Australia defeat South Africa in final one-dayer

DURBAN: Australia defeated South Africa by three wickets at Kingsmead on Friday to win the third and final one-day international and take the series 2-1.

South Africa made 222 for six in their 50 overs before Australia reached their target with 15 balls to spare.

Score card

South Africa

H. Amla run out (Cummins) 52

G. Smith c Hussey b Doherty 19

J. Kallis c Marsh b Doherty 54

J. Duminy c Ponting b Johnson 35

F. du Plessis c Doherty b Cummins 21

D. Miller not out 11

M. Boucher c Warner b Johnson 8

J. Botha not out 2

Extras (lb9, w11) 20

Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) 222

Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Smith), 2-117 (Amla), 3-141 (Kallis), 4-185 (Du Plessis), 5-205 (Duminy)

Bowling: Bollinger 10-1-43-0 (3w), Cummins 10-0-49-1 (2w), Watson 10-0-42-0 (1w), Johnson 10-0-37-2, Doherty 9-0-33-2, Clarke 1-0-9-0

Did not bat: D. Steyn, M. Morkel, L Tsotsobe

Australia

S. Watson b Kallis 49

D. Warner c Boucher b Morkel 10

R. Ponting c and b Botha 11

M. Clarke b Duminy 26

S. Marsh b Duminy 30

M. Hussey not out 45

B. Haddin c Kallis b Steyn 23

M. Johnson c Boucher b Kallis 6

P. Cummins not out 6

Extras (lb14, w7) 21

Total (7 wkts, 47.3 overs) 227

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Warner), 2-78 (Watson), 3-82 (Ponting) 4-130 (Clarke), 5-156 (Marsh), 6-194 (Haddin), 7-213 (Johnson)

Bowling: Tsotsobe 6-0-41-0, Steyn 10-0-44-1 (3w), Morkel 9.3-1-61-1 (1w), Botha 10-1-21-1 (1w), Kallis 5-0-17-2, Duminy 7-1-29-2 (2w)

Did not bat: X. Doherty, D. Bollinger

Result: Australia won by three wickets

Series: Australia won the three-match series 2-1

Man of match: Shane Watson (AUS)

Man of series: Mike Hussey (AUS)

Toss: South Africa

Umpires: Johan Cloete (RSA) and Ian Gould (ENG)

TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough (ENG)

Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)