- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 Markram bags a duck! Perfect start for Hazlewood and Australia. Back of a length and kicks up outside off as Hazlewood generates extra bounce. Markram can't get on top of the bounce. He stabs at the ball in the air and Connolly holds onto a one-handed screamer. He leaps to his left from cover-point, stretches out his left hand, and comes down with the ball in one hand 0/16.6 Excellent comeback from Hazlewood after being taken for a brace of sixes early in this over. Full tempter. Pushed wider of off. Finishes wider than a set of stumps outside off. De Kock goes for an expansive drive away from the body with no feet and snicks it behind to Carey. Gone for 15 off 13 balls 36/237.3 X runs in from sweeper cover and completes the catch! On a length and on the stumps, Bavuma tries to cut loose after posting a century, but holes out to X. He manufactures swinging room and aims to pump it over the top, but ends up slicing it in the air. Bavuma gets a rousing reception from Wanderers as he walks back to the SA dressing room 249/415.3 Edwards extracts some extra bounce and has Breetzke nicking off! Rears up from a back of a length outside off and jags away. Breetzke has a waft at it on the back foot and feeds an outside edge behind to Carey. Edwards looks pleased with his first-over strikec. Breetzke drags himself off the field. Worth noting that this is Edwards' maiden international scalp 93/346.3 Caught by Cam Green running back from point. End of a terrific innings from Miller. Edwards hides it away from the swinging arc of Miller. Possibly a slower ball wide of off. Miller loses his shape, slices it in the air and holes out. He raises his bat to the crowd and walks back. This is Edwards' first five-for in his one-day career 331/739.3 Edwards claims his third! Lifter outside off, another slowie from Edwards. Stubbs is early into a hook and is surprised by the lack of pace and sharp lift. He flaps it behind to Carey off a top edge 261/543.6 Spliced away into the gloves of Carey as Edwards bags his fourth wicket! Slower short ball into the pitch. Edwards hides it away from the reach of the swinging batter. Jansen skies it in the air and Carey holds onto it 307/648.5 dug in short on off, keeps rising at Fortuin who aims to slog-pull it over the leg side. Instead, he sends a top edge behind to Carey for a straightforward catch. Hazlewood rushes Fortuin for pace and bounce and collects his third scap 353/849.3 trapped plumb in front! Bartlett gets among the wickets in the final over of the innings. Maharaj shuffles across off, but this full and straight, bang in front of middle. Maharaj doesn't lay bat on ball. That's as plumb as it can get 360/9Extras9 (lb 3, w 6)TOTAL365/9 (50 Overs, RR: 7.3)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Aiden Markram, 0.1 ov), 2-36 (Quinton de Kock, 6.6 ov), 3-93 (Matthew Breetzke, 15.3 ov), 4-249 (Temba Bavuma, 37.3 ov), 5-261 (Tristan Stubbs, 39.3 ov), 6-307 (Marco Jansen, 43.6 ov), 7-331 (David Miller, 46.3 ov), 8-353 (Bjorn Fortuin, 48.5 ov), 9-360 (Keshav Maharaj, 49.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JR Hazlewood 10 0 70 3 7 32 8 3 1 0 XC Bartlett 10 1 70 1 7 33 6 4 3 0 NT Ellis 4 0 22 0 5.5 13 3 0 1 0 A Zampa 9 0 77 0 8.55 15 11 1 0 0 CPL Connolly 4 0 27 0 6.75 5 1 1 0 0 J Edwards 10 0 67 5 6.7 28 4 4 1 0 MT Renshaw 3 0 29 0 9.66 5 2 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.6 bowled him! 90kph skidding through! Marsh kept playing back and Fortuin finally got the length and pace right to skid it through off a good length, it hit the back pad and crashed into off. Marsh leaves another half-century unconverted 130/124.6 straight ball from Markram and it thuds into the front pad of Head as he misses the sweep. The finger goes up and Head reviews almost immediately, which makes me wonder if he had hit this. Too full for the sweep, keeps coming in from around the wicket and thumps the front pad in line with middle. Flat line on UltraEdge as ball passes bat. Head runs out of luck and is pinned lbw. Ball-tracking confirms that it would've crashed into middle 191/319.6 Chipped in the air and caught at short midwicket by Markram. Soft dismissal. Innocuous delivery on the hips, this is a half-hearted flick from Connolly. He pops it up in the air for Markram to snag the catch. SA are right back in this contest 157/227.2 Another appeal for lbw, and umpire Illingworth raises his finger! Carey walks off straightaway. Pretty full and slides into the pads, Carey plays back to it instead of pressing forward and getting closer to the pitch. Smacked on the pad in line with middle and that's adjacent. Carey knows it and does not even bother to review 203/436.2 given lbw! Renshaw reviews. Another ball spinning back from outside off. Renshaw plays back and it zips past the inside edge and hits him flush on the knee roll infront of middle and off. No bat involved. Ball tracking has it hitting in line and hitting leg. Australia lose the review. Renshaw goes 241/539.3 Green holes out! Beaten in flight he slices it down deep long-off's throat. Beautifully bowled by Fortuin. Tossed up, inviting him out, he skips out but is beaten in flight, he reaches for it and slices it high to wide long-off and it's easily held by Marco Jansen 251/646.2 holes out to long-on! Great catch by Breetzke! Knuckle ball wide of off, he tries to launch straight and mistimes it, Breetzke runs to his left and takes a great tumbling catch 312/747.4 139kph, cracking yorker! An appeal for lbw is given not out. South Africa review. This is close. Stunning yorker speared at the base of leg. He can't get the bat down and it hit the back foot. Ball tracking has it smashing the base of leg! Out! Decision overturned. What a delivery to end Australia's slim hopes 322/946.3 holes out to deep point! Short and wide, 138kph, there to hit, Zampa goes up with the cut but doesn't hit it hard enough to clear Maharaj at deep point 312/849.5 chipped to mid-off! South Africa win the series. Full, outside leg, he backs away and tries to loft over mid-off but just chips it to the fielder on the circle 333/10Extras5 (b 1, lb 2, w 2)TOTAL333 all out (49.5 Overs, RR: 6.68)Fall of wickets: 1-130 (Mitchell Marsh, 16.6 ov), 2-157 (Cooper Connolly, 19.6 ov), 3-191 (Travis Head, 24.6 ov), 4-203 (Alex Carey, 27.2 ov), 5-241 (Matt Renshaw, 36.2 ov), 6-251 (Cameron Green, 39.3 ov), 7-312 (Jack Edwards, 46.2 ov), 8-312 (Adam Zampa, 46.3 ov), 9-322 (Xavier Bartlett, 47.4 ov), 10-333 (Josh Hazlewood, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Jansen 7 0 53 2 7.57 22 7 2 1 0 LB Williams 7.5 0 54 3 6.89 24 6 2 0 0 D Jansen 5 0 44 0 8.8 13 5 2 0 0 KA Maharaj 10 0 54 2 5.4 27 4 1 0 0 AK Markram 10 0 55 1 5.5 26 3 2 0 0 BC Fortuin 10 0 70 2 7 26 6 3 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Match days
27 September 2026 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 5.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - T Bavuma (Struck down)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 1
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 214 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 12.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Jacobs, Batter - MP Breetzke (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (T Bavuma 17, MP Breetzke 33, Ex 0)
- Drinks: South Africa - 92/2 in 15.0 overs (T Bavuma 42, MP Breetzke 34)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 1
- T Bavuma: 50 off 61 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (T Bavuma 21, DA Miller 27, Ex 2)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 25.4 overs (154 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: South Africa - 181/3 in 30.0 overs (T Bavuma 78, DA Miller 49)
- DA Miller: 50 off 45 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 91 balls (T Bavuma 47, DA Miller 50, Ex 4)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 31.2 overs (188 balls), Extras 5
- T Bavuma: 100 off 112 balls (10 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 128 balls (T Bavuma 60, DA Miller 86, Ex 4)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 37.6 overs (228 balls), Extras 5
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 100 runs, 4 wickets)
- DA Miller: 100 off 73 balls (10 x 4, 5 x 6)
- South Africa: 300 runs in 43.3 overs (261 balls), Extras 9
- South Africa: 350 runs in 48.1 overs (289 balls), Extras 9
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 49.1 - 50.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 365/9 in 50.0 overs (D Jansen 27, LB Williams 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 77 runs, 0 wicket)
- Australia: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (MR Marsh 36, TM Head 16, Ex 0)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 176 runs, 6 wickets)
- MR Marsh: 50 off 32 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Australia: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 85 balls (MR Marsh 61, TM Head 38, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Australia - 130/1 in 17.0 overs (TM Head 45)
- TM Head: 50 off 53 balls (8 x 4)
- Australia: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 1
- Over 24.6: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Jacobs, Batter - TM Head (Struck down)
- Australia: 200 runs in 26.3 overs (159 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Australia - 241/4 in 36.0 overs (MT Renshaw 32, C Green 13)
- Over 36.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Jacobs, Batter - MT Renshaw (Struck down)
- Over 38.5: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Jacobs, Batter - J Edwards (Struck down)
- Australia: 250 runs in 38.6 overs (234 balls), Extras 1
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 80 runs, 4 wickets)
- Australia: 300 runs in 45.3 overs (273 balls), Extras 2
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (J Edwards 17, XC Bartlett 35, Ex 1)
- XC Bartlett: 50 off 26 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Over 47.4: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - NT Ellis (Upheld)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsMiller, Bavuma, spinners seal South Africa's series win
Ellis suffered a side injury and bowled just four overs, leaving Australia's attack depleted
South Africa make four changes, Australia opt to bowl without Cummins
Rickelton out for personal reasons, Markram returns, Jansen twins play together for the first time in an international, Starc rested while Cummins remains unavailable
Inglis in doubt for South Africa Tests after fractured finger rules him out of ODIs
In his absence, Alex Carey will return to wicketkeeping role for the last two ODIs
South Africa look to secure the early honours over Australia
There will be interest in whether Aiden Markram and Pat Cummins return for their respective teams in Johannesburg
Australia could face a trial by spin... in South Africa
Recent Tests in Durban and Gqeberha have shown a tendency to bring slow bowlers into play





