AUS vs SA 2025: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh record highest ODI partnership versus Proteas

The 250-run stand between Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh during the ongoing third ODI of the three-match series became the second-largest stand in ODIs involving Australia and South Africa. The Aussies glided their way past the 100-run mark for the first wicket in the 13th over at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay.

This marked the first time in the last 24 ODI innings that a 100-plus stand had been forged by Australia in the 50-over format. The last time this happened was during the 2023 World Cup in a round-robin clash against New Zealand. Head was involved there too, with the 175-run stand coming to an end after David Warner was dismissed on the first ball of the 20th over.

Highest partnerships by runs in ODIs involving Australia and South Africa

Coming to the current match, Head and Marsh have looked in stellar form. At the time of writing, Australia are 377/2 at the end of 45 overs. The aggressive left-handed batter has not had a white-ball series to remember. In the three T20Is and two ODIs before this match, he had scored only 59 runs in five innings. However, Head looked completely in his comfort zone in the current match in Mackay.

Speaking of skipper Marsh, he has had a couple of defining innings in the series so far (54 and 88 in the third T20I and first ODI, respectively). The remaining scores have read 13 (first T20I), 22 (second T20I) and 18 (second ODI). Head has been the aggressor in the partnership. He got to his seventh ODI ton with a single towards long-off on the second ball of the 27th over. The partnership came to an end after Head (142 off 103) was caught in the deep by Dewald Brevis with Marsh four runs away from his ton at the other end.

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The Proteas have already taken an unassailable lead in the series by winning the first and second ODIs by 98 runs and 84 runs, respectively. Respective five-wicket hauls by Keshav Maharaj (5/33) and Lungi Ngidi (5/42) helped the Temba Bavuma-led team to clinch the series after a 2-1 loss in the 20-over leg. The 250-run stand between Head and Marsh became the highest for the first wicket in the ODIs played between Australia and South Africa, after crossing the one (170 runs) between Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist in 2002.