Aus regains the 2nd spot after winning the 5th odi

Haddin - scored a quickfire 66.

Australia gained some respectability with a 47-run victory over South Africa in Johannesburg but still lost the one-day series 3-2.

The hosts were set 304 to win after Brad Haddin and Michael Clarke helped them into a strong position and despite 82 from Herschelle Gibbs the Proteas crumbled in the latter half of their innings, collapsing from 213 for four to 256 all out with Mitchell Johnson taking three for 58 for the tourists.

Australia struck an important blow before skipper Graeme Smith (20 off 15) could get fully into his flow.

The left-hander waved at a wide Nathan Bracken delivery in the eighth over and got a healthy edge which Haddin did well to hold on to high to his left.

That brought veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis to the crease and he immediately set about his task in combination with Gibbs.

The pair were untroubled as they easily kept pace with the required rate in a 104-run stand that was brought to an end by a dubious lbw decision against Gibbs.

The 35-year-old attempted to sweep Nathan Hauritz while on 82 and while the ball rapped his front pad, he had made a stride down the wicket which could have offered some doubt about the decision.

Kallis followed for 64 off 69 balls, caught by Haddin off Bracken, and there was little in the way of resistance from the lower order with only AB de Villiers (15) managing double figures outside the top four batsmen.

Earlier, Smith won the toss and inserted the Australians who were looking to earn back some respectability having already conceded the series 3-1.

The tourists had not won since the opening match, but were soon on the front foot through Haddin (64 off 66) and Clarke (66 off 60) who made full use of the early powerplays to clear the in-field with regularity in their opening 127-run stand.

Both fell in quick succession but skipper Ricky Ponting (40 off 45) and rookie Callum Ferguson (41 off 33) picked up the pace to have the Australians at one point 191 for two after 31 overs and dreaming of a total in excess of 350.

But when both fell - to soft dismissals - all momentum the Australians built was soon lost.

Ponting's dismissal, caught at mid-on as he went in search of back-to-back sixes off the part-time spin of JP Duminy, prompted a collapse of four wickets for 23 runs in a four-over spell that left Australia on 246 for seven and with more than 10 overs still to bat.

Instead of loosing heart, they achieved the grand total of 303 runs,thanks to an unbeaten 57-run partnership between Michael Hussey (49) and Nathan Hauritz (24).

Duminy finished with figures of three for 48, while fellow spinner Roelof van der Merwe chipped in with two for 44 as the slow bowlers again restricted Australia.

After winning the 2nd ODI,Australia have regained the 2nd position in the ICC ODI ranking,which they lost to India.