For the first time in its One-Day International cricket history, Australia had three players scoring hundreds in an innings as Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Cameron Green racked up tons during the third one-day match against South Africa in Mackay on Sunday. Overall, this was the fifth instance of a team having three centurions in…
Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj produced a career-best five for 33 to dismantle Australia and bowl South Africa to an emphatic 98-run victory in the opening One-Day International (ODI) in Cairns on Tuesday. Home captain Mitchell Marsh made a defiant 88 but Australia, chasing 297 for victory, could never recover from the Maharaj-inflicted blows and were…
South Africa has added 19-year-old pacer Kwena Maphaka to its squad for the upcoming three-match One-Day International series against Australia, which begins on Tuesday in Cairns. Maphaka joins the 17-member squad on the back on an impressive performance in the three-match T20I series against the Aussies, during which the left-arm fast bowler picked nine wickets…
In the second T20I between Australia and South Africa, Glenn Maxwell took on an unusual role — bowling inside the PowerPlay. Between the 2022 T20 World Cup and this series, he had bowled only five PowerPlay overs in T20Is. So when he dismissed South Africa captain Aiden Markram, the spin-bowling all-rounder reacted animatedly. By his…
Mitch Owen has been rewarded for his fine form in his first five T20 internationals by being named in both of Australia’s squads for the short-format series against South Africa in the far north of the country next month. The 23-year-old all-rounder, who has yet to play a one-day international, scored 125 runs and took…