Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MR Marsh
MR Marsh
88(96) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 20 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
0 0 15 10 22 9 17 15
AK Markram
AK Markram
82(81) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 15 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
6 3 2 23 13 14 16 5

Best performances - Bowlers

KA Maharaj
KA Maharaj
O10
M1
R33
W5
Eco3.3
RHB
OFFLEG
4W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
TM Head
TM Head
O9
M0
R57
W4
Eco6.33
RHB
OFFLEG
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

19 August 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Andrew McGlashan

South Africa win by 98 runs and that's been an outstanding performance. Set up by the top order then Keshav Maharaj put on the starring role with five quick wickets after Australia had made a rapid start in the chase. It was a wonderful spell of left-arm spin. Raised some techical questions among Australia's top order. A word, too, for Prenelan Subrayen who was very steady on ODI debut and made the first breakthrough. Mitchell Marsh did his best to lead a revival but there was always too much to do. A few things for the home side to ponder as the series heads to Mackay.

Jack: "I agree with Stuart, Maharaj bowled an amazing spell there. Probably one of the best of his career. Changed the game completely. As a fellow left-arm finger spinner myself, I appreciate a great showing from our kind in cricket" Left-arm spinners unite.

No surprises that Keshav Maharaj is player of the match: "I made my debut in 2016 in Australia so it's a wonderful opportunity to get my first five-for. Just trying to utilize the conditions, the wicket was a little bit sticky with the newer ball so just tried to utilize that and got the reward."

Mitchell Marsh: "Keshav is an outstanding bowler and certainly a little more spin that we expected but at times you have to take your hat off to someone like him. And he won them the game."

Temba Bavuma: "A good all-round performance from the boys. Think we did a good job with the bat. The wicket was a bit slow, a bit two-paced, but we tried to adapt as much as we could. Think we put in a competitive score then the bowlers had seen how the wicket was and did their thing. I was expecting it to turn as much. We felt that it would start to be variable, maybe a bit on the low side, but Kesh again showed his class and was well supported by the other bowlers."

We'll wrap things up there for tonight. South Africa 1-0 up. All the details will be in Firdose's report here shortly. For now, from Gnasher and Alex, it's goodbye and see you on Friday.

40.5
W
Ngidi to Zampa, OUT, all over! Full delivery, Zampa aims to swing through the leg side, gets an inside edge into middle stump

A Zampa b Ngidi 11 (18m 18b 1x4 0x6) SR: 61.11

40.4
0
Ngidi to Zampa, no run, full at middle, defended
40.3
1
Ngidi to Hazlewood, 1 run, round the wicket, slower ball, a loopy full toss that dips on Hazlewood, does well to keep it out
40.2
W
Ngidi to Ellis, OUT, given lbw! Short of a length, keeps low, Ellis goes for a pull and it takes the back leg. Nipped a long way, might have been missing leg. No reviews left. Yep, going down leg.

NT Ellis lbw b Ngidi 14 (37m 20b 1x4 1x6) SR: 70

40.1
1
Ngidi to Zampa, 1 run, short of a length outside off, driven from the back foot and there's a misfield at cover

END OF OVER:
40 | 11 Runs | AUS: 196/8 (101 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 4.90, RRR: 10.10)

  • Nathan Ellis14 (19b)
  • Adam Zampa10 (15b)
  • Prenelan Subrayen10-0-46-1
  • Lungi Ngidi4-0-26-0
39.6
6
Subrayen to Ellis, SIX, top shot! More nice footwork from Ellis, skips down the pitch and bunts it straight down the ground over long-off

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st60MR MarshTM Head
2nd1MR MarshM Labuschagne
3rd6MR MarshC Green
4th8MR MarshJP Inglis
5th0MR MarshAT Carey
6th14MR MarshAM Hardie
7th71MR MarshBJ Dwarshuis
8th14MR MarshNT Ellis
9th23A ZampaNT Ellis
10th1JR HazlewoodA Zampa