New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Cameron Green, all scored a hundred each as Australia posted a mammoth 431/2 in 50 overs against South Africa in the third ODI against South Africa on Sunday at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay. It was Australia's third 400-plus total in ODIs and their second against South Africa in the 50-over cricket. Australia's first 400-plus total in ODIs came way back in 2006 in an iconic clash at Johannesburg.

Opting to bat first, Head and Marsh stitched a mammoth 250-run opening stand, thus taking the game away from the Proteas. It was also the third time in ODIs that both openers have scored hundreds in same innings after India's Sourav Ganguly (127) and Sachin Tendulkar (101) in 2001 and ...