TestNo. 1899MenUpset 77

Australia v South Africa

South Africa won by 6 wickets

South Africa in Australia Test Series, Match 117 December 2008 to 21 December 2008WACA, Perth

Australiabatted first

375 & 31997 ov

South Africa

281 & 414/4119.2 ov

Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match AB de Villiers

Australia innings

37598.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c GC Smith b M Ntini	12	13	3	0	92.3
SM Katich	lbw b M Morkel	83	151	7	1	55.0
RT Ponting	c AB de Villiers b M Ntini	0	1	0	0	0.0
MEK Hussey	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	0	7	0	0	0.0
MJ Clarke	c GC Smith b PL Harris	62	141	7	0	44.0
A Symonds	c ND McKenzie b PL Harris	57	68	6	0	83.8
BJ Haddin	c JP Duminy b M Ntini	46	68	4	2	67.6
B Lee	c JP Duminy b DW Steyn	29	46	4	0	63.0
JJ Krejza	not out	30*	45	3	0	66.7
MG Johnson	lbw b M Morkel	18	24	1	0	75.0
PM Siddle	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	23	34	3	0	67.6
Extras	lb 7, w 3, nb 5	15
Total	all out, 98.5 overs, run rate 3.79	375

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-14 ML Hayden2-14 RT Ponting3-15 MEK Hussey4-164 SM Katich5-166 MJ Clarke6-259 A Symonds7-298 BJ Haddin8-303 B Lee9-341 MG Johnson10-375 PM Siddle

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
M Ntini	19.5	1	72	4	3.63	90	9	1	0	1
DW Steyn	23	4	81	2	3.52	96	8	0	3	0
JH Kallis	15	2	65	0	4.33	68	9	1	0	0
M Morkel	20	1	80	2	4.00	81	7	0	0	4
PL Harris	21	2	70	2	3.33	87	5	1	0	0

South Africa innings

28189.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND McKenzie	c JJ Krejza b MG Johnson	2	31	0	0	6.5
GC Smith	b MG Johnson	48	94	6	0	51.1
HM Amla	b JJ Krejza	47	67	5	0	70.1
JH Kallis	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	63	111	6	1	56.8
AB de Villiers	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	63	130	7	1	48.5
JP Duminy	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	1	11	0	0	9.1
MV Boucher	c SM Katich b PM Siddle	26	65	2	0	40.0
M Morkel	c JJ Krejza b MG Johnson	1	10	0	0	10.0
PL Harris	c JJ Krejza b MG Johnson	0	3	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	8	9	1	0	88.9
M Ntini	not out	5*	15	1	0	33.3
Extras	lb 5, w 5, nb 7	17
Total	all out, 89.5 overs, run rate 3.13	281

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-16 ND McKenzie2-106 HM Amla3-110 GC Smith4-234 AB de Villiers5-237 JH Kallis6-238 JP Duminy7-241 M Morkel8-241 PL Harris9-256 DW Steyn10-281 MV Boucher

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
B Lee	21	3	59	0	2.81	95	5	0	0	4
MG Johnson	24	4	61	8	2.54	113	5	0	4	0
JJ Krejza	25	2	102	1	4.08	95	9	2	1	0
PM Siddle	16.5	5	44	1	2.61	83	7	0	0	3
A Symonds	3	1	10	0	3.33	15	2	0	0	0

Australia innings

31997 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c & b DW Steyn	4	22	1	0	18.2
SM Katich	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	37	55	3	0	67.3
RT Ponting	c MV Boucher b PL Harris	32	55	4	0	58.2
MEK Hussey	b M Ntini	8	35	0	0	22.9
MJ Clarke	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	25	67	2	0	37.3
A Symonds	c GC Smith b PL Harris	37	97	2	1	38.1
BJ Haddin	st MV Boucher b PL Harris	94	136	7	4	69.1
B Lee	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	5	6	1	0	83.3
JJ Krejza	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	32	63	5	0	50.8
MG Johnson	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	21	35	3	0	60.0
PM Siddle	not out	4*	18	0	0	22.2
Extras	b 4, lb 7, w 2, nb 7	20
Total	all out, 97 overs, run rate 3.29	319

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-25 ML Hayden2-59 SM Katich3-88 RT Ponting4-88 MEK Hussey5-148 MJ Clarke6-157 A Symonds7-162 B Lee8-241 JJ Krejza9-278 MG Johnson10-319 BJ Haddin

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DW Steyn	19	3	81	2	4.26	76	9	0	0	0
M Ntini	21	2	76	1	3.62	89	9	0	0	1
PL Harris	27	3	85	3	3.15	121	4	5	2	0
JH Kallis	14	4	24	3	1.71	72	3	0	0	0
M Morkel	16	4	42	1	2.63	76	3	0	0	6

South Africa innings

414/4119.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b MG Johnson	108	147	13	0	73.5
ND McKenzie	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	10	52	1	0	19.2
HM Amla	c BJ Haddin b B Lee	53	112	6	0	47.3
JH Kallis	c MEK Hussey b MG Johnson	57	106	4	2	53.8
AB de Villiers	not out	106*	186	9	0	57.0
JP Duminy	not out	50*	119	4	1	42.0
Extras	b 13, lb 9, w 2, nb 6	30
Total	4 wickets, 119.2 overs, run rate 3.47	414

Did not batMV Boucher, M Morkel, PL Harris, DW Steyn, M Ntini

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-19 ND McKenzie2-172 GC Smith3-179 HM Amla4-303 JH Kallis

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
B Lee	27	4	73	1	2.70	127	9	0	1	6
MG Johnson	34.2	5	98	3	2.85	151	8	0	1	0
PM Siddle	26	2	84	0	3.23	112	10	1	0	0
JJ Krejza	24	2	102	0	4.25	93	9	1	0	0
MJ Clarke	8	0	35	0	4.38	25	1	1	0	0

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Upset

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Player of the match

AB de VilliersSouth Africa

63off 130 balls, 7 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 48.5

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1899
Competition: South Africa in Australia Test Series
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Umpires: Aleem Dar and EAR de Silva
TV umpire: PR Reiffel
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2008/09

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 17°C, dry
Day 2: 27 / 17°C, dry
Day 3: 22 / 18°C, dry
Day 4: 20 / 19°C, 2.4 mm rain
Day 5: 20 / 17°C, 0.1 mm rain

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