Stoinis and Wade held their nerve superbly during an unbroken sixth-wicket stand to take Australia past their 119-run target with the win coming with two balls remaining. Replying to South Africa's total of 118 for nine, Australia lost three quick wickets at the top and found themselves under pressure against some accurate bowling. After Maxwell's part-time off-spin found a way past South Africa captain Temba Bavuma's defence, seamer Josh Hazlewood extracted bit of extra bounce to pick up two wickets to reduce their opponents to 32 for three. South Africa did not recover from the shaky start and with Australia picking up wickets at regular intervals, they never threatened to post a big total. South Africa will next take on defending champions West Indies on Tuesday, two days before Australia face Sri Lanka.

Source: bd News24 October 23, 2021 14:50 UTC