RSA VS AUS - 3rd T20I, Australia tour of South Africa, 2023

Time to pose. Australian players gather near the 'winners' hoarding and off go the fireworks. This group looks pretty relaxed and it kinda sums up the attitude they displayed throughout the series. And with that, we bring curtains down on this 3 match T20I series. Focus now shifts to the format-of-the-moment (ODIS) as both these sides aim to tighten screws before the all-important mega event next month. The first of the five match series begins in Bloemfontein on Thursday. Let's hope the ODI series isn't as one-sided. Until next time, cheers and goodbye!!

Mitchell Marsh | Australia skipper and Player of the Series: I do enjoy this country and it's a great place to tour. This particular tour, it was a great team effort. The mentality was really positive. I have learned a lot (as a captain), I just try to stay as calm as possible, The coaching group help us prepare collectively. We are building towards next year World Cup (T20), pleased with our domestic players to come out and step up in international cricket. It's been very special (the series win).

Travis Head | Player of the Match: Nice to be back and contributing. The power that we got in this team, once set we pick the right moments. Guys get a lot of opportunities in Big Bash and other leagues and nice to have that depth in the squad.

Aiden Markram | South African captain: I thought we were slightly better today. Lot of learnings to take forward. Initially it looked like we weren't getting momentum, but credit to Donovan (Ferreira) - to get to 190, we always take it, we could have been better but we were pretty much pleased with that total. It's gonna be an exciting series, looking forward to it and hopefully we can take some momentum into the World Cup. Great to see fans coming out and supporting us, incredibly thankful for that.

17:10 local, 15:10 GMT, 20:40 IST - Australia cleansweep South Africa 3-0: What a thumping series win for the Aussies. Skipper Marsh is absolutely cock-a-hoop as he shakes hands with the South African players. The surface looked a touch tacky with a bit of uneven bounce in the first innings, or at least that's how South African batters made it look like. The second innings, however, was a different story. Despite losing 2 wickets inside 5 overs, Australia never took their foot off the pedal. Travis Head started the onslaught and Inglis joined the fun to compile a 22-ball 42. The game was pretty much done and dusted around the 12th over and the rest looked like a mere formality. South Africa dropped a couple of catches, a couple of half-chances which clearly ensured a smooth sail for the Aussies. All in all, phenomenal effort from the visitors to win a hat-trick of T20Is comprehensively.

Gerald Coetzee to Stoinis, 1 run, whipped to deep square, game over! Australia win by 5 wickets with 13 balls to spare.

Gerald Coetzee to Turner, 1 run, very full outside off, Turner slices the drive off the thick outside edge to the right of third man

Gerald Coetzee to Stoinis, 1 run, bumper outside off, Stoinis pulls to the left of deep square

Gerald Coetzee to Turner, 1 run, short of a length on middle and leg, Turner swivels and pulls to deep backward square leg

Ashton Turner, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Gerald Coetzee to Tim David, out Caught by Ferreira!! Another batter falls trying to finish the game. Dug in short outside off, Tim David muscles the pull and doesn't quite time it as well as he would have liked, hits to the right of deep mid-wicket and Ferreira accepts it gleefully. Tim David c Ferreira b Gerald Coetzee 1(2)

Gerald Coetzee to Tim David, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Fortuin to Tim David, 1 run, full and straight, David drives and gets it past the diving left hand of extra cover for a quick single

Tim David, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Fortuin to Head, out Caught by Bavuma!! Head looks to finish it off in style with a maximum and attempts to loft this full delivery, gets it off the cue end of the bat and picks out Bavuma at long-off. Head c Bavuma b Fortuin 91(48) [4s-8 6s-6]

Fortuin to Head, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Fortuin to Head, SIX, that's a hit-me full toss at the hip and Head obliges. Straight off the middle of the bat and deep into the stands over mid-wicket. Into the 90s now is Travis Head...

Fortuin to Stoinis, 1 run, low full toss on the stumps, Stoinis advances and slams the drive to long-off

Fortuin to Stoinis, 2 runs, brings out the reverse sweep and gets it over the man at backward point, good enough to fetch him a couple of runs

Fortuin to Head, 1 run, full on leg-stump, driven down to long-on