Maxwell slices the drive to the left of short third where Muthusamy makes a diving stop. Was that a no-ball? The Australians certainly feel it was a no ball, but in fairness it was a right call you'd think...
19.2
4
Ngidi to Maxwell, FOUR, full and wide this time, Maxwell loves the pace! He stays deep inside the crease and spanks the drive to the right of cover, beats the desperate dive of Pretorius in the deep as well...
19.1
Ngidi to Maxwell, 2 runs, Bosch with an excellent save. Maxwell slogged it leg-side and it appeared to be heading towards the boundary. Bosch ran across to his right from long-on and flicked the ball back from behind the ropes. Did that whilst losing momentum with both feet up in the air. Top stuff from the fast-bowling all-rounder....
15.6
Ngidi to Maxwell, 1 run, slower full ball on leg stump, Maxwell clips it to the right of Maphaka at deep square and keeps strike with a single
15.5
Ngidi to Maxwell, 2 runs, "two two two" is the call straightaway as soon as Maxwell chipped the full ball to the left of long-on. The fielder was a bit deep and that made matters easy for the duo
15.4
4
Ngidi to Maxwell, FOUR, Maxwell continues to find boundaries! This is an outrageous shot from the I0$. Premeditated the reverse slap and spanked this slower full ball over short third with absolute disdain...
15.3
Ngidi to Dwarshuis, leg byes, 1 run, full and angled down the leg-side, Dwarshuis misses the flick and pinches a quick single as the ball rolls to mid-wicket (off the pads)
15.2
Ngidi to Maxwell, 1 run, slower full delivery just outside off, Maxwell flicks it to the right of mid-wicket and wanted a second. Not on my watch says Brevis at deep mid-wicket
15.1
Ngidi to Maxwell, no run, slower full delivery outside off, Maxwell taps it gently towards backward point
5.6
4
Ngidi to Head, FOUR, much better from Head! Stays leg-side of the full delivery and times the drive in the gap between backward point and cover
5.5
Ngidi to Head, no run, dupes him with another slower ball does Ngidi, the line was well wide of off and Head's feet were stuck in cement on that occasion...
5.4
Ngidi to Head, no run, slower length ball angling away outside off, Head looks to smash it over extra cover and gets beaten due to lack of pace
5.3
Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, leg byes, 1 run, slower length delivery on middle and leg, Marsh misses the clip, but pinches a quick single as the ball dribbles to the right of short fine (off the thigh pad)
5.2
Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, no run, slower full delivery just outside off, Marsh drives to the left of cover
5.1
Ngidi to Head, 1 run, makes room and thrashes the slower full delivery to the right of a diving mid-off. A half-stop from the fielder enables a single
2.6
Ngidi to Head, no run, short of length just outside off, punched to the right of cover
2.5
Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, 3 runs, pushes the length a bit fuller this time, Marsh throws his hands on the drive in the gap between cover and backward point. A long chase for Stubbs and he manages to pull the ball back inches inside the boundary hoardings...
2.4
6
Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, no lessons learnt from the opening over! Ngidi goes short and in the slot, Marsh smokes it off the middle of the bat and sends it soaring over the deep mid-wicket fence
2.3
Ngidi to Head, 1 run, drops well short of the keeper running back to his left. Head went for the full-blooded pull and the top-edge landed well over the right shoulder of the keeper. Rickelton was quick to get off the blocks, but it was always going to be a tough chance...
2.2
Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, another slower ball from Ngidi, Marsh went for the heave-ho and skewed it off the thick inside edge to the right of Maphaka at deep square
2.1
Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, no run, starts off with a 113ks slower length delivery outside off, Marsh looks to slap it through the off-side and mistimes it off the splice to RVD at cover
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