Australia made its second highest score in ODI history, first against South Africa

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|24-08-2025

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In the third ODI played between Australia and South Africa, the Kangaroo team made history by performing brilliantly.

Delhi: In the third ODI played between Australia and South Africa, the Kangaroo team made history by performing brilliantly. In this match played at Barrier Reef Arena, Australian cricket team captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bat first and his team scored a huge score of 431 runs in 50 overs.

This is the second largest team in Australia’s ODI history.

Australia’s biggest ODI score

The biggest ODI score of Australia cricket team so far is 434 runs. This record was also made against South Africa. The match was played on 12 March 2006 in Johannesburg.

Record was made in 2006

In that historic match, Australia captain Ricky Ponting scored a brilliant 164 runs at a strike rate of 156.

His innings included 13 fours and 9 sixes. Apart from Ponting, Mike Hussey scored 81, Simon Katich 79 and Adam Gilchrist scored 55 runs. Australia scored 434 runs losing 4 wickets in 50 overs. However, South Africa made history by achieving this goal with one ball remaining.

Australian batsmen explosion – three centuries and a half -century

Australian batsmen performed amazing in this ODI against South Africa in 2025. Three batsmen scored centuries from the team, while one player scored a fiery half -century.

Travis Head played a stormy innings of 142 runs off 103 balls, including 17 fours and 5 sixes. Captain Mitchell Marsh scored 100 runs in 106 balls and decorated his innings in a brilliant manner. At the same time, all -rounder Cameron Green scored an unbeaten innings of 118 runs off just 55 balls. Apart from this, wicketkeeper Alex Carrie contributed significantly in taking the team’s score to 431 by scoring an unbeaten 50 in 37 balls.

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