Match No – 19, Group 2 – Australia v South Africa
Day and Date – Sun Sep 30, 2012
Match Time – 10:00 GMT | 15:30 local (3.30 pm)
Venue – R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss – Australia elected to field
Result – Australia won by 8 wickets
Man of the match – S Watson

S Watson continued his superb form to propel Australia to another excellent win and seal the place in semi finals.

Earlier Australia won the toss and elected to field first. The decision proved successful as they got two important wickets when the team score was just 8. South Africa lost R Levi and Kallis early and now it was the responsibility of JP Duminy and AB de Villiers to post a decent total. They both got starts but none of them was able to convert it into a big score and finally South Africa could post just 146/5 in 20 overs.

Chasing 147 to win, Australia lost D Warner early but the man of the match, Shane Watson continued from where he left in the last match. He striked the ball to all corners and scored 70 off just 47 balls. Michael Hussey also scored a brilliant 45 and he along with C White took Australia towards a comfortable victory.

Match 19 T20 World Cup 2012 Group 2 – Australia v South Africa Scorecard