Australia Playing 11 vs South Africa- 3rd ODI, South Africa Tour of Australia 2025
Published - 23 Aug 2025, 07:51 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2025, 08:00 PM
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Australia will be up against South Africa in the third of the three-match ODI series. This article provides details about Australia's Playing 11 vs South Africa for the third match of the series.
Australia Playing 11 vs South Africa- 3rd ODI, South Africa Tour of Australia 2025:
Openers: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head
Australia would be desperate to register a win in the third and final match of the series against South Africa to end the series on the right note, having already been outplayed in the first two matches.
The onus will be on the captain, Mitchell Marsh, to lead from the front and encourage other batters to play with a bit more responsibility and build partnerships.
Australia would be hugely disappointed by their batting effort in the ODI series so far and would look to get things right in the upcoming game to build some sort of confidence for the matches to come.
One of the biggest concerns for the home team is the form of Travis Head. The left-hander has struggled to score runs at the top of the order and would take the third ODI against South Africa as an opportunity to do so.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Cameron Green, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Aaron Hardie
Like the openers, the middle-order batters seemed to have just one plan, and that is to attack right from the first ball, which was understandable in the shorter format T20, to be precise.
The same plan has backfired badly for the defending ODI World Cup winners, who are going through a transition with the retirement of Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell from ODI cricket.
Having said that, the batters will have to adapt their style of play according to the situation, like Josh Inglis did in the second match.
The wicketkeeper batter fell short of a century and looked like the most sorted batter in the batting lineup during the last match.
The team management would hope for a more responsible batting effort from the likes of Manus Labuschagne, who chased a wide one from Lungi Ngidi in the previous game, and Alex Carey.
Bowlers: Nathan Ellis, Xavier Bartlett, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Unlike the team's batting, the Australian bowlers did a good job by pulling things back in the last ten overs of the South African batting innings in the second match, and would want to keep up the good work.
The fast bowling department has been handled well by the likes of Nathan Ellis and Josh Hazlewood, who were somewhat expensive in the last match, and would like to get things right in the third game.
Aussies have decided to rotate their fast bowlers, with Xavier Bartlett taking the new ball along with Hazlewood in the previous match.
It would be interesting to see who will be the third bowling option for the Mitchell Marsh-led side in the next match.
As far as the side's spin bowling department is concerned, it has been taken care of by Adam Zampa, with Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head chipping in with a few overs, and is expected to remain that way for the third ODI.
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