Records galore in the third one day international between Australia and South Africa at Mackay

Records galore in the third one day international between Australia and South Africa at Mackay

TM  Head {142},  MR Marsh {100} and C Green {118*} of Australia scored centuries against South Africa in the just concluded third one day international at Mackay to provide the second occasion of first three batsmen scoring centuries in an innings in the history of one day internationals.

Australia emulated South Africa while achieving this feat. South Africa had achieved this rare feat against West Indies at Johannesburg on 18 Jan 2015. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerScoreTeamOppositionGroundDate
1HM Amla153*South AfricaWest IndiesJohannesburg18 Jan 2015
2RL Rossouw129South AfricaWest IndiesJohannesburg18 Jan 2015
3AB de Villers149South AfricaWest IndiesJohannesburg18 Jan 2015
       
1TM Head142AustraliaSouth AfricaMackay24 Aug 25
2MR Marsh100AustraliaSouth AfricaMackay24 Aug 25
3C Green118*AustraliaSouth AfricaMackay24 Aug 25

It is interesting to note that team totals of 430 plus runs were scored in both these occasions. South Africa posted a total of 439 for 2, while Australia posted a total of 431 for 2. It is also interesting to note that South Africa was one of the teams in these two occasions. Some other interesting observations are

These two feats contained the captains scoring centuries. When South Africa achieved the feat, its captain AB de Villiers scored 149 and in Australia’s feat itptain MR Marsh came up with an exact 100.

The following are the 29 occasions of teams posting a total of 400 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day internationals

NoTeamScoreOversIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Australia434/450.01v South AfricaJohannesburg12 Mar 2006
2South Africa438/949.52v AustraliaJohannesburg12 Mar 2006
3Sri Lanka443/950.01v NetherlandsAmstelveen04 Jul 2006
4South Africa418/550.01v ZimbabwePotchefstroom20 Sep 2006
5India413/550.01v BermudaPort of Spain19 Mar 2007
6New Zealand402/250.01v IrelandAberdeen01 Jul 2008
7India414/750.01v Sri LankaRajkot15 Dec 2009
8Sri Lanka411/850.02v IndiaRajkot15 Dec 2009
9India401/350.01v South AfricaGwalior24 Feb 2010
10India418/550.01v West IndiesIndore08 Dec 2011
11India404/550.01v Sri LankaEden Gardens13 Nov 2014
12South Africa439/250.01v West IndiesJohannesburg18 Jan 2015
13South Africa408/550.01v West IndiesSydney27 Feb 2015
14South Africa411/450.01v IrelandCanberra03 Mar 2015
15Australia417/650.01v AfghanistanW.A.C.A04 Mar 2015
16England408/950.01v New ZealandBirmingham09 Jun 2015
17South Africa438/450.01v IndiaWankhede25 Oct 2015
18England444/350.01v PakistanNottingham30 Aug 2016
19England481/650.01v AustraliaNottingham19 Jun 2018
20England418/650.01v West IndiesSt George’s27 Feb 2019
21England498/450.01v NetherlandsAmstelveen17 Jun 2022
22India409/850.01v BangladeshChattogram10 Dec 2022
23Zimbabwe408/650.01v U.S.A.Harare26 Jun 2023
24South Africa416/550.01v AustraliaCenturion15 Sep 2023
25South Africa428/550.01v Sri LankaDelhi07 Oct 2023
26New Zealand401/650.01v PakistanBengaluru04 Nov 2023
27India410/450.01v NetherlandsBengaluru12 Nov 2023
28England400/850.01v West IndiesBirmingham29 May 2025
29Australia431/250.01v South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025

Australia’s 431 for 2 in this game provides the third occasion of Australia posting a total of 400 plus runs in an innings.

NoTeamScoreOversIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Australia434/450.01v South AfricaJohannesburg12 Mar 2006
2Australia417/650.01v AfghanistanW.A.C.A04 Mar 2015
3Australia431/250.01v South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025

It also provides the third occasion of a team posting 400 plus runs in an innings against South Africa in one day internationals

NoTeamScoreOversIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Australia434/450.01v South AfricaJohannesburg12 Mar 2006
2India401/350.01v South AfricaGwalior24 Feb 2010
3Australia431/250.01v South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025

The following table lists the occasions of scoring 400 plus runs in one day internationals team wise.

NoTeamScoreOversIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Australia434/450.01v South AfricaJohannesburg12 Mar 2006
2Australia417/650.01v AfghanistanW.A.C.A04 Mar 2015
3Australia431/250.01v South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025
        
1England408/950.01v New ZealandBirmingham09 Jun 2015
2England444/350.01v PakistanNottingham30 Aug 2016
3England481/650.01v AustraliaNottingham19 Jun 2018
4England418/650.01v West IndiesSt George’s27 Feb 2019
5England498/450.01v NetherlandsAmstelveen17 Jun 2022
6England400/850.01v West IndiesBirmingham29 May 2025
        
1India413/550.01v BermudaPort of Spain19 Mar 2007
2India414/750.01v Sri LankaRajkot15 Dec 2009
3India401/350.01v South AfricaGwalior24 Feb 2010
4India418/550.01v West IndiesIndore08 Dec 2011
5India404/550.01v Sri LankaEden Gardens13 Nov 2014
6India409/850.01v BangladeshChattogram10 Dec 2022
7India410/450.01v NetherlandsBengaluru12 Nov 2023
        
1New Zealand402/250.01v IrelandAberdeen01 Jul 2008
2New Zealand401/650.01v PakistanBengaluru04 Nov 2023
        
1South Africa438/949.52v AustraliaJohannesburg12 Mar 2006
2South Africa418/550.01v ZimbabwePotchefstroom20 Sep 2006
3South Africa439/250.01v West IndiesJohannesburg18 Jan 2015
4South Africa408/550.01v West IndiesSydney27 Feb 2015
5South Africa411/450.01v IrelandCanberra03 Mar 2015
6South Africa438/450.01v IndiaWankhede25 Oct 2015
7South Africa416/550.01v AustraliaCenturion15 Sep 2023
8South Africa428/550.01v Sri LankaDelhi07 Oct 2023
        
1Sri Lanka443/950.01v NetherlandsAmstelveen04 Jul 2006
2Sri Lanka411/850.02v IndiaRajkot15 Dec 2009
        
1Zimbabwe408/650.01v U.S.A.Harare26 Jun 2023

The following table furnishes the list of teams which have posted 400 plus runs in an innings in one day internationals on two occasions against the same opposition. South Africa is the only team to post 400 plus runs in one day internationals against two oppositions – Australia and West Indies – on two occasions.

NoTeamScoreOversIOppositionGroundStart Date
1South Africa438/949.52v AustraliaJohannesburg12 Mar 2006
2South Africa416/550.01v AustraliaCenturion15 Sep 2023
        
1Australia434/450.01v South AfricaJohannesburg12 Mar 2006
2Australia431/250.01v South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025
        
1India414/750.01v Sri LankaRajkot15 Dec 2009
2India404/550.01v Sri LankaEden Gardens13 Nov 2014
        
1England418/650.01v West IndiesSt George’s27 Feb 2019
2England400/850.01v West IndiesBirmingham29 May 2025
        
1South Africa439/250.01v West IndiesJohannesburg18 Jan 2015
2South Africa408/550.01v West IndiesSydney27 Feb 2015

TM Head and MR Marsh forged a first wicket partnership of 250 runs in this game to provide the 33rd occasion of batsmen posting 250 plus runs partnership for all wickets in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPartnersWktRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1Aamer Sohail, Inzamam-ul-Haq22631Pakistanv New ZealandSharjah20 Apr 1994
2M Azharuddin, A Jadeja4275*1Indiav ZimbabweCuttack09 Apr 1998
3SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar12521Indiav Sri LankaCol-RPS07 Jul 1998
4R Dravid, SC Ganguly23181Indiav Sri LankaTaunton26 May 1999
5R Dravid, SR Tendulkar23311Indiav New ZealandHyd-RGS08 Nov 1999
6SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar12581Indiav KenyaPaarl24 Oct 2001
7Abdul Razzaq, Saleem Elahi22571Pakistanv South AfricaGqeberha11 Dec 2002
8ST Jayasuriya, WU Tharanga12862Srl Lankav EnglandLeeds01 Jul 2006
9BB McCullum, JAH Marshall12741New Zealandv IrelandAberdeen01 Jul 2008
10RT Ponting, SR Watson2252*2Australiav EnglandCenturion02 Oct 2009
11AJ Strauss, IJL Trott22501Englandv BangladeshBirmingham12 Jul 2010
12TM Dilshan, WU Tharanga12821Srl Lankav ZimbabwePallekele10 Mar 2011
13DM Bravo, D Ramdin32581West Indiesv BangladeshBasseterre25 Aug 2014
14GD Elliott, L Ronchi6267*1New Zealandv Sri LankaDunedin23 Jan 2015
15JP Duminy, DA Miller5256*1South Africav ZimbabweHamilton15 Feb 2015
16CH Gayle, MN Samuels23721West Indiesv ZimbabweCanberra24 Feb 2015
17SPD Smith, DA Warner22601Australiav AfghanistanW.A.C.A04 Mar 2015
18AD Hales, JJ Roy1256*2Englandv Sri LankaBirmingham24 Jun 2016
19MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh42561Indiav EnglandCuttack19 Jan 2017
20TM Head, DA Warner12841Australiav PakistanAdelaide26 Jan 2017
21HM Amla, Q de Kock1282*2South Africav BangladeshKimberley15 Oct 2017
22Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq13041Pakistanv ZimbabweBulawayo20 Jul 2018
23F du Plessis, DA Miller42521South Africav AustraliaHobart11 Nov 2018
24JD Campbell, SD Hope13651West Indiesv IrelandDublin05 May 2019
25AJ Finch, DA Warner1258*2Australiav IndiaWankhede14 Jan 2020
26Litton Das, Tamim Iqbal12921Bangladeshv ZimbabweSylhet06 Mar 2020
27TM Head, DA Warner12691Australiav EnglandMelbourne22 Nov 2022
28Ishan Kishan, V Kohli22901Indiav BangladeshChattogram10 Dec 2022
29Ibrahim Zadran, R Gurbaz12561Afghanistanv BangladeshChattogram08 Jul 2023
30DP Conway, R Ravindra2273*2New Zealandv EnglandAhmedabad05 Oct 2023
31MR Marsh, DA Warner12591Australiav PakistanBengaluru20 Oct 2023
32Agha Salman, Mohd Rizwan42602Pakistanv South AfricaKarachi12 Feb 2025
33TM Head, MR Marsh12501Australiav South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025

It also provides the seventh occasion of Australian batsmen posting 250 plus runs for various wickets in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPartnersWktRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1RT Ponting, SR Watson2252*2Australiav EnglandCenturion02 Oct 2009
2SPD Smith, DA Warner22601Australiav AfghanistanW.A.C.A04 Mar 2015
3TM Head, DA Warner12841Australiav PakistanAdelaide26 Jan 2017
4AJ Finch, DA Warner1258*2Australiav IndiaWankhede14 Jan 2020
5TM Head, DA Warner12691Australiav EnglandMelbourne22 Nov 2022
6MR Marsh, DA Warner12591Australiav PakistanBengaluru20 Oct 2023
7TM Head, MR Marsh12501Australiav South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025

It also provides the third occasion of batsmen posting 250 plus runs for various wickets in one day internationals against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPartnersWktRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1Abdul Razzaq, Saleem Elahi22571Pakistanv South AfricaGqeberha11 Dec 2002
2Agha Salman, Mohd Rizwan42602Pakistanv South AfricaKarachi12 Feb 2025
3TM Head, MR Marsh12501Australiav South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025

It also provides the 16th occasion of batsmen posting 250 plus runs for the first wicket in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPartnersWktRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar12521Indiav Sri LankaCol-RPS07 Jul 1998
2SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar12581Indiav KenyaPaarl24 Oct 2001
3ST Jayasuriya, WU Tharanga12862Srl Lankav EnglandLeeds01 Jul 2006
4BB McCullum, JAH Marshall12741New Zealandv IrelandAberdeen01 Jul 2008
5TM Dilshan, WU Tharanga12821Srl Lankav ZimbabwePallekele10 Mar 2011
6AD Hales, JJ Roy1256*2Englandv Sri LankaBirmingham24 Jun 2016
7TM Head, DA Warner12841Australiav PakistanAdelaide26 Jan 2017
8HM Amla, Q de Kock1282*2South Africav BangladeshKimberley15 Oct 2017
9Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq13041Pakistanv ZimbabweBulawayo20 Jul 2018
10JD Campbell, SD Hope13651West Indiesv IrelandDublin05 May 2019
11AJ Finch, DA Warner1258*2Australiav IndiaWankhede14 Jan 2020
12Litton Das, Tamim Iqbal12921Bangladeshv ZimbabweSylhet06 Mar 2020
13TM Head, DA Warner12691Australiav EnglandMelbourne22 Nov 2022
14Ibrahim Zadran, R Gurbaz12561Afghanistanv BangladeshChattogram08 Jul 2023
15MR Marsh, DA Warner12591Australiav PakistanBengaluru20 Oct 2023
16TM Head, MR Marsh12501Australiav South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025

It also provides the fifth occasion of Australian batsmen posting 250 plus runs for the first wicket in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPartnersWktRunsITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1TM Head, DA Warner12841Australiav PakistanAdelaide26 Jan 2017
2AJ Finch, DA Warner1258*2Australiav IndiaWankhede14 Jan 2020
3TM Head, DA Warner12691Australiav EnglandMelbourne22 Nov 2022
4MR Marsh, DA Warner12591Australiav PakistanBengaluru20 Oct 2023
5TM Head, MR Marsh12501Australiav South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025

It also provides the record partnership for the first wicket by Australian batsmen against South Africa in one day internationals. Previous best was 170 runs for the first wicket between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden at Durban on 03 Apr 2002

TM  Head {142}, MR Marsh {100} and C Green {118*} and AT Carey {50*} of Australia scored fifties against South Africa in the just concluded third one day international at Mackay to provide the 23rd occasion of first four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the sixth occasion of Australia’s first four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in one day internationals and also provides the second occasion of Australia’s first four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against South Africa in one day internationals. It also provides the second occasion of a team’s first four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against South Africa in one day internationals.

PWA Mulder of South Africa conceded 93 runs in this game to provide the 77th occasion of a bowler conceding 90 plus runs in an innings in the one day internationals. It also provides the fifth occasion of a South African bowler conceding 90 plus runs in an innings in the one day internationals. It also provides the tenth occasion of a bowler conceding 90 plus runs in an innings in the one day internationals against Australia. It also provides the second occasion of a South African bowler conceding 90 plus runs in an innings in the one day internationals against Australia

PWA Mulder of South Africa returned with figures of none for runs in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of a bowler conceding 90 plus runs without a wicket in an innings in the one day internationals. It also provides the first occasion of a South African bowler conceding 90 plus runs without a wicket in an innings in the one day internationals. It also provides the fourth occasion of a bowler conceding 90 plus runs without a wicket in an innings in the one day internationals against Australia. It also provides the first occasion of a South African bowler conceding 90 plus runs in an innings without a wicket in the one day internationals against Australia

Five South African bowlers conceded 60 plus runs in this game – KT Maphaka {73}, PWA Mulder {93}, AK Markram {60}, C Bosch {68] and S Muthuswamy {75} – to provide the 28th occasion of five bowlers conceding 60 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the third occasion of five South African bowlers conceding 60 plus runs in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the sixth occasion of five bowlers conceding 60 plus runs in the history of one day internationals against Australia. It also provides the third occasion of five South African bowlers conceding 60 plus runs in the history of one day internationals against Australia.

MR Marsh scored exact 100 in this game to provide the 72nd occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 100 in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals. It also provides the second occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals against South Africa. It also provides the second occasion of an Australian batsman scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals against South Africa.

MR Marsh scored exact 100 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of a captain scoring an exact 100 in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the second occasion of an Australian captain scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals. It also provides the first occasion of a captain scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals against South Africa. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian captain scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals against South Africa.

MR Marsh scored exact 100 in this game to provide the 38th occasion of an opening batsman scoring an exact 100 in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the eigth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals. It also provides the second occasion of an opening batsman scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals against South Africa. It also provides the second occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals against South Africa.

MR Marsh scored exact 100 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of a captain opener scoring an exact 100 in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the second occasion of an Australian captain opener scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals. It also provides the first occasion of a captain opener scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals against South Africa. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian captain opener scoring an exact 100 in one day internationals against South Africa.

C Green scored eight boundary sixes in his knock of 119 not out in this game to provide the second occasion of an Australian batsman scoring eight or more boundary sixes against South Africa in a one day international. Prior to this RT Ponting had scored nine boundary sixes in his knock of 164 against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12 Mar 2006

With three centuries in this game Australia has scored 27 centuries against South Africa in one day internationals. Australia now owns the record for most centuries by a team against South Africa in one day internationals. It went past India which has sAcored 26 centuries against South Africa in one day internationals.

Australia won this match by 275 runs to provide the seventh occasion of a team winning a one day international by 275 plus runs margin

NoTeamResMarginOppositionGroundStart Date
1Indiawon317 runsv Sri LankaTrivandrum15 Jan 2023
2Australiawon309 runsv NetherlandsDelhi25 Oct 2023
3Zimbabwewon304 runsv U.S.A.Harare26 Jun 2023
4Indiawon302 runsv Sri LankaWankhede02 Nov 2023
5New Zealandwon290 runsv IrelandAberdeen01 Jul 2008
6Australiawon276 runsv South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025
7Australiawon275 runsv AfghanistanW.A.C.A04 Mar 2015

It also provides the third occasion of Australia winning a one day international by 275 plus runs margin

NoTeamResMarginOppositionGroundStart Date
1Australiawon309 runsv NetherlandsDelhi25 Oct 2023
2Australiawon276 runsv South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025
3Australiawon275 runsv AfghanistanW.A.C.A04 Mar 2015

Australia and India are the two teams in the history of one day internationals to win a game by 275 plus runs margin on two or more occasions. Australia owns the record for most wins by 275 plus runs margin with three occasions.

NoTeamResMarginOppositionGroundStart Date
1Australiawon309 runsv NetherlandsDelhi25 Oct 2023
2Australiawon276 runsv South AfricaMackay24 Aug 2025
3Australiawon275 runsv AfghanistanW.A.C.A04 Mar 2015
       
1Indiawon317 runsv Sri LankaTrivandrum15 Jan 2023
2Indiawon302 runsv Sri LankaWankhede02 Nov 2023
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