RSA VS AUS - 2nd T20I, Australia tour of South Africa, 2023

So that's all from Durban. An earlier escape than expected, but we can never complain one of those. We'll be back Sunday for the third game. See you then, bye for now...

Mitch Marsh: Really proud of the boys. In my times, playing in South Africa, a series win is hard to come by so we'll celebrate this. This game however was setup by the bowlers. It is obviously tough for the new guys, Spencer had to rest tonight because some of the guys were coming back. It is lovely to have experienced guys like Behrendorff also around in the dressing room. We'll certainly be up and about on Sunday, I think it is a day game. Both teams will put on their best.

Sean Abbott | Player of the Match: I think the pitch suited the bowlers for most of the night, but lot of credit for the batters tonight. The boys showed some good strength, 100 run partnership on that wicket was great. This is a great change room to be part of, really enjoying my cricket at the moment. I think Mitch's great strengh is taking the pressure off you, he provides a great environment. There's a great vibe amongst the group

Aiden Markram: We got off to a great start, but then the loss of wickets made it challenging. We wanted to take it deep. When they came out and batted, it is hard to keep your nerve when there are two big boys trying to whack it around. This is a younger group, slightly inexperienced. It is still international cricket, we will look to compete better on Sunday.

20:57 Local Time, 18:57 GMT, 00:27 IST: Men against boys here!! Another thumping display from the Aussies as they wrap up the series with this 8-wicket win. Pure carnage from Matthew Short and Mitch Marsh, they made the bowlers look really mediocre with their hitting. 165 was a decent target but not for a moment did it threaten Australia. Short attacked Ngidi and Coetzee in the powerplay, and then it was the Mitch Marsh show. The Aussie skipper, who is probably in the best batting form of his life, took down the spinners for fun with some sensational slogs across the line. Australia in the end winning with a massive 31 balls to spare. Earlier in the day, Nathan Ellis and Sean Abbott claimed three apiece, and everyone barring Bavuma and Aiden Markram let the hosts down while batting. Hang around fot the presentations...

Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, that'll be it!! Pace off and length onto the hips, pulled behind square for a boundary. Australia win by 8 wickets and claim the series

Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, no run, full and pace off outside off, Marsh with a big swing but gets beaten on the inside edge

Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, full and wide, Marsh smokes his driver over extra cover for a boundary. Scores are level

Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, no run, good length outside off, a swing and a miss for Marsh. He does miss them occasionally, good to know!!

We'll need a new ball. The old one is lost in the crowds somewhere...

Ngidi to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, full outside off, Mitchell Marsh hoists it over covers for a six. One of the most difficult shots to execute but he made it look like child's play!!

Lungi Ngidi [2.0-0-27-0] is back into the attack

Shamsi to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, pushed quicker onto off, turned towards deep mid-wicket off the backfoot

Shamsi to Josh Inglis, 1 run, full on the pads, clipped towards deep mid-wicket

Shamsi to Josh Inglis, no run, flat and goes on with the arm, cut into the pitch back towards Shamsi

Shamsi to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, darted onto middle, Marsh rocks back to tuck it towards deep mid-wicket

Shamsi to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, pushed quicker just outside off, Marsh shimmies in and slog sweeps it over deep square this time. The result is the same, six more!

Shamsi to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, loopy delivery just outside off, Marsh picks it up and attacks it with a big slog sweep over deep mid-wicket for six!!

Fortuin to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, arm ball, Marsh gets leg side and cuts it square of the wicket

Fortuin to Mitchell Marsh, no run, length ball that spins quite sharply. Marsh blocks off the backfoot