Player of the Match
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2098dThe Report by Brydon Coverdale

Parnell and Theron script stunning win

Wayne Parnell and Rusty Theron rescued South Africa from a seemingly hopeless position to snatch victory in the second Twenty20 and draw the series 1-1

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

CL White
39(26) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 15 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
3 1 5 0 0 12 17 1
MR Marsh
MR Marsh
36(21) 0x4 - 4x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 24 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
1 2 2 4 7 1 12 7

Best performances - Bowlers

LL Tsotsobe
O4
M0
R11
W2
Eco2.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
JL Pattinson
JL Pattinson
O4
M0
R17
W2
Eco4.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

2-match series drawn 1-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-15.45, Interval 15.45-16.00, Second Session 16.00-17.15

Match days

16 October 2011 (20-over match)

T20I debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Andrew McGlashan

A tremendous game of Twenty20 cricket. It was all Australia when Kuhn went, but South Africa kept believing. There were doubts as to whether they had the depth in the batting, but Theron and Parnell showed otherwise with a stunning partnership. Australia inexperienced counted against them at the end, but South Africa's matchwinners aren't exactly senior figures.

"It's a little like the 438 game," says Firdose, "crazy scenes here." Not quite sure the chase is quite on a par with that, but locals will certainly enjoy it.

Wayne Parnell "We needed a lot, but I thought if could take it to the last over we'd have a chance. Rusty kept me calm."

"Get Liam out of the closet boys," writes Vikram. "Parny shows who's boss!" Eh?

Stay with us for the presentations. Plenty for Australia to take from these two matches, however, especially Cummins' and Pattinson's bowling and Mitchell Marsh's debut innings. Cameron White will rue getting his sums wrong a little with his bowlers, but they missed Shane Watson because the spinners weren't very effective.

Rusty Theron has been named Man of the Match. "It's not quite sunk in yet. It's one of the rare occasions where I'm quite speechless. My main objective was to bounce back after Cape Town the other day. I've had some time in the nets, and thanks to the coaching staff, and it's great to stand here now but Wayne was fantastic as well. I even felt a little teary-eyed towards the end but tried to keep it in." Hmm, yes, indeed.

Cameron White. "We didn't execute our skills at the end." Yes, sorry, he really did say that. "We were very confident we could win when Nos 8 and 9 came in but we didn't. It's a hard ground to come and win at. It's been two more games for us and there have been some encouraging performances from the youngsters who got to feel the heat and pressure of Twenty20 cricket."

Hashim Amla "Wayne and Rusty hit really well but they were very sensible too. It's about reading the game and those two showed how it can be done. It's a tribute to their skills. Games like this are exciting, I was biting a few nails here and there. The team enjoyed it and the atmosphere was fantastic. We have great games here."

That just about wraps things up for today as Cameron White and Hashim Amla each hold the trophy. Brydon will have his report ready shortly which will sum up all the action. It's been a good start to this tour and we now head towards the one-day series which starts on Wednesday. We'll be back to bring you all the action and also join us tomorrow for the second ODI between India and England. But, for now, it's goodbye from Andrew McGlashan and Liam Brickhill.

19.1
6
Hussey to Theron, SIX, that's the game! Wins it with a six. What a comeback from South Africa. Down on one knee and Theron launches it over midwicket to spark the celebrations

So it's six to win off the final over. As we said two days ago, games between these teams are rarely dull. South Africa looked gone in this one five overs ago. White has used up his main bowlers, so it's David Hussey with the last over

END OF OVER:
19 | 13 Runs | SA: 142/7 (6 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.47, RRR: 6.00)

  • Rusty Theron24 (15b)
  • Wayne Parnell29 (11b)
  • Pat Cummins4-1-26-2
  • Steve O'Keefe4-0-35-1
18.6
1
Cummins to Theron, 1 run, full outside off, clubbed down the ground to long on

Australia desperate for a dot ball to end the over. A lot of field adjustments going on. Tension builds

18.5
0
Cummins to Theron, no run, banged in short, that had some heat on it as it flew past an attempted pull shot

Brilliant recovery from South Africa

18.4
4
Cummins to Theron, FOUR, what a blow, that looks like the match, Theron picks up a length delivery over midwicket and it lands just short of the rope

"C'mon Parnell, do it for Liam," writes Karn Mamgain. "He's the one who called you an allrounder."

18.3
1
Cummins to Parnell, 1 run, comes round the wicket, pitched full on off stump and Parnell calmly pushes towards cover
18.3
1w
Cummins to Parnell, 1 wide, fire down the leg side...momentum all with South Africa now. How quickly a game can change
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South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st5HM AmlaGC Smith
2nd13GC SmithCA Ingram
3rd0GC SmithJP Duminy
4th30J BothaGC Smith
5th32J BothaDA Miller
6th2J BothaHG Kuhn
7th2HG KuhnWD Parnell
8th64J TheronWD Parnell