Australia had recovered from their losing streak in the last test match and was looking positive. The absence of Hayden was a step back for Australia. The first Twenty 20 international match was played at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Warner in his debut match played aggressively without any fear and led Australia to victory.

Australia opened their innings positively with Marsh and Warner opening the batting for Australia. Shaun Marsh, a reliable opener was dismissed earlier but Warner smashed the balls all around the ground and made the life of South African bowlers hard. Warner reached his first half century in style and scored 50 runs in just 19 balls featuring 5 boundaries and 4 massive sixes. Ponting provided good support to Warner and managed to score 21 runs. South Africa dismissed Ponting in the 9th over when the cricket score was 97 runs. At this time, Australia was looking positive and was in a position to score more than 200 runs.

David Hussey joined Warner and featured in a short partnership of 40 runs in just 3 overs. Warner was unstoppable and his lusty hitting threatened South Africa and finally Ntini dismissed Warner in the 14th over when the cricket score was 140 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Warner scored 89 runs in 43 balls at a strike rate of 206.97, featuring 7 boundaries and 6 sixes. Warner had demolished the South African bowling totally.

Australia didn’t utilize the last 6 overs and managed to score only 42 runs in the last 6 overs. Australia lost wickets in the end of their innings and managed to post a cricket score of 182 runs. South Africa had a shaky start and lost 3 wickets for a cricket score of 12 runs in 3 overs. Duminy was the only South African batsmen to show resistance and managed to score 78 runs from 48 balls at a strike rate of 162.5, featuring 9 boundaries and a maiden six.

South African batsmen just fell like a pack of cards to Australian bowling and were all out in the 18th over for a live score of 130 runs. South Africa lost the match because of poor batting and strong batting performance from Warner. Warner was declared the man of the match and Australia lead the twenty 20 series 1-0. Australia dominated the entire match in all departments. Log on to www.cricket360.com to get the entire score card of the match. The second Twenty-20 match will be more expecting with South Africa looking to bounce back.

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