- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5 On the pads and a loud appeal is turned down. But there might be a run out here, with Khawaja having wandered outside his crease. And that's lazy from Khawaja. He didn't put his bat down in time and some smart work in the field with a direct hit from the slips 1718.2 Von Berg pins Short in front with a full legbreak. No fifty for the Australia A opener. Starts on off and spins back in, Short aims for a sweep, but does not make contact with the bat. He is hit on the pad in line with middle. It did not turn that much to miss leg stump 100/247 bowled him! Head stepped away again, and this time Hendricks kept his focus on the stumps. Yorker on off-stump - Head misses, Hendricks hits. Fine innings by the captain ends 285/441.1 important wicket. South Africa had kept the batsmen quiet in the last couple of overs, and Magala gets the reward for keeping it full and straight. Hint of a movement in, and Marnus is rapped right in front. Ends a very good innings that kept Australia's momentum going 236/349.1 tried to be too cute, moving around the crease and lapping - but only ended up giving a simple catch to square leg 304/5Extras21 (b 5, lb 11, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL322/5 (50 Overs, RR: 6.44)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Usman Khawaja, 4.6 ov), 2-100 (D'Arcy Short, 18.2 ov), 3-236 (Marnus Labuschagne, 41.1 ov), 4-285 (Travis Head, 46.6 ov), 5-304 (Alex Carey, 49.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB R Frylinck 8 2 45 0 5.62 0 1 BE Hendricks 8 0 57 1 7.12 2 0 D Pretorius 8 0 36 0 4.50 1 0 SSB Magala 7 0 59 2 8.42 0 0 K Zondo 8 0 41 0 5.12 0 0 S von Berg 9 0 54 1 6.00 1 0 S Muthusamy 2 0 14 0 7.00 0 0
25/08Result
7th Match, India A Team Quadrangular Series at Bengaluru, Aug 25 2018
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![Australia A]( "Australia A")
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![South Africa A]( "South Africa A")
290 (48.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
25/08Result
7th Match, India A Team Quadrangular Series at Bengaluru, Aug 25 2018
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![Australia A]( "Australia A")
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![South Africa A]( "South Africa A")
290 (48.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.5 Soft as wax. Erwee can't believe it. Low full-toss on middle, Erwee leans into it and does not play a full-blooded flick. Instead, he tamely chips it into the lap of Marnus at short midwicket 89/114.5 Head bowls Cloete with a beauty. This is a length ball, drifts in from around the wicket, tricks Cloete into playing the angle, but the ball breaks away to beat the outside edge and hit the top of off stump. Head's day keeps getting better 98/219.1 and the falling run-rate does the trick. A half-tracker by Agar, but Second can only hit it straight to deep square leg. It should have gone into the stands, but the South Africans haven't looked convincing against spin - even when putting bad balls away 118/348.4 Zondo has been run out, trying to farm the strike. He moved away but Paris followed him from around the wicket, and Zondo could only turn it to square leg. He egged Hendricks on for a second, but it was never on. 290/1025.4 Behardien gone via a direct hit. Lost his head completely. Agar was appealing for lbw - which also looked close - but the ball had gone straight to slip. For some unfathomable reason, Behardien set off for a run, and was promptly run out. Never looked convincing during his stay at the crease 140/426.5 flatter and straighter, traps Muthuswamy on the crease. The umpire raises the finger after a prolonged appeal - and it's the right decision. That would have crashed into leg-stump 143/528.1 beauty! perfectly pitched leg-break, lands on middle, turns away sharply drawing the batsman's tentative poke. The keeper snaffles the thin edge. South Africa sink further 155/630.4 plumb in front. The bowler barely had to appeal and the finger went up. Short, and Von Berg might have wanted to hit the boundary but he missed it entirely to be struck bang in front. Quite apart from the batting failure, the leggie won't like having fallen to another leggie 167/744.1 full on the stumps and dug out, where cover intercepts it for a nonchalant catch. Frylinck thought it was a bump ball perhaps, and stayed put before the umpires ruled him out 249/847.3 and Magala has holed out trying to go for one more big hit. Got it off the toe end and Khawaja at midwicket judged it well, taking the catch just inside the ropes 278/9Extras20 (b 2, lb 5, w 13)TOTAL290 all out (48.4 Overs, RR: 5.95)Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Sarel Erwee, 12.5 ov), 2-98 (Gihahn Cloete, 14.5 ov), 3-118 (Rudi Second, 19.1 ov), 4-140 (Farhaan Behardien, 25.4 ov), 5-143 (Senuran Muthusamy, 26.5 ov), 6-155 (Dwaine Pretorius, 28.1 ov), 7-167 (Shaun von Berg, 30.4 ov), 8-249 (Robbie Frylinck, 44.1 ov), 9-278 (Sisanda Magala, 47.3 ov), 10-290 (Khaya Zondo, 48.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JS Paris 7.4 0 43 1 5.60 2 0 CP Tremain 8 0 59 0 7.37 2 0 TM Head 5 0 25 2 5.00 1 0 JD Wildermuth 3 0 32 1 10.66 0 0 AC Agar 10 0 36 1 3.60 0 0 MJ Swepson 10 0 40 3 4.00 1 0 DJM Short 5 0 48 0 9.60 3 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia A , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
9.00 start, First Session 9.00-12.30, Interval 12.30-13-15, Second Session 13.15-16.45
Match days
25 August 2018 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Australia A 4, South Africa A 0
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSA born Labuschagne makes the most of his Australia A debut
Having grown up just outside Johannesburg before moving to Australia, the middle-order batsman was at ease against South Africa A, despite the occasional sledge from his opponents
Ashton Agar sets sights on floating allrounder role
While looking to shore up his bowling and find a place in Australia's squad for their upcoming tour of the UAE, he also wants to work on his batting skills and be able to slot in anywhere in the order
Travis Head's all-round brilliance all but knocks out South Africa A
The Australia A captain followed a century with two wickets to keep his side's hopes alive in the Quadrangular A series
