Finch and Starc give 73 runs Victory To Australia

Finch and Starc give 73 runs Victory To Australia As, Aaron Finch smashed 109 and Mitchell Starc taken four wickets to help Australia beat South Africa by 73 runs in the third ODI.

Australia 5 for 329 (Finch 109, Smith 73*, Warner 53) beat South Africa 256 (Amla 102, de Villiers 52, Starc 4-32, Hazlewood 3-51) by 73 runs.

Canberra:  Australia Beat 73 runs win over South Africa in the third one-day international on Wednesday on the back of big-hitting innings by Aaron Finch and Steve Smith.

Finch and Starc give 73 runs Victory To Australia

Aaron Finch brings up his fifty ODI hundred.

Australia Opener Finch Brilliant knock of 109 off 127 balls and Smith hit a backup unbeaten 73 off 55 balls as Australia amassed a formidable 329 for five off their 50 overs in Canberra. The South Africans were always up against it and were dismissed for 256 in the 45th over, with last man Imran Tahir unable to bat because of a knee he injured while fielding and not came to bat.

From South Africans Bowling Side Morne Morkel was the best of the bowlers with two for 84, while Vernon Philander, de Villiers and Behardien took a wicket each.

Left-armer Mitchell Starc troubled the South Africans Batsman with his late swing and finished with four for 32 in 8 overs, while fellow opening bowler Josh Hazlewood claimed 3 for 51.

From South Africa Side Hashim Amla hit 102 off 115 balls and skipper AB de Villiers made 52 off 34 balls to briefly threaten Australia's bowlers.  South Africa's hopes were pinned on the fourth-wicket stand of 76 between Amla and de Villiers, but once the skipper fell leg before wicket to Kane Richardson in the 38th over, The South Africans Batsman were not able to reached that Total of 329.

The Australians now lead the five-match series with 2-1 and ahead of the final games in Melbourne on Friday and Sydney on Sunday.

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