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Bavuma, Miller Centuries Secure Series Win for South Africa Against Australia
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News18•27-09-2026, 22:43
Bavuma, Miller Centuries Secure Series Win for South Africa Against Australia
- •Temba Bavuma (103) and David Miller (142) powered South Africa to a 32-run victory over Australia, clinching the three-match ODI series 2-0.
- •This marks South Africa's sixth consecutive ODI series win against Australia since the 2016/17 season.
- •Bavuma and Miller forged a crucial 156-run fourth-wicket partnership, with Miller achieving his career-best score off just 93 balls.
- •Australia, despite strong starts from Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh (both 84), struggled against South Africa's spin attack in the middle overs, falling short at 333 runs.
- •The match was South Africa's "pink day" to raise breast cancer awareness, with players wearing names of cancer survivors; Miller wore his mother Jenny's name.
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South Africa secured a series-clinching 32-run win against Australia in the second one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday.
Captain Temba Bavuma hit 103 runs and David Miller slammed a career-best 142 runs off 93 balls to propel South Africa to 365 for nine.
It was South Africa's designated pink day, where players wore pink to raise awareness for breast cancer and displayed cancer survivors' names on their backs.
