Mitchell Marsh made a scintillating captaincy debut as he smashed an unbeaten 92, and added a marauding fifth-wicket stand with Tim David to set up Australia’s whopping 111 run victory in the first T20I against South Africa in Durban.
Chasing Australia’s 226/6, South Africa crashed and burned their way to getting bowled out for just 115 – with debutant leg spinner Tanveer Sangha bagging four wickets.
Brief Scores:
Australia 226/6 in 20 overs (Mitchell Marsh 92*, Tim David 64; Lizaad Williams 3-44) beat South Africa 115 in 15.3 overs (Reeza Hendricks 56; Tanveer Sangha 4-31, Marcus Stoinis 3-18) by 111 runs