For many years the unique quality of the Six Nations Championship has been its propensity to throw up at least one result that confounded the divinations of the best rugby oracles each year. It might not have exhibited the best rugby on the planet,

Australia thrash South Africa by 276 runs in the final one-day international in Mackay to avoid a first whitewash in an ODI series on home soil.

Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bat against high-flying South Africa in the third and final one-day cricket international on Sunday. South Africa has already sealed its fifth successive bilateral ODI series win against Australia with two big victories at Cairns and Mackay,