Marsh massacre! New skipper destroys SA in brutal blitz as spin sensation shines
A career-best performance from captain Mitchell Marsh and a superb spell from debutant Tanveer Sangha steered Australia towards a thumping 111-run victory over South Africa at Kingsmead on Thursday morning AEST.
“It’s always nice to start a three-match series with a win,” Marsh said in the post-match presentation.Proteas captain Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to field first on a flat wicket with short square boundaries. Australia named four debutants for the series opener, with Sangha, who touched down in Durban the previous day, replacing the ill Adam Zampa at the eleventh hour.
The 53-run opening stand was broken in the fifth over when Short top-edged a short ball from Williams towards Hendricks at long-on, departing for 20 . The South Africans shot themselves in the foot with some sloppy misfields, while another match ball was lost when David clobbered Coetzee onto West Stand’s roof. Marsh brought up his half-century in 22 balls, while David followed suit with a 24-ball fifty.
Marsh, later named player of the match, fell short of a maiden T20I century but guided Australia towards 6-226 from their 20 overs, the highest T20I team total at the venue.
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