South Africa beat Australia by 32 runs at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on September 27 to move 2-0 up in their three-match ODI series, extending a run of six successive bilateral series wins over Australia in the format. The win was built on a career-best innings from David Miller and a landmark hundred from captain Temba Bavuma at his home ground.
South Africa posted 365 for 9, built around a career-best 142 off 93 balls from David Miller — his eighth ODI century — in a total that ended up being the fifth-highest successfully defended score in the Wanderers' ODI history. Miller shared a 156-run fourth-wicket partnership with Bavuma that took the innings from a solid platform to a genuinely imposing total, the kind of stand that effectively settled the contest before Australia had even batted.
Temba Bavuma brought up his sixth ODI century during that stand, making 103 — his first ODI hundred at his home venue, a milestone that had eluded the South Africa captain despite a career built substantially around performances at the Wanderers in other formats. Between Miller and Bavuma, South Africa's middle order did the heavy lifting that set up the eventual 32-run margin.
Australia fell short, replying with 333, despite a brisk 130-run opening stand in 17 overs between captain Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head, both of whom made 84. Jack Edwards, playing just his second ODI, finished with 5 for 67 — the first five-wicket haul of his List A career, and a rare individual positive for the tourists on a day the result went against them. Josh Hazlewood also chipped in with 3 for 70, but South Africa's total, and the Marsh-Head stand starting too late to fully close the gap, proved decisive.
This result follows directly from South Africa's 67-run win in the series opener in Durban, where a Breetzke century and a four-wicket haul from Keshav Maharaj had already put the hosts ahead. Two wins from two, both built on centuries from the top and middle order, put South Africa in the rare position of having already secured the series with a match still to play.
With the series already won at 2-0, the third and final ODI becomes a dead rubber in terms of the trophy, but not necessarily in terms of what's on the line individually — Australia will want a consolation win to take into their remaining white-ball fixtures on this tour, while South Africa will be looking to make it a clean sweep and continue a run of dominance over Australia in ODIs that now stretches to six series in a row.
Live scores from the rest of the Australia tour of South Africa are available on SportGod's live matches page, with more international cricket coverage on SportGod's blog and AI-powered previews on SportGod's predictions page.
Match figures, the Wanderers scoring context and the series scoreline are verified against same-day and freshly re-checked reporting, current as of September 28, 2026.
Try Sport God AI live
Live scores, AI predictions, and fantasy — free during IPL 2026.