South Africa Tour of Australia: Australia vs South Africa First Odi in Cairns on August 19, 2025

Left-Arm Spinner Keshav Maharaj Dismantled Australia with a Career-Best 5-33 as South Africa Romped to a 98-Run Victory in the first one-day internal on TuesDay.

Maharaj Made full use of spin-friendly conditions to help discomiss Australia for 198 with more than nine overs to spare after after after after after posted 296-8-The Highest Odie Total AT Cazaly Stadium in Cairns.

Australia Captain Mitchell Marsh Made 88 Off 96 Balls and Ben Dwarshuis Scored 33, but maharaj had done enough damage in his unchanged spell of 10 overs to Give the Proteas A 1-LED in the thread in the thread in the thread in the thread.

Travis Head (27) Gave Australia an explosive start of 60-0 in the first seven overs when the left-hander smashed fast boler nandre nandre burger for five boundaries in one Over.

But in a dramaatic turnaround, the home team lost six wickets – Five to Maharaj – for the addition of only 29 runs as proteas skipper team temperature temba bavuma turns to his sleep bowles in the batting pover Play. Australia went from 60–0 to 89-6.

Debutant off-Spinner Prenelan Subrayen (1-46) HED Head Stumped Off His Seventh Ball in Odis Before Maharaj Removed Five Batters for Single Digits.

Maharaj Had Marnus Labuschagne and Alex Carey Trapped Leg Before Wickt While Cameron Green, Josh Inglis and Aaron Hardie was clean bowled off deliveries that spun enoughs to beat the bat.

Marsh and dwarshuis resisted with a 71-r stand but lungi NGIDI (2-28) and Burger (2-54) Wrapped Up the Tail Quickly after Maharaj and Subrayen’s IMPECCABLE SAPELLLS.

After losing the toss, three half centuries from the top four batters Powered South Africa on a Wicket Where Spinners Rules with Part-Time Offspinner Head Claiming 4-57, His Second Four-Offer-Offer-Offer-Offer-Government Haul in Odis.

Aiden Markram (82), Bavuma (65) and Matthew Breetzke (57) All Scored 50-Plus Before Australia Came Back Strongly in the Death overs with Head Claiming Three of His Four Wickets 10.

Ryan Rickelton (33) survived a number of Close calls, including a dropped catch by wicketkeeper josh inglis, as he put on a 92-run opening wicket stand with markram. Rickelton’s Luck Ended When He HOLED OUT to Labuschagne at Mid Off that Gave Head His First Wicket.

Markram LOKED SET for his first century in the last 20 odis, but the right-hander played a loose drive against DWARSHUIS and was caveed in the 24th over.

Bavuma, Playing His First International Since Leading South Africa to Victory in the World Test Championship Final, Struggled to Get Going but Breetzke Foundaries Against Against Australias Labuschagne.

Breetzke Raised His Run-A-Ball Half Century but just when it looks like South Africa Would Finish Off Well He Top-Edged A Slog Slog Sweep Against Adam Zampa to Hardie at Deep Square Leg.

Head then Got The Big Wickets of Power-Hitter Tristan Stubbs and Debutant Dewald Brevis in the space of three balls. Brevis smashed the spinner for a first-ball six in his Odi career before perishing off the next ball when he could he even’t clear care at long off.

Bavuma tried to pick up the pace but an inside edge when he tried to lift dwarshuis as the fast bowler ended up with 2-53.

Wiaan Mulder Played A Little Cameo of 31 off 26 balls.

Rabada Ruled Out =============== PACE Bowler Kagiso Rabada was rled out of the Odie Series with Ankle Injury in a Major Setback for South Africa.

The 30-year-old rabada underwent scans on monday which confirmed inflammation in his right ankle. Rabada will stay with the team in Australia and Undergo Rehabilitation.

Kewena Maphaka, Who Finished as the Leading Wicket-Taker in Last Week’s T20 Series, Replaced Rabada in the Squad but was left out of the playing xi for the first Odi.

The Australians were coming off a 2-1 win in the t20 series.

It was the first Odi Between the teams Since Australia Beat South Africa in the 2023 World Cup Semifinals. Their Scheduled Champions Trophy Meeting in March Was Washed Out.