The second ODI between South Africa and Australia takes place at The Wanderers, Johannesburg on Sunday and in terms of the series the Proteas are 1-0 up with two to play
This is a 3 match series and the final contest takes place at Potchefstroom on Wednesday next week. After that we have 3 test matches to look forward too. Let’s begin with the ODI squads.
The first ODI was staged at Kingsmead, Durban on Thursday and South Africa, despite starting as underdogs came out on top by all of 67 runs.
Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first and South Africa went on to post 297/8 with the major contributions coming from Matthew Breetzke (112) and Marco Jansen (75). The Proteas hit 8 maximums with Jansen responsible for 4 of them and Breetzke hit 14 of their 31 boundaries. Nathan Ellis with 3/57 was the top Australian wicket taker.
Australia’s run chase got off to a brisk start with Marsh (60) and Head (36) putting on 90 for the first wicket in just 9.2 overs. Cooper Connolly added 38 and Renshaw 44 but a healthy 129/1 became 230 all out and the game was over in 41.2 overs. Maharaj with figures of 4/20 was the top SA bowler, Australia hit 7 maximums and 23 boundaries. Breetzke was Man of the Match and the Proteas lead 1-0. This was how the teams lined up in Durban on Thursday.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Ryan Rickelton, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Gerald Coetzee, Bjorn Fortuin, Keshav Maharaj
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Cooper Connolly, Josh Inglis (wk), Matt Renshaw, Cameron Green, Jack Edwards, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
Head to Head
The teams have played 114 times with South Africa winning 58 to Australia’s 52 with 3 ties and 1 no result.
The teams last met in a 3 match series in Australia in August 2025 and the Proteas recovered from losing the first contest to win the series 2-1.
The Venue, The Wanderers, Johannesburg
Over the course of the last 5 years South Africa have played 5 ODI’s at The Wanderers, winning the first 3 and losing the next 2.
The most recent match came against Pakistan in December 2024 and Pakistan (308/9) beat South Africa (271) by 36 runs (DLS).
Australia were last here for an ODI in September 2022 and South Africa (315/9) beat Australia (193) by 122 runs.
Weather Forecast - Johannesburg
The Betting
South Africa are 23/20 to win the match and Australia are favourites at 7/10
The total match sixes line is under / over 13.5
The total match fours line is under / over 50.5
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The Verdict
The match result betting for the second ODI is the same as the first although the total sixes lines have moved up a touch. I still think there could be some blue sky in the total sixes line but for a bet I will go “overs” on Australia’s line of 7.5.
Bets: Australia match sixes over 7.5 at 23/20 with Lucky Fish
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