Proteas
South Africa’s men’s and women’s national cricket teams had tough outings at the crease on Friday going down to Australia and Pakistan respectively.
Australia clinched the KFCT20I series with a comfortable win at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead, to go 2-nil up in the three-match series.
The Proteas, who were blown away by 111 runs on Wednesday, with the visitors following that up with another commanding performance, winning by eight wickets.
The third T20I takes place on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Proteas Women finished on the wrong side of a nail-biting contest at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday, as Pakistan secured a five-wicket win in the first of three T20 Internationals.
Tazmin Brits continued her form at the crease with a Player of the Match performance and a personal best score of 78 off 64 balls.
Her knock included nine fours and one six, to help the visitors post 150/3 before the home side produced a gutsy effort to seal the win with the last ball of the match.
The second T20I takes place on Sunday.
