Australia's bowling figures in the four highest ODI run chases

#2 Australia vs South Africa at Durban 2016

Despite picking up 2 wickets, John Hastings had a day to forget

After South Africa won the first two ODIs against Australia, the visitors were looking to pull one back. They were well on their way to doing so as they posed a mighty total of 371-6 in their allotted overs. David Warner and Steve Smith came up with the goods as the duo scored centuries.

Australia thought they had the game in the bag, but it was not to be. The ghosts of 2006 came back to haunt them as South Africa managed to pull off a nail-biting victory with 5 balls to spare. By doing so, they achieved the 2nd highest run chase in an ODI.

David Miller was the architect of the chase with a magnificent 118 off 79 deliveries. He had a worthy partner in Andile Phehlukwayo who scored 42 off 39 balls. Australia’s bowlers were all over the place and did not have much to say during South Africa’s innings.

Despite taking crucial wickets during the middle overs, they were not able to get rid of Miller and Phehlukwayo, the latter who went on to score his highest ODI score. Their best bowler was Chris Tremain who conceded 65 runs off 10 overs and picked up a wicket. They made a mistake by giving the ball to Travis Head during the middle overs as he went on to concede 31 runs in just 3 overs.

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