Australia Stack Up Runs And Salvage Pride With Huge Win Over South Africa

Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Cameron Green smashed blistering hundreds arsenic Australia steamrollered South Africa by 276 runs successful nan 3rd and last one-day world of nan bid successful Mackay.

South Africa had already clinched nan series, leaving nan 50-over world champions to play for pridefulness successful nan past match. Australia’s opening brace group nan reside pinch a 250-run business betwixt player-of-the-match Head (142) and Marsh (100), earlier an incendiary unbeaten 118 from Green powered Australia to a mammoth 2-431.

The hosts deed 18 sixes arsenic they posted their second-highest full successful men’s ODIs – down only their 434 against nan aforesaid guidance successful 2006. In response, South Africa were each retired for 155 successful 24.5 overs, pinch spinner Cooper Connolly completing figures of 5 for 22.

“A beautiful crazy day, wasn’t it?,” Australia skipper Marsh said. “A afloat capacity from nan lads. Shame, it was a small spot excessively precocious but afloat in installments to South Africa. They played outstandingly good successful nan first 2 games.”

With Kagiso Rabada missing nan bid owed to wounded and Lungi Ngidi rested for nan last ODI, South Africa’s gait onslaught lacked its accustomed firepower. After electing to bat, Head and Marsh milked 86 runs from nan first 10 overs to awesome Australia’s intentions.

Australia raced to nan 100-run people successful nan 13th complete and Head reached his 100 disconnected 80 balls, taking a azygous disconnected spinner Senuran Muthusamy to scope nan milestone. The hosts sewage to 250 successful nan 34th complete but instantly mislaid Head, who was caught disconnected spinner Keshav Maharaj aft hitting 5 sixes and 17 fours.

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Australia's Cooper Connolly (left) celebrates aft taking nan wicket of South Africa's Tony de Zorzi. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

Marsh, who besides struck 5 sixes, brought up his 100 earlier he fell fluffing a slog-sweep to Muthusamy, but location was nary respite for South Africa arsenic Green produced a sensational show of powerfulness hitting.

The all-rounder raced to a 47-ball hundred, his maiden and nan 2nd fastest by an Australian successful a men’s ODI, and blasted 8 sixes successful his unbeaten 118 disconnected 55 balls. Alex Carey contributed 50 not retired arsenic Australia group a immense target.

In reply, South Africa slumped to 50-4 successful nan ninth complete and ne'er recovered. Dewald Brevis (49) and Tony de Zorzi (33) provided little guidance but Connolly, backed up by superb catching from his teammates, ran done South Africa’s mediate order.

“We were nether nan pump from nan first ball,” nan South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma said. “They put america nether pressure. They made it look for illustration a very bully surface. They were acold amended than america today.”