πππππ :β βAustralia Masters vs South Africa Masters
ππππ : March 07, Friday
ππππ : 19:30 PM ISTββ
πππππ : Kotambi Cricket Stadium Vadodara, India, India
ππππππππππ : International Masters League T20, 2025
After a huge win over India Masters, Australia will look to make it back to back wins in this clash against South Africa Masters.
- Australia Masters lost their opening two games before beating India Masters on Wednesday evening.
- South Africa Masters lost their two opening games before beating England Masters on Monday.
- A win for either team will put them on four points and fighting for second place.
Australia Masters vs South Africa Masters
TV channels: The fans can watch the match live on Hotstar
Live Streaming: Live streaming of the match will be available on the FAFA191 Cricket Exchange India and website.
AUSM vs SAM Match Prediction & Analysis
Across the history of T20 tournaments, teams have begun the group stage with poor form or with back to back defeats before kicking on and qualifying for the knockouts after an improvement in form.
This is what both Australia Masters and South Africa Masters will be targeting after they both lost their first two games in this 2025 International Masters League before convincing victories over India Masters and England Masters respectably.
For Australia Masters, their victory was all the more impressive as India Masters brought a 100% record into that clash, whereas South Africa Masters were expected to get off the mark against England Masters as the latter had been playing so poorly.
TEAMS PREVIEW
Australia Masters Preview
Any team who can beat any India side in any format is one to be taken seriously and this Australia Masters side are certainly now going to be feared across the competition after they saw off India Masters by an incredible 95 run margin.
Considering India Masters had won all three of their games prior to the fixture and were sitting pretty with a two point cushion at the top, shows just how impressive Australia Masters were!
Shane Watson and Ben Dunk will both come into this game after hitting unbeaten centuries in the win over India Masters and between them they hit 17 sixes.
With the ball, Xavier Doherty will have his tail up after taking 5/25 and all but Nathan Coulter-Nile took a wicket in the famous win on Wednesday evening.
South Africa Masters Preview
When two teams who have both lost all their games go head to head it is rarely pretty but South Africa Masters produced their best performance of the tournament to date when they saw off England Masters, winning by seven wickets with 11 balls remaining, on Monday.
The game could not have got off to a better start for South Africa Masters who dismissed both of England Mastersβ openers for ducks and although there was then some resistance from the middle order, the bowlers all kept their economy rates below 10.00 and restricted England to 157/6. Garnett Kruger and Henry Davids were the most impressive but the whole unit will need to be better against Australia Masters.
With the bat, Hashim Amla and Alviro Petersen both come into this game after hitting half-centuries in the victory and make up an impressive top four batters.
Weather Conditions
The weather forecast for Friday in Vadodara is the same as we have seen throughout the competition. Wall to wall sunshine during the day with the temperature still up in the high twenties late into the evening.
AUSM vs SAM Pitch Report
Overall this has been a very good batting wicket with the players who enjoy pace on the ball making the most of the surface. We expect more of the same in this game with a par score likely to be over 200 in the first innings of the match.
Toss: To Bowl
Although Australia Masters beat India Masters by batting first on Wednesday evening, more teams have won when chasing in this tournament so we predict that both teams will want to bowl first.