South Africa vs Australia, 1st ODI: Marnus Labuschagne’s Half-Century Outclassed Bavuma’s Century; Australia Won by 3 Wickets

South Africa and Australia came against each other in the 1st ODI of the series at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein. Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma came to bat and Josh Hazlewood opened the bowling attack. In the 2nd over, Quinton de Kock finished the over with a four and it was the first boundary of the match. In the 9th over, Quinton de Kock got out after scoring 11(31) on the second ball. After 10 overs, RSA was at 25-1.

In the 12th over, Rassie van der Dussen got out after scoring 8(16) on the last ball. In the 16th over, Markram started the over with a four, took a single on the third ball and RSA reached 50 runs. In the 19th over, Markram started the over and got out after scoring 19(14) on the second ball. In the 22th over, Heinrich Klaasen smashed two fours. In the 25th over, Heinrich Klaasen got out after scoring 14(19) on the last ball. After 25 overs, RSA was at 97-4.

In the 26th over, Bavuma took a single on the second ball and RSA reached 100 runs and Miller got out for a duck on the fourth ball. In the 29th over, Bavuma took a single on the fifth ball and scored a half-century. In the 31th over, Marco Jansen started the over with a six and hit a four on the fifth ball. In the 36th over, RSA reached 150 runs. In the 38th over, Marco Jansen got out after scoring 32(40) on the last ball. In the 40th over, Gerald Coetzee got out after scoring 2(8) on the last ball. After 40 overs, RSA was at 168-7.

In the 43th over, Maharaj got out after scoring 2(6) on the first ball. In the 44th over, Rabada got out after scoring 1(7) on the second ball. In the 45th over, Bavuma hit back-to-back two fours. In the 48th over, Bavuma hit a six on the second ball and RSA reached 100 runs. He hit a four on the fourth ball and scored a century. In the 49th over, Bavuma hit three fours and Ngidi got out after scoring 0(10) on the last ball.

In 49 overs, South Africa got all out at 222 runs.

Chasing 223 runs, Warner and Head came to bat and Marco Jansen opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Warner got out for a duck. In the 2nd over, Mitchell Marsh hit back-to-back two fours and hit a four on the fifth ball. In the 3rd over, Head smashed two fours. In the 5th over, Head hit two fours. In the 6th over, Mitchell Marsh got out after scoring 17(15) on the first ball. In the 7th over, Head smashed back-to-back two boundaries. In the 8th over, Head took a single on the second ball and Aus reached 50 runs and Josh Inglis got out after scoring 1(5) on the last ball. In the 9th over, Head got out after scoring 33(28) on the fourth ball and Stoinis smashed a four on the fifth ball. In the 10th over, Stoinis finished the over with back-to-back two fours. After 10 overs, Aus was at 69-4.

In the 12th over, Carey got out after scoring 3(9) on the first ball. In the 14th over, Labuschagne started the over with a four, Stoinis hit a four on the fourth ball and got out after scoring 17(10) on the fifth ball and Abbott finished the over with a four. In the 15th over, Labuschagne started the over with a back-to-back two fours and Australia reached 100 runs. In the 17th over, Abbott got out after scoring 9(11) on the third ball. In the 18th over, Agar hit a four on the second ball and Labuschagne hit back-to-back two fours. In the 23th over, Labuschagne hit a four on the first ball and Australia reached 150 runs. After 25 overs, Aus was at 163-7.

In the 27th over, Labuschagne took a double on the fourth ball and scored a half-century. In the 37th over, Agar took a single and Australia reached 200 runs. In the 38th over, Agar took a single on the last ball and the partnership between Ashton Agar and Marnus Labuschagne reached 100 runs. In the 41th over, Agar hit the winning boundary on the second ball. Australia scored 225-7 and won the match by 3 wickets.

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