{"id":63536,"date":"2025-08-12T21:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63536\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T21:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:54:10","slug":"australia-vs-south-africa-second-t20-scorecard-tim-david-fifty-first-class-cricketer-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63536\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia vs South Africa second T20 scorecard, Tim David fifty, first-class cricketer, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim David has never played a first-class match, but former Australian batter Mark Waugh believes the T20 specialist would \u201cgo very well\u201d in red-ball cricket.<\/p>\n

Last month, the Singapore-born slugger smacked a 37-ball hundred against the West Indies in the Caribbean, the fastest century by an Australian at international level, backing up the record-breaking performance with a 52-ball 83 against South Africa during Sunday\u2019s series opener in Darwin.<\/p>\n

During Tuesday\u2019s run chase at the same venue, David was elevated to No. 4 and hit a 23-ball fifty against the Proteas<\/a>, continuing his red-hot form in the game\u2019s shortest format.<\/p>\n

Across the last 12 months, the Hobart Hurricanes pinch-hitter has blasted 343 runs at 42.87 in T20Is, maintaining an eye-watering strike rate of 190.55.<\/p>\n

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The 29-year-old, who was cut from Western Australia\u2019s rookie list in 2019, has become one of franchise cricket\u2019s most in-demand pinch-hitters, earning national selection in 2022 courtesy of his feats in T20 leagues.<\/p>\n

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But to date, David has only played 20 List A games \u2014 five for Singapore, ten for Surrey, one for Tasmania and four for Australia.<\/p>\n

He has only faced 50 balls in a T20 innings once \u2013 Sunday\u2019s contest in Darwin.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, David\u2019s personal coach Jim Allenby declared he would be a \u201cfantastic\u201c first-class player if he wanted to pursue red-ball cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a doubt he\u2019d perform,\u201d he told CODE Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just what\u2019s the point, and then what the potential downside of doing it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tim David of Australia. Photo by Robert Cianflone\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Speaking on Fox Cricket commentary during South Africa\u2019s 53-run victory at Marrara Stadium, Waugh agreed that David had the makings of a red-ball cricketer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe should go very well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnically pretty sound I think. It\u2019s more a shift in the mental side of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, former Australian spinner Kerry O\u2019Keeffe wasn\u2019t convinced.<\/p>\n

\u201cTest cricket is 65 per cent defence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid hasn\u2019t defended for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waugh responded: \u201cI think it\u2019s easier going back from being an aggressive player to defend than going the other way.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut would he get bored doing it?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just whether he wants to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Speaking to reporters after Sunday\u2019s match, David brushed aside questions about a return to Australia\u2019s ODI set-up despite the recent retirements of Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith and Marcus Stoinis. He played four ODIs against South Africa in 2023, contributing 45 runs at 11.25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not part of the plan for me,\u201d David said of his ODI ambitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, the things I\u2019ve been building towards is the T20 World Cup next year and the major tournaments that are leading up to that.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t operate much further than the next day ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s a nice problem to have, because if I wasn\u2019t scoring any runs, then you wouldn\u2019t be asking that question.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the series tied at 1-1, the third and final T20 between Australia and South Africa gets underway at Cairns\u2019 Cazalys Stadium on Saturday at 7.15pm AEST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim David has never played a first-class match, but former Australian batter Mark Waugh believes the T20 specialist…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-63536","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\/63536","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=63536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}