Top 5 individual scores in South Africa-Australia ODIs

#1 Herschelle Gibbs - 175 (2006, Johannesburg)

Herschelle Gibbs produced arguably the best knock batting in the second innings of an ODI

If Australia were assured of victory after piling on a world record score in the Jo'burg ODI, that impression was thrown to the gutters after the halfway mark, where South Africa stood at 229/2, chasing 435 for victory. If Graeme Smith was fiery, Gibbs was flawless. He drove over covers with so much authority that one wondered if he could smash a leg side wide over covers. Such was the ease with which Gibbs dug into the Aussie attack.

He blasted a 79 ball hundred before going totally berserk. He threatened to break the double hundred mark for the first time in ODIs. However, after 111 balls and 175 runs, he was eventually dismissed.

Gibbs had brought up his 150 in just 100 balls, needing a mere 21 more balls after his hundred. If he was sublime in the company of Smith, he was uncontrollable when AB De Villiers joined him as balls were flayed to all parts of the stadium.

He smashed 21 fours and 7 sixes as he threatened to help South Africa overhaul the huge target with ease. His dismissal off Andrew Symonds pulled back South Africa, but they went on to win the ODI, hailed as arguably the greatest ever One Day Match to date, by one wicket.