all over! Full delivery, Zampa aims to swing through the leg side, gets an inside edge into middle stump
Australia vs South Africa, 1st ODI at Cairns, AUS vs SA, Aug 19 2025 - Match Result
RESULT
1st ODI (D/N), Cairns, August 19, 2025, South Africa tour of Australia
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Scores: M Venkat Raghav | Comms: Andrew McGlashanScorecard summary
South Africa • 296/8(50 overs)
82Â (81)
4/57Â (9)
65Â (74)
2/53Â (9)
Australia • 198/10(40.5 overs)
88Â (96)
5/33Â (10)
33Â (52)
2/28Â (4.5)
South Africa win by 98 runs and that's been an outstanding performance. Set up by the top order then Keshav Maharaj put on the starring role with five quick wickets after Australia had made a rapid start in the chase. It was a wonderful spell of left-arm spin. Raised some techical questions among Australia's top order. A word, too, for Prenelan Subrayen who was very steady on ODI debut and made the first breakthrough. Mitchell Marsh did his best to lead a revival but there was always too much to do. A few things for the home side to ponder as the series heads to Mackay.
Jack: "I agree with Stuart, Maharaj bowled an amazing spell there. Probably one of the best of his career. Changed the game completely. As a fellow left-arm finger spinner myself, I appreciate a great showing from our kind in cricket" Left-arm spinners unite.
No surprises that Keshav Maharaj is player of the match: "I made my debut in 2016 in Australia so it's a wonderful opportunity to get my first five-for. Just trying to utilize the conditions, the wicket was a little bit sticky with the newer ball so just tried to utilize that and got the reward."
Mitchell Marsh: "Keshav is an outstanding bowler and certainly a little more spin that we expected but at times you have to take your hat off to someone like him. And he won them the game."
Temba Bavuma: "A good all-round performance from the boys. Think we did a good job with the bat. The wicket was a bit slow, a bit two-paced, but we tried to adapt as much as we could. Think we put in a competitive score then the bowlers had seen how the wicket was and did their thing. I was expecting it to turn as much. We felt that it would start to be variable, maybe a bit on the low side, but Kesh again showed his class and was well supported by the other bowlers."
We'll wrap things up there for tonight. South Africa 1-0 up. All the details will be in Firdose's report here shortly. For now, from Gnasher and Alex, it's goodbye and see you on Friday.
40.5
W
Ngidi to Zampa, OUT
Adam Zampa b Ngidi 11 (18b 1x4 0x6 18m) SR: 61.11
40.4
•
Ngidi to Zampa, no run
full at middle, defended
40.3
1
Ngidi to Hazlewood, 1 run
round the wicket, slower ball, a loopy full toss that dips on Hazlewood, does well to keep it out
40.2
W
Ngidi to Ellis, OUT
given lbw! Short of a length, keeps low, Ellis goes for a pull and it takes the back leg. Nipped a long way, might have been missing leg. No reviews left. Yep, going down leg.
Nathan Ellis lbw b Ngidi 14 (20b 1x4 1x6 34m) SR: 70
40.1
1
Ngidi to Zampa, 1 run
short of a length outside off, driven from the back foot and there's a misfield at cover
end of over 4011 runs
AUS: 196/8CRR: 4.90 • RRR: 10.10 • Need 101 from 60b
Nathan Ellis14 (19b 1x4 1x6)
Adam Zampa10 (15b 1x4)
Prenelan Subrayen 10-0-46-1
Lungi Ngidi 4-0-26-0
39.6
6
Subrayen to Ellis, SIX runs
top shot! More nice footwork from Ellis, skips down the pitch and bunts it straight down the ground over long-off
39.5
1
Subrayen to Zampa, 1 run
a touch flatter, he plays back and pushes down to long-on
39.4
2
Subrayen to Zampa, 2 runs
nicely lofted over cover, came down the pitch
39.3
1
Subrayen to Ellis, 1 run
gets to this on the full, drives to deep cover
39.2
1
Subrayen to Zampa, 1 run
fuller, whipped in the air straight down the ground
39.1
•
Subrayen to Zampa, no run
on the back foot, defended to cover
end of over 395 runs
AUS: 185/8CRR: 4.74 • RRR: 10.18 • Need 112 from 66b
Nathan Ellis7 (17b 1x4)
Adam Zampa6 (11b 1x4)
Lungi Ngidi 4-0-26-0
Prenelan Subrayen 9-0-35-1
38.6
•
Ngidi to Ellis, no run
back of a length, straight, defended
38.5
•
Ngidi to Ellis, no run
swings across the line of a slower ball, close to taking off stump
38.4
1
Ngidi to Zampa, 1 run
dropped at cover as Zampa drives strongly off the back foot, Stubbs diving to his right as he spills another
Stuart: "Tempting to blame an insipid performance from Aus's middle order but I think that rather undersells Maharaj's brilliant bowling. Good work lad."
38.3
•
Ngidi to Zampa, no run
angled in at the stumps, flicked in the air but short of mid-on
38.2
•
Ngidi to Zampa, no run
better delivery, full outside off, defended to mid-off
38.1
4
Ngidi to Zampa, FOUR runs
width outside off, Zampa throws his hands at it and a thick edge flies down to deep third
Ngidi returns
end of over 386 runs
AUS: 180/8CRR: 4.73 • RRR: 9.75 • Need 117 from 72b
Adam Zampa1 (7b)
Nathan Ellis7 (15b 1x4)
Prenelan Subrayen 9-0-35-1
Nandre Burger 8-1-54-2
37.6
1
Subrayen to Zampa, 1 run
whipped in the air through midwicket
37.5
•
Subrayen to Zampa, no run
fuller, worked back to the bowler
37.4
•
Subrayen to Zampa, no run
played to the on side off the back foot
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
AUS
88 runs (96)
10 fours0 six
Productive shot
pull
20 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
89%
82 runs (81)
9 fours0 six
Productive shot
cover drive
15 runs
0 four0 six
Control
88%
Best performances - bowlers
O
10
M
1
R
33
W
5
ECO
3.3
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
4W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
AUS
O
9
M
0
R
57
W
4
ECO
6.33
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
3W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
Match details
| Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2025 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | ODI no. 4895 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15 |
| Match days | 19 August 2025 - daynight (50-over match) |
| ODI debut | |
| Umpires | |
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| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
Language
English
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