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Travis Head has now been part of three 250-run stands in ODIs. © AFP
Stats highlights from the 3rd ODI between Australia vs South Africa in Mackay
431/2 is Australia’s second-highest ODI total, behind the 434/4 in Johannesburg in 2006, and also the second-highest ever against South Africa.
It is also Australia’s highest ODI total on home soil, surpassing the 417/6 against Afghanistan at the WACA during the 2015 World Cup, and the second-highest score by any team while losing two or fewer wickets, behind South Africa’s 439/2 against West Indies in Johannesburg in 2015.
Highest totals for Australia in ODIs
Total Opponent Venue Year 434/4 South Africa Johannesburg 2006 431/2 South Africa Mackay 2025* 417/6 Afghanistan WACA 2015 399/8 Netherlands Delhi 2023 392/8 South Africa Bloemfontein 2023
18 sixes by Australia in their innings is the most they have hit in a home ODI, bettering the 14 against Afghanistan at the WACA in the 2015 World Cup. Overall, it is their fourth-most in an ODI innings, with the record being 20 against New Zealand in Dharamshala in the 2023 World Cup. It is also the second-most sixes hit by any team against South Africa, after England’s 19 in Kimberley in 2023.
8 sixes by Cameron Green is the second-most for Australia against South Africa, behind Ricky Ponting’s 9 in Johannesburg in 2006.
276-run win is Australia’s second-biggest victory margin in ODIs, behind the 309-run win over the Netherlands in Delhi at the 2023 World Cup. Overall, it is the sixth-largest win in ODI history. The previous highest margin for Australia on home soil was 275 runs against Afghanistan in the 2015 World Cup. It is also South Africa’s heaviest ODI defeat, surpassing their 243-run loss to India at Eden Gardens in the 2023 World Cup.
Biggest win margin in ODI cricket (by runs)
Margin Team Opponent Venue Year 317 India Sri Lanka Trivandrum 2023 309 Australia Netherlands Delhi 2023 304 Zimbabwe USA Harare 2023 302 India Sri Lanka Wankhede 2023 290 New Zealand Ireland Aberdeen 2008 276 Australia South Africa Mackay 2025*
47-ball hundred by Cameron Green is the second-fastest for Australia in ODIs, only behind Glenn Maxwell’s 40-ball century against the Netherlands in Delhi at the 2023 World Cup. It is also the fastest century against South Africa in ODIs, bettering Matthew Hayden’s 66-ball effort at Basseterre in the 2007 World Cup.
Fastest ODI hundreds for Australia (by balls faced)
Balls taken Player Against Venue, Year 40 Glenn Maxwell Netherlands Delhi, 2023 47 Cameron Green South Africa Mackay, 2025* 51 Glenn Maxwell Sri Lanka Sydney, 2015 57 James Faulkner India Bengaluru, 2013 59 Travis Head New Zealand Dharamsala, 2023
5th instance of three hundreds in an ODI innings and the second where each of the top three batters reached the landmark. Head (142), Marsh (100) and Green (118*) became the first Australian trio to score centuries in the same ODI innings. It is also the second instance of a team producing three hundreds and a fifty in one innings. Overall, this is the sixth time all of Australia’s top four made 50-plus scores, and the second such instance against South Africa.
Three players scoring 100s for a team in an ODI innings
SA (Amla, Rossouw, AB villiers) vs WI, Jo’burg, 2015
SA (Quinton, Faf du Plessis, AB Villiers) vs IND, Wankhede, 2015
ENG (Salt, D Malan, Buttler) vs NED, Amstelveen, 2022
SA (Quinton, Rassie, Markram) vs SL, Delhi 2023
AUS (Head, M Marsh, C Green) vs SA, Mackay, 2025*
Cam Green smashed Australia’s second-fastest ODI ton. ©AFP
250-run opening stand between Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh is the fifth-highest for Australia in ODIs, topped by the 284 between Head and Warner against Pakistan in Adelaide in 2017. It is also the highest opening partnership against South Africa, surpassing the 200 by Vikram Solanki and Marcus Trescothick for England at The Oval in 2003, and the third-highest for any wicket against South Africa.
This is the third time Head has featured in a 250-plus stand, the joint-second most by a player alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, with only David Warner ahead on five. The 250 run stand between Head-Marsh and 164* by Green-Carey also marked the first time Australia recorded two 150-plus partnerships in the same ODI innings, the 10th such instance overall.
250-plus run opening partnership for Australia in ODIs
284 – Travis Head and David Warner vs PAK, Adelaide, 2017
269 – Travis Head and David Warner vs ENG, Melbourne, 2022
259 – Mitch Marsh and David Warner vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2022
258* – Aaron Finch and David Warner vs IND, Wankhede, 2020
250 – Travis Head and Mitch Marsh vs SA, Mackay, 2025*
Highest partnership against South Africa in ODIs
260 – Agha Salman and M Rizwan (PAK), Karachi, 2025
257 – A Razzaq and Saleem Elahi (PAK), Gqeberha, 2002
250 – Travis Head and M Marsh (AUS), Mackay, 2025*
232 – Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan (ENG), Kimberley, 2023
Part of most 250-plus partnerships in ODIs
5 – David Warner
3 – Sachin Tendulkar
3 – Sourav Ganguly
3 – Travis Head*
142 runs by Travis Head is the third-highest individual score for Australia against South Africa, behind David Warner’s 173 in Cape Town in 2016 and Ricky Ponting’s 164 in Johannesburg in 2006. It is also the eighth time both Australian openers have scored centuries in the same ODI innings, and the third such instance against South Africa.
Highest scores for AUS vs SA in ODIs
173 – David Warner, Cape Town, 2016
164 – Ricky Ponting, Jo’burg, 2006
142 – Travis Head, Mackay, 2025*
129 – Ricky Ponting, Bloemfontein, 2002
124 – M Labuschagne, Bloemfontein, 2023
12.14 run rate in the 164-run third-wicket stand between Cameron Green and Alex Carey is the highest for Australia in partnerships of 150-plus. The previous best was 11.7 by Glenn Maxwell and Shane Watson, who added 160 off 82 balls against Sri Lanka in Sydney during the 2015 World Cup.
At 22 years and 2 days, Cooper Connolly became the youngest Australian to take a five-wicket haul in ODIs, surpassing Craig McDermott (22y 204d) against Pakistan in Lahore in 1987. His 5/22 are now the best bowling figures by an Australian spinner in ODIs, bettering Brad Hogg’s 5/32 against West Indies at the MCG in 2005.
Connolly is also the first Australian spinner to take a five-for against South Africa in ODIs, and only the second Australian left-arm finger spinner with a five-wicket haul, alongside Michael Clarke (5/35) against Sri Lanka in Dambulla in 2004.
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