T20 World Cup 2021: Twitter Reacts As Australia Open Their Account In The Super 12 Stage With Win Over South Africa

The Australian cricket team began their campaign with a shaky 5-wicket win over South Africa in the opening match of the SuperCup 12 stage in Abu Dhabi. Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade held their nerve to take the Aussies home in the final over.

Chasing an under-par target of 119, Australia made a meal out of it. Skipper Aaron Finch was dismissed for a duck early on and Mitchell Marsh also fell without doing much. David Warner seemed to have found his mojo with three boundaries but fell soon after.

Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell then began the reconstruction of the innings albeit at a slow pace. They struggled to get the spinners away, as has been the case in UAE for the last few months. Nevertheless, the scoreboard kept ticking but both set batsmen fell in a matter of a few deliveries.

Stoinis and Wade then built an unbeaten 40-run partnership which turned out to be matchwinning. Stoinis finished the game off with a boundary off Dwaine Pretorius to seal the victory and claim two points from the game.

Earlier, a sorry performance with the bat from the South Africans saw them huff and puff their way 118/9. Aiden Markram top-scored for the Proteas with a 36-ball 40 but that was the only highlight in the innings. The rest of them were done in by some good bowling from the Aussies coupled with poor strokeplay.

Here’s how Twitterati reacted to Australia’s win over South Africa:

Congrats to Australia on winning a nail biter that looked one-sided after the first innings. A lot of credit and appreciation to South Africa for their efforts in the field, body language and bowling. They fought hard. A great game of cricket ?? #T20WorldCup #AUSvSA

— Wahab Riaz (@WahabViki) October 23, 2021

Australia unsuccessful in pulling a South Africa against South Africa #AUSvSA #T20WorldCup

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) October 23, 2021

Close wins are the best wins! Well done @CricketAus, well fought @OfficialProteas depth in batting the small difference. #AUSvSA

— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) October 23, 2021

Ohhhh … a tight one here in #Abudhabi #T20WorldCup #AUSvSA Great start to the #Super12 Nice ?‍♀️?

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) October 23, 2021

Love low scoring games!. #T20WorldCup #AUSvSA

— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) October 23, 2021

A nice tight contest to start the Super 12’s ?? #AUSvSA

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) October 23, 2021

Stoin and Wadey’s experience very important in that chase ?#Aussies#ICCT20WorldCup

— Damien Fleming (@bowlologist) October 23, 2021

Oh My… ??#AUSvSA #T20WorldCup #Australia pic.twitter.com/LGX6GFQqei

— Fawad Ahmed (@bachaji23) October 23, 2021

#Australia last 22 T20Is:

Won 7
Lost 15

But never write them off at a World Cup#T20WorldCup #AUSvSA

— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) October 23, 2021

AUSTRALIA WIN BY FIVE WICKETS! #T20WorldCup

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 23, 2021

Just saw the results. Why is there no du Plessis in the team @OfficialCSA? Or is he not in the WC squad? Or have I missed something? #T20WorldCup #AUSvsSA

— DEV PATNAIK ?? (@dev_muzic) October 23, 2021

Get rid of this bullshit quota system. You can't have a captain in quota. Captain in cricket is always the best player in your team

— Anusharan Lama (@AnusharanL) October 23, 2021

I would love to see Smith/Wade open and play throughout the innings. Either of Finch/Warner has to be dropped if Australia is thinking of winning the world cup

— Saket Patel ?? (@sxkett) October 23, 2021

The names Finch and Warner should never appear on an @CricketAus T20 teamsheet again.
Why do we persist?
There is legitimate young batting talent in Australia being wasted.#AUSvSA #ICCT20WorldCup2021 #ICCT20WorldCup

— Kris' World (@KrisAllert) October 23, 2021

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