Overview

• Mitchell Marsh chose to bat in the third ODI at Mackay after winning the toss in the series finale.
• Australia brought in Cooper Connolly and Sean Abbott, resting Josh Hazlewood and Aaron Hardie for the dead rubber.
• Temba Bavuma returned to lead South Africa, with Lungi Ngidi and Nandre Burger rested and Corbin Bosch and Kwena Maphaka included.
• Matthew Breetzke, who set a men’s ODI record with four straight 50-plus scores to start his career, made way as South Africa rotated.
• The match starts at 2:30 p.m. AEST, with coverage on Fox Cricket/Kayo/Foxtel in Australia and Star Sports with streaming on Disney+ Hotstar in India.