Match Result: South Africa won by 17 runs
Player of the Match : Roelof van der Merwe (South Africa)
Series: South Africa won the 2-match series 2-0
T20I debut: Ben Laughlin (Australia) Yusuf Abdulla, Roelof van der Merwe (South Africa)
Toss won by: Australia, who chose to field

Batsmen	Status	Runs	Balls	4's	6's
Robin Peterson	b J Hopes	34	27	3	2
Herschelle Gibbs	b N Bracken	20	13	1	1
AB de Villiers	c C White b B Laughlin	0	5	0	0
Jean-Paul Duminy	b S Harwood	23	28	1	0
Roelof van der Merwe	c B Haddin b S Harwood	48	30	2	4
Albie Morkel	not out	14	10	1	1
Mark Boucher (wk)	not out	9	8	0	1
Justin Lee Ontong
Johan Botha (c)
Johann Louw
Yusuf Abdullah

Total: 156 for 5 in 20 overs
Run Rate: 7.80
Extras: 8 (b - 1, w - 4, nb - 1, lb - 2)

Fall of wickets: 1/22 (Herschelle Gibbs, 2.5 ov.), 2/24 (AB de Villiers, 3.6 ov.), 3/71 (Robin Peterson, 10.3 ov.), 4/96 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 14.6 ov.), 5/133 (Roelof van der Merwe, 17.3 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Noballs	Wides	Economy
Nathan Bracken	4	0	44	1	1	2	11.00
Shane Harwood	4	0	21	2	0	0	5.25
Ben Laughlin	4	0	32	1	0	0	8.00
James Hopes	4	0	26	1	0	0	6.50
David Hussey	3	0	24	0	0	0	8.00
Cameron White	1	0	6	0	0	1	6.00

Batsmen	Status	Runs	Balls	4's	6's
Michael Clarke	b J Botha	27	33	2	0
David Warner	b A Morkel	20	15	2	1
Ricky Ponting (c)	c M Boucher b Y Abdullah	1	3	0	0
David Hussey	c H Gibbs b Rvd Merwe	27	18	3	1
Callum Ferguson	run out (Rvd Merwe)	0	1	0	0
Cameron White	c J Duminy b J Botha	23	22	2	1
Brad Haddin (wk)	not out	16	13	0	1
James Hopes	c A Morkel b J Louw	18	15	0	1
Nathan Bracken	c A Villiers b J Louw	0	1	0	0
Shane Harwood	not out	0	0	0	0
Ben Laughlin

Total: 139 for 8 in 20 overs
Run Rate: 6.95
Extras: 7 (b - 0, w - 5, nb - 1, lb - 1)

Fall of wickets: 1/37 (David Warner, 4.5 ov.), 2/38 (Ricky Ponting, 5.2 ov.), 3/63 (Michael Clarke, 10.1 ov.), 4/63 (Callum Ferguson, 10.2 ov.), 5/101 (David Hussey, 14.4 ov.), 6/106 (Cameron White, 15.6 ov.), 7/131 (James Hopes, 19.2 ov.), 8/139 (Nathan Bracken, 19.5 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Noballs	Wides	Economy
Johann Louw	4	0	36	2	1	2	9.00
Yusuf Abdullah	3	0	16	1	0	2	5.33
Albie Morkel	3	0	24	1	0	1	8.00
Roelof van der Merwe	4	0	30	1	0	0	7.50
Johan Botha	4	0	16	2	0	0	4.00
Robin Peterson	2	0	16	0	0	0	8.00

Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Brian Jerling (South Africa)
TV umpire: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: Zed Ndamane (South Africa)

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