South Africa vs Australia, 2nd ODI, Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 – CommentaryRSA vs AUS, 2nd ODI, Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 – Commentary
Series: Australia tour of South Africa, 2026
Venue: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Date & Time: Sunday, September 27, 10:00 AM LOCAL
South Africa won by 32 runs
RSA
365/9(50)
AUS
333(49.5)
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
David Miller
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SA seals the series!
The late review has gone in favour of SA
Another blow for Australia!
That’s all we have for you from here! Hope you enjoyed our coverage of today’s game. Do join us back on Wednesday for the third and final ODI as Australia look to bounce back and South Africa aim for a clean sweep. Until then, it’s goodbye from all of us here. Take care and goodbye!
Temba Bavuma: [On the team’s performance] Overall good team performance. Started with a bad pitch, tricky up front, but we managed to handle that challenge and then got ourselves to that total. Unbelievable innings by David Miller, and then the bowlers as well, you know, they held their nerve. The first ten, we knew they were going to put us under pressure, but we understood a couple of wickets would put them on the back foot. So yeah, again another overall team performance. [How do you sum up your own performance and your own form with the bat at the moment?] Well, it’s nice to contribute with the bat. I think I had much more of an opportunity coming in, I guess just after the first ball. I was able to take my time and build a partnership with Quinton and all the other guys. But yeah, always nice to contribute to the team’s cause. [How valuable was it to have the extra spinner in Aiden Markram as well?] Very valuable. Obviously him turning the ball away from the left-handers, the conditions as well, also offered a lot more spin than we expected with him and all the other spinners. And I think, yeah, I think the way the spin has complemented our bowling attack, we obviously always have the fast bowlers. Today probably not the guys who bowled in excess of 145, but we were able to lean on our guile of the spinners. [A word on the crowd today at Pink Day?] Yeah, fantastic. I think the guys were talking about the chanting, all the cheers that everyone was getting. Like I said earlier, it’s always a calendar that we look forward to, this game, playing for a good cause. And I think, yeah, we seem to play quite decently with the pink clothing as well.
Mitchell Marsh: Yeah, look, really disappointing. You know, we came here, the attitude of making sure it was 1-1 today going into that final game. Yeah, fair play to South Africa, I thought they played really well, outplayed us again. [Talk to us about batting in particular, the phase from overs 30 to 40] Yeah, look, it’s certainly an area for improvement. We’re well aware of that. You know, I thought in both games the way we’ve set up our innings has been really good, and we just haven’t been able to execute in those middle phases, which is a great learning curve for some of our young guys especially. And, you know, in these moments, you’ve got to give full credit to South Africa for the way they bowled throughout those periods. [Talking on the positives] Yeah, look, they’re good young players. I thought the way we fought, particularly when Nathan Ellis went down, it would have been a handy six overs towards the back end and probably shrunk that total down. You never know, but I thought the way that some of our young guys have performed, and you see glimpses of this, it makes the future bright. But ultimately we have been outplayed, and we understand that. [What would you like to see from the last ODI?] Keep improving. You know, we don’t want to be whitewashed. So yeah, go there and obviously try and win that game and play some good cricket.
Stats by Shashikant Singh
South Africa win their fifth straight home game over Australia, all coming batting first.
Won by 111 runs
Won by 164 runs
Won by 122 runs
Won by 67 runs
Won by 32 runs*
South Africa in Pink ODIs
Mats – 14
Won – 10
Lost – 4
Win%: 71.42
333 is Australia’s highest ODI total in a losing chase, and their fourth-highest second-innings total overall.
South Africa have won their last six bilateral ODI series against Australia since 2016, with Australia’s last series win coming in 2014. The Proteas have also won 20 of 26 completed ODIs in this period and are the only team with a 50+ percent win rate against Australia in ODIs.
Most bilateral ODI series wins vs Australia (3+ matches in series)
10 – South Africa (16 series)*
8 – England (21)
6 – India (15)
5 – Pakistan (12)
4 – Sri Lanka (8)
David Miller | PoTM: [Your highest score in ODIs, how was that for you?] Yeah, it was a great feeling. Yeah, 142, very stoked. It was against Australia as well, so nice to tick that one over. [Seems you love playing against Australia, don’t you?] They’re so competitive. They’re always at you. You know, they bring out the best in the guys and, you know, they’re world-class players, and it’s good to compete against the best in the world. So, yeah, it was a great day out and just very tough to get over the line and obviously put in a big shift for the team. [Talk to us about the conditions and also batting with Temba as well] Yeah, it was great. Temba’s, you know, he’s so solid there and he’s done really well, and an incredible knock from him. And we just tried to ride the wave. It was a little bit stopy and a bit slow going, so just try to kind of play and get into good positions, keep feeding each other with strike, and then move into sort of second, third, fourth gear and try and take it deep. So it was one of those, but one-day cricket’s so long, so you’ve got a lot of time, and it’s really cool to have a good partnership with him. [Having your mom’s name on your shirt. Obviously not the journey you might have wanted, but a special day today] Yeah, for sure. You know, she’s been through a lot in the last couple of years, and it’s just a great initiative and really nice to have a personal kind of touch on each shirt. So, yeah, nice to represent my mom and everything she’s been through, and obviously to top it off with a win and MOM, I don’t think it gets better.
18:07 Local Time, 16:07 GMT, 21:37 IST: A convincing win for the Proteas in the end as they seal the series with a match to spare! Having posted a daunting 365 after being sent in to bat, South Africa faced early heat as Australia started with a bang, Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head taking on the seamers and clearing the ropes with ease. But full credit to the Proteas’ slow bowlers, who completely turned the tide. South Africa sent down 30 overs of spin, with Aiden Markram bowling his full allotment of 10 overs to starve the Aussies of momentum. Xavier Bartlett delayed the inevitable with a valiant half-century late in the innings, but lacked support at the other end as the chase faded. Stay tuned for the post-match presentation coming up next!
49.5
W
Lizaad Williams to Josh Hazlewood, out Caught by Aiden Markram!! It’s all over, South Africa seal the series with one match to go. The slower delivery again, Hazlewood was beaten by the slowness of the ball and ends up miscuing a simple catch to mid-off. The South African players are over the moon. Josh Hazlewood c Aiden Markram b Lizaad Williams 2(10)
Lizaad Williams to Josh Hazlewood, out Caught by Aiden Markram!! It’s all over, South Africa seal the series with one match to go. The slower delivery again, Hazlewood was beaten by the slowness of the ball and ends up miscuing a simple catch to mid-off. The South African players are over the moon. Josh Hazlewood c Aiden Markram b Lizaad Williams 2(10)
Lizaad Williams to Josh Hazlewood, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
49.4
Lizaad Williams to Nathan Ellis, 1 run, back of a length and angling, Ellis taps it to cover
49.3
Lizaad Williams to Josh Hazlewood, 1 run, full and on off, Hazlewood drags it off the inside half of the bat to mid-wicket
49.2
Lizaad Williams to Josh Hazlewood, no run, banged in short and aimed at the body, Hazlewood flashes hard and misses it
49.1
Lizaad Williams to Josh Hazlewood, no run, shortish outside off, Hazlewood has a lazy waft at it and misses
Over 49
331-9
Wd0L110B14(8 runs)
Nathan Ellis
6 (4)
Josh Hazlewood
1 (6)
Marco Jansen
7-0-53-2
Over Summary
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48.6
4
Marco Jansen to Nathan Ellis, FOUR, touch shorter and angling across, Ellis stands tall and punches it off the back foot past the fielder to deep extra cover, split the gap to perfection!
48.5
Marco Jansen to Josh Hazlewood, byes, 1 run, yorker length delivery from round the wicket, outside leg stump, Hazlewood backs away and misses it. They sneak a bye
48.4
Marco Jansen to Josh Hazlewood, no run, banged in short on the stumps, Hazlewood ducks under it
South Africa spinners today (by lengths)
Full (<3m): 0/22 (12 balls), ER: 11.0
Good (3-5m): 4/76 (102 balls), ER: 4.47
Back of a Length(5-6m): 1/44 (49 balls), ER: 5.38
Short (6m+): 0/36 (17 balls), ER: 12.70
South Africa’s 30.0 overs of spin is their most in a home ODI, surpassing the 28.0 overs bowled against Pakistan at Centurion in 2021.
48.3
Marco Jansen to Nathan Ellis, 1 run, the slower short ball, Ellis mistimes it to long-on
48.2
Marco Jansen to Josh Hazlewood, leg byes, 1 run, slower and fuller, Hazlewood was bit early into the shot and it rapped on the pads outside the line
Five sixes are the most an Australian No.8 or lower batter has hit in an ODI innings against South Africa.
26-ball Xavier Bartlett fifty is the joint-fastest for Australia against South Africa in ODIs alongside Travis Head at Bloemfontein in 2023.
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