EXPERT CRICKET TIPS: AUSTRALIA V SOUTH AFRICA THIRD ODI
Australia v South Africa Third ODI
Betting Strategy
BACK: (Match Odds) South Africa for 1 unit (Rated at $2.20)
Australia will be hoping to avoid a first home ODI series clean sweep defeat since 1987 with a consolation victory over South Africa in the third and final match at Mackay on Sunday. Game two followed a relatively similar sequence to the series opener with the Proteas posting a competitive 277 batting first thanks to half-centuries from middle-order pair Matthew Breetzke (88 off 78 balls) and Tristan Stubbs (74 off 87 balls), before paceman Lungi Ngidi ripped through the hosts’ batting order, claiming 5/42 off 8.4 overs as they were dismissed for 193. Again there were few positives for the Aussies with death-specialist Nathan Ellis (2/46 off ten overs) the only bowler to exert total control in the field, while with the bat Josh Inglis’ 87 off 74 balls was the only score of note with nine of their 11 batsmen failing to pass 20. The market has reacted again, though perhaps not quite as much as you’d suspect with the home side remaining clear favourites against the buoyant South Africans. Australia’s home record in this format has been a hard one to oppose, but it is clear that they are starting to miss a couple of their premium pacemen as well as the retired duo of Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell, with only one win from their past eight ODIs so at the price I just have to be with the visitors.
