We know Australia is a stronger team than South Africa, so everyone will keep Australia as favourites. But Australia did not do relatively well in the first match, could not perform as expected by everyone. Today's match is very important for Australia, because there is no option to win to level the series. A few players in the Australian team should make changes. However, Australia's bowling line in the first match was also not good enough, so if Australia wants to win today, they need to do both batting and bowling well. Now that Australia will play at home, we hope Australia can turn around and level the series. But both teams have the ability to beat each other, so I wouldn't be surprised if South Africa wins.
If you consider the statistical aspect, you will see that South Africa is better than Australia in ODIs. Because South Africa has won more of the matches they have faced so far. However, the outcome of the match is not always determined by previous statistics. The team that performs better in a match will win. In the past, we have seen how smaller teams often defeat bigger teams. The statistical difference between Australia and South Africa is not that much, and both teams have players with similar performances, so it is very difficult to predict which team will win. In today's match, Australia will want to win to equalize and South Africa will want to win the series with one match left. However, as sports lovers, we want a good match to be played between the two teams.
Today, I thank the captain of the South African team, Markram, for his decision, winning the toss and deciding to bat. Because in the first ODI, the Australian team lost because of the decision, because they decided to bowl after going to the toss and lost very badly. That is why I thank the South African team for taking the right decision in today's match, although Markram was out for 0 runs in today's match because he could not play any role for the team in terms of batting.
Although the South African team performed well enough today, the Australian team has the opportunity to be more aggressive in the end. Currently, if these two batsmen, Rickelton and Tony de Zorzi, can play the right role in scoring runs, then the South African team can definitely collect big scores.