Darwin, Aug 12
After not matching the Australian firepower in the first game, South Africa roared back to level the series 1-1 in style, with an emphatic 57-run win at the Marrara Cricket Ground here on Tuesday. The defeat is Australia's second-highest margin loss in T20Is and also the hosts' first defeat in the format in 10 games.
South Africa's total of 218/7 was largely enabled by the power hitting on display by Dewald Brevis (125*) as the young batter smashed his first T20I century, the second fastest and youngest to do so in Proteas history. He also surpassed Faf Du Plessis for the highest score in this format by a South African.
Kagiso Rabada struck with the all-important scalp when David was unable to clear the fielder at cover.
Although a mountain of a chase remained, it was not until Maphaka struck twice with the wickets of Glenn Maxwell (16) and Mitchell Owen (8) that the game started to slip away from the hosts. Brevis completed a smart catch while stumbling towards the ground to dismiss Carey (26) off Nqabayomzi Peter.
Brief scores:
South Africa 218/7 in 20 overs (Dewald Brevis 125*, Tristian Stubbs 31; Ben Dwarshuis 2-24, Glenn Maxwell 2-44) beat Australia 165 all out in 17.4 overs (Tim David 50; Corbin Bosch 3-20, Kwena Maphaka 3-57) by 53 runs