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There’s never a good time to invade someone’s privacy and check their grades the old-fashioned way. But Saturday would have been a good time to check out how Australian skipper Aaron Finch fared in history.
Judging by the events of the Super 12 opener against South Africa in Abu Dhabi, one can guess that Finch didn’t care much for the story.
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He chose to line up at a tricky wicket despite the Australians winning just five of their previous 14 games when they chose to line up first since 2019. He didn’t pay attention to the statistic according to which six of the 10 games on the site have been won. by the teams that struck first. He also ignored the fact that left-arm spinner Ashton Agar had a hat-trick against South Africa the last time both teams played and raced and trusted in the vastly improved offspin of Glenn Maxwell and Leg. rotation of Adam Zampa, Australia’s first T20I teller.
Maxwell rewarded Finch with the wicket from South African skipper Temba Bavuma in second and Zampa got the big scalps from David Miller and Dwayne Pretorius in one. Finch was tempting fate, but his disregard for history paid him dividends as Aussie trio of Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc conceded just 68 points between them for five scalps to limit South Africa to 118/9.
It was their second lowest total in the T20 World Cups, behind 116 for 9 against India in Durban in 2007 and it helped the 2010 finalists start their campaign with a rambling five-wicket victory with two balls to lose.
For a while though, it seemed like Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje’s early quick spells and a superb Aiden Markram take, going long to mid-wicket, to send back a well-placed Steve Smith for 35 would help South Africa. defends the lowest score in T20 World Cup history.
They had played well on the power play before, sending Finch (0), David Warner (14) off to have them 28 for 2. Australia had lost all of their previous four games as they scored under 30 on the power play in the T20 World. Cup.
It looked like it would happen again when world No.1 T20I bowler Tabraiz Shamsi rocked Glenn Maxwell for 17, leaving Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade in the crease with both batsmen still to score.
With 36 needed on 24 balls, Wade hit Rabada for two fours in the 17th to make the equation comfortable. Nortje’s last game went down to 10, leaving Dwayne Pretorius with eight to defend six balls. Stoinis only needed four.
The Australians have to thank the man of the match Hazlewood. It looked like he was continuing his IPL stint with CSK, wearing a different yellow jersey reaching the perfect length.
He knocked Rassie van der Dussen off his first ball with a long ball that moved away and then comically retrieved Quinton’s big scalp from Kock. The South African goalkeeper attempted a ramp shot, gloved it on and took off for a run, only to watch in horror as the ball rolled over the stumps.
Judging by the events of the Super 12 opener against South Africa in Abu Dhabi, one can guess that Finch didn’t care much for the story.
SCORECARD
He chose to line up at a tricky wicket despite the Australians winning just five of their previous 14 games when they chose to line up first since 2019. He didn’t pay attention to the statistic according to which six of the 10 games on the site have been won. by the teams that struck first. He also ignored the fact that left-arm spinner Ashton Agar had a hat-trick against South Africa the last time both teams played and raced and trusted in the vastly improved offspin of Glenn Maxwell and Leg. rotation of Adam Zampa, Australia’s first T20I teller.
Maxwell rewarded Finch with the wicket from South African skipper Temba Bavuma in second and Zampa got the big scalps from David Miller and Dwayne Pretorius in one. Finch was tempting fate, but his disregard for history paid him dividends as Aussie trio of Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc conceded just 68 points between them for five scalps to limit South Africa to 118/9.
It was their second lowest total in the T20 World Cups, behind 116 for 9 against India in Durban in 2007 and it helped the 2010 finalists start their campaign with a rambling five-wicket victory with two balls to lose.
For a while though, it seemed like Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje’s early quick spells and a superb Aiden Markram take, going long to mid-wicket, to send back a well-placed Steve Smith for 35 would help South Africa. defends the lowest score in T20 World Cup history.
They had played well on the power play before, sending Finch (0), David Warner (14) off to have them 28 for 2. Australia had lost all of their previous four games as they scored under 30 on the power play in the T20 World. Cup.
It looked like it would happen again when world No.1 T20I bowler Tabraiz Shamsi rocked Glenn Maxwell for 17, leaving Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade in the crease with both batsmen still to score.
With 36 needed on 24 balls, Wade hit Rabada for two fours in the 17th to make the equation comfortable. Nortje’s last game went down to 10, leaving Dwayne Pretorius with eight to defend six balls. Stoinis only needed four.
The Australians have to thank the man of the match Hazlewood. It looked like he was continuing his IPL stint with CSK, wearing a different yellow jersey reaching the perfect length.
He knocked Rassie van der Dussen off his first ball with a long ball that moved away and then comically retrieved Quinton’s big scalp from Kock. The South African goalkeeper attempted a ramp shot, gloved it on and took off for a run, only to watch in horror as the ball rolled over the stumps.
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