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Head, Marsh, Green Centuries Power Australia to Consolation Win
Australia's top three batsmen scored centuries to set a massive 431-2 total, while Cooper Connolly took five wickets, leading to their second-largest ODI victory by 276 runs.
- Australia smashed South Africa in Mackay on Sunday, posting 431/2 at the Great Barrier Reef Arena as Head, Marsh, and Green each scored centuries, securing a 276-run win.
- After losing the first two ODIs this year, Australia played for pride while South Africa cricket team, weakened by injured Kagiso Rabada and rested Lungi Ngidi, had already clinched the series 2-1.
- Travis Head top-scored with 142 off 103 balls including 17 boundaries and five sixes, while Mitchell Marsh made 100 in their 250-run opening stand.
- Cooper Connolly's 5-22 meant he set records as the youngest Australian with a five-wicket ODI haul, helping Australia cricket team avoid a whitewash as South Africa cricket team won the series 2-1.
- Cricket history underlined that the top three Australian batters all scored centuries, marking a rare feat; despite this, Australia still lost the series 2-1, their first back-to-back bilateral defeats since 2018/19.
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