South Africa will take on Australia in the first ODI match at Boland Park in Paarl on Saturday (February 29). 

South Africa have been going through a bad phase in all formats of the game for a long time and they're set for yet another tough series against the Aussies. In the T20I series they were outplayed by the visitors with ease.

South Africa have an inexperienced and young side and as usual Quinton de Kock has to carry them especially in batting department. The likes of David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen and Temba Bavuma have to support him and in the bowling Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Nigidi have to lead.

On the other hand, Australia will look to repeat their T20I performance in this series too. Their batting as well as bowling department is in good form. Though they also have middle order issue and this series ia a good opportunity to resolve it. 

All the major stats and facts ahead of the first ODI between South Africa and Australia in Paarl

Head to Head in ODIs -

Matches - 100

South Africa won - 48

Australia won - 48

Tied - 3

No results - 1

ODI record at Boland Park, Paarl -

South Africa - 5 wins and 1 loss in 6 ODIs

Australia - hasn't played any ODI here yet 

5-0 - South Africa whitewashed Australia (5-0) when these two teams last played an ODI series in South Africa in September-October 2016. 

8 - South Africa have won 8 of their last 9 ODIs against Australia. 5 of the wins came at home in 2016. 

59.31 - Quinton de Kock's ODI average at home. He has scored 2432 runs at this average in 43 ODIs with 10 hundreds and 9 fifties. 

100 - Pat Cummins needs 2 more wickets to complete 100 wickets in ODI cricket. He has taken 98 wickets in 61 ODIs so far.

490 - David Warner has scored 490 runs at an average of 61.25 in 8 ODIs with 2 hundreds and fifties each in South Africa. 

1000 - David Warner needs 57 more runs to complete 1000 ODI runs against South Africa. He has scored 943 runs at an average of 47.15 in 20 ODIs with 4 hundreds and fifties each.