A one-handed diving catch from all-rounder Marco Jansen has helped South Africa claim a 67-run win over Australia in a one-day clash in Durban.
Jansen was named the Player of the Match after scoring 75 off 59 deliveries with the bat before picking up one wicket with the ball. Mitch Marsh top scored for Australia with 60 off just 36 deliveries.
South Africa leads 1-0 in the three-match series ahead of the second ODI in Johannesberg on Sunday night AEST.
Mitch Marsh could not hide his dismay at how Australia capitulated tamely in their opening ODI in South Africa, who were helped to victory by an insane catch by Marco Jansen that needs to be seen to be believed.
Marsh himself seemed to have laid the foundations for victory with his opening knock of 60, but after he had died needlessly to the spinning wiles of Kehav Maharaj, none of his team could cement the partnerships to get them anywhere near the hosts' 298-run target.
The South Africans had set a challenging target after being inserted by Marsh, compiling 8-297 thanks to a 112 from Matthew Breetzke and a 75 off 59 balls from pace-bowling all-rounder Jansen.
Discomfited, Josh Inglis got out to a poorly executed reverse sweep on the eighth ball he faced and Australia lost their last six wickets for just 54 to allow the Proteas to draw first blood in the three-match series.
Man-of-the-match could have been Jansen, with his one wicket, four catches and big-hitting or the 36-year-old tweaker Maharaj, but batting at No.4, Breetzke's 106-ball knock, before being run out by Connolly, deservedly won the day.