Australia v South Africa, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 3rd T20I, South Africa tour of Australia, 2025

South Africa tour of Australia 3rd T20I: Australia v South Africa at Cairns, August 16, 2025

Australia

AUS

173/8 (19.5)

South Africa

172/7 (20)

Finished

AUS won by 2 wickets

South Africa InningSA Inning172/7 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Aiden Markram(C)	c C Green b J Hazlewood	1	3	0	0	33.33
c C Green b J Hazlewood
Ryan Rickelton(WK)	c J Inglis b A Zampa	13	13	2	0	100.00
c J Inglis b A Zampa
Lhuan dre Pretorius	c AM Hardie b N Ellis	24	15	5	0	160.00
c AM Hardie b N Ellis
Dewald Brevis	c G Maxwell b N Ellis	53	26	1	6	203.85
c G Maxwell b N Ellis
Tristan Stubbs	b A Zampa	25	23	2	0	108.70
b A Zampa
Rassie van der Dussen	Not out	38	26	3	0	146.15
Not out
Corbin Bosch	c N Ellis b J Hazlewood	1	4	0	0	25.00
c N Ellis b J Hazlewood
Senuran Muthusamy	c J Hazlewood b N Ellis	9	8	1	0	112.50
c J Hazlewood b N Ellis
Kagiso Rabada	Not out	4	2	1	0	200.00
Not out
Extra	4 (b 1, w 2, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	172/7 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Josh Hazlewood	4	30	2	7.50
Aaron Hardie	2	33	0	16.50
Ben Dwarshuis	4	37	0	9.25
Nathan Ellis	4	31	3	7.75
Adam Zampa	4	24	2	6.00
Glenn Maxwell	2	15	0	7.50

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (A Markram - 0.5 ov), 2-32 (Ld Pretorius - 4.2 ov), 3-49 (RD Rickelton - 6.5 ov), 4-110 (D Brevis - 11.4 ov), 5-137 (T Stubbs - 15.4 ov), 6-138 (C Bosch - 16.2 ov), 7-165 (S Muthusamy - 19.2 ov)

Australia InningAUS Inning173/8 (19.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Mitchell Marsh(C)	c Ld Pretorius b K Maphaka	54	37	3	5	145.95
c Ld Pretorius b K Maphaka
Travis Head	c L Ngidi b A Markram	19	18	3	0	105.56
c L Ngidi b A Markram
Josh Inglis(WK)	b C Bosch	0	1	0	0	0.00
b C Bosch
Cameron Green	c D Brevis b K Maphaka	9	8	1	0	112.50
c D Brevis b K Maphaka
Tim David	c & b K Rabada	17	9	1	1	188.89
c & b K Rabada
Glenn Maxwell	Not out	62	36	8	2	172.22
Not out
Aaron Hardie	c C Bosch b K Rabada	1	2	0	0	50.00
c C Bosch b K Rabada
Ben Dwarshuis	b C Bosch	1	6	0	0	16.67
b C Bosch
Nathan Ellis	c RD Rickelton b C Bosch	0	1	0	0	0.00
c RD Rickelton b C Bosch
Adam Zampa	Not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	10 (b 0, w 4, nb 1, lb 5)
Total	173/8 (19.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	4	0	32	2	8.00
Aiden Markram	2	0	6	1	3.00
Lungisani Ngidi	3.5	0	34	0	8.87
Kwena Maphaka	3	0	36	2	12.00
Senuran Muthusamy	3	0	34	0	11.33
Corbin Bosch	4	1	26	3	6.50

Fall of wickets: 1-66 (T Head - 7.6 ov), 2-71 (J Inglis - 8.4 ov), 3-83 (M Marsh - 10.2 ov), 4-88 (C Green - 10.5 ov), 5-120 (TH David - 13.1 ov), 6-122 (AM Hardie - 13.5 ov), 7-163 (BJ Dwarshuis - 18.3 ov), 8-163 (N Ellis - 18.4 ov)

Man of the Match

Glenn Maxwell

Date

2025-08-16 14:45 PM

Venue

Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns

Toss

Australia elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee