Australia vs South Africa 5th ODI Match 2014

280/6
50 Overs
Quinton de Koc..
107(123)
Farhaan Behard..
63(41)
Pat Cummins
54/3
Steve Smith
17/1
275/8
47.1 Overs
Shane Watson
82(93)
Aaron Finch
76(67)
Robin Peterson
32/4
Morne Morkel
69/2

Australia held their nerves to win a dramatic match - The Australians in the previous match had already emerged victorious in the series and this was a match where the South Africans to win it for pride. All the matches in this series had been a close encounter and this was nothing less than that. South Africa after winning the toss decided to bat first in this match.

Batting first Hashim Amla lost his wicket early scoring only 18 runs but Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw together built the game for the team. They together took the team to a total of 161 runs in 32 overs but in the next over Rossouw lost his wicket after scoring 51 runs. Australians then came back strong taking two more important wickets of Faf du Plessis and David Miller in quick succession. This time around Kock got a new partner in the form of Farhaan Behardien. He partnered Kock well. Quinton moved on to score his century and lost his wicket after scoring 107 runs. Behardien scored 63 runs in the innings to take the team total to 280. Pat Cummins took 3 wickets in the match for his team and was the best bowler on this day for Australia.

The Australians had a similar start as they too lost David Warner up early who scored only 21 runs. Later it was Aaron Finch and Shane Watson who built the innings for the team and scored 76 and 82 runs respectively. Aaron Finch departed in 22nd over and Watson was joined by Steven Smith who scored 67 runs and took the team close to the winning score. The match turned to be interesting as Australia lost too many wickets in the 45th over as they got reduced from 264/4 to 267/8. In the en Australia won by 2 wickets with 17 balls remaining. Robin Peterson took 4 wickets for the team but failed to win it for the team. Australia emerge victorious winning the series 4-1 and Quinton de Kock was named as the man of the match.

Series Name

Australia vs South Africa ODI Series 2014 Schedule

Date

23/11/2014

Start Time

14:20 (Local Time)

Match Day

Sunday

Stadium

Sydney Cricket Ground

Playing Teams

Australia, South Africa

Australia Team Squad

David Warner,	Matthew Wade,	Steve Smith,
Mitchell Starc,	Glenn Maxwell,	Shane Watson,
James Faulkner,	Aaron Finch,	George Bailey,
Pat Cummins,	Josh Hazlewood,

South Africa Team Squad

Hashim Amla,	Faf du Plessis,	Morne Morkel,
Robin Peterson,	Kyle John Abbott,	Farhaan Behardien,
Quinton de Kock,	Ryan McLaren,	David Miller,
Wayne Parnell,	Rilee Rossouw,

Australia vs South Africa 5th ODI Match 2014

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