Australia fought really hard, but South Africa has the upper hand now. A target of 219, and that too outside the sub-continent is going to be tough. And if you are facing quality bowlers such as Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi, it gets even more difficult. Tim David made 50 for Australia, but they lost wickets at regular intervals. The third and last match will be played at the Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns. If South African wins this match, that one is going to be the series decider.
Credit for SA today's victory goes to Dewald Brevis, who was not out on 125 runs. Dewald Brevis innings of 125 runs included 12 fours and 8 sixes. SA at one stage were 3-57 and then Dewald Brevis along with Tristan Stubbs took SA score to 184 runs. Aussies never gave and always give their best in every aspect of the game but today SA bowlers were successful in picking wickets after regular intervals. Tim David scored a fifty for his side but that was not enough to save the game.
South Africa was quite aggressive in today's match, Brevis was the only reliable batsman and was unbeaten till the last. South Africa was able to win because of Brevis's 125 runs from the bat, because here I was surprised to think that a strong team like Australia was all out in a short time.
I definitely respect the South African bowlers because they performed well enough in terms of bowling today to win. So far both teams have won 1-1 matches, so the team that can win the next match will be able to win the T20 series.