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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - Australia won the toss and choose to bowl first
South Africa beat Australia by 53 runs
Australia in the race for the 10th consecutive T20I win at Darwin.
We predict that Australia will win against South Africa.
| Tournament: | South Africa tour of Australia, 2025 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | TIO Stadium, Marrara, Australia |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 27.2°C|Sunny |
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Australia registered a record of nine consecutive wins in the T20Is (one better than their earlier record of 8 wins) and six against South Africa by securing a 17-run victory in the first game. The second T20I of the series will be played at the Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, on 12th August, from 2:45 pm onwards. A win will assure Australia their fifth T20I series victory against South Africa in the last six occasions.
Australia extended their T20I winning streak to a record nine matches with a gritty 17-run victory over South Africa, defending their lowest-ever successful total in the format. After a blazing start, they slipped to 75 for 6 inside eight overs, but Tim David’s brilliant 83 off 52 balls, supported by Ben Dwarshuis in a 59-run stand, lifted them to 178. South Africa’s fielding lapses, including four dropped catches and one when David was on 56, proved costly. Nineteen-year-old Kwena Maphaka starred for South Africa with 4 for 20, becoming the youngest bowler from a Full Member nation to take a T20I four-wicket haul.
In the chase, South Africa lacked power hitting, managing only two sixes compared to Australia’s 13, and lost key wickets at crucial moments. Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs added 72, but Josh Hazlewood’s double-strike and Adam Zampa’s two wickets in two balls derailed the effort. Dwarshuis also claimed three wickets, while Glenn Maxwell impressed with 1 for 29 and two stunning catches, including a brilliant boundary effort to dismiss Rickelton in the final over. South Africa was bowled out for 174, falling short despite a competitive middle phase.
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Skipper Aiden Markram will open the innings with Ryan Rickleton. Markram has a strike rate of 135 against Australia, scoring 135 runs. He had a great run in the IPL recently for LSG, scoring 445 runs in 13 games at a strike rate of 145. Rickleton was the leading run-scorer of the first game for SA with 71 runs. He will be the batter to watch out for after finishing the IPL with 388 runs for MI at a strike rate of 151. Lhuan-dre Pretorius will come in third. He has 97 runs in 6 T20Is played so far.
Dewald Brevis will come in the middle with Tristan Stubbs and George Linde. Brevis has 135 runs in the last 6 T20Is at a strike rate of 175. He scored at a strike rate of 180 in the recent Vitality Blast. Stubbs scored 37 runs in the first game. He has 89 runs against Australia at a strike rate of 139. Linde registered a duck in the first game. The all-rounder has 225 runs in 17 innings at a strike rate of 140. He has taken 9 wickets in the last 8 T20Is at an economy of 8.1.
Kwena Maphaka will lead the bowling attack with Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, and Senuran Muthusamy. Mphaka picked up four wickets for 20 in the first game. He will be the bowler to watch out for. Rabada has 11 wickets in 11 games against Australia at an economy of 8.7. Ngidi, who has 69 wickets in 47 T20Is, has a poor record against Australia. In 8 games, he has 8 wickets at an economy of 11. Muthusamy took a wicket in the first T20I at an economy of 6.
Key Players: Kwena Maphaka, Ryan Rickleton, Dewald Brewis.
Cameron Green has been in profilic form since his comeback to international cricket and in the last 6 T20I matches he has played Green has scored 240 runs, averaging 60. In the last match he scored 35 valuable runs in jst 13 balls striking at 269.23. He is in really good form at the moment and we predict another good outing for Cam Green in the 2nd T20I and his total runs to be over 19.
Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, George Linde, Senuran Muthusamy, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi.
Tim David, Travis Head, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Marsh, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa, Alex Carey
With nine wins in a row, Australia is set to play the same team. Skipper Mitchell Marsh will open the innings with Travis Head. Marsh scored 627 runs in the IPL 2025 at a strike rate of 163.7 with one century and six half-centuries. Against SA, he has 331 runs in 12 innings at a strike rate of 157. He will be the player to watch out for. Head also has a strike rate of 156 when it comes to play against South Africa. Jos Inglis will come in at number three. Inglis scored 172 runs in 5 games against the West Indies recently. He has just 45 runs in 4 games against South Africa.
Cameron Green will come in the middle with Tim David, Mitchell Owen, and Glenn Maxwell. Green scored 35 off 13 deliveries in the first game, hitting four fours and three sixes. He has 253 runs in the last 7 T20Is at an average of 63 and a strike rate of 173.28. David played a knock of 85 runs in the first game that helped his team secure the win. He has 148 runs in three innings at a strike rate of 180 against SA. Owen is still finding his place in the playing eleven. After a successful stint in BBL 2024 (452 runs in 11 innings at a strike rate of 203), he scored 127 runs in 5 T20Is at a strike rate of 184. Maxwell took two outstanding catches and picked up a wicket in the first game. Against SA, he has 209 runs in 10 innings at a strike rate of 145.
Josh Hazlewood will lead the bowling attack with Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, and Adam Zampa. Hazelwood picked up three for 27 in the first game. The IPL winner picked up 22 wickets in 12 IPL games last season. He will be the bowler to watch out for. Dwarshuis took three wickets for 26 runs in the last game. He has 11 wickets in the last five T20Is at an economy of 9.3. Adam Zampa has 16 wickets in the last 10 games at an economy of 8. Against SA, he has 7 wickets in 6 games at an economy below 7.
Key Players: Jos Inglis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazelwood.
Ryan Rickleton scored 71 runs in 55 balls, smashing 7 fours and one six in the last match. Despite his teammates struggling to score runs, Rickelton almost took the Proteas over the line. We back him to continue his good run of form in today's match and score over 19 runs.
Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Cameron Green, Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
Lungi Ngidi, Nqaba Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Kagiso Rabada, Lhuan dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Corbin Bosch
The weather at Leeds is expected to be sunny on match day, with temperatures ranging between 17 and 31 degrees Celsius. Winds will blow from the southeast at 8-15 km/h. It is a batting-friendly pitch. With its long boundaries and high altitude is a paradise for batters, where towering totals are often posted—and chased—without breaking a sweat.
The game will be played at the Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, on 12th August, from 2:45 pm onwards. The stadium has a capacity of 15000 spectators. It has hosted 2 Tests, 4 ODIs, and 1 T20I so far.
We back the home team Australia to win the coin toss in the 2nd T20I match against South Africa at Darwin.
The total match score in the 1st T20i match played at Darwin is 339 runs. The surface at the Marrara Cricket Stadium favours the batters and is a high scoring venue. With the series on the line, expect both teams batters to come out and dominate the bowlers. We predict a high scoring match and the total match score to be over 349 runs.
In the 1 T20I game hosted here, results have favored the teams defending the target. The 4 ODIs show the same picture, where three times teams have defended the target. The average first innings score is 178. The team winning the toss should bat first.
Australia are currently in a super hot form. They have six consecutive wins against South Africa. Since 2013, they have won six T20I series and have lost one against the visitors. Their top five have a strike rate of 155 and above against South Africa. The only issue is with the bowling attack, which leaks runs at an economy of more than 8 per over.
We predict that Australia will win against South Africa.
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