The allrounder has been ‘flourishing in his first two games as captain’ as his dream tour of South Africa continues.
Marsh crunched an unbeaten 79 off 39 balls, which included six sixes, to steer Australia to an emphatic eight-wicket demolition of South Africa with 31 balls to spare at Durban on Friday night .Watch, Stream & Catch Up with Australia's Home of Cricket onThe Proteas have been powerless to quell Marsh, who has racked up 168 runs off 86 balls for the series without being dismissed.
“I think the way he’s playing on the park is just the way he’s been playing for such a long time now,” said Abbott, named player of the match after capturing a T20I career-best 3-22 with the ball.Getty Images“He hasn’t changed at all since stepping into the captaincy, albeit only two games and having only been on tour for a week.“Not surprised at all that he’s doing really well and flourishing in his first two games as captain.
“It’s really good to see because he’s such a great person, such a good team man and really cares about people around him.” Marsh received wonderful support from clean-striking opener Matt Short, who scored 60 at better than two-a-ball in his second international. The pair’s 100-run second-wicket stand was Australia’s best in T20Is against South Africa and came in spite of less friendly batting conditions than the first match.“It might not have looked like that when we were batting but that just speaks volumes for the way those guys are batting at the moment.”If you’d like to view this content, please adjust your
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