AUS vs SA ODI Series 2025: Series Winner, Top Run-Scorers & Leading Wicket-Takers

Australia crushed South Africa by 276 runs in Mackay, handing them their biggest-ever ODI defeat and sealing the series 2-1. This smashed South Africa’s previous record loss of 243 runs to India in Kolkata back in 2023. Australia’s huge total was thanks to brilliant performances from Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Cameron Green and young Cooper Connolly. Head scored 142 off 103 balls, Marsh made a steady 100 and Green smashed an unbeaten 118 from just 55 balls.

Together, they helped Australia score 431 for 2 giving them their second-biggest win in ODI cricket. The only bigger win was by 309 runs against the Netherlands in the 2023 World Cup at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi. Later, Connolly did really well with the ball taking 5 wickets for 22 runs and finished the match easily for Australia.

Australia started strong with a 250-run opening partnership between Head and Marsh with Head hitting 17 fours and five sixes and Marsh scoring a steady century. Green then blasted a 47-ball hundred, while Carey added a quick 50 helping Australia reach over 430. With such a big total, Connolly’s left-arm spin took key South African wickets making sure their chase never got going.

South Africa got off to a poor start while chasing losing WTC hero Aiden Markram in just the second over. Things got worse when Ryan Rickelton was out in the fifth over leaving them in trouble. By the 14th over, after Tony de Zorzi’s wicket, they had lost half their team for only 107 runs. Dewald Brevis tried to fight back and shift the momentum, but he too was dismissed in the 18th over by Cooper Connolly. In the end, South Africa were bowled out for just 155 runs.

AUS vs SA 2025 ODI Series: Match-Wise Results

AUS vs SA 2025 ODI Series: Most Runs 

AUS vs SA 2025 ODI Series: Most Wickets

Most Bilateral ODI Series Wins vs Australia (3+ Games)

• 9 – South Africa

• 8 – England

• 6 – India

• 4 – Sri Lanka

• 4 – Pakistan

Most Sixes in an ODI Match (Australia vs South Africa)

• 31 – Centurion, 2023

• 26 – Johannesburg, 2006

• 23 – Mackay, 2025 (This Match)

• 22 – Johannesburg, 2023

• 21 – Durban, 2016

• 21 – Bloemfontein, 2023

Best Bowling Figures by Australian Spinners in ODIs

• 5/22 – Cooper Connolly vs South Africa, Mackay, 2025 (This Innings)

• 5/32 – Brad Hogg vs West Indies, Melbourne, 2005

• 5/33 – Shane Warne vs West Indies, Sydney, 1996

• 5/35 – Michael Clarke vs Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 2004

• 5/35 – Adam Zampa vs New Zealand, Cairns, 2022

Youngest Australian Bowlers to Take a 5-Wicket Haul in ODIs

• Cooper Connolly (22y 2d) – 5/22 vs South Africa, Mackay, 2025 (This Match)

• Craig McDermott (22y 204d) – 5/44 vs Pakistan, Lahore, 1987

• Mitchell Starc (22y 211d) – 5/42 vs Pakistan, Sharjah, 2012

• Bruce Reid (22y 318d) – 5/53 vs India, Adelaide, 1986

• Michael Clarke (22y 326d) – 5/35 vs Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 2004

Best Bowling Figures by Spinners for Australia vs South Africa in ODIs

• 5/22 – Cooper Connolly, Mackay, 2025 (This Innings)

• 4/29 – Shane Warne, Birmingham, 1999

• 4/29 – Nathan Hauritz, Durban, 2009

• 4/36 – Shane Warne, Gqeberha, 1994

• 4/40 – Shane Warne, Faisalabad, 1994

Biggest Wins in Australia in ODIs (by Runs)

• 276 – Australia vs South Africa, Mackay 2025 (This Match)

• 275 – Australia vs Afghanistan, W.A.C.A., 2015

• 257 – South Africa vs West Indies, Sydney, 2025

• 232 – Australia vs Sri Lanka, Adelaide, 1985

• 221 – Australia vs England, Melbourne, 2022

Player of the Match

• Travis Head

Biggest Loss for South Africa in ODIs (by Runs)

• 276 – vs Australia, Mackay, 2025 (This Match)

• 243 – vs India, Eden Gardens, 2023

• 182 – vs Pakistan, Gqeberha, 2002

• 180 – vs Sri Lanka, Colombo (RPS), 2013

• 178 – vs Sri Lanka, Colombo (RPS), 2018

Biggest Margin of Win by Australia in ODIs (by Runs)

• 309 – vs Netherlands, Delhi, 2023

• 276 – vs South Africa, Mackay, 2025 (This Match)

• 275 – vs Afghanistan, W.A.C.A., 2015

• 256 – vs Namibia, Potchefstroom, 2003

• 232 – vs Sri Lanka, Adelaide, 1985

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