AUS vs. SA, 1 T20I: Glenn Maxwell’s Gravity -Difiding Catch Catch of Australia win over South Africa – Watch | Cricket news
Glenn Maxwell on Sunday pulled out a breathtaking border-line catch to help sealing a 17-run win over South Africa in the first T20I in Darwin. Amazing effort, which added athleticism, quick thinking and right time, came to the final and ended Ryan Ricelton’s deadly innings of 71, but confirmed Australia’s victory. South Africa needs 21 out of 5 balls, Ricelton began a Ben Bularis delivery towards Long-on. Maxwell, deployed on the rope, jump into the air beyond the border, inflated the ball back to the ground, while the airborne, landed outside the game area, then jumped back inside to complete the catch. The moment attracted cheers vigorously from the Darwin crowd as Australia celebrated its consecutive Ninth T20I win. Earlier, Tim David’s explosives 83 from 52 balls, characteristic of eight sixes, Australia dropped Australia out of 178 after an unstable start, with five wickets falling inside five wickets. Cameron Green (35 out of 35) added quick runs, while South African teenage Pesar Quena Mafaka shone with 4–20 figures, the ICC became the youngest bowler from the nation to take four wickets in a T20I.
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Josh Hazlewood’s 3–27 and Buterishuis’s 3–26 ensured that Australia was ahead despite a 72-run stand between Recelton and Triston Stabs (37). Hazelwood’s double blow in the 15th sealed a memorable night in Darwin before Maxwell’s magnificent border magic. The second match of the series will also be played in Darwin on Tuesday.
