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Australia Defeated South Africa by 276 runs - 3 rd highest run margin victories in ODI (Test playing nations)

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Australia Defeated South Africa by 276 runs - 3rd highest run margin victories ODI among Test-playing nations.

Top 2 (both in 2023):

  1. India vs. Sri Lanka - 317 runs - Thiruvananthapuram
  2. India vs. Sri Lanka - 302 runs - Mumbai
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u/Drongo17 Australia 1d ago

This one counts as 2 wins. Series drawn 2-2...

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u/Additional-Flow4500 23h ago

Australia with moral victory ahh!! 🤭

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u/rest_in_war 1d ago

First team in the world to draw a 3-match series 2-2

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u/curious_potatao India 21h ago

Something Urvashi Rautela would write in her bio

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u/Armanewb Australia 21h ago

By net margin of victory we are actually +92 on the series haha

11

u/Atomic_ladka20 India 22h ago

But how conolly took 5 wickets lmao

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u/Unusual-Surround7467 India 23h ago

Absolute annihilation of south africa. Sours the whole series win.

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u/Helixdust India 22h ago edited 21h ago

Just watched highlights, man brevis's shots are soo beautiful to watch

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u/Vivaan977 Cricket Canada 17h ago

young AB for a reason

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u/acedefective95 Pakistan 1d ago

makes me feel better a little bit

relevant flair etc

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u/ExactPerspective1172 12h ago

This should consider as 2-2

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u/imapassenger1 Australia 9h ago

Watching the highlights it looks like Cameron Green has been to the madam.

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u/McTerra2 Australia 22h ago

Maybe South Africa should play the Bangladesh U15 boys team...

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u/Controlthyselfm8 Pakistan 13h ago

If in Bangladesh, it looks fairly even right now

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u/rustyb42 Oval KP Nuts 1d ago

It's the fans I feel sorry for

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u/infinitemonkeytyping Sydney Thunder 12h ago

Why - they got to see 431 runs scored by one team at a ground that before this week had hosted exactly 2 deliveries of international men's cricket.

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u/Duff5OOO Melbourne Renegades 11h ago

Watching a team score over 400+ would always be decent. Far better than watching a team score ~200 first innings and then have a boring chase.