Cricket Country Staff
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Written by Cricket Country Staff
Published: Mar 14, 2014, 09:21 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 10:25 AM (IST)
March 14, 2014
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(South Africa take on Australia in the third and final Twenty20 International at Centurion on March 14, 2014. Catch live cricket scores of the match in our live blog below.)
SIX! Hodge goes straight, Amla gets his fingertips to it on the fence, but the ball still flies over the fence. Four more required.
Can this be the last over?
SIX! Faf brings back JP, who comes round the wicket. Bailey steps out and lofts him over deep mid-wicket. Easy does it.
22 required from 42 now.
Hendricks is back. They need him to take a hat-trick. Maybe a couple more.
FOUR! Once again he bowls short outside off, and Maxwell gives it his all! Hundred for Australia!
SIX! Straiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! You cannot bowl overpitched deliveries to Watto, he will massacre you!
SIX! Watto! Terrible length from Albie, and Watson gives it his all! There goes it, over deep mid-wicket!
FOUR! Where did that come from? Not a bad ball at all, but Maxwell goes down on the left knee and absolutely smokes it to the square-leg fence!
Oooh, excellent googly!
54 to get in 60 balls. Should be easy unless Tahir pulls off something magical.
Massive turn from Tahir. Bounce as well.
FOUR! Albie bounces high, but Watson gets on to his toes and cuts, places well too!
Watson sweeps and top-edges, falls safe.
Tahir now for his leg-breaks.
Drama! Watson’s drive almost carried to Tsotsobe at mid-on!
FOUR! Overpitched by Beuran, and Watson punches him through mid-wicket. Easy four, that.
Watson steers one deftly to deep third-man for a single. Fifty comes up.
Hendricks replaces Tsotsobe.
FOUR! Overpitched, and driven powerfully through extra-cover. How do you stop this man?
Short-pitched again, and Finch cuts hard — but now they have Tahir on the fence. Just a single.
FOUR! And the third left-arm seamer who bowls short on a slow track. Finch rocks back and pulls. This man is strong!
Here’s Parnell. The third left-arm seamer in three overs.
FOUR! Once again that short-pitched delivery outside off-stump, and Finch gives it everything! You cannot bowl long-hops to Finch on a slow track.
AB misfields. Really not South Africa’s day.
FOUR! Short again, and White pulls! Four more!
FOUR! This time Hendricks errs, short outside off, and Finch cuts him hard for four!
FOUR! Short, wide, cut hard, straight to the fence!
FOUR! Finch drives for four more!
FOUR! Rank long-hop, Finch square-cuts, and the rest is history.
Oooh, that’s interesting. Faf asks JP to bowl.
SIX! And Hendricks hits his first international six! Steps out and launches it straight into the crowd over deep mid-wicket!
SIX! Starc attempts a bouncer, and bang! Albie gives it his all, hooking the ball into the crowds!
Starc is back. He has easily been the bowler of the tournament so far.
SIX! That is humongous! Watto bowls a length-delivery, and Albie gives it his all! Massive!
Bailey gets Watto on…
FOUR! Parnell lofts Henriques straight over his head!
A huge cheer greets the IPL jingle.
Hogg to bowl out.
Henriques is back.
Here’s NMCN…
SIX! Absolute long-hop from Hogg, AB doesn’t really time it, but it’s a six anyway. Fasten your seat-belts, guys…
Hogg is varying his pace skilfully here…
FOUR! An inch too straight perhaps, and de Kock sweeps. Easy pickings.
Bailey brings on Hogg now…
Maxwell on.
Starc 2-1-3-1
Amla leg-glances NMCN for their first run. Coulter-Nile to Amla now. He had struggled in the previous match.
That was a nasty bouncer: took off from a length, hit de Kock’s gloves, and thudded into his chin. Here’s Starc. Toss: Australia captain George Bailey has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the third T20I against South Africa at Centurion on March 14, 2014. Australia have one change as Cameron White comes in for David Warner. Moises Henriques is also there in the starting XI. For South Africa, AB de Villiers comes in for Farhan Behardien. Imran Tahir comes back into the South African side. Teams: South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Albie Morkel, Beuran Hendricks, Wayne Parnell, Imran Tahir, Lonwabo Tsotsobe. Australia: Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, Cameron White, George Bailey (c), Glenn Maxwell, Brad Hodge, Brad Haddin (wk), Moises Henriques, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Brad Hogg, Mitchell Starc.
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog of the third and final T20I between South Africa and Australia at Centurion. The first T20I was washed out due to rain at Port Elizabeth. The second match at Durban was won by Australia by five wickets.
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