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RESULTODI1st ODI · Kingsmead, Durban
South Africa vs Australia
South Africa won by 67 runs
Australia won the toss and chose to bowl
- Match
- South Africa vs Australia, 1st ODI
- Date
- 24 Sep 2026
- Start
- 13:30 IST · 08:00 GMT
- Venue
- Kingsmead, Durban
- Toss
- Australia won the toss and chose to bowl
Venue guide
- Capacity
- 25,000
- Ends
- Umgeni End, Old Fort End
- Home to
- KwaZulu-Natal, Natal
- Floodlights
- Yes
| Matthew BreetzkeSouth Africa · Wicketkeeper | 112 (106)Bat · R (B) | 144s | 26s | 105.7SR | run out (Cooper Connolly)Out |
SASouth Africa 297/8 (50.0)
AUSAustralia 230 (41.2)
RUNS PER OVER
SCORE BY OVER
Final overs
Full commentary- 168/5 to 297/8 with the bat. 129/1 to 230/10 with the ball. That's how South Africa turned things around in front of a passionate Durban crowd. That's all we have from this competitive game of cricket. The action moves to Johannesburg and tune in on Sunday for the second ODI. Until then, goodbye...
- Stats by Shashikant Singh South Africa spinners today (by lengths) Half Volley (1.5-3m): 0/4 (4 balls), ER: 6.0 Good (3-5m): 4/29 (64 balls), ER: 2.71 Back of a Length(5-6m): 2/14 (30 balls), ER: 2.8 Short (6m+): 0/7 (6 balls), ER: 7.00 Australia chasing today Overs 1-10: 96/1 Overs 11-20: 50/2 Overs 21-30: 43/3 Overs 31-41.2: 41/4 Marco Jansen’s four catches are the joint-second most (with six others) by a South African in an ODI innings, behind Jonty Rhodes’ five vs WI in 1993. Player with 50+ runs, 1+ wickets & 4+ catches in an ODI match Sachin Tendulkar vs PAK, Dhaka, 1998 Younis Khan vs ZIM, Harare, 2002 Michael Clarke vs IND, Melbourne, 2004 Marcus Labuschagne vs ENG, Nottingham, 2024 Marco Jansen vs AUS, Durban, 2026* Keshav Maharaj vs AUS in ODIs Mats: 13 Wkts: 22 Avg: 22.04 ER: 4.02 BBI: 5/33 22 wickets by Keshav Maharaj is the joint-most by a South African spinner against Australia in ODIs along with Pat Symcox (22). This is Keshav Maharaj’s fifth 4-wicket haul in ODIs - the second-most for a South Africa spinner after Imran Tahir (10). Maharaj’s 4/20 is the second-best ODI figures by a South African spinner against Australia at home, behind Boje’s 5/12 in Cape Town in 2002. Six wickets by South Africa spinners is the joint-most by them against Australia in an ODI innings. >> Fourth straight home win for South Africa over Australia - all batting first.
- Bavuma (2/2): [On the bowlers] You've got guys with a strong desire to make it for the team. It's opportunities for certain guys. They're very hungry to make the play for the team. Fortunately, we have a guy like Keshav, who from the spin department, who kind of helps in terms of the bowling overall. We've got a guy like Bjorn Fortuin as well, who's got a wealth of first-class experience. So I think that kind of balances it out. The spinners did an incredible job on the other side. In all, we kind of managed it quite well, the short boundary on this side and the two left-arm spinners on the other side. [On the second ODI and the Pink Day in the next game] Different conditions. We'll see what Wanderers has for us, and of course we're looking forward to the pink day. As per pink, we'll obviously play for the good cause of breast cancer.
- Temba Bavuma (1/2): Very satisfied for me. It was a good fight from the batters, from the bowlers. Looking at how both innings started in the first ten, both of them we were under pressure, but we managed. With the bat, get ourselves to a very competitive score on that wicket, and then similarly with the bowling as well. Again under pressure after the first ten, but we kind of stuck in and we were able to get on the right side of that result. [On the conditions and what South Africa expected coming into the game] I think I was hoping to win the toss. That's the first thing. As batters, we knew it was going to be tough. It's obviously a different thing when you're out there. They really put us under pressure, hitting those Test lengths and lines hard. We tried to make the play now and then. You saw after the first ten that we were under pressure. In saying that, we still stayed in it. Matthew Breetzke, the way that he batted, positions he showed, the intensity, I think that's something that all of us, we can commend. Jansen as well at the end, being able to add a couple of punches there, that got us to a good total. Then with the ball, we're probably poor in the first ten. I think the only nice thing is that you expect Australians to play like that. The challenge is always to make sure that the body language is positive, but I think mentally just staying in the game. We just waited for the opportunity to turn it to your favour.
- Mitchell Marsh: [On his reaction to the defeat] Pretty disappointed. Like I said, outplayed us. Getting 100 of the last ten overs. We came close, but we fell well short tonight. [On South Africa reaching nearly 300 after Australia restricted them early] We sort of know that's the way that they tend to play. They like to build in their fifty overs and go hard in the last sort of ten, fifteen. We pushed to try and get that extra couple of wickets there and it didn't quite go our way and I thought Marco (Jansen) batted very well. It was hard to bowl to, particularly with that short boundary. So credit where credit's due. They did well to get to 300 on that wicket and then obviously we had opportunities, probably sounding like a broken record and it comes to partnerships without batting, but we weren't able to form many tonight. [On the importance of partnerships after getting the required run rate down] Well, we managed to get the run-rate down and from there, as I said, it was about forming partnerships. We needed Maharaj and Bjorn Fortuin to be key for us in the way that we played them. Unfortunately, weren't able to execute long enough for long periods of time, but that's the way it goes. I think it's good learning. It's a great opportunity for us if we come up against that in game two to learn from this and get better and try and make it one-all. [On moving from Durban to the Wanderers and adapting to the conditions] Look, I'm a little bit unsure of how that wicket's playing these days. It's been a while for me. But as a batter I know the ball travels, and as someone who doesn't bowl anymore, it's quite nice going up there.
- Matthew Breetzke | Player of the Match - [On reflecting on his innings and putting the team in a strong position] Not really, to be honest. You're right up there. I think, really tricky (wicket). Those first two wickets went down against a world-class bowling attack. I really had to dig deep, and it took a lot out of me, but I'm just grateful that I got through and scored that 100 for everyone. [On the batting approach to combat the difficult conditions] The chat was just to play straight. I think as soon as you looked (to play) too square, you saw a couple of balls result in leading edges and stuff like that. So it was just to play straight, have good body language and get through. [On Marco's attacking approach during their partnership] I think if you look at him, when he's at his best, he looks to attack. So I don't think it was necessarily a plan from him. He got one away and then he just led with the momentum and I was happy to feed him strong. [On the celebration after scoring a hundred from number four] Well, obviously I've been batting four for the last sort of year, so I'm getting used to that role now. But I think the celebration was more just because it was so tough upfront and I actually found myself there a lot. So it was just a great feeling.
- 17:53 Local Time, 15:53 GMT, 21:23 IST: Good all-round performance from South Africa to go 1-0 up in this three-match ODI series. Australia opted to bowl and removed both the South African openers cheaply. Despite a couple of decent partnerships, the hosts were reduced to 168/5. That's when Matthew Breetzke and Marco Jansen forged a brilliant 107-run stand. The former recorded his second ODI ton while the latter registered his joint highest ODI score to take their team to 297. In reply, the Aussies got off to a rollicking start. Mitch Marsh hit boundaries for fun and raced to 60 inside the powerplay. Maharaj provided the much-needed breakthrough by dismissing Marsh in the 10th over. The way Head and Connolly were batting, things looked rosy for the visitors. Just like the first innings, the Proteas fought back and in style. Poor shots, disciplined bowling and flawless fielding resulted in Australia losing the momentum altogether. Maharaj was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets, Fortuin bowled beautifully as well to take two important wickets and the pacers accounted for the remaining wickets. Special mention to Jansen, who pulled off an incredible catch to dismiss Renshaw, which eventually triggered a collapse as Australia lost their last four wickets for just 15 runs.
- Over 42 · 0 runs (0 W) · 1 wkt
- 41.2WKeshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, out Caught by Matthew Breetzke!! South Africa win by 67 runs! Adam Zampa gets down to play the slogsweep and top-edges due to the extra bounce. Matthew Breetzke, the centurion in the first innings, runs in and tumbles to complete a fine catch. Adam Zampa c Matthew Breetzke b Keshav Maharaj 7(15) [4s-1]
- Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 41.1•Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, no run, 84.2kph, non-turner, knocked towards wide mid-on
- Josh Hazlewood, left handed bat, comes to the crease
- End of over 41 · 6 runs (0 1 0 4 1 W) · 1 wktAUS 230/9Nathan Ellis 4(10) · Adam Zampa 7(13) · Corbin Bosch 9-0-67-2
- 40.6WCorbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, out Bowled!! Chopped on! 138.4kph, hard length from Bosch, Ellis shapes to heave it through midwicket and ends up dragging it onto his stumps via an inside edge. Nathan Ellis b Corbin Bosch 4(10)
- Corbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
- 40.51Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, 1 run, 129.8kph, short and that's been pulled to deep square leg
- 40.44Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, FOUR, 140.5kph, shortened length, Zampa stands tall and slams it over mid-off for a one-bounce four
- 40.3•Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, no run, 134.8kph, pitched up delivery, driven straight to mid-off
- 40.21Corbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, 1 run, 139.5kph, tails in a bit does this length ball, Ellis stays leg-side and manages to guide it to third man
- 40.1•Corbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, no run, skiddy ball on a short of a good length outside off, Ellis slashes and misses. Bit of extra bounce as well
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton de Kockc Josh Inglis b Nathan Ellis | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 77.8 |
| Tony de Zorzic Matt Renshaw b Josh Hazlewood | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Temba Bavumac Josh Inglis b Adam Zampa | 30 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Matthew Breetzkerun out (Cooper Connolly) | 112 | 106 | 14 | 2 | 105.7 |
| Ryan Rickeltonc Matt Renshaw b Adam Zampa | 27 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 103.8 |
| David Millerc & b Nathan Ellis | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 |
| Marco Jansenlbw b Nathan Ellis | 75 | 59 | 7 | 4 | 127.1 |
| Corbin Bosch*not out | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 |
| Gerald Coetzeerun out (Josh Inglis) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 150.0 |
| Bjorn Fortuin*not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
Extras14 (b 0, lb 6, w 8, nb 0)
Total297/8 (50.0 ov, RR 5.94)
Did not bat: Keshav Maharaj
Fall of wickets: 6-1 (Tony de Zorzi, 3.1 ov), 29-2 (Quinton de Kock, 7.1 ov), 83-3 (Temba Bavuma, 18.1 ov), 125-4 (Ryan Rickelton, 24.3 ov), 168-5 (David Miller, 33.5 ov), 275-6 (Matthew Breetzke, 47.2 ov), 289-7 (Marco Jansen, 49.0 ov), 296-8 (Gerald Coetzee, 49.5 ov)
| Bowler · AUS | O | M | R | W | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 10 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 10 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Nathan Ellis | 10 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 5.70 |
| Jack Edwards | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 5.60 |
| Adam Zampa | 7 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 7.14 |
| Cooper Connolly | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Matt Renshaw | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 |
South Africa- 1Quinton de Kock(wk)Wicketkeeper
- 2Tony de ZorziBatter
- 3Temba Bavuma(c)Batter
- 4Matthew BreetzkeWicketkeeper
- 5Ryan RickeltonWicketkeeper
- 6David MillerBatter
- 7Marco JansenAll-rounder
- 8Corbin BoschAll-rounder
- 9Gerald CoetzeeBowler
- 10Bjorn FortuinBowler
- 11Keshav MaharajBowler
Bench
Australia- 1Mitchell Marsh(c)All-rounder
- 2Travis HeadBatter
- 3Cooper ConnollyAll-rounder
- 4Josh Inglis(wk)Wicketkeeper
- 5Matt RenshawBatter
- 6Cameron GreenAll-rounder
- 7Jack EdwardsAll-rounder
- 8Mitchell StarcBowler
- 9Nathan EllisBowler
- 10Adam ZampaBowler
- 11Josh HazlewoodBowler
Bench
- 41.2WKeshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, out Caught by Matthew Breetzke!! South Africa win by 67 runs! Adam Zampa gets down to play the slogsweep and top-edges due to the extra bounce. Matthew Breetzke, the centurion in the first innings, runs in and tumbles to complete a fine catch. Adam Zampa c Matthew Breetzke b Keshav Maharaj 7(15) [4s-1]
- 40.6WCorbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, out Bowled!! Chopped on! 138.4kph, hard length from Bosch, Ellis shapes to heave it through midwicket and ends up dragging it onto his stumps via an inside edge. Nathan Ellis b Corbin Bosch 4(10)
- 40.44Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, FOUR, 140.5kph, shortened length, Zampa stands tall and slams it over mid-off for a one-bounce four
- 38.1WCorbin Bosch to Mitchell Starc, out Caught by Marco Jansen!! Holes out! 138.9kph, length ball from over the wicket, Starc clears his front leg to clear the fence. The length isn't full enough to be executing it easily. The timing goes awry and hits it straight down long-on's throat. After taking a screamer, Jansen receives a dolly. Australia lose their eighth wicket. Mitchell Starc c Marco Jansen b Corbin Bosch 16(27) [4s-2]
- 36.2WGerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, out Caught by Marco Jansen!! Oh my! Jansen has pulled off something spectacular. Shortish ball, Renshaw pulls and miscues as it comes off the splice of the bat. The big man - Jansen - runs to his right from deep midwicket. Just when it looked like the ball would fall out of his reach, he brings his long hand into play. Fully outstretches his right hand as he slides across to take a one-handed catch. The brilliance doesn't end there. He does a great job in ensuring that the ball doesn't make contact with the ground. He grabs it with just two fingers - thumb and index finger - and then twists his wrists to make sure that it's a clean catch. Wow! Great catch! Matt Renshaw c Marco Jansen b Gerald Coetzee 44(49) [4s-6]
- 36.14Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, FOUR, 137.1kph, pitched up delivery from round the wicket and Renshaw goes after it. Walks across, bends his back leg and swings hard to drill it straight of mid-on. Uppish but he's muscled it
- 30.64Marco Jansen to Matt Renshaw, FOUR, 137.7kph, full and too straight, Renshaw helps it on its way to fine leg. Flicked t between the keeper and the short fine leg fielder. 14 runs off the over, 200 up as well for Australia
- 30.34Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, FOUR, 131.9kph, boundary off the free-hit! Full toss, Starc backs away, clears his front leg and heaves it through midwicket
- 30.24Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, FOUR, 131.6kph, Jansen pulls his length back, Starc spots it early, stands tall, waits for the ball and pulls it over midwicket. It's off the inner part of the bat but the connection is good enough
- 29.3WKeshav Maharaj to Jack Edwards, out Caught by Marco Jansen!! Edged and caught! Lovely bowling from Maharaj and he has his 3rd wicket - tossed up slower and just outside off, hangs in the air and Edwards is drawn forward, he does so tentatively, looks to play with soft hands and gets an outside edge. Soft hands alright, but that's from Jansen at slip as he gobbles up the chance. Australia in trouble as the hosts open up the lower-order. Jack Edwards c Marco Jansen b Keshav Maharaj 5(15)
- 25.2WKeshav Maharaj to Cameron Green, out Caught by Matthew Breetzke!! The spinners are on a roll and it's yet another loose shot by an Australian batter - was a fraction short and Green backed himself on the pull, but the ball stopped on him slightly and he doesn't get hold of the shot. Plenty of height on the pull and it's a simple catch to the fielder at wide long-on. Cameron Green c Matthew Breetzke b Keshav Maharaj 5(10)
- 24.44Corbin Bosch to Matt Renshaw, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Renshaw - short of a length and angling into the left-hander, Renshaw shuffles across, gets inside the line and then clips it backward of square on the on-side, beat the diving fielder to the ropes
- 24.34Corbin Bosch to Matt Renshaw, FOUR, that's easy for Renshaw - too straight from Bosch, the left-hander gets inside the line and then tickles it fine, sends it racing away to the fine leg boundary
- 23.34Bjorn Fortuin to Matt Renshaw, FOUR, cracking shot, too full and too wide from Fortuin - Renshaw gets a big stride forward and then hammers the drive through extra-cover, no need to run for those
- 21.6WBjorn Fortuin to Cooper Connolly, out Caught by David Miller!! That's an excellent catch in the deep and the spinners continue to chip away - David Miller ran a long way in from long-on, kept his eyes on the ball all along and completes the catch even as he slid onto the ground. Was nicely tossed up outside off and Connolly backed himself on the slog-sweep, gets it low off the bat, plenty of height and no real distance. Another batter who has thrown away his wicket after getting a start, Australia in some bother now. Cooper Connolly c David Miller b Bjorn Fortuin 38(42) [4s-4 6s-1]
- 20.14Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, FOUR, beautifully played, fuller length delivery and angling into the left-hander - Renshaw leans across, lets the ball come and then plays a lovely on-drive, the timing is pristine as the ball raced away to the ropes, brings up Australia's 150
- 18.54Gerald Coetzee to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, nicely played, a wide full-toss and Connolly doesn't miss out - plays with an open face and finds the gap to the right of backward point, no need to run for those
- 17.6WBjorn Fortuin to Josh Inglis, out Caught by Marco Jansen!! The spinners are doing the job for South Africa - the pressure was building and Inglis looks for the reverse sweep, but it's pushed through by Fortuin and he's caught in an awkward position on the shot. A hint of bounce, the ball catches the glove and pops straight up, Jansen jogs back at slip and completes a simple catch. Josh Inglis c Marco Jansen b Bjorn Fortuin 3(8)
- 16.1WMarco Jansen to Travis Head, out Caught by David Miller!! A big leading edge and the dangerous Head has been dismissed. A cross-seam delivery around off, Head was on one leg as he shaped for the whip, closed the face of the bat and gets a thick leading edge. Has enough power behind it to go all the way to third man where Miller scoops it up with glee. Much needed wicket for South Africa, can they stem the flow of runs now? Travis Head c David Miller b Marco Jansen 36(37) [4s-5]
- 15.24Bjorn Fortuin to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, beautifully played, tossed up well wide of off - it's too full and Connolly places the drive wide of cover, no need to run for those
- 14.64Marco Jansen to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, this is good batting from Cooper Connolly. Knows the bowler will correct his length and is ready for it. Leans onto the front foot and creams the drive through the covers. Splits the gap between covers and mid-off
- 14.56Marco Jansen to Cooper Connolly, SIX, short delivery at 133.9ks. Sat up nicely for Cooper Connolly to rock on the back foot and line himself for the pull. Extends his arms and sends it sailing over deep mid-wicket
- 12.44Corbin Bosch to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, half-volley outside off, Connolly picks the slower delivery and drills the drive through the covers. The fielder in the deep can't get anywhere near and watches it run away
- 11.2OTeam milestoneKeshav Maharaj to Travis Head, 1 run, more flight from Keshav Maharaj. Head knocks it to long-on and gets to the other end
- 9.34Keshav Maharaj to Cooper Connolly, byes, FOUR, how did this miss the off-stump? Was pitched up outside off and spins in sharply through the gate. The ball misses the off-stump and the keeper too fails to collect it. Goes down as byes
- 9.2WKeshav Maharaj to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Matthew Breetzke!! What a massive wicket for South Africa. They needed it badly and you could see it in the celebrations. Everyone in the inner circle go to Keshav Maharaj and hug him. This was flighted from Maharaj around off-stump. He drags his length back a touch tempting Marsh to drive. He falls for the trap and drives it in the air straight to cover. Breetzke takes a good catch and Keshav Maharaj lets out a loud roar. End of an amazing knock from Marsh, who lit up the ground with a quick-fire 60. Mitchell Marsh c Matthew Breetzke b Keshav Maharaj 60(36) [4s-5 6s-6]
- 8.66Corbin Bosch to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, Bosch continues to struggle finding the length. Feeds Mitchell Marsh with another short delivery outside off. Mitchell Marsh gleefully accepts the gift and sends it sailing over cow corner. This one was a 88-meter long hit
- 8.26Corbin Bosch to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, wow! What a way to bring up your 22nd fifty! Short delivery outside off, Mitchell Marsh had no intention of keeping the ball down. He pulls it to deep mid-wicket and the ball hits the roof for a 104-meter massive hit. Raises his bat to the crowd and his teammates to soak in the applause
- 6.54Corbin Bosch to Travis Head, FOUR, this is getting too easy for Aussies. Back of a length delivery on the pads, Travis Head helps it past short fine leg with a flick and collects his fourth boundary of the over
- 6.44Corbin Bosch to Travis Head, FOUR, hat-trick of fours for Travis Head. Short and wide outside off, Travis Head cuts it through point region. No need to chase that
- 6.34Corbin Bosch to Travis Head, FOUR, boundaries keep flowing. Was a short delivery at the body, Head pulls it over mid-wicket. He had his heart in his mouth for a bit as the ball took a while to take elevation. Clears the fielder's reach and goes for four
- 6.24Corbin Bosch to Travis Head, FOUR, South Africa continue to leak runs. Bosch bowls it on the pads and all Head had to do was to get some wood on it. He gets plenty of it and flicks it fine past short fine leg
- 5.54Gerald Coetzee to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, phew! This was in the slot and Marsh smokes it through covers. The fielders on the off-side hardly had time to react and the ball had already hit the fence
- 5.44Gerald Coetzee to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, Coetzee is struggling to find the line and length. He bowls a full delivery on the pads to Marsh now, who is in a dangerous mood to let go of it. Pumps it over wide mid-on. His bat turns in the hand, yet had enough legs to go for four
- 4.54Marco Jansen to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, now Jansen comes round the wicket and bowls it short and just outside off. That's enough for Marsh to open the bat face and cut it past point. He delayed the shot to pick the gap and the ball raced away across the turf
- 4.44Marco Jansen to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, banged in short down the leg-stump. Mitchell Marsh gets on top of the bounce and hooks it along the ground past short fine leg's dive. Four more
- 4.26Marco Jansen to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, short again from South Africa. Mitchell Marsh spots the length early and clubs it in front of square on the on-side. He gets the width to free his arms and has a full swing on the pull
- 3.66Gerald Coetzee to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, phew! What timing from Mitchell Marsh. Full and the pads and asking to be hit. Marsh flicks it off his toes and sends it flat and over deep square leg. The boundaries are short, but yet this one sails into the stand
- 2.66Marco Jansen to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, width on offer and Mitchell Marsh sends it all the way. He throws the kitchen sink at the wide delivery outside off and gets hold of it. The new ball flies over deep backward point for the second six of the over
- 2.16Marco Jansen to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, you cannot bowl anything full to Marsh. He gets to the pitch of the ball and smokes it down the ground. Flat and hard over long-off for the first maximum of the innings. Held his shape and connects beautifully
- 1.34Gerald Coetzee to Travis Head, FOUR, short and wide outside off, Travis Head jumps and cuts it to the left of point. The fielder flies to his left to get a hand, but can't get near. Hurries to the fence
- 0.24Marco Jansen to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, what a shot! Gets the full delivery outside off and Marsh smashes it down the ground. Mid-off was in place, but he hits it wider of him for four
- 168/5 to 297/8 with the bat. 129/1 to 230/10 with the ball. That's how South Africa turned things around in front of a passionate Durban crowd. That's all we have from this competitive game of cricket. The action moves to Johannesburg and tune in on Sunday for the second ODI. Until then, goodbye...
- Stats by Shashikant Singh South Africa spinners today (by lengths) Half Volley (1.5-3m): 0/4 (4 balls), ER: 6.0 Good (3-5m): 4/29 (64 balls), ER: 2.71 Back of a Length(5-6m): 2/14 (30 balls), ER: 2.8 Short (6m+): 0/7 (6 balls), ER: 7.00 Australia chasing today Overs 1-10: 96/1 Overs 11-20: 50/2 Overs 21-30: 43/3 Overs 31-41.2: 41/4 Marco Jansen’s four catches are the joint-second most (with six others) by a South African in an ODI innings, behind Jonty Rhodes’ five vs WI in 1993. Player with 50+ runs, 1+ wickets & 4+ catches in an ODI match Sachin Tendulkar vs PAK, Dhaka, 1998 Younis Khan vs ZIM, Harare, 2002 Michael Clarke vs IND, Melbourne, 2004 Marcus Labuschagne vs ENG, Nottingham, 2024 Marco Jansen vs AUS, Durban, 2026* Keshav Maharaj vs AUS in ODIs Mats: 13 Wkts: 22 Avg: 22.04 ER: 4.02 BBI: 5/33 22 wickets by Keshav Maharaj is the joint-most by a South African spinner against Australia in ODIs along with Pat Symcox (22). This is Keshav Maharaj’s fifth 4-wicket haul in ODIs - the second-most for a South Africa spinner after Imran Tahir (10). Maharaj’s 4/20 is the second-best ODI figures by a South African spinner against Australia at home, behind Boje’s 5/12 in Cape Town in 2002. Six wickets by South Africa spinners is the joint-most by them against Australia in an ODI innings. >> Fourth straight home win for South Africa over Australia - all batting first.
- Bavuma (2/2): [On the bowlers] You've got guys with a strong desire to make it for the team. It's opportunities for certain guys. They're very hungry to make the play for the team. Fortunately, we have a guy like Keshav, who from the spin department, who kind of helps in terms of the bowling overall. We've got a guy like Bjorn Fortuin as well, who's got a wealth of first-class experience. So I think that kind of balances it out. The spinners did an incredible job on the other side. In all, we kind of managed it quite well, the short boundary on this side and the two left-arm spinners on the other side. [On the second ODI and the Pink Day in the next game] Different conditions. We'll see what Wanderers has for us, and of course we're looking forward to the pink day. As per pink, we'll obviously play for the good cause of breast cancer.
- Temba Bavuma (1/2): Very satisfied for me. It was a good fight from the batters, from the bowlers. Looking at how both innings started in the first ten, both of them we were under pressure, but we managed. With the bat, get ourselves to a very competitive score on that wicket, and then similarly with the bowling as well. Again under pressure after the first ten, but we kind of stuck in and we were able to get on the right side of that result. [On the conditions and what South Africa expected coming into the game] I think I was hoping to win the toss. That's the first thing. As batters, we knew it was going to be tough. It's obviously a different thing when you're out there. They really put us under pressure, hitting those Test lengths and lines hard. We tried to make the play now and then. You saw after the first ten that we were under pressure. In saying that, we still stayed in it. Matthew Breetzke, the way that he batted, positions he showed, the intensity, I think that's something that all of us, we can commend. Jansen as well at the end, being able to add a couple of punches there, that got us to a good total. Then with the ball, we're probably poor in the first ten. I think the only nice thing is that you expect Australians to play like that. The challenge is always to make sure that the body language is positive, but I think mentally just staying in the game. We just waited for the opportunity to turn it to your favour.
- Mitchell Marsh: [On his reaction to the defeat] Pretty disappointed. Like I said, outplayed us. Getting 100 of the last ten overs. We came close, but we fell well short tonight. [On South Africa reaching nearly 300 after Australia restricted them early] We sort of know that's the way that they tend to play. They like to build in their fifty overs and go hard in the last sort of ten, fifteen. We pushed to try and get that extra couple of wickets there and it didn't quite go our way and I thought Marco (Jansen) batted very well. It was hard to bowl to, particularly with that short boundary. So credit where credit's due. They did well to get to 300 on that wicket and then obviously we had opportunities, probably sounding like a broken record and it comes to partnerships without batting, but we weren't able to form many tonight. [On the importance of partnerships after getting the required run rate down] Well, we managed to get the run-rate down and from there, as I said, it was about forming partnerships. We needed Maharaj and Bjorn Fortuin to be key for us in the way that we played them. Unfortunately, weren't able to execute long enough for long periods of time, but that's the way it goes. I think it's good learning. It's a great opportunity for us if we come up against that in game two to learn from this and get better and try and make it one-all. [On moving from Durban to the Wanderers and adapting to the conditions] Look, I'm a little bit unsure of how that wicket's playing these days. It's been a while for me. But as a batter I know the ball travels, and as someone who doesn't bowl anymore, it's quite nice going up there.
- Matthew Breetzke | Player of the Match - [On reflecting on his innings and putting the team in a strong position] Not really, to be honest. You're right up there. I think, really tricky (wicket). Those first two wickets went down against a world-class bowling attack. I really had to dig deep, and it took a lot out of me, but I'm just grateful that I got through and scored that 100 for everyone. [On the batting approach to combat the difficult conditions] The chat was just to play straight. I think as soon as you looked (to play) too square, you saw a couple of balls result in leading edges and stuff like that. So it was just to play straight, have good body language and get through. [On Marco's attacking approach during their partnership] I think if you look at him, when he's at his best, he looks to attack. So I don't think it was necessarily a plan from him. He got one away and then he just led with the momentum and I was happy to feed him strong. [On the celebration after scoring a hundred from number four] Well, obviously I've been batting four for the last sort of year, so I'm getting used to that role now. But I think the celebration was more just because it was so tough upfront and I actually found myself there a lot. So it was just a great feeling.
- 17:53 Local Time, 15:53 GMT, 21:23 IST: Good all-round performance from South Africa to go 1-0 up in this three-match ODI series. Australia opted to bowl and removed both the South African openers cheaply. Despite a couple of decent partnerships, the hosts were reduced to 168/5. That's when Matthew Breetzke and Marco Jansen forged a brilliant 107-run stand. The former recorded his second ODI ton while the latter registered his joint highest ODI score to take their team to 297. In reply, the Aussies got off to a rollicking start. Mitch Marsh hit boundaries for fun and raced to 60 inside the powerplay. Maharaj provided the much-needed breakthrough by dismissing Marsh in the 10th over. The way Head and Connolly were batting, things looked rosy for the visitors. Just like the first innings, the Proteas fought back and in style. Poor shots, disciplined bowling and flawless fielding resulted in Australia losing the momentum altogether. Maharaj was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets, Fortuin bowled beautifully as well to take two important wickets and the pacers accounted for the remaining wickets. Special mention to Jansen, who pulled off an incredible catch to dismiss Renshaw, which eventually triggered a collapse as Australia lost their last four wickets for just 15 runs.
- Over 42 · 0 runs (0 W) · 1 wkt
- 41.2WKeshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, out Caught by Matthew Breetzke!! South Africa win by 67 runs! Adam Zampa gets down to play the slogsweep and top-edges due to the extra bounce. Matthew Breetzke, the centurion in the first innings, runs in and tumbles to complete a fine catch. Adam Zampa c Matthew Breetzke b Keshav Maharaj 7(15) [4s-1]
- Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 41.1•Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, no run, 84.2kph, non-turner, knocked towards wide mid-on
- Josh Hazlewood, left handed bat, comes to the crease
- End of over 41 · 6 runs (0 1 0 4 1 W) · 1 wktAUS 230/9Nathan Ellis 4(10) · Adam Zampa 7(13) · Corbin Bosch 9-0-67-2
- 40.6WCorbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, out Bowled!! Chopped on! 138.4kph, hard length from Bosch, Ellis shapes to heave it through midwicket and ends up dragging it onto his stumps via an inside edge. Nathan Ellis b Corbin Bosch 4(10)
- Corbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
- 40.51Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, 1 run, 129.8kph, short and that's been pulled to deep square leg
- 40.44Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, FOUR, 140.5kph, shortened length, Zampa stands tall and slams it over mid-off for a one-bounce four
- 40.3•Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, no run, 134.8kph, pitched up delivery, driven straight to mid-off
- 40.21Corbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, 1 run, 139.5kph, tails in a bit does this length ball, Ellis stays leg-side and manages to guide it to third man
- 40.1•Corbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, no run, skiddy ball on a short of a good length outside off, Ellis slashes and misses. Bit of extra bounce as well
- End of over 40 · 0 runs (0 0 0 0 0 0)AUS 224/8Adam Zampa 2(10) · Nathan Ellis 3(7) · Keshav Maharaj 9-2-20-3
- 39.6•Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, no run, fullishball from wide of the crease, pushed to point. Maiden over
- 39.5•Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, no run, full delivery, kept out
- 39.4•Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, no run, Zampa stays back and defends this length ball into the leg-side
- 39.3•Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, no run, 78.7kph, Keshav Maharaj is the only one appealing for lbw, turned down as it's going down with the angle
- 39.2•Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, no run, 83.2kph, turns this in-drifter to midwicket
- 39.1•Keshav Maharaj to Adam Zampa, no run, 78.5kph, tossed up and full, pushed to cover
- Keshav Maharaj [8.0-1-20-3] is back into the attack
- End of over 39 · 4 runs (wd W 1 1 0 0 1) · 1 wktAUS 224/8Adam Zampa 2(4) · Nathan Ellis 3(7) · Corbin Bosch 8-0-61-1
- 38.61Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, 1 run, 134.7kph, very full and that's been squirted through backward point
- 38.5•Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, no run, fuller than a length, knocked to mid-on
- 38.4•Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, no run, defended off the inner half of the bat
- 38.31Corbin Bosch to Nathan Ellis, 1 run, 135.9kph shortish ball, pulled to deep square leg
- 38.21Corbin Bosch to Adam Zampa, 1 run, 140.9kph, full delivery with a slip in place, Zampa drives and inside-edges to fine leg
- Adam Zampa, right handed bat, comes to the crease
- 38.1WCorbin Bosch to Mitchell Starc, out Caught by Marco Jansen!! Holes out! 138.9kph, length ball from over the wicket, Starc clears his front leg to clear the fence. The length isn't full enough to be executing it easily. The timing goes awry and hits it straight down long-on's throat. After taking a screamer, Jansen receives a dolly. Australia lose their eighth wicket. Mitchell Starc c Marco Jansen b Corbin Bosch 16(27) [4s-2]
- Corbin Bosch to Mitchell Starc, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 38.1wdCorbin Bosch to Mitchell Starc, wide, 130.6kph, length ball down leg, Starc flicks and misses. May have brushed the batter's pad but the umpire has deemed it as a wide
- Corbin Bosch [7.0-0-57-0] is back into the attack
- End of over 38 · 4 runs (0 0 1 0 2 1)AUS 220/7Mitchell Starc 16(26) · Nathan Ellis 2(6) · Bjorn Fortuin 8-0-34-2
- 37.61Bjorn Fortuin to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, 87.3kph, stays back and forces this length ball to sweeper cover
- 37.52Bjorn Fortuin to Mitchell Starc, 2 runs, 82.2kph, fuller ball and Starc gets down to slogsweep. Timing isn't good, it falls short and wide of deep midwicket
- 37.4•Bjorn Fortuin to Mitchell Starc, no run, 88.6kph, length ball, pushed to mid-off off the back foot
- 37.31Bjorn Fortuin to Nathan Ellis, 1 run, quicker one on off, punched to the right of short cover, beats Bavuma and it's a single for Ellis
- 37.2•Bjorn Fortuin to Nathan Ellis, no run, 79.7kph, full again, pushed back to the bowler
- 37.1•Bjorn Fortuin to Nathan Ellis, no run, 88.4kph, full delivery, blocked
- End of over 37 · 5 runs (4 W 0 0 1 0) · 1 wktAUS 216/7Mitchell Starc 13(23) · Nathan Ellis 1(3) · Gerald Coetzee 8-1-40-1
- 36.6•Gerald Coetzee to Mitchell Starc, no run, angling in on a short of length, Starc shapes to heave and gets hit on the thigh
- 36.51Gerald Coetzee to Nathan Ellis, 1 run, turns this short of length ball towards square leg
- 36.4•Gerald Coetzee to Nathan Ellis, no run, back of a length, Ellis hops and defends
- 36.3•Gerald Coetzee to Nathan Ellis, no run, full delivery on the stumps, blocked
- Nathan Ellis, right handed bat, comes to the crease
- 36.2WGerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, out Caught by Marco Jansen!! Oh my! Jansen has pulled off something spectacular. Shortish ball, Renshaw pulls and miscues as it comes off the splice of the bat. The big man - Jansen - runs to his right from deep midwicket. Just when it looked like the ball would fall out of his reach, he brings his long hand into play. Fully outstretches his right hand as he slides across to take a one-handed catch. The brilliance doesn't end there. He does a great job in ensuring that the ball doesn't make contact with the ground. He grabs it with just two fingers - thumb and index finger - and then twists his wrists to make sure that it's a clean catch. Wow! Great catch! Matt Renshaw c Marco Jansen b Gerald Coetzee 44(49) [4s-6]
- Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 36.14Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, FOUR, 137.1kph, pitched up delivery from round the wicket and Renshaw goes after it. Walks across, bends his back leg and swings hard to drill it straight of mid-on. Uppish but he's muscled it
- End of over 36 · 6 runs (2 1 0 2 0 1)AUS 211/6Matt Renshaw 40(47) · Mitchell Starc 13(22) · Bjorn Fortuin 7-0-30-2
- 35.61Bjorn Fortuin to Matt Renshaw, 1 run, 87.3kph, worked with the spin to deep midwicket
- 35.5•Bjorn Fortuin to Matt Renshaw, no run, 89.1kph, reverse-sweeps and the ball falls just short of backward point
- 35.42Bjorn Fortuin to Matt Renshaw, 2 runs, in the air, safe and there's an acrobatic effort from Ryan Rickelton. Renshaw leans forward with a bent back leg to play the lofted drive. Miscues it in the air and Rickelton gives the chase from mid-on. Excellent work from him to flick the ball back into play just in time to save a couple of runs
- 35.3•Bjorn Fortuin to Matt Renshaw, no run, 92.5kph, quicker one, Renshaw walks across and knocks it back to the bowler
- 35.21Bjorn Fortuin to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, floated up outside off, Starc leans forward to push it through the off-side and outside-edges it towards third man
- 35.12Bjorn Fortuin to Mitchell Starc, 2 runs, stays back to drive this length ball and outside-edges it wide of the slip fielder
- End of over 35 · 0 runs (0 0 0 0 0 0)AUS 205/6Matt Renshaw 37(43) · Mitchell Starc 10(20) · Gerald Coetzee 7-1-35-0
- 34.6•Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, no run, 134.4kph, Coetzee slips in a yorker. Keeps coming in with the angle and Renshaw just about manages to dig it out. Off-balance but he takes the legs out of the way and brings his bat down. Maiden over
- 34.5•Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, no run, 124.9kph, Renshaw walks across to defend with an opened bat-face. It's a slower delivery and he inside-edges it onto his pad
- 34.4•Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, no run, 133.5kph, length ball around off, fenced to backward point. Every dot being cheered loudly by the Durban crowd
- 34.3•Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, no run, 135.7kph, another full delivery outside off, Renshaw drives off the front foot but can't pierce the gap through the covers. Bavuma moves to his right to collect it with both hands
- 34.2•Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, no run, 133kph, overpitched outside off, Renshaw square-drives and finds the man at backward point
- 34.1•Gerald Coetzee to Matt Renshaw, no run, 135.9kph, pitched up delivery outside off, Renshaw leans forward to drive and finds extra cover
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