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Africa

Australia avoid ODI whitewash before upcoming Test series

Source: ABC News Australia · 30 Sep 2026, 20:56 UTC
Australia avoid ODI whitewash before upcoming Test series
Image: ABC News Australia · original report

Australia recorded a one-day international victory over South Africa after losing earlier matches in the series, according to the supplied score listings. The result came before a scheduled Test series, though the material provides no match report, player performances or details explaining how Australia secured the win.

Australia avoided what the supplied headline describes as an ODI whitewash with a victory over South Africa before the teams’ scheduled Test series. The available score listings show Australia were dismissed for 230 after South Africa made 8 for 297 on Sept. 24.

Australia later scored 333, while South Africa made 9 for 365 on Sept. 27, a result that also favoured South Africa. A subsequent listing records South Africa at 4 for 145 and Australia at 9 for 322 on Sept.

30. The supplied material does not identify the venue, the margin of victory, the competition structure or the individual performers in that match. The listings indicate that Australia and South Africa were involved in a sequence of one-day matches during September.

They also include other fixtures and domestic results, but do not provide a narrative account of the series or a confirmed overall scoreline. The headline says Australia’s result prevented an ODI whitewash. That description establishes that Australia had faced the possibility of losing every match in the series before the reported victory.

The match came ahead of a Test series between Australia and South Africa. The supplied schedule includes further Australia-South Africa fixtures, but it does not provide a complete Test itinerary or details of the teams’ preparations. Because the source material consists largely of score listings, it does not support claims about batting performances, bowling figures, tactics, injuries or reactions from players and coaches.

It also does not specify whether the Sept. 30 listing represents the match described in the headline or provide a final margin. The available information therefore confirms only the central development: Australia struck back in the ODI series sufficiently to avoid a clean sweep before the Test contest.

Further match details are not included in the supplied source.

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