| South Africa 416-5 (50 overs): Klaasen 174 (83), Miller 82* (45), Van der Dussen 62 (65); Zampa 0-113 |
| Australia 252 (34.5 overs): Carey 99 (77); Ngidi 4-51, Rabada 3-41 |
| South Africa gained by 164 runs, sequence degree at 2-2 |
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Australia’s Adam Zampa recorded the joint-worst bowling figures in one-day worldwide cricket in a heavy 164-run defeat by South Africa.
Leg-spinner Zampa went for 0-113 from his 10 overs as South Africa smashed 416-5, their second-highest ODI rating in opposition to Australia.
Wicket-keeper batter Heinrich Klaasen top-scored with a mammoth 174 runs off simply 83 balls.
In reply Australia may solely attain 252, regardless of 99 from Alex Carey.
The win for South Africa ranges the five-match sequence at 2-2 earlier than the ultimate match at Johannesburg on Sunday.
Zampa’s figures equal compatriot Mark Lewis’ document for the worst-ever ODI bowling figures on this fixture in 2006.
His remaining over went for 26 runs, wherein Klaasen hit three sixes and David Miller additionally struck a 4, with Zampa’s remaining two overs going for a mixed 44 runs.
| Participant | Nation | Figures | Overs | Opposition | Date |
| Mark Lewis | Australia | 0-113 | 10 | South Africa | 12 March 2006 |
| Adam Zampa | Australia | 0-113 | 10 | South Africa | 15 September 2023 |
| Wahab Riaz | Pakistan | 0-110 | 10 | England | 30 August 2016 |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 0-110 | 9 | England | 18 June 2019 |
| Philippe Boissevian | Netherlands | 0-108 | 10 | England | 17 June 2022 |
Chasing 417 in what would have been their highest-ever profitable run chase by 58 runs, Australia have been decreased to 22-2 as Lungi Ngidi eliminated David Warner (12) and Mitchell Marsh (six) cheaply.
Initially of the ninth over, Australia opener Travis Head retired damage amid considerations of a wrist harm, which shall be a significant concern for Australia with their World Cup beginning in simply 23 days’ time.
Wicketkeeper Carey was the final wicket to fall when he edged Kagiso Rabada by means of to Quinton de Kock one run wanting a century, with greater than 15 overs remaining.
Australia’s World Cup marketing campaign in India begins on 8 October in opposition to hosts India in Bengal, with South Africa’s match beginning a day earlier in opposition to Sri Lanka in Delhi.