Australia vs South Africa Live ஸ்கோர், 2nd ODI of Australia tour of South Africa, 2026

1 run, that is punched off the back foot for a single.

1 run, that is punched off the back foot for a single.

Tossed up, around off, Travis Head punches this straight to the fielder.

DROPPED! A sharp chance but QDK is someone the team that counts on with such chances. Tossed up, around off, turning away from the batter, Travis Head backs away and looks to punch it away on off but gets an outside edge that clips the side of WDK's gloves and goes to short third for a dot.

Short of a length, around off, turning away from the batter, Alex Carey punches this to short extra cover for a single.

Full and wide of off, Travis Head drives this in the gap for an easy single.

The next batter in is Alex Carey.

OUT! TAKEN! Lizaad Williams strikes. A soft dismissal, and Cooper Connolly falls cheaply here. This is on a hard length and around leg. Connolly stays back and looks to work it away, but the ball holds up slightly and catches the upper part of the bat. It loops up towards short mid-wicket, where Aiden Markram makes no mistake and takes a simple catch. Australia have slipped from 130/0 to 157/2.

Hits the deck hard, around off, Travis Head punches it to sweeper cover for a single.

On a length and on middle, Travis Head blocks it out.

FOUR! Pure timing! Back of a length and just around off. Travis Head gets on top of the bounce, opens the bat face and guides it using the pace of the ball. It zips through the fast outfield, and Tristan Stubbs fails to stop the boundary despite the dive.

FOUR! Risk taken, reward gained! Dug into the surface, just on off. Travis Head goes through the pull shot a bit early. Gets it off the toe end of the bat as the ball goes in the air but wide of mid-wicket and rolls to the fence for a boundary. 150 up for Australia.

Short of a length and around off, Travis Head rides the bounce and steers it wide of deep third. Tristan Stubbs runs to his left and palms the ball back into play. Two taken.

Slows it up, full and on middle, Cooper Connolly blocks it out.

FIFTY FOR HEAD! Not one of his fastest, but a very crucial one. His 18th half-century in ODIs. This is dragged back, on middle, Travis Head forces it down to long on for one.

Flatter, full and on middle, Travis Head tucks it to short mid-wicket.

Short and on middle, Cooper Connolly punches it down to long on for a single.

FOUR MORE! Another fine shot! Flighted, full and on off. Cooper Connolly leans onto his drive and creams it through covers in front of square this time for four more runs.

FOUR! Nicely done! Tossed up, full and around off, Cooper Connolly opens the bat face deliberately to hit it behind square on the off side. He times the drive to perfection as the ball races to the fence for a boundary.

FOUR! Up and over! Fuller delivery, well outside off. Travis Head extends his arms o reach out for it and carves it over extra covers for a boundary.

Pace off, hits the length hard, outside off again. Travis Head slashes hard but misses.

Short of a length and outside off, Travis Head cuts it hard but straight to point.

Back of a length and around off, Cooper Connolly punches it through covers for a run.

Beauty! Good length and in the channel outside off, shaping it away. Cooper Connolly looks to drive it on the up but gets beaten on the outside edge.

On a length and around off, Travis Head pushes it through covers for a single.

DRINKS! South Africa have finally managed to break the big opening stand, and will hope to build on it as they did in the first ODI. Australia have once again got the start in a big chase, but their middle order will need to avoid the mistakes they made in the previous game. It will be interesting to see how they handle the spinners this time around. Also, Cooper Connolly walks out to bat at number 3, and Lizaad Williams is back on the attack.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Bjorn Fortuin has the breakthrough South Africa were looking for. After five fairly loose deliveries, he gets the arm ball spot on, keeping it slightly short and aiming for middle stump as it skids on with the arm. Mitchell Marsh is caught in his crease and plays down the wrong line, allowing the ball to beat him and clip the back pad before crashing into the stumps. Australia are 130/1 in pursuit of 366.

FOUR! Poor delivery and gets the treatment! Bjorn Fortuin bowls this short again, outside off. Mitchell Marsh reaches out and slaps it away to the deep extra cover fence for a boundary.

Dragged back, on middle, Mitchell Marsh pats it back to the bowler.

Flighted, full and on middle, turns in. Travis Head uses his feet again to tuck it away but misses as the ball lobs up off his pads to the leg side. Leg bye taken.