The first ODI between South Africa and Australia was a bit strange to me. When I stopped watching the game, South Africa batted in their first innings and at that time South Africa had scored 240 runs and 5 wickets in 40 overs, but when I saw the score after the game, it seemed a bit surprising to me. While South Africa was expected to cross 300 runs in the first innings, South Africa scored only 296 runs in the first innings against Australia. The wickets were helpful, as was evident from South Africa's batting in the first innings, but when Australia came out to bat with a target of 297 runs in the second innings, they somehow couldn't get much advantage against the spin bowlers, which led to them losing their wickets to the South African bowlers. In the first ODI, South Africa finally won the field against Australia by a large margin, although I expected Australia to win.