South Africa 297-8; Australia 230 | South Africa win by 67 runs.
Mitch Marsh could not hide his dismay at how Australia capitulated tamely in their opening ODI in South Africa, succumbing to a 67-run defeat after a succession of cheap dismissals in a sorry run chase at Durban.
The South Africans had set a challenging target after being inserted by Marsh, compiling 297-8 thanks to a 112 from Matthew Breetzke and a 75 off 59 balls from pace-bowling allrounder Marco Jansen.
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South Africa 297-8; Australia 230 | South Africa win by 67 runs.
Captain’s blistering 60 not enough to topple hosts in Durban.
Mitch Marsh could not hide his dismay at how Australia capitulated tamely in their opening ODI in South Africa, succumbing to a 67-run defeat after a succession of cheap dismissals in a sorry run chase at Durban.
Stand-in skipper 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 297-8 thanks to a 112 from Matthew Breetzke and a 75 off 59 balls from pace-bowling allrounder Marco Jansen.
Marsh, standing in as skipper again for the rested Pat Cummins, then led from the front in response with his 36-ball pyrotechnics one of which sailed for 104 metres over the dressing room roof at Kingsmead and landed at the roadside.
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