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Australia (AUS) will take on South Africa (SA) in the opening match of the T20I series which starts on August 10. This match will be played at Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin. These two teams have not met in T20Is since 2023 and this series is very much a stepping stone to the next global tournament in February's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. Australia have recently completed a 5-0 sweep of West Indies. Matt Short will miss the first two games of the series. Marsh and Head will open for this match.
Match Information
South Africa tour of Australia, 10 Aug 2025, Sun, 2:45 PM IST, Marrara Cricket Ground (MCG 2), Darwin, Australia
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Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Australia
TM Head, MR Marsh (C), JP Inglis (wk), C Green, Tim David, GJ Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, A Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Bench : MW Short, Matthew Kuhnemann, Sean Abbott, AT Carey, Marnus Labuschagne, Xavier Bartlett, LR Morris
South Africa
RD Rickelton (wk), AK Markram (C), HE van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, T Stubbs, GF Linde, P Subrayen, C Bosch, K Rabada, N Burger, L Ngidi
Bench : Lhuan-dre Pretorius, S Muthusamy, N Peter, Kwena Maphaka, MP Breetzke, T Bavuma, T de Zorzi, KA Maharaj, Wiaan Mulder
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Pitch Report
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Pace Bowling
50%
Spin Bowling
55%
Batting Pitch
Average Score
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Bowling Pitch
Player Picks
Travis Head AUS | BAT
Travis Head is an explosive batter at the top of the order and has a good record in this format. He will be a good captaincy pick.
Aiden Markram SA | BAT
Aiden Markram has scored 1367 runs in 57 T20I matches and will be looking to get a good start in this series.
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Prenelan Subrayen
SA | ALL
Ben Dwarshuis
AUS | BOWL
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