Australia’s captain Mitchell Marsh scored 76 off 39 balls as they beat South Africa by eight wickets and went 2-0 up in the three-match series
Captain Marsh scores 76 off 39 balls at KingsmeadMitchell Marsh has continued his dream run as Australia’s Twenty20 captain, punishing South Africa’s bowlers for the second time in three days to fire his side to a series-clinching eight-wicket win in Durban. After thumping an unbeaten 92 in his captaincy debut in the first game, Marsh produced an equally swashbuckling encore, thumping an unbeaten 76 off 39 balls at Kingsmead on Friday night.
He had a wonderful ally in Matt Short who followed his promising 20 on debut in the series opener with 66 off 30 deliveries, which included four sixes. After Travis Head departed for 18, Short’s clean striking and Marsh’s brute power paved the path for a second successive belting.Short crunched Lungi Ngidi’s second over for 20 to close the powerplay strongly before Marsh smashed spinner Bjorn Fortuin’s first over for 18.
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