Australia tried to redeem all of the questions raised about their form in last two ODIs in a single one. Even though they have already lost the series, they made a statement that they are not to be taken lightly. They had intention of making a good total as Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh completed their centuries in quick time but the largest contribution on reaching such record high score was from Cameron Green. Creating his personal best, he put 118 runs on the table in 55 balls. It was nearly impossible for South Africa to chase it and they struggled from the start. They were all out before playing half of the allocated balls and lost by a big margin of 276 runs.
Australia today scored 10th highest team total in ODI history. The target is huge but I am surprised to see batting of South Africa, the whole team got out for just 155 runs. You are right, though Australia already lost the series but their today's performance clearly sends a signal that they are not a weak team. Look at batting figures of Australia, only four batsmen scored 431 runs today. Three Australian batsmen were centurion while Alex Carey is the only one to score half century today.
If fortunately South Africa had already won the series, South Africa had been defeated by 276 runs today if Australia could have done the second match, then the results of the series would have changed. In today's match, the way Australia scored the 10th highest score with three batsman centuries shows that Australia made the mistake of decorating their squad. If they could have done today in the first and second matches, South Africa might not have won the series by defeating Australia. In today's match, Cooper Connolly has collected 5 wickets with just 22 runs in six overs, if he were to be the first and second team, then the Australia series would not have been lost.
South Africa struggled in the first two matches with good performance due to which they were able to win the series. This bad defeat shows the strength of Australia, but this victory did not make Australia performance as good as South Africa's two-match winning streak. The Australian players played so well and with such speed that they had given a target of 431 runs, which could not be met by the South African players and they could only score 155 runs, which led to a heavy defeat. In this last match, Australia's performance was in both batting and bowling. The Australian bowler has put pressure in this match, which has been able to control South Africa very well. But at the end of this last match, South Africa won the series and the strength of this series, with which both have won one series each.