Thursday, January 15, 2009

Australia seals 2-0 series win against South Africa

In the first match series of the T20 international between Australia and South Africa held at Melbourne where Australia won the match by 52 runs. In this match Warner on debut for Australia scored 89 runs and Australians scored 182 runs from 20 overs.In reply South Africa were bowled out for 130 runs.Duminy was the top scorer with 78 runs. In the second match of the T20 series played at Brisbane where Australia won the match by 6 wickets. In this match after winning the toss South Africa choose to bat first. They scored 157 runs from 20 overs. Duminy was the top scorer with 69* runs. Then in the chase after the loss of early wickets Michael Hussey and White provided some good batting and their 69 run partnership drove the game away from South Africa. Hussey scored 53* runs, White scored 40* runs and Ponting scored 38 runs were the top scorers for Australia. They won the match by 6 wickets and they also won the series 2-0.Michael Hussey won the man of the match award for his creditable batting performance.

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