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South Africa vs Australia Scorecard, 2nd ODI, Australia vs South Africa 2025
Result · Aug 22 2025, Fri - 10:00 AM (IST)
2nd ODI, - Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, Australia
SOUTH AFRICA277
AUSTRALIA193
South Africa won by 84 runs
CRR:5.12
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in Australia 2025 |
| Date: | Aug 22 2025, Fri - 10:00 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Mackay |
| Venue: | Great Barrier Reef Arena |
| Toss: | South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Australia Playing XI: | Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tony de Zorzi, Matthew Breetzke, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi |
- South Africa have won each of their last two men’s ODIs against Australia in Australia, batting first on the day in each of those two wins; the last time the Proteas recorded a longer winning run against them in the country was a three-match span in January 2009.
- Australia currently trail 0-1 in this multigame bilateral men’s ODI series against South Africa; they will be looking to avoid a third consecutive series defeat in the format for the first time since a six-series losing run from February 2017 to January 2019 (0-2 v Sri Lanka in February 2025 and 1-2 v Pakistan in November 2024).
- South Africa currently lead 1-0 in this multigame bilateral men’s ODI series against Australia; the Proteas won their most recent such series away from home (2-1 v Ireland in October 2024) and will be aiming for consecutive series victories on the road in the format for the first time since November 2018.
- This is set to be Australia’s first men’s ODI at Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay; it will be the 12th different venue in Australia they’ve appeared in the format – they’ve won five of their last six matches in the format when playing at an Australian ground for the first time (L1).
- Australia have scored 53% of their runs from boundaries in men’s ODIs since the beginning of 2024, the best rate of any Test playing country in that time; South Africa (48%) are ranked ninth in this category.
- Australia have a bowling average of 19.2 during the death overs (41st-50th) in the men’s ODIs since the beginning of 2024, the second best of any Test playing country in that time (Sri Lanka – 16).
- Matthew Breetzke (South Africa) has faced 96 balls per innings in men’s ODIs since the beginning of 2024, more than any other player from a Test playing country in that time (min. 2 innings); he’s scored 50+ in all three of his innings in that span (150, 83, 57).
- Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) has a batting false shot rate of 19% from 273 balls faced in men’s ODIs since the beginning of 2024, the third best rate of any player (min. 170 balls faced) from a Test playing country behind only India duo Shreyas Iyer (16% from 492 balls faced) and Shubman Gill (17% from 592 balls faced).
- Travis Head (Australia) has hit a boundary once every 4.6 balls faced in men’s ODIs since the beginning of 2024 (330 balls faced in total) — the most frequent of any player from a Test playing country in that time (min. 80 balls faced); his batting strike rate (121.5) is the third best of any player during this period (min. 125 balls faced) behind West Indies’ Justin Greaves (132.4) and South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen (125.5).
- Temba Bavuma (1,912 runs in 48 innings) is 88 away from becoming the third-fastest player for South Africa by innings batted to reach 2,000 runs in men’s ODIs after Hashim Amla (40 innings) and Rassie van der Dussen (45 innings); he has scored 50+ in each of his last four ODI innings (82, 58, 56, 65) - he could become the fifth Proteas batter to record five consecutive 50+ scores after Kepler Wessels, Jonty Rhodes, Quinton de Kock (twice) and Heinrich Klaasen.