{"id":9010,"date":"2025-08-10T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T10:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=626832"},"modified":"2025-08-10T16:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T10:54:01","slug":"australia-vs-south-africa-1st-t20i-tim-davids-83-is-his-longest-t20i-innings-by-balls-faced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/australia-vs-south-africa-1st-t20i-tim-davids-83-is-his-longest-t20i-innings-by-balls-faced\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia vs South Africa, 1st T20I: Tim David\u2019s 83 is his longest T20I innings by balls faced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"422\">Tim David\u2019s 83 off 52 balls in the <strong data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"264\">Australia vs South Africa, 1st T20I in Darwin<\/strong> not only rescued his side from an early collapse but also set a personal milestone \u2014 it is the most balls he has ever faced in a T20 International innings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"720\">Batting at No. 6, David walked in with Australia struggling at 75\/6 and went on to anchor and accelerate the innings, striking four fours and eight sixes. His 52-ball stay at the crease surpassed his previous highest balls faced in a T20I, which came in his early career representing Singapore.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"775\"><strong data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"773\">Tim David \u2013 most balls faced in a T20I innings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"1049\">\n<li data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"834\">\n<p data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"834\"><strong data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"789\">83 (52)<\/strong> vs South Africa \u2013 Australia (Darwin, 2025)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"867\">\n<p data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"867\">77 (43) vs Nepal \u2013 Singapore<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"901\">\n<p data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"901\">64* (44) vs Nepal \u2013 Singapore<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"938\">\n<p data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"938\">58 (46) vs Hong Kong \u2013 Singapore<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"971\">\n<p data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"971\">38 (29) vs Qatar \u2013 Singapore<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"1012\">\n<p data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"1012\">102* (37) vs West Indies \u2013 Australia<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1013\" data-end=\"1049\">\n<p data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1049\">92* (32) vs Malaysia \u2013 Singapore<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1416\">The innings in Darwin was significant not just for its longevity but for the context \u2014 David held the innings together during a collapse, ensuring Australia posted a fighting total despite losing half their side within seven overs. His knock also underlined his adaptability, mixing calculated strike rotation with explosive hitting to keep the scoreboard moving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim David\u2019s 83 off 52 balls in the Australia vs South Africa, 1st T20I in Darwin not only rescued his\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":31783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}