AUS vs SA Match Preview- 3rd ODI, South Africa Tour of Australia 2025
Published - 24 Aug 2025, 07:00 AM
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Australia will be up against South Africa in the third of the three-match ODI series. The AUS vs SA Match Preview provides today's match details for the third ODI of the South Africa tour of Australia 2025.
AUS vs SA Match Preview- 3rd ODI, South Africa Tour of Australia 2025:
Date and Venue:
The AUS vs SA match will be played on August 24 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 Lungi Ngidi
The Australian captain, Mitchell Marsh, who got a start in the previous match, wasn't able to go on and play a match-winning innings in a tricky run chase for the home team, would like to do that in the final game of the series.
Marsh will be up against Lungi Ngidi, who bowled South Africa to victory with a match-winning five-wicket haul and would aim to do the same in the third ODI.
Travis Head vs Nandre Burger
Travis Head, who is struggling to get runs against South Africa, will have an opportunity to end the series on a high by getting a big score under his belt.
Head will face the challenge of pacer Nandre Burger, who got the better of Head in the previous match, and would hope to repeat the same scene in the upcoming game.
Dewald Brevis vs Adam Zampa
Dewald Brevis would be itching to prove his credentials as a batter in ODI cricket after missing out on the platform laid by the top-order batters in the first and second ODIs.
Brevis will go head-to-head against Adam Zampa, who has been able to pick up wickets at crucial junctures for Australia and would wish to keep up the good work in the third game as well.
Aiden Markram vs Josh Hazlewood
South Africa's stand-in captain in the second match, Aiden Markram, failed to build on the half-century he scored in the series opener and was dismissed for a duck.
The stylish right-hander batter will look to get things right at the top of the order for his team in the third game.
Markram will have to tackle the bowling of Josh Hazlewood, who was a bit expensive for his liking in the previous match and would want to deliver a strong performance in the next game.
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 no chance of rain during the game in Mackay with a maximum temperature of 26°C and a minimum of 16°C.
Conclusion
Australia would like to put its best foot forward in the final match of the series to avoid a clean sweep.
As far as South Africa is concerned, the Temba Bavuma-led side would back themselves to win the third ODI by replicating the same performance that they delivered in the first two ODIs.
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