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AUSTRALIA survived a late batting collapse to return to the top of the world one-day international rankings with a two-wicket win over South Africa yesterday in the final game of a five-match series. The victory at the Sydney Cricket Ground concluded a 4-1 series win for Australia ahead of the World Cup it will co-host with New Zealand in less than three months.
Shane Watson’s 82 runs, 76 from opener Aaron Finch and player-of-the-series Steve Smith’s 67 appeared to set the platform for a comfortable victory as Australia looked to easily reach its rain-adjusted target of 275 in 48 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis method. But inspired bowling by left-arm spinner Robin Peterson (4-32) saw Australia slump from 264-5 to 267-8 before James Faulkner (6) hit the winning runs at the start of the final over. South Africa opener Quinton de Kock’s 107 and powerful lower-order batting from Farhaan Behardien (63) helped South Africa finish on 280-6.
The International Cricket Council said that Australia started the series in third position on 114 ratings points and finished on equal points with India on 117. However, when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point, Australia is just 0.2 clear of India and five points clear of South Africa.
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