Cricket-S Africa dish out royal thumping after Maharaj mauls Australia


  • Cricket
  • Tuesday, 19 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj produced a career-best 5-33 to dismantle Australia and bowl South Africa to an emphatic 98-run victory in the opening one day international in Cairns on Tuesday.

Home captain Mitchell Marsh made a defiant 88 but Australia, chasing 297 for victory, could never recover from the Maharaj-inflicted blows and were bundled out for 198 inside 41 overs.

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