With Australia down to 29/2, skipper Mitchell Marsh and Tim David launched a scathing counter-attack. This kept the required rate under check. Although Marsh departed, David's 23-ball half-century kept Australia alive.

Tim David continued his form in T20Is from where he left off in the West Indies, in Darwin against South Africa, smashing a 52-ball 83, taking Australia to a competitive score of 178, despite being six down for just 75.

Tim David has led Australia to a 17-run win over South Africa in the first T20, marking international cricket's return to Darwin after 17 years.