De Villiers, du Plessis chase down 327

Aug 27, 2014

South Africa chose to bowl after AB de Villiers had won the toss•Associated Press

Aaron Finch was fluent and Australia's opening stand grew to 92•AFP

Finch brought up his fourth ODI hundred but was dismissed soon after•AFP

After South Africa lost their openers relatively early in a tall chase, Faf du Plessis kept the run rate up on his way to a maiden ODI hundred•AFP

Phil Hughes finally got a game and overcame testing deliveries at the start to score 51•AFP

Imran Tahir broke the partnership by dismissing Hughes, and then got Mitchell Marsh cheaply too•AFP

Steven Smith made 31 off 19 at the death•AFP

AB de Villiers was busy and clinical, scoring all round the wicket•AFP

After a slow and uncertain start, George Bailey got going and made 66 off 54 balls•AFP

Mitchell Johnson helped Australia take 20 off the final over and reach 327 for 7•AFP

Both du Plessis and de Villiers made centuries and ensured that South Africa won by seven wickets and 20 balls to spare•AFP