Power on. Power off
Bavuma smacked 11 runs off the first five balls of the game from Mitchell Starc. His two shots - through point and cover - were a symbol of South Africa's form heading into this T20 World Cup.
They are here having beaten the current world champions and former world champions in back-to-back T20I series. They wouldn't have wanted to crumble like this. But crumble they did, starting with Bavuma, who played back to the innings' third ball of spin and lost his stumps.
The ball was basic. Length. No swing. No seam. No nothing. Quinton de Kock wanted to boss it. He went for a scoop. He mis-hit it. And then everything stopped. The ball hung in the air.
Right over the stumps. Eventually it began moving. In slow motion. de Kock's eyes were horror-movie wide. He stood absolutely still. Watching the chaos. As that little white cherry plonked right on top of his stumps. South Africa 29 for three in six overs.
The slide
Aiden Markram and David Miller tried to pick up the pieces through the middle overs, but a double-wicket over from Adam
Zampa put paid to that. The leg-spinner was able to break the partnership with a googly that Miller failed to read. That bit of magic, combined with discipline from the pacers, forced South Africa from 80 for four to 83 for seven in the space of six balls.
The finish
No chase in the UAE is done until the last ball is bowled. All day, the batters found it hard to hit out on this slow pitch. South
Africa used that to their benefit, toppling Aaron Finch, David Warner and Mitchell Marsh cheaply. Steven Smith was guiding the chase beautifully, but he too fell before the job was done. Maxwell followed him three balls later and suddenly Australia were 81 for five, still needing 38 off the last five overs.
This was what South Africa were waiting for. Two new batters facing the heat in the death.
Wade and Stoinis weathered it at first, the partnership inching along on nine off nine, and then it blossomed when Wade pulled off a scoop off Kagiso Rabada to
Dubai (UAE), 6pm end the 17th over. Stoinis joined in later, hitting three fours in the final six balls to seal the game.
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