Australia lost eight wickets for just 60 runs after cruising to 1/140 chasing an imposing Proteas total of 338. They were rolled for just 227.
A disastrous batting collapse has condemned Australia to an emphatic 111-run loss to South Africa in the third one-day international at Potchefstroom, their third-largest defeat against the Proteas.
Gerald Coetzee captured a career-best 4-50 after spinners Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj successfully applied the brakes on Australia’s chase, reducing the tourists’ series lead to 2-1 ahead of the fourth match at Centurion on Friday. Head chipped burly seamer Sisanda Magala to Coetzee at mid-off before captain Mitch Marsh holed out to David Miller off Shamsi.Warner rode his luck, offering tough outfield chances to Miller and Heinrich Klaasen .
“I think there is a lot of relief involved,” Markram said of the victory just weeks from the World Cup. “We pride ourselves on being a really competitive cricketing nation and when you don’t play up to those standards, it affects the human as well as the cricketer. The openers put on 146 for the first wicket before de Kock fell to the part-time spin of Head, who was Australia’s best bowler with 2-39 off 10 successive overs.
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