{"id":51200,"date":"2025-08-07T20:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51200\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:14:10","slug":"australia-vs-south-africa-t20s-and-odis-squads-fixtures-dates-stream-how-to-watch-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51200\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia vs South Africa T20s and ODIs, squads, fixtures, dates, stream, how to watch, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Australian all-rounder Brendon Julian has called for Tim David to bat higher in the national T20 side following his record-breaking feats in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/cricket\/australia\/australia-vs-west-indies-live-cricket-scores-third-t20-start-time-how-to-watch-teams-toss-updates-at-basseterre\/news-story\/6817a7394af0f7ab001bd5a65ffc5f79\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The 29-year-old smacked a 37-ball century<\/a> during last month\u2019s third T20 against the West Indies in Basseterre, setting a new Australian record across formats.<\/p>\n<p>Typically used as a pinch-hitter during the death overs, David has batted down at No. 6 in 27 of his 36 T20I knocks for Australia \u2014 but Julian believes the powerful right-hander deserves a promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the idea of Tim David coming up the order,\u201d Julian told Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been saying for a couple of years that he should bat higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he bats too low, he\u2019s better than that, he\u2019s better than a guy who faces 10-15 deliveries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Australia vs South Africa T20I &amp; ODI Series | Watch every ball LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Julian predicted that Australia would trial a variety of top-order combinations for the upcoming white-ball series against South Africa, which gets underway in Darwin on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Head and captain Mitchell Marsh are expected to open the batting, but Victoria\u2019s Matthew Short and Tasmania\u2019s Mitchell Owen could also fulfil the role if required.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, coming off eight consecutive T20I wins, are building towards next year\u2019s T20 World Cup in the continent, which gets underway in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery T20 tournament that you can play leading into the World Cup next year will be valuable,\u201d Julian continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(In bilateral series) we\u2019re never going to see the full strength sides playing because you\u2019ve got to rest players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it just gives more opportunity for players to come in and see what they can do, and that\u2019s a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tim David of Australia. Photo by Randy Brooks \/ AFPSource: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Josh Hazlewood returns to the Australian squad after missing the T20 leg of the Caribbean tour, while Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc have been rested as they prepare for the blockbuster home summer.<\/p>\n<p>The star duo\u2019s omission opens the door for fringe fast bowlers to press their case for higher honours, including the likes of Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett and Lance Morris.<\/p>\n<p>Julian pointed out that national selectors are blooding the next generation of Australian quicks for when Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins decide to hang up the boots in white-ball cricket \u2014 which could happen as soon as next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the T20 World Cup next year in India, you might not see Starc, you might not see Cummins, you might not see Hazlewood,\u201d Julian said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of gaps to be filled, and that\u2019s what I think the selectors are trying to do, they\u2019re trying to get as many cricketers in there (as they can).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s lots of opportunities, I think there will be other players that stick their hands up from a bowling point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has only won six of their 17 most recent T20Is, but the Proteas squad features the likes of Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada. Meanwhile, Australia will be eager for revenge after South Africa bettered the reigning champions during June\u2019s World Test Championship final at Lord\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>The first T20 between Australia and South Africa gets underway at Darwin\u2019s Marrara Oval on Sunday at 7.15pm AEST. It will be Australia\u2019s first match in the North Territory since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Warner &amp; Broad reunite at Lords | 01:02<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO WATCH<\/p>\n<p>Each of the three T20Is and ODIs between Australia and South Africa will be shown live and ad-break free on Foxtel (Channel 501) and <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">streaming platform Kayo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FIXTURES<\/p>\n<p>All times AEST<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, August 10 \u2014 First T20I, Marrara Stadium, Darwin, 7.15pm <\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, August 12 \u2014 Second T20I, Marrara Stadium, Darwin, 7.15pm <\/p>\n<p>Saturday, August 16 \u2014 Third T20I, Cazalys Stadium, Cairns, 7.15pm <\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, August 19 \u2014 First ODI, Cazalys Stadium, Cairns, 2.30pm<\/p>\n<p>Friday, August 22 \u2014 Second ODI, Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, 2.30pm<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, August 22 \u2014 Third ODI, Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, 2.30pm<\/p>\n<p>SQUADS<\/p>\n<p>Australia T20 squad<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matt Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa<\/p>\n<p>South Africa T20 squad<\/p>\n<p>Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, George Linde, Kwena Maphaka, Senuran Muthusamy, Lungi Ngidi, Nqaba Peter, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Prenelan Subrayen, Rassie van der Dussen<\/p>\n<p>Australia ODI squad<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Lance Morris, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa<\/p>\n<p>South Africa ODI squad<\/p>\n<p>Temba Bavuma (c), Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Senuran Muthusamy, Keshav Maharaj, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Prenelan Subrayen<\/p>\n<p>MOST RECENT RESULTS<\/p>\n<p>T20Is<\/p>\n<p>September 3rd, 2023 \u2014 Australia won by five wickets in Durban<\/p>\n<p>September 1st, 2023 \u2014 Australia won by eight wickets in Durban<\/p>\n<p>August 30th, 2023 \u2014 Australia won by 111 runs in Durban<\/p>\n<p>October 23rd, 2023 \u2014 Australia won by five wickets in Abu Dhabi <\/p>\n<p>ODIs<\/p>\n<p>November 16th, 2023 \u2014 Australia won by three wickets in Eden Gardens<\/p>\n<p>October 12th, 2023 \u2014 South Africa won by 134 runs in Lucknow<\/p>\n<p>September 17th, 2023 \u2014 South Africa won by 122 runs in Johannesburg<\/p>\n<p>September 15th, 2023 \u2014 South Africa won by 164 runs in Centurion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Australian all-rounder Brendon Julian has called for Tim David to bat higher in the national T20 side&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-51200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}