{"id":9013,"date":"2025-08-10T17:20:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=626846"},"modified":"2025-08-10T17:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:50:44","slug":"aus-vs-sa-1st-t20i-south-africa-48-3-after-powerplay-chasing-179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/aus-vs-sa-1st-t20i-south-africa-48-3-after-powerplay-chasing-179\/","title":{"rendered":"AUS vs SA, 1st T20I: South Africa 48\/3 after powerplay chasing 179"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"359\">South Africa\u2019s run chase got off to a shaky start as Australia\u2019s bowlers struck three times in the powerplay, leaving the visitors struggling at <strong data-start=\"312\" data-end=\"320\">48\/3<\/strong> after the first six overs in Darwin.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"952\">Skipper <strong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"386\">Aiden Markram<\/strong> gave the chase an aggressive start, smashing three boundaries in his six-ball stay, but his attempt to take on Josh Hazlewood in the very first over ended in a catch to Cameron Green at mid-off for 12. <strong data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"612\">Lhuan-dre Pretorius<\/strong> continued the counter-attack with two boundaries of his own but fell to Glenn Maxwell\u2019s off-spin in the fifth over, caught by Mitchell Owen for 14. The biggest blow came just before the end of the powerplay, when <strong data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"843\">Dewald Brevis<\/strong> (2 off 6) was caught by substitute Abbott off Ben Dwarshuis, leaving the Proteas with a mountain to climb.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"1307\">At the six-over mark, <strong data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"994\">Ryan Rickelton<\/strong> (14* off 14) and <strong data-start=\"1012\" data-end=\"1030\">Tristan Stubbs<\/strong> (0* off 0) were at the crease. The first powerplay ended with a dot ball on 5.6, reflecting Australia\u2019s disciplined finish to the phase. Hazlewood (1\/17), Maxwell (1\/13), and Dwarshuis (1\/17) ensured the scoring rate was kept in check while delivering crucial breakthroughs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1429\">With 131 runs still needed from 84 balls, South Africa will require a steady partnership to get back into the contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s run chase got off to a shaky start as Australia\u2019s bowlers struck three times in the powerplay, leaving\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-9013","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\/9013","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=9013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9013\/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=9013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}