South Africa vs Australia, 3rd ODI: Markram-Coetzee Kept South Africa Alive in the Series

South Africa and Australia came against each other in the 3rd ODI of the series at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom. Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock came to bat and Josh Hazlewood opened the bowling attack. In the 2nd over, Bavuma hit a four on the fifth ball, which was the first boundary of the match. In the 5th over, Bavuma started the over with a four, smashed a four on the fourth ball and finished the over with a four. In the 7th over, de Kock started the over with a six and finished the over with a four. In the 8th over, de Kock smashed a six and a four on the second and fourth ball, respectively. In the 10th over, Bavuma took a single on the third ball and South Africa reached 50 runs. In the 10th over, de Kock smashed two fours on the second and fifth ball, respectively. After 10 overs, RSA was at 64-0.

In the 15th over, de Kock hit a four on the first ball and scored a half-century. In the 16th over, Bavuma started the over with a four and RSA reached 100 runs and he hit one more four on the fourth ball. In the 19th over, Bavuma took a double on the third ball and scored a half-century and de Kock finished the over with back-to-back two fours. In the 23rd over, de Kock got out after scoring 82(77) on the fifth ball. In the 24th over, Bavuma got out after scoring 57(62) on the last ball. After 25 overs, RSA was at 157-2.

In the 26th over, R Hendricks started the over with a four and Markram hit a four on the third ball. In the 32th over, R Hendricks took a single on the fifth ball and South Africa reached 200 runs. In the 34th over, Markram hit a four on the third ball and finished the over with a four. In the 36th over, R Hendricks got out after scoring 39(45) on the fifth ball. In the 37th over, Klaasen got out without scoring any run on the third ball. After 40 overs, RSA was at 242-4.

In the 42th over, Miller got out after scoring 8(17) on the third ball. In the 43th over, Markram hit a four on the fourth ball and scored a half-century and Marco Jansen finished the over with a four. In the 45th over, Markram smashed four boundaries - two sixes and two fours on the second, fourth, fifth, and sixth ball respectively. In the 47th over, Marco Jansen started the over with back-to-back three boundaries and got out after scoring 32(16) on the fourth ball and Markram finished the over with a six. In the 50th over, Markram hit a four on the last ball and scored a century.

In 50 overs, South Africa scored 338 runs with a loss of 6 wickets.

Chasing 339 runs, Warner and Head came to bat and Markram opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Warner hit a six on the third ball. In the 2nd over, Head hit back-to-back three fours. In the 4th over, Warner smashed back-to-back two fours. In the 7th over, Warner started the over with a four and Australia reached 50 runs and Head hit back-to-back two boundaries. In the 8th over, Warner smashed three boundaries and Head got out after scoring 38(24) on the fifth ball. In the 9th over, Warner started the over with a four and hit  a six on the third ball and scored a half-century and Mitchell Marsh finished the over with a four. In the 10th over, Warner smashed back-to-back two fours. After 10 overs, Aus was at 104-1.

In the 11th over, Mitchell Marsh smashed two fours on the fourth and sixth ball. In the 14th over, Mitchell Marsh started the over with a six and Warner hit a four on the fifth ball. In the 15th over, Mitchell Marsh hit a four on the fifth ball and got out after scoring 29(26) on the last ball. In the 17th over, Labuschagne hit a six on the last ball and Australia reached 150 runs. In the 19th over, Warner got out after scoring 78(56) on the fifth ball. In the 21th over, Labuschagne hit a four on the third ball and got out after scoring 15(16) on the fifth ball. In the 24th over, Stoinis hit a four on the third ball and got out after scoring 10(12) on the last ball. After 25 overs, Aus was at 183-5.

In the 29th over, Tim David got out after scoring 8(18) on the second ball. In the 30th over, Abbott got out after scoring 2(3) on the first ball. In the 31th over, Nathan Ellis took a single on the third ball and Australia reached 200 runs and Carey got out after scoring 12(23) on the fourth ball. In the 33th over, Sangha got out for a duck and Hazlewood smashed three fours. In the 34th over, Nathan Ellis smashed two fours. In the 35th over, Nathan Ellis started the over with a four and got out after scoring 16(20) on the third ball. Australia got all out at 227 runs and lost the match by 111 runs. 

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