Starc to de Kock, no run, beautiful delivery! Hurled full by Starc and he gets it to swing away late. In fact, the ball even seams away off the deck.
South Africa's last five ODIs when they batted first Lost vs AUS by 3 wickets Won vs AUS by 111 runs Won vs AUS by164 runs Won vs AUS by 122 runs Won vs SL by 102 runs - (last)
1.6
Hazlewood to Bavuma, no run, 136.4kph, short of length ball around off, poked to backward point
1.5
Hazlewood to Bavuma, no run, good carrythrough the keeper outside off from a short of length
1.4
Hazlewood to Bavuma, no run, length ball holding its line outside off, Bavuma lifts his bat and lets it go
Samir Dave: South Africa really has a team to take them all the way- The question is will they be able to finally put the chokers tag aside and win it? Looks like A win here today will establish that for sure.
1.3
Hazlewood to Bavuma, 2 runs, full delivery on the pads, Bavuma closes his bat-face to clip it over square leg.
1.2
Hazlewood to Bavuma, no run, 142.3kph, pitched up
1.1
Hazlewood to Bavuma, no run, 136.5kph, with two slips in place, Hazlewood starts with a full ball angled in on off, Bavuma taps it to cover
Josh Hazlewood, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6
Starc to Bavuma, 1 run, 141.7kph, pitched up, Bavuma pushes with hard hands and inside-edges to the right of mid-on
0.5
Starc to de Kock, 1 run, 139.3kph, pitched up, driven towards mid-off
0.4
Starc to Bavuma, 1 run, 139.8kph, full on leg, clipped to the right of mid-on and the captain opens his account
One slip in position
0.3
Starc to Bavuma, no run, 138.9kph, very full, hint of swing into the right-hander, Bavuma shoulders arms
0.2
Starc to de Kock, 1 run, 136.5kph, shortened length, QdK opens his bat-face to guide it to third man
0.1
Starc to de Kock, no run
de Kock and Bavuma are at the crease. de Kock is on strike. Starc will open the attack
The match officials and the players march out for the national anthems.
Mitchell Starc: (Mental preparation) There's a mixture between preparing for games and then recovering in between games. There might be shorter gaps. A lot of our guys played the series in South Africa. I kinda do the same thing all the time (with the new ball) in terms of my role for the team or my plans. It's more about execution. It's about playing that role as best as I can for the team. (Today's conditions) We've got Marcus and Andy who have been part of Lucknow. Form their reports, the square has been relaid, so it's a bit unknown for both the teams. Looks a nice ground. Slightly bigger. The team that starts the best and adapts the best is going to be successful.