South Africa vs Australia, 1st ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Australia tour of South Africa, 2020 Venue: Boland Park, Paarl Date & Time: Feb 29, 01:00 PM LOCAL
David Warner 25(27)
8.6
Ngidi to Warner, out Caught by Verreynne!! South Africa are celebrating Warner's wicket. But he stands his ground. The umpires get together and send it upstairs. The soft signal is OUT. It is for a catch and looks like the fingers are underneath the ball. The third umpire will need conclusive evidence to overturn the soft signal. Umpire Illingworth is looking at various angles to be absolutely sure before he makes the decision. OUT flashes on the giantscreen. Big moment in the game as both openers ahve been sent back within the first 10 overs. On a length and angled across the left hander, Warner is through the drive a tad early and ends up chipping it to cover-point, Verreynne dives forward and takes it centimeters from the ground. An excellent catch by the debutant and he knew it straightaway that it was clean. Warner c Verreynne b Ngidi 25(27) [4s-3]
8.5
Ngidi to Smith, 1 run, this time Smith wants the single and he's on the move as soon as he pats it to mid-on, Malan could do nothing about it
8.1
Ngidi to Warner, no run, fuller and outside off, Warner checks his forward push and sends it straight to mid-off
8.1
Ngidi to Warner, wide, splays the back of a length delivery down leg, Warner makes no contact with the glance
7.6
Nortje to Smith, 2 runs, around off-stump and that is enough for Smith to pick it off his pads, easy two
7.2
Nortje to Smith, 1 run, fuller and angled in, Smith drives it straight back past Warner, mid-on tidies up
6.3
Ngidi to Smith, 1 run, short of length around off, Smith shuffles across and tucks it to deep square leg
6.1
Ngidi to Warner, no run, fuller and angled across off, Warner inside halves the forward block to mid-on
5.6
Nortje to Warner, 1 run, leg-lined again but a bit fuller, Warner tucks it square on the leg-side and retains strike
5.5
Nortje to Warner, no run, short and outside off, Warner cracks the cut close to backward point, Bavuma tumbles and stops
5.4
Nortje to Warner, FOUR, tries to cramp Warner for room but ends up spraying it on leg-stump, Warner swivels across and rolls his wrist to pull it away backward of square leg, no chance for the fielder in the deep
5.3
Nortje to Smith, 1 run, on a length and outside off, Smith angles it with an open bat face to third man
4.5
Ngidi to Warner, no run, appeal for LBW but umpire Nigel Llong is not interested as he moves away. Warner falls over as he misses the flick and is struck right in front of the stumps but the ball had pitched outside leg
4.4
Ngidi to Warner, FOUR, educated edge from Warner and he picks up a boundary. They had cut off the dab with a gully and the flay by covering the point region, so Warner uses the away going angle and runs it down to third man. It excited Ngidi because it come off the outside edge but Warner intended to play it that way
4.3
Ngidi to Smith, 1 run, good length ball around off, Smith shuffles across and ekes out an inside edge to deep square leg
3.3
Nortje to Warner, 2 runs, cramped for room but Warner manages to get the pull away over mid-wicket, deep square leg tidies up and keeps it down to a brace
3.2
Nortje to Finch, 1 run, gently turned to the right of mid-wicket and Finch is quick off the blocks, easily nabbed
2.6
Maharaj to Warner, 1 run, drifting across the left hander, Warner punches it to mid-off and rushes across
2.5
Maharaj to Finch, 1 run, will that go down as a chance? Quicker and around off, Finch wanted to steer it to third man but gets it finer than he would have liked, de Kock sticks his right leg out and the ball hits his knee before lobbing up, he doesn't know where the ball is and it lands safely to his right. It was in the air for quite some time
2.3
Maharaj to Finch, 1 run, immediately pushes it through quicker, Finch punches it towards mid-off
1.6
Nortje to Finch, no run, fuller and outside off, Finch stands tall and crunches it straight to cover. He then has a look at the base of his bat suggesting that he didn't time it
1.3
Nortje to Warner, no run, fuller than a good length, Warner does not have the space to free his arms, blocks it to cover
1.2
Nortje to Warner, no run, on a length and around off, Warner defends it into the off-side and calls "wait on, wait on" for the single
1.1
Nortje to Warner, FOUR, pace on the ball and straightaway Warner feels at home. Back of a length and outside off, Warner stays leg-side to create his own room and punches it square of the wicket - right between backward point and cover-point
0.6
Maharaj to Finch, no run, slower and sliding on with the angle, Finch turns it gently to short mid-wicket
0.3
Maharaj to Warner, no run, 87kph flighted delivery around off, Warner pushes it firmly back to Maharaj
0.2
Maharaj to Warner, no run, bit more air and attacking the off-stump, blocked back to Maharaj
0.1
Maharaj to Warner, no run, drifts with the round the wicket angle and Warner defends it to cover
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