South Africa's finger spinner Keshav Maharaj wove the spin web at Cairns, tearing Australia's batting order apart in no time in the 1st ODI. The 35-year-old left-arm spinner bagged a five-wicket haul in just 4.2 overs which pushed Australia on the back foot after a solid start to chase. In pursuit of 297, Australian openers Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh were off to a flyer, scoring 60 runs in first seven overs of the innings. On the first ball of the eighth over, Prenelan Subrayen got the dangerman Travis Head for 27 off 24 and after this wicket, the Proteas started mounting pressure on the hosts. On the first delivery of the very next over, Keshav Maharaj dismissed Marnus Labuschagne, followed by castling Cameron Green and Josh Inglis in 11th and 13th over. He then ripped apart Aussie middle order by sending Alex Carey and Aaron Hardie to complete his maiden five-for. His magnificent effort reduced Australia from 60-1 to 89-6 in the span of just nine overs. Maharaj finished his quota of 10 overs by conceding 33 runs and taking five wickets. With this, Maharaj also became only the fourth finger spinner to take an ODI five-fer in Australia. Previously, India's Ravi Shastri, Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq and West Indies' Jimmy Adams have achieved this feat. Also Read | Six and gone! Dewald Brevis suffers early exit in his debut ODI Finger Spinners taking ODI Five-Fers in Australia Player Bowling Figures Against Venue Year Ravi Shastri 5/15 Australia Perth 1991 Saqlain Mushtaq 5/29 Australia Adelaide 1996 Jimmy Adams 5/37 Pakistan Adelaide 1996 Keshav Maharaj 5/33 Australia Cairns 2025 Although South Africa has an edge in this game, Australia is in no mood to let it go with ease. Mitchell Marsh is currently acting as a guiding force, scoring 78* of 83. He added 71 runs for the eighth wicket stand with Ben Dwarshuis (33) before Nandre Burger got the tailender. At the time of writing, Australia is at 160-7, requiring 137 runs to take 1-0 lead in this ODI series. On the other hand, South Africa needs just three wickets win this game.