SAC vs AAC WCL 2025 Match 12 Highlights: AB de Villiers' brilliant century secured a 95-run win against Australia Champions

SAC vs AAC WCL 2025 Match 12: Man of the Match 

AB de Villiers is the man of the Match in this match. He performed outstandingly well and did not give any chance to the Australian Champions bowlers to come into the game even once. In his tremendous batting, he scored 123 runs in 46 balls at a strike rate of over 267. He also hit 8 sixes and 15 fours in this amazing innings. AB de Villiers, along with JJ Smuts, made a partnership of 187 runs for the first wicket, due to which South Africa's team was successful in making a big score of 241 in the match. Due to the outstanding batting done by AB de Villiers in the match, the Austrian champions lost this match by 95 runs.

SAC vs AAC WCL 2025 Match 12: Top Performers 

AB de Villiers - 123(46)

The kind of brilliant batting that de Villiers has displayed now shows why he is one of the greatest cricketers of all time. He scored his second consecutive century in the tournament and helped his team win a one-sided match. In this match, he scored 123 runs in 46 balls at a strike rate of over 267. His brilliant innings included 8 sixes and 15 fours. De Villiers came in as an opener and shared a 187-run partnership with JJ Smuts. Due to his excellent batting, the South African champions were able to reach a big total of 241 runs in this match.

JJ Smuts - 85(53)

JJ Smuts also played a great innings for the South Africa Champions. He came in as an opener with de Villiers and played a key role in a 187-run partnership for the first wicket. In his innings, he scored 85 runs in 53 balls, which included three sixes and 10 fours, while his strike rate was above 160. When AB de Villiers got out after playing a brilliant innings, wickets fell continuously for the South Africa Champions. In such a situation, Smuts took care of one end and helped increase the score of the team. 

Ben Cutting - 59(29)

Australia's Champions could not get a good start to achieve a big target, and along with the top order, the middle order batsmen also could not do much good. In Australia's innings, only Ben Cutting was the batsman who helped the team's run score move forward. Where none of the other batsmen could survive till 20 runs, Ben Cutting played a 59-run inning in 29 balls, in which their strike rate was above 203. Ban Cutting scored 4 sixes and 6 fours in his innings, due to which Australia succeeded in reaching a respectable score of 146, and Cutting played a major role in reducing the margin of defeat for Australia.

Aaron Phangiso - 4/13 (3.4)

Aaron Phangiso bowled very well for South Africa, due to which Australia remained far away from achieving the target. When Australia got a target of 244 runs, they needed to play a long and aggressive innings, but the superior dominance of Aaron Phangiso prevented them from doing so. He bowled well and took four important wickets for 13 runs in 3.4 overs.

SAC vs AAC WCL 2025 Match 12: 1st innings Summary 

Champions South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first in this match. Having proved the decision to bat right, AB de Villiers and JJ Smuts have given the team the start it wanted. Both started hitting hard on the Australian bowlers right from the start. The result was that Australia got its first success in the 14th over when the two openers of champion South Africa had scored 187 runs in 13.3 overs. After which AB de Villiers was out on the 14th over after scoring 123 runs in 46 balls at a strike rate of 267. After him, JP Duminy came into the batting order, who played 16-run innings in 9 games. However, after that, the Australian champions made a strong comeback in the match and they succeeded in taking 5 wickets of South Africa in the death overs. However, after the dismissal of AB de Villiers, South Africa were losing wickets in quick succession but JJ Smuts played an important role in taking South Africa to a big score of 241 runs by scoring 85 runs in 53 games. In this way, South Africa managed to make a big score of 251 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the first innings. While bowling brilliantly for Australia, Peter Siddle took three wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs.

SAC vs AAC WCL 2025 Match 12: Second Inning Summary 

The start was not particularly good for the Australian Champions, who got a target of 242 runs, and they lost the wicket of Chris Lynn on the first ball of their innings. After him, players like D'Arcy Short, Den Duck, and Daniel Christian also came for bats, but they failed to give Australia a good start in the powerplay, and Australia lost four wickets in the first powerplay. The Australian players failed to do much against the best bowlers of South Africa Champions. However, coming in from the lower middle order, Ben Cutting played an innings of 59 runs in 29 balls, which included 4 sixes and 6 sixers, due to which the Australian Championship team was successful in reaching a decent total of 146 runs. The type of bowling done by South African bowlers is commendable, and they defeated Australia one-sidedly in the entire match. Aaron Phangiso took four wickets for 13 runs in 3.4 overs, while Imran Tahir took three wickets for 27 runs in four overs. Wayne Parnell also successfully got 2 wickets for 14 runs.

Key moment of the Match 

1. AB de Villiers's brilliant innings of 123 runs in 46 balls was the biggest key moment of this match. 
2. South Africa had given a target of 241 runs to the Austrian Champions, after which the Austrian team lost four wickets in the first power play, a key moment for the South Africa Champions.
3. JJ Smuts played a brilliant innings of 85 runs in 53 balls, including 3 sixes and 10 fours, which was the key moment for the South Africa Champions.
4. Aaron Phangiso took 4 wickets off 13 runs in 3.4 overs, which was the key moment of the match for the South Africa Champions.
5. Ben Cutting played a brilliant innings of 59 runs in 29 balls, including 4 sixes and 6 fours, which was the key moment for the Austrian Champions.
6. Imran Tahir took 3 wickets off 27 runs in 4 overs, which was the key moment of the match for the South Africa Champions.