4 times Australia suffered a whitewash in ODIs

#4 South Africa, 2016/17

The Proteas became the first team to whitewash Australia 5-0 in an ODI series

The most recent one and still fresh in the memory of cricket fans around the globe as this is the only time Australia ended up on the losing side in each of the 5 matches played in a series.

Australia traveled to South Africa for a 5-match ODI series in 2016 and the Proteas, under the leadership of Faf du Plessis outplayed their opponents in each outing. Rilee Rossouw top-scored for South Africa over the course of the series and was rightly awarded the Man of the Series award.

A young Australian bowling side was expected to face tough competition from South Africa but a whitewash was the last thing anyone would have expected. Especially considering the fact that Australia still had the likes of David Warner, Aaron Finch and, captain Steve Smith.

The hosts won the first ODI on the back of a sublime 178 from Quinton de Kock and they didn't look back after that. The 142-run hammering in the second ODI came courtesy of a century from the Proteas captain and an Australian top-order failure. The third and fourth ODI was won by four and six wickets.

History was made in the final ODI as Australia failed to chase 328 despite Warner's 173 and were whitewashed by South Africa.