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South Africa vs Australia Scorecard, 3rd T20I, Australia vs South Africa 2025
Result · Aug 16 2025, Sat - 02:45 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA172/7
AUSTRALIA173/8
Australia won by 2 wickets
CRR:8.72
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in Australia 2025 |
| Date: | Aug 16 2025, Sat - 02:45 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Cairns |
| Venue: | Cazaly's Stadium |
| Toss: | Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Australia Playing XI: | Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Cameron Green, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch, Senuran Muthusamy, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi |
- South Africa defeated Australia by 53 runs in their most recent men’s T20I (12 August 2025), snapping a six-match losing run against them; the last and only time the Proteas recorded consecutive wins against them in the format was in March 2009 (W2).
- This three-match multigame bilateral men’s T20I series between Australia and South Africa is currently tied at 1-1; the last time Australia won a three-match series in the format where the series was at 1-1 going into the final game was in February 2020 against South Africa.
- This three-match multigame bilateral men’s T20I series between Australia and South Africa is currently tied at 1-1; the last time the Proteas won a three-match series in the format where the series was at 1-1 going into the final game was in July 2022 against England.
- Australia will be looking to avoid consecutive defeats in men’s T20Is in Australia for the first time since October 2022, following their 53-run loss against South Africa last time out.
- Australia have induced a false shot on 44% of their balls bowled in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2024, the best rate of any Test playing country in that time; in addition, their collective bowling strike rate (15) is the second best of any team (India – 14.3).
- South Africa have made nine run outs when fielding during the death overs (17th-20th) in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2024, the joint-most of any Test playing country in that time (also India – 9); the Proteas have saved 15 runs in the field during this period which is the joint-most of any team (also Pakistan – 15).
- Ben Dwarshuis (Australia) has taken 13 wickets at a strike rate of 11 in men’s T20Is in 2025; amongst players to log more than 10 wickets for Australia in a calendar year in the format only Spencer Johnson (12 wickets at 9.5 in 2024) and Sean Abbott (12 wickets at 10.6 in 2024) have recorded better rates.
- Tristan Stubbs (South Africa) has a batting good connection rate of 80% from 49 balls faced in this multigame bilateral men’s T20I series against Australia, the best of any player from either team (min. 2 balls faced) and 12 percentage points more than the next best (Tim David – 68% from 76 balls faced for Australia).
- Tim David (Australia) has hit 27 sixes in men’s T20Is in 2025 and is just six away from equalling the record for the most sixes for Australia in a calendar year in the history of the format (Travis Head – 33 in 2024, Aaron Finch – 31 in 2018, Shane Watson – 28 in 2012); David has hit at least four sixes in each of his last four T20I innings.
- Kwena Maphaka (South Africa) has taken eight wickets at an average of 14 across his last three T20I innings, more than he logged in all his seven innings prior in the format (5).