Australia V South Africa: First One-day International – Live

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Dewald Brevis is expected to make his ODI debut for South Africa coming - aft smashing 125 not retired and 53 successful nan past mates of T20s against Australia. The Proteas could do pinch Brevis’s powerfulness hitting aft their bowling stocks suffered a immense rustle erstwhile Kagiso Rabada was ruled retired of nan ODI series.

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Proteas Men’s accelerated bowler Kagiso Rabada has been ruled retired of nan three-match One-Day International (ODI) bid against Australia owed to inflammation of his correct ankle.

The 30-year-old underwent a scan connected Monday, which confirmed nan grade of nan injury. He… pic.twitter.com/8SYrKWMgHz

— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) August 19, 2025

The flip will beryllium coming up successful astir 5 minutes – but it seems we tin easy foretell which measurement it will spell if Mitch Marsh gets to determine whether Australia will bat aliases vessel first.

Australia’s middle-order maverick Tim David and South Africa’s rising prima Dewald Brevis lit up nan T20s successful Darwin, but it was near to a much acquainted sanction successful Glenn Maxwell to steer nan hosts location pinch 1 shot to spare successful nan decider held successful Cairns.

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Martin Pegan

Martin Pegan

Hello and invited to unrecorded sum of nan first one-day world betwixt Australia and South Africa astatine Cazalys Stadium. The attraction turns to 3 matches successful nan 50-over format aft a gripping T20 series over nan past mates of weeks that included immoderate powerful hitting successful Darwin past went into a decider held successful Cairns.

Glenn Maxwell was nan leader pinch nan bat arsenic Australia clinched a T20 bid triumph past Saturday night, though nan white-ball awesome will beryllium missing from this group of games aft retiring from ODIs pinch nan adjacent World Cup still 2 years away.

There are a number of different changes to each squad arsenic nan teams springiness opportunities to caller talent and purpose to find nan correct operation and look for nan longer term. Australia’s designated ODI skipper Pat Cummins is unavailable pinch Mitch Marsh again group to return nan reins, while Temba Bavuma will lead South Africa conscionable arsenic he did erstwhile nan sides met successful nan World Test Championship last a mates of months ago.

The teams should beryllium much acquainted pinch nan conditions successful Cairns aft playing astatine nan aforesaid venue 3 days ago, while they will caput to Mackay for nan remaining 2 games successful nan ODI bid to beryllium played connected Friday and Sunday. The forecast is for sunny skies each day and a precocious of 25C earlier it hardly cools for nan 2nd stanza.

First shot will beryllium astatine 2.30pm section clip / AEST. The flip and squad news will beryllium coming up shortly. Meanwhile, fto america cognize your thoughts and predictions – shoot maine an email aliases find maine @martinpegan connected Bluesky aliases X. Let’s get into it!

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