Explosive century from Aiden Markram and four-wicket haul by Gerald Coetzee helped South Africa secure a 111-run win over Australia in the third ODI in Potchefstroom on Tuesday.
Former Australia cricketer Matthew Hayden feels that David Warner and Travis Head are the ideal duo to put up in the front for the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup which is set to begin on October 5.
He accomplished this feat in his side's Ashes second Test against England at Lord's. Smith continued with his rich run of form in English territory, scoring his 32nd Test hundred. He played a knock of 110 runs in 184 balls, which consisted of 15 boundaries.
After their ICC World Test Championship title win against India in the final by 209 runs at The Oval, Australia made history by becoming the first-ever team to clinch all major ICC trophies. In this squad that dominated Test cricket worldwide, a lot of players were in their mid to late 30s.
He has also widened the rating points gap with the second-ranked batter Mohammad Rizwan. Currently, Suryakumar has 890 points while Rizwan has 836 points
The left-hander also remarked that the ODI setup of the English team is tough to breach owing to the immense talent pool that the team boasts of and hoped that consistent performances could help him make the cut.
Dawid Malan's magnificent 134 off only 128 deliveries went in vain as all-round Australia produced a stellar performance to clinch the opening game against England by six wickets in the first match of the three-match ODI series here at Adelaide Oval on Thursday.
Australia chased down the target in 46.5 overs, courtesy of brilliant fifties from David Warner, Travis Head and Steve Smith to go 1-0 up in the three-match ODI series.