South Africa v Australia Fourth ODI: Prediction & Best Bets

It’s do or die for the Proteas as they take on Australia in the fourth ODI of the series on Friday at SuperSport Park, Centurion. The Aussies currently lead the series 2-1, with South Africa needing to win to keep the series alive. We have the best bets and a prediction for the fourth ODI between South Africa and Australia.

Australia head into this encounter as favourites at 1.66, while the hosts are at 2.15 to win.

David Warner

David Warner has been in excellent form in the last two games, scoring 78 off 56 in the previous ODI. He also has an excellent record against the Proteas in this format, averaging 45.80 with the bat, with ten scores of above 50 from 26 innings. Back him to score 50+ runs at 2.60.

Suggested Bet: David Warner to score 50+ runs at 2.60.

Quinton de Kock

The South African wicket-keeper batter has been in relatively good form in this series so far. De Kock has scores of 11, 45 and 82 in the first three ODIs. I expect him to convert his starts into a big score at his home ground.

He has good memories against Australia at this venue, scoring a mammoth 178 in 2016. Back him to be South Africa’s top batter at 4.00, and if you’re feeling bold, bet on him to be the player of the match.

Suggested Bet: Quinton de Kock to be South Africa’s top batter at 4.00

Value Bet: Quinton de Kock to be player of the match at 9.00.

South Africa

Australia dominated the hosts in the first two games but South Africa returned the favour in the third game. Centurion is also a venue that suits the hosts, so we should see them continue with the winning momentum from the last game. They are good value at 2.15, so back them to win this game and level the series.

Suggested Bet: South Africa to win at 2.15.

Stats

The average first-innings score at this ground is 244; across the last ten matches, that rises to 263.

Gerald Coetzee to Alex Carey in this series: 2/2 from 5 balls.

Keshav Maharaj to Sean Abbott in this series: 2/0 from 3 balls.

David Warner averages 45.80 with the bat against South Africa, with ten scores of above 50 from 26 innings.

Kagiso Rabada averages 45.50 with the ball at Centurion, having taken just 11 wickets from ten matches.

Travis Head has just four ODI wickets since July of 2017.

Australia has now lost 12 of their last 15 ODIs against South Africa.

Aiden Markram averages exactly the same against right arm leg-spin and right arm off-spin (37.40).