Australia VS South Africa, 1st ODI, Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

1st ODI, Australia tour of South Africa, 2026

SOUTH AFRICA BEAT AUSTRALIA BY 67 RUNS
MATCH ENDED

South Africa
297/8 (50.0)

VS

Australia
230/10 (41.2)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	Australia elected to field
Match Status	South Africa beat Australia by 67 runs Match Ended
Umpires	Asif Yaqoob (PAK), Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Richard Illingworth (ENG)
Man of the Match	Matthew Breetzke

South Africa (297/8 in 50.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Quinton de Kock c Josh Inglis b Nathan Ellis	14	18	1	1	78
Tony de Zorzi c Matt Renshaw b Josh Hazlewood	0	7	0	0	0
Temba Bavuma c Josh Inglis b Adam Zampa	30	48	4	0	63
Matthew Breetzke run out (Cooper Connolly / Josh Inglis)	112	106	14	2	106
Ryan Rickelton c Matt Renshaw b Adam Zampa	27	26	4	0	104
David Miller c & b Nathan Ellis	9	25	0	0	36
Marco Jansen lbw b Nathan Ellis	75	59	7	4	127
Corbin Bosch not out	9	6	1	0	150
Gerald Coetzee run out (Josh Inglis)	6	4	0	1	150
Bjorn Fortuin not out	1	1	0	0	100

Extras	(b 0, lb 6, w 8, nb 0)				14
Total	(Wicket 8, Overs 50.0)				297
(5.94 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
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

Australia (230/10 in 41.2 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mitchell Marsh c Matthew Breetzke b Keshav Maharaj	60	36	5	6	167
Travis Head c David Miller b Marco Jansen	36	37	5	0	97
Cooper Connolly c David Miller b Bjorn Fortuin	38	42	4	1	90
Josh Inglis c Marco Jansen b Bjorn Fortuin	3	8	0	0	38
Matt Renshaw c Marco Jansen b Gerald Coetzee	44	49	6	0	90
Cameron Green c Matthew Breetzke b Keshav Maharaj	5	10	0	0	50
Jack Edwards c Marco Jansen b Keshav Maharaj	5	15	0	0	33
Mitchell Starc c Marco Jansen b Corbin Bosch	16	27	2	0	59
Nathan Ellis b Corbin Bosch	4	10	0	0	40
Adam Zampa c Matthew Breetzke b Keshav Maharaj	7	15	1	0	47
Josh Hazlewood not out	0	0	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 6, nb 1)				12
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 41.2)				230
(5.56 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Marco Jansen	7	0	64	1	9.14
Gerald Coetzee	8	1	40	1	5.00
Corbin Bosch	9	0	67	2	7.44
Keshav Maharaj	9.2	2	20	4	2.14
Bjorn Fortuin	8	0	34	2	4.25

Team Sqaud

South

Quinton de Kock (w), Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Ryan Rickelton, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Gerald Coetzee, Bjorn Fortuin, Keshav Maharaj

Australia

Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Cooper Connolly, Josh Inglis (w), Matt Renshaw, Cameron Green, Jack Edwards, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood