AUS vs SA Match Preview- 2nd ODI, South Africa Tour of Australia 2025
Published - 22 Aug 2025, 07:00 AM
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Australia will take on South Africa in the second of the three-match ODI series. The AUS vs SA Match Preview provides today's match details for the second ODI of the South Africa tour of Australia 2025.
AUS vs SA Match Preview- 2nd ODI, South Africa Tour of Australia 2025:
Date and Venue:
The AUS vs SA match will be played on August 22 at the Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay. The game will start at 10:00 AM IST.
Squads:
Australia
Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis(w), Alex Carey, Aaron Hardie, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Xavier Bartlett, Matthew Kuhnemann, Cooper Connolly
South Africa
Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Matthew Breetzke, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Prenelan Subrayen, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi, Corbin Bosch, Tony de Zorzi, Senuran Muthusamy, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius
AUS vs SA Key battles:
Mitchell Marsh vs Nandre Burger
The Australian captain, Mitchell Marsh, who played a lone hand during Australia's defeat in the opening match of the series, would want to replicate the performance he delivered in the last game.
Having said that, Marsh would hope for good support from other batters as well to put on a much-improved effort with the bat as a team.
Marsh will be up against Nandre Burger, who will take the new ball in the absence of Kagiso Rabada, and will look to get the better of Marsh in the first ten overs.
Travis Head vs Lungi Ngidi
Travis Head, who is going through a rough patch in the white ball games against South Africa, will take the second ODI against the Proteas as an opportunity to get back into form.
Head will face the challenge of experienced South African pacer Lungi Ngidi, who would wish to build on his good bowling performance in the last match, where he picked couple of wickets
Dewald Brevis vs Adam Zampa
Dewald Brevis, who opened his account in ODI cricket with a six, will look to get a big score under his belt after getting out after an adventurous start in the first T20I
Brevis will go head-to-head against Adam Zampa, who was the pick of the Australian bowlers in the first game with four wickets to his name.
Aiden Markram vs Josh Hazlewood
Aiden Markram, who scored a fifty in the first match, would look to convert that into a hundred if he gets off to a start again in the upcoming game.
Markram will have to tackle the bowling of Josh Hazlewood, who was the most economical of the Australian bowlers in the last match and would aim to deliver a similar performance in the do-or-die match.
AUS vs SA Key Players:
AUS- Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood
SA- Aiden Markram, Dewald Brevis, Temba Bavuma, Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj
AUS vs SA Weather Report:
There is a 25% chance of rain during the game in Mackay with a maximum temperature of 25°C and a minimum of 18°C.
Conclusion
Australia would like to keep the series alive by winning the second of three ODIs in the ongoing series against South Africa.
As far as South Africa is concerned, the Temba Bavuma-led side would want to get hold of the series in the second match itself, courtesy of a win.
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