Overview

• Australia piled up 431-2 in Mackay as Travis Head (142), Mitchell Marsh (100) and Cameron Green (118 not out) each hit centuries.
• Cameron Green’s maiden ODI hundred came in 47 balls, the second-fastest by an Australian, as he finished 118 off 55 with eight sixes.
• Head and Marsh shared a 250-run opening stand, Australia’s highest first-wicket partnership against South Africa, and the top three all made hundreds for only the second time in men’s ODI history for any team.
• South Africa were dismissed for 155 in 24.5 overs, with 22-year-old Cooper Connolly taking 5-22 to become the youngest Australian with an ODI five-for and record the best figures by an Australian spinner.
• The result sealed a 276-run victory — Australia’s second-biggest by runs and South Africa’s heaviest-ever ODI defeat — while the Proteas took the series 2-1 after resting Lungi Ngidi and Nandre Burger and missing Kagiso Rabada through injury.