South Africa vs Australia, 2nd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Australia tour of South Africa, 2020 Venue: Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Date & Time: Mar 04, 01:00 PM LOCAL
JJ Smuts 41(64)
20.4
Zampa to Smuts, out Caught by Cummins!! Holed out! And, the partnership has been broken. Smart bowling from Zampa. After three darts, Zampa bowls this slower through the air - 84kph. Smuts gets forward and is early into his loft. In the end, chipped it straight down long-on's throat. Cummins doesn't err and Zampa has provided the breakthrough Australia were looking for. Smuts c Cummins b Zampa 41(64) [4s-3]
20.3
Zampa to Janneman Malan, 1 run, 98kph, fired on leg, Malan works it away to deep mid-wicket
20.1
Zampa to Smuts, no run, 91kph, quick leggie, punched to extra cover off the back foot
19.6
Mitchell Marsh to Smuts, 1 run, tucked in front of square on the leg-side
19.5
Mitchell Marsh to Janneman Malan, 1 run, fuller than good length, too wide outside off, chopped away to deep cover
19.3
Mitchell Marsh to Smuts, FOUR, poor ball! A venom-less short ball - hip-high - at 129kph, Smuts pulls it fiercely through backward square leg
19.2
Mitchell Marsh to Smuts, no run, good length delivery, holds onto the pitch a bit, Smuts is early into his shot and ends up chipping it towards mid-on. Goes to Zampa on the bounce
19.1
Mitchell Marsh to Smuts, no run, 132kph, fullish ball angling in, Smuts has a mighty heave at it and misses. Off the pad and the ball rolls to cover. Going down leg and hence no appeal
18.6
Labuschagne to Smuts, 1 run, leg-break from a length, Smuts rocks back and brings his bottom hand into play to whip it to long-on
18.5
Labuschagne to Janneman Malan, 1 run, driven all along the ground to sweeper cover
18.3
Labuschagne to Janneman Malan, 1 run, slightly too full, eased to long-off
17.6
Mitchell Marsh to Janneman Malan, no run, 131kph, back of a length delivery, Malan moves forward and across, gets cramped for room and defends it back to the bowler
17.4
Mitchell Marsh to Smuts, no run, 136kph, in-angling length ball on off, Smuts allows the ball to come to him and plays very late. The ball hits the turf and goes towards the keeper. He was probably looking to run it down to third man
17.3
Mitchell Marsh to Janneman Malan, 1 run, 135kph, width on offer, Malan forces it to sweeper cover off the front foot
16.4
Agar to Smuts, no run, Smuts moves leg-side and cuts hard, straight to extra cover
16.3
Agar to Janneman Malan, 1 run, airy, full ball, driven down to long-on
15.4
Zampa to Janneman Malan, 1 run, Malan waltzes down the track and drives on the rise to long-off
15.3
Zampa to Smuts, wide, 96kph, quicker, fuller and straighter, down the leg-side and Smuts misses the sweep
15.2
Zampa to Smuts, no run, 92kph, non-turner on middle and leg, Smuts defends
15.1
Zampa to Janneman Malan, 1 run, 96kph, floated up wide outside off, full in length and Malan reaches out to square-drive it to deep cover
14.5
Agar to Janneman Malan, 1 run, Malan shimmies down the track, gets close to the pitch of the ball and push-drives it all along the carpet to long-off
14.2
Agar to Smuts, no run, 99kph, another one darted in on the stumps, Smuts looks to work it on the leg-side and gets a soft leading edge towards short cover
14.1
Agar to Smuts, no run, 94kph, full and fired in, Smuts toe-ends the drive back to Agar
13.6
Zampa to Smuts, 1 run, 93kph, quicker delivery, no turn and Smuts stands tall to bunt it down to long-on
13.5
Zampa to Janneman Malan, 1 run, away-turner, a shuffling Malan forces it square of the wicket on the off-side
13.3
Zampa to Janneman Malan, 1 run, may have been the googly, tapped to the left of cover for a quick single
13.1
Zampa to Smuts, no run, 86kph, leg-break, patted to short cover
12.6
Agar to Smuts, 1 run, fuller and wider from Agar, Smuts comes on the front foot and pushes it wide of cover
12.5
Agar to Janneman Malan, 1 run, stump-to-stump line, Malan eases it to long-on and the single brings up the fifty partnership
11.4
Mitchell Marsh to Janneman Malan, 1 run, 136kph, Marsh goes fuller and Malan eases it to sweeper cover off the front foot. Malan walked forward and across to get close to the ball
11.2
Mitchell Marsh to Janneman Malan, 1 run, fraction short, punched to the left of cover where Warner makes a tumbling stop
10.5
Agar to Janneman Malan, 1 run, Malan hangs back, allows the ball to do its bit and punches it with the turn to sweeper cover
10.2
Agar to Smuts, no run, in-drifter, low full toss, played back at the bowler
10.1
Agar to Janneman Malan, 1 run, Agar starts with a flighted delivery from round the wicket, Malan leans forward and knocks it down to long-on
9.5
Mitchell Marsh to Janneman Malan, 1 run, 136kph, full on off, Malan shuffles across a long way to knock it to the right of mid-on. Zampa misfields, but the mid-wicket fielder does a good job backing up
8.6
Cummins to Smuts, wide, 141kph, banged in short, too short and it's over the batsman's head
8.5
Cummins to Smuts, no run, 142kph, tight line and length. Short of a good length ball around off, Smuts stays in his crease and pokes it to backward point
8.4
Cummins to Smuts, no run, 141kph, short of length delivery, Smuts blocks off the back foot
8.3
Cummins to Smuts, no run, a dot off the free-hit! Cummins bowls a slow bumper, Smuts is way too early into his pull shot and the ball goes to the keeper on the bounce off the batter's body
8.3
Cummins to Smuts, no ball, dug in short at 138kph, Smuts gets a faint nick with his attempted pull shot. Easy grab for the keeper and up goes Richard Illingworth's finger. Hold on! The umpires want to check if it's a legal ball. I fear there's nothing behind the line. And, there's the call officially - no-ball. It was a poor shot, he was in no position and went hard on the stroke - lost his shape in the process too. But, he gets a life
8.2
Cummins to Janneman Malan, 1 run, 142kph, Malan walks forward and moves leg-side, later runs this short of length delivery to third man
7.5
Mitchell Marsh to Smuts, no run, 137kph, shorter and wider, a hit-me ball, Smuts goes hard on the cut and ends up under-edging it into the off-side
7.4
Mitchell Marsh to Janneman Malan, 1 run, full and on the stumps, Malan knocks it down the pitch, mid-on mops up
6.6
Cummins to Janneman Malan, 2 runs, makes room and pins the drive off the bottom half of the bat, succeeds in beating mid-on's dive to the left and pinches a couple of confidence-boosting runs
6.3
Cummins to Smuts, no run, goes hard on the drive outside off and chips it off the toe-end which falls short of the sliding cover fielder
6.2
Cummins to Smuts, 2 runs, full on off-stump, Smuts gets across and works it wide of mid-wicket
6.1
Cummins to Smuts, FOUR, timed! Just a check drive from Smuts and it speeds away to the fence. Sits on the back foot for an inswinger and hits the drive dead straight past the non-striker, all timing
5.6
Mitchell Marsh to Janneman Malan, no run, , clipped to mid-wicket from the crease
5.5
Mitchell Marsh to Smuts, wide, full and sliding down the leg-side, Smuts looks to whack it over square leg but doesn't get bat on ball
5.4
Mitchell Marsh to Janneman Malan, 1 run, opens the bat face and slices the good length delivery wide of cover for a quick single
4.5
Starc to Smuts, no run, full and wide of off, Smuts goes hard on the drive and skews it off the toe-end to the left of backward point
4.4
Starc to Smuts, no run, skiddy bumper outside off, Smuts hops and lets it go
4.3
Starc to Janneman Malan, 1 run, drives the full delivery to Warner at mid-off and takes on his arm. Warner fumbles and Malan makes it with ease
3.5
Cummins to Smuts, no run, full and wide of off, Smuts drives crisply off the front foot, can't get it past Warner at mid-off
3.4
Cummins to Smuts, no run, digs in the bumper on the stumps and forces a ducking dance from Smuts
3.3
Cummins to Smuts, no run, length delivery on the stumps, Smuts flicks gently and finds mid-wicket yet again
3.2
Cummins to Smuts, no run, I0$ nip-backer on off-stump, Smuts shuffles across his off-stump and presents a straight bat
3.1
Cummins to Smuts, no run, full inswinging delivery on off-stump, Smuts doesn't go full-throttle on the flick and just turns it gently towards mid-wicket
2.6
Starc to Janneman Malan, no run, strides forward and drives the full delivery straight to cover
2.1
Starc to Janneman Malan, 1 run, very full at I0$ on fifth stump, Malan looks to drive and skews it off the thick inside half to the left of the diving cover fielder
1.5
Cummins to Smuts, FOUR, 140kph, Cummins goes for the yorker, ends up bowling a low full toss. Smuts stretches his arms and bunts it straight of mid-off. Raced away to the fence
1.4
Cummins to Smuts, 2 runs, 141kph, in-slanter from a good length, Smuts turns it hurriedly to backward square leg
1.3
Cummins to Smuts, no run, 140kph, Cummins angles in a very full ball, Smuts brings his bat down at the right time to jam it out on the off-side
1.2
Cummins to Smuts, no run, 137kph, on a good length, Smuts defends it into off from the crease
1.1
Cummins to Smuts, no run, 139kph, Cummins starts with a fullish ball with a slip in place, Smuts is solid in his defence
0.6
Starc to Janneman Malan, no run, a beaut! On a good length and marginally outside off at 140kph, a shuffling Malan tentatively pokes his bat at it. Lucky not to get an outside edge
0.4
Starc to Smuts, no run, 142kph, away-angler wide of off, Smuts lets it be
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