Australia VS South Africa, 3rd ODI, Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

3rd ODI, Australia tour of South Africa, 2026

AUSTRALIA BEAT SOUTH AFRICA BY 45 RUNS (DLS METHOD)
MATCH ENDED

Australia
322/9 (50.0)

VS

South Africa
145/4 (28.0)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	South Africa elected to field
Match Status	Australia beat South Africa by 45 runs (DLS method) Match Ended
Umpires	Asif Yaqoob (PAK), Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Richard Illingworth (ENG)
Man of the Match	Alex Carey

Australia (322/9 in 50.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mitchell Marsh lbw b Bjorn Fortuin	56	42	8	2	133
Travis Head b Corbin Bosch	24	20	5	0	120
Cooper Connolly b Gerald Coetzee	23	33	2	0	70
Oliver Peake c Bjorn Fortuin b Corbin Bosch	48	53	4	1	91
Alex Carey c Lizaad Williams b Corbin Bosch	74	88	4	2	84
Matt Renshaw c Aiden Markram b Gerald Coetzee	30	29	2	1	103
Cameron Green c Quinton de Kock b Corbin Bosch	23	18	1	1	128
Xavier Bartlett b Lizaad Williams	2	4	0	0	50
Pat Cummins c Matthew Breetzke b Lizaad Williams	11	6	2	0	183
Mitchell Starc not out	11	7	1	1	157
Adam Zampa not out	0	2	0	0	0

Extras	(b 1, lb 8, w 9, nb 2)				20
Total	(Wicket 9, Overs 50.0)				322
(6.44 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Gerald Coetzee	9	1	61	2	6.77
Lizaad Williams	6	0	48	2	8.00
Corbin Bosch	9	1	60	4	6.66
Bjorn Fortuin	9	0	50	1	5.55
Nqobani Mokoena	7	0	42	0	6.00
Aiden Markram	8	0	42	0	5.25
Tristan Stubbs	2	0	10	0	5.00

South Africa (145/4 in 28.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Aiden Markram lbw b Xavier Bartlett	15	16	3	0	94
Quinton de Kock c Mitchell Starc b Xavier Bartlett	0	5	0	0	0
Ryan Rickelton not out	71	81	5	2	88
Matthew Breetzke st Alex Carey b Adam Zampa	25	29	3	0	86
Tristan Stubbs lbw b Adam Zampa	14	17	1	0	82
Corbin Bosch not out	13	20	1	0	65

Extras	(b 0, lb 4, w 3, nb 0)				7
Total	(Wicket 4, Overs 28.0)				145
(5.18 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	6	33	0	5.50
Xavier Bartlett	5	25	2	5.00
Pat Cummins	5	17	0	3.40
Cooper Connolly	3	13	0	4.33
Matt Renshaw	1	8	0	8.00
Adam Zampa	6	34	2	5.66
Oliver Peake	2	11	0	5.50

Team Sqaud

Australia

Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Cooper Connolly, Oliver Peake, Alex Carey (w), Matt Renshaw, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa

South

Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock (w), Tony de Zorzi, Matthew Breetzke, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Corbin Bosch, Gerald Coetzee, Bjorn Fortuin, Nqobani Mokoena, Lizaad Williams