Australia romp to series victory over Proteas with a match to spare

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Australia romp to series victory over Proteas with a match to spare
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Mitchell Marsh led his team to another convincing victory.

And while he fell in the 12th over, Marsh then guided his team to 165/2 as they wrapped up another convincing win.

The skipper bashed his second successive half-century, finishing unbeaten after contributing 76 runs off 39 balls. His superb effort featured seven fours, and he cleared the boundary six times.Earlier, after they were sent in to bat, opener Temba Bavuma got the Proteas off to an explosive start, but they were unable to build momentum.

While Bavuma bashed 35 runs off 17 balls, at a strike rate of 205.88, he fell in the fourth over when seamer Sean Abbott had him caught behind. Proteas captain Aiden Markram then contributed 49 runs off 38 deliveries, carrying the middle order before he too was removed by Abbott in the penultimate over of the innings.In a repeat of their crushing defeat in the opening match of the series two days earlier, the hosts struggled to build partnerships, and this ultimately prevented them from putting up a fight as they were restricted to 164/8 in their 20 overs.

Abbott, who returned 3/22, and Nathan Ellis spearheaded the dominant Australian bowling attack, laying the foundation for their team.between South Africa and Australia will be played at Kingsmead Stadium on Sunday .

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