Best performances - Batsmen
SE Marsh
79(97) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %84%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 31 runs
- 3x4 - 1x6
JP Duminy
71(93) 0x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 23 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
16/01Result
1st ODI (D/N), South Africa tour of Australia at Melbourne, Jan 16 2009
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
272/7 (49.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
16/01Result
1st ODI (D/N), South Africa tour of Australia at Melbourne, Jan 16 2009
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
272/7 (49.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
Australia - Innings
South Africa - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
All Match NewsAustralia v South Africa, 1st ODI, Melbourne
Match home for the first ODI between Australia and South Africa at the MCG
Powerplay ponderings for Ponting
The first one-day international in Australia to feature a batting Powerplay ended with the new rule contributing to the home team's demise. A win that South Africa's captain Johan Botha described as "massive" came because he and Albie Morkel took full adv
Morkel gets South Africa home in tight chase
JP Duminy and Neil McKenzie set up South Africa's sixth win from six ODIs against Australia at the MCG before Albie Morkel finished the job with a magnificent unbeaten 40 from 18 balls