South Africa have beaten Australia by 122 runs in the fifth and final one-day international to seal a 3-2 series victory.
The Australian batting collapsed to be all out for 193 in pursuit of the home side’s 9-315 in Johannesburg.Only Mitchell Marsh offered any real resistance for Australia with an early 71 off 56 balls before falling to Marco Jansen, who was South Africa’s chief destroyer, returning career-best figures of 5-39 off eight overs. Jansen had also shone with bat, posting a quickfire 47 runs off 23 balls in the South African innings.
Earlier, Aiden Markram fell short of his second century of the series as South Africa posted an imposing target at a sold-out Wanderers Stadium.Markram and David Miller and Andile Phehlukwayo all took turns setting the scoreboard alight after the Proteas were sent in. The win ensured a 3-2 series victory for South Africa, who lost the opening two matches but bounced back with three successive wins to boost morale before next month’s World Cup in India.Meanwhile, Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell will return to the Australian one-day international squad for the three-match series in India after recovering from injuries, the Australian Cricket Board said on Sunday.
Cummins has not played since the final Ashes Test in England in July as he nursed a fractured wrist, while fellow fast bowler Starc has been recovering from a groin injury., while Maxwell is returning from an ankle injury.
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