{"id":9011,"date":"2025-08-10T16:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=626834"},"modified":"2025-08-10T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:02:53","slug":"australia-vs-south-africa-1st-t20i-australia-bowled-out-for-178-in-darwin-as-south-africa-achieve-historic-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/australia-vs-south-africa-1st-t20i-australia-bowled-out-for-178-in-darwin-as-south-africa-achieve-historic-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia vs South Africa, 1st T20I: Australia bowled out for 178 in Darwin as South Africa achieve historic first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"384\">South Africa bowled out Australia for <strong data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"256\">178 in 20 overs<\/strong> in the first T20I at Darwin \u2014 marking the <strong data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"381\">first time they have dismissed Australia entirely in a men\u2019s T20 International<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"700\">After <strong data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"409\">Aiden Markram<\/strong> won the toss and opted to field, South Africa struck early through <strong data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"494\">Kagiso Rabada<\/strong>, who removed Travis Head (2) and Mitchell Marsh (13) inside the powerplay. <strong data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"586\">George Linde<\/strong> dismissed Josh Inglis for a golden duck, while <strong data-start=\"634\" data-end=\"649\">Lungi Ngidi<\/strong> claimed the dangerous Cameron Green for 35 (13).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"906\">Australia were reeling at 75\/6 after just 7.4 overs following quick strikes from <strong data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"800\">Kwena Maphaka<\/strong>, who bowled Mitchell Owen (2) and later dismissed Glenn Maxwell (1) with the help of Senuran Muthusamy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1212\">The innings was rescued by <strong data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"948\">Tim David<\/strong>, who played a brilliant counterattacking knock of 83 off 52 balls, hitting four fours and eight sixes \u2014 including a massive 109-metre six that landed on the stadium roof. He shared a 59-run stand with Ben Dwarshuis (17) to push the total towards respectability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1430\">Kwena Maphaka finished with exceptional figures of 4\/20, the best bowling performance by a South African against Australia in T20Is. Rabada took 2\/29, while Linde, Ngidi and Muthusamy chipped in with a wicket each.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1636\">The innings ended in the final over when Nathan Ellis (12) was run out by Corbin Bosch, sealing a <strong data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1549\">historic moment<\/strong> \u2014 South Africa bowling out Australia for the first time in their men\u2019s T20I history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1683\"><strong data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1681\">Australia 1st innings \u2013 key highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"2015\">\n<li data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"1722\">\n<p data-start=\"1686\" data-end=\"1722\"><strong data-start=\"1686\" data-end=\"1696\">Total:<\/strong> 178 all out in 20 overs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1723\" data-end=\"1773\">\n<p data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1773\"><strong data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1740\">Top scorer:<\/strong> Tim David \u2013 83 (52) [4\u00d74, 8\u00d76]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1774\" data-end=\"1834\">\n<p data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"1834\"><strong data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"1793\">Partnerships:<\/strong> 59 (David\u2013Dwarshuis), 30 (David\u2013Ellis)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1835\" data-end=\"1930\">\n<p data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"1930\"><strong data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"1859\">Bowling highlight:<\/strong> Kwena Maphaka \u2013 4\/20 (4 overs) \u2013 best figures for SA vs AUS in T20Is<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1931\" data-end=\"2015\">\n<p data-start=\"1933\" data-end=\"2015\"><strong data-start=\"1933\" data-end=\"1947\">Milestone:<\/strong> First time South Africa have bowled out Australia in a men\u2019s T20I<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa bowled out Australia for 178 in 20 overs in the first T20I at Darwin \u2014 marking the first\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":31778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9011","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=9011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}