PRETORIA, South Africa (AP):

South Africa beat Australia by seven wickets yesterday to square the five-match series at 1-1 after opening bowlers Wayne Parnell and Dale Steyn took four wickets each, to help bowl out Australia for 131.

Parnell, a 19-year-old left-arm seamer, finished with 4-25 in just his second ODI after having figures of 3-3 in his first four overs, while Steyn claimed 4-27 as Australia were dismissed in less than 41 overs for their 16th lowest total.

"Wayne is a young guy with loads of potential. It is handy to have a left-hander and it allows tactical changes," South Africa captain Graeme Smith said. "The teams are pretty close. If you are not on the money, you get beaten."

The Proteas reached 132 for three wickets in the 27th over at SuperSport Park after Smith and Jacques Kallis had added 69 in 11.1 overs for the second wicket.

Smith hit five fours to score 40 in 48 balls and Kallis stroked five fours in 42 deliveries for 31.

A.B. de Villiers (36 not out) and J.P. Duminy (11 not out) added an unbroken stand of 39 to steer South Africa to victory, after the team had recorded their biggest ever one-day loss to Australia, losing by 141 runs in Durban on Friday.

The next game is Thursday in Cape Town.

"Cape Town has been a strong ground for us in recent years, sort of a fort," Smith said. "Hopefully, we can turn in a good performance there on Thursday. It was nice that we got it to swing today, but you must have good intensity with that."

Callum Ferguson top-scored with 50 and bowlers Mitchell Johnson (30) and Nathan Hauritz (10) were the only other Australian players to reach double figures.