India, Aug. 24 -- It might have been a dead rubber, but there were plenty of positives for Australia to take away from their crushing victory in the third ODI of their series against South Africa. A gargantuan 276-run win registers as one of the heaviest defeats in ODIs of all time, but there are plenty more records that went tumbling during the duration of this one-sided match at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay.

Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh got things started with a 250-run opening partnership, the third time Head has been involved in an ODI opening partnership of 250+. He put on 142 at a rapid rate, while Marsh reached three figures himself right before being dismissed. The innings was given an exclamation mark by Cameron Gree...