Cameron Green broke Maxwell's record, list of fastest century scorers in ODI for Australia

The final game of the Australia-South Africa ODI series was contested in South Mackay on Sunday. Australia scored plenty of runs in this game. Australia's top three batsmen scored centuries. Cameron Green, who batted at number three, surpassed Glenn Maxwell's record by scoring a tempestuous century. Australia won this game by a massive margin of 276 runs. Cameron Green played an innings of 118 runs in 55 balls, hitting 8 sixes and 6 fours. He completed his century in 47 balls.

This was the second-fastest century in ODI cricket from Australia. Earlier, the record of the second fastest century was in the name of Glenn Maxwell. Maxwell scored a century in 51 balls against Sri Lanka in Sydney in 2015. The fastest ODI century for Australia was scored by Glenn Maxwell against the Netherlands in the ODI World Cup 2023. Maxwell then scored a century in 40 balls. The fourth fastest ODI century for Australia was scored by James Faulkner in 2013 against India in 57 balls.

Talking about the ongoing match against South Africa, Australia won the toss and batted first and scored 431 runs for 2 wickets. Travis Head scored 142 off 103 balls, captain Marsh scored 100 off 106 balls, Cameron Green scored 118 off 55 balls with 8 sixes and 6 fours and Alex Carey scored an unbeaten 50 off 37 balls with the help of 7 fours. Chasing the huge target, the South African team was all out for 155 runs in just 24.5 overs.

The team lost the wicket of Aiden Markram at a score of 11. Markram was out after scoring just 2 runs. After this, South Africa lost four wickets at a score of just 50 in 8.1 overs. From here, Tony De Georgi tried to handle the team by sharing a 57-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Dewald Brevis, but once again there was a fall of wickets as soon as Georgi (33)'s wicket fell. Brevis played an innings of 49 runs in 28 balls with the help of five sixes and 2 fours, but could not bring the team close to victory.