Overview

• Travis Head (142), Mitchell Marsh (100) and Cameron Green (118 not out) all made centuries, only the second time in ODI history that a team’s top three have reached three figures in the same innings.
• Head and Marsh shared a 250-run opening stand, Australia’s highest first-wicket partnership against South Africa and their first 100-plus opening stand since the 2023 World Cup.
• Green reached his maiden ODI hundred in 47 balls, the second-fastest by an Australian and the quickest recorded against South Africa, then added an unbroken 164 with Alex Carey (50 not out).
• Australia’s 431/2 is their second-highest ODI total, ranks among the top 10 in ODI history, and is the highest they have posted on Australian soil.
• With the series already secured, South Africa rested Lungi Ngidi and Nandre Burger for Corbin Bosch and Kwena Maphaka, while Australia rested Josh Hazlewood and Aaron Hardie, bringing in Sean Abbott and Cooper Connolly after Marsh won the toss and chose to bat.