Match 1 : Hazlewood, Starc & Zampa's killer bowling led Australia to restricted Africa on 118 runs and won by 5 wkts

1st Group match of ICC T20 worldcup 2021 played between Australia vs South Africa on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

Putting into bat first by Australia, South Africa with poor batting performances managed to set 119 runs target in 20 overs. Aiden Markram with 40 runs were top scorers for Africa. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa bowled well and took 2 wickets each. Australia in reply made chase given target with Steven Smith's 35 runs and won by 5 wickets. Jos Hazlewood declared man of the match for his 2 wickets.

Man of the match :- Jos Hazlewood (Aus)
Points : Australia 2, South Africa 0
ICC T20 Worldcup Aus vs SA live scorecard Toss : Australia won and field first Result : Australia won by 5 wkts Man of The Match : Josh Hazlewood (Aus) Points - Australia 2, South Africa 0   South Africa 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Temba Bavuma (c) b Maxwell 12 7 2 0 171.42   Quinton de Kock (w) b Hazlewood 7 12 1 0 58.33   Rassie van der Dussen c Wade b Hazlewood 2 3 0 0 66.66   Aiden Markram c Maxwell b Starc 40 36 3 1 111.11   Heinrich Klaasen c Smith b Cummins 13 13 2 0 100.00   David Miller lbw b Zampa 16 18 0 0 88.88   Dwaine Pretorius c Wade b Zampa 1 2 0 0 50.00   Keshav Maharaj run out (Maxwell/Wade) 0 2 0 0 0.00   Kagiso Rabada not out 20 23 1 1 86.95   Anrich Nortje c Finch b Starc 2 3 0 0 66.66   Tabraiz Shamsi not out 0 1 0 0 0.00                   Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 1) 5           Total (20.0 overs) 118/9 RR: 5.90   Australia       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Mitchell Starc 4 0 33 2 0 0 8.25   Glenn Maxwell 4 0 24 1 0 0 6.00   Josh Hazlewood 4 1 19 2 0 1 4.75   Pat Cummins 4 0 17 1 0 0 4.25   Adam Zampa 4 0 21 2 0 0 5.25   Australia 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   David Warner c Klaasen b Rabada 14 15 3 0 93.33   Aaron Finch (c) c Rabada b Nortje 0 5 0 0 0.00   Mitchell Marsh c van der Dussen b Maharaj 11 17 1 0 64.70   Steven Smith c Markram b Nortje 35 34 3 0 102.94   Glenn Maxwell b Shamsi 18 21 1 0 85.71   Marcus Stoinis not out 24 16 3 0 150.00   Matthew Wade (w) not out 15 10 2 0 150.00   Pat Cummins               Mitchell Starc               Adam Zampa               Josh Hazlewood                               Extras (lb 1, w 3) 4           Total (19.4 overs) 121/5 RR: 6.15   South Africa       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Kagiso Rabada 4 0 28 1 0 1 7.00   Anrich Nortje 4 0 21 2 0 1 5.25   Keshav Maharaj 4 0 23 1 0 0 5.75   Tabraiz Shamsi 4 0 22 1 0 0 5.50   Dwaine Pretorius 3.4 0 26 0 0 1 7.09 Points Tally of ICC T20 Worldcup 2021