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Australia will have to cry tears of joy ahead of the ODI World Cup 2023 starting next month. Australia lost the five-match ODI series against South Africa 2-3. South Africa created history by beating Australia by 122 runs in the fifth and deciding match on Sunday. In fact, South Africa have achieved the feat of winning the series for the third time after trailing 0-2 in the five-match men’s ODI series. South Africa had previously won the series in this manner against Pakistan in 2003 and England in 2016. Bangladesh (against Zimbabwe in 2005) and Australia (against India in 2019) achieved this feat once each.
In the fifth ODI played in Johannesburg, Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. Hosts South Africa did not get off to a good start. Captain Temba Bavuma (0) was run out in the second over. Opener Quinton de Kock (27 off 39 balls) returned to the pavilion in the 12th over and van der Dusen (30 off 48 balls) returned to the pavilion in the 19th over. Henrik Klaasen’s bat, who played a storming innings of 174 runs in the last match, remained quiet. He scored 6 runs off 1 ball and was dismissed in the 24th over.
However, Aiden Markram (93 off 87 balls) held one end firmly. He shared an important partnership of 109 runs for the fifth wicket with David Miller (63 off 65 balls). Markram was dismissed in the 42nd over and Miller in the 45th over. Miller shared 46 runs for the sixth wicket with Marco Janselen (47). Phehlukwayo contributed 39 runs off 19 balls. South Africa scored 315 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. For Australia, Adam Zampa took three wickets and Sean Abbott took two wickets. Team David, Nathan Ellis and Cameron Green got one wicket each.
At the same time, Australia did not get off to a better start when chasing the target. Captain Mitchell Marsh (71 off 56 balls) and David Warner (10 off 6 balls) shared a 34-run partnership for the first wicket. Marco trapped Warner and Josh Inglis (0) in the fourth over. Marsh shared a 90-run stand for the third wicket with Marnus Labuschagne (44 off 63 balls). Mitchell fell prey to Marco in the 20th over, after which Australian wickets began to fall. Australia lost the last seven wickets after adding only 69 runs. Australia’s innings was reduced to 194 runs in 34.1 overs. Only three Australian players could cross the 20 mark. Abbott scored 23 runs off 26 balls. Marco opened his paw for South Africa. He took 5 wickets for 39 runs in 8 overs. Keshav Maharaj took four wickets for 33 runs in 9.1 overs. Phehlukwayo got one wicket.