TestNo. 1902MenUpset 70

Australia v South Africa

South Africa won by 9 wickets

South Africa in Australia Test Series, Match 226 December 2008 to 30 December 2008Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australiabatted first

394 & 24784.2 ov

South Africa

459 & 183/148 ov

Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match DW Steyn

Australia innings

394113.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c JP Duminy b M Ntini	8	17	1	0	47.1
SM Katich	b DW Steyn	54	109	6	0	49.5
RT Ponting	c HM Amla b PL Harris	101	126	10	1	80.2
MEK Hussey	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	0	9	0	0	0.0
MJ Clarke	not out	88*	208	4	1	42.3
A Symonds	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	27	55	3	0	49.1
BJ Haddin	c GC Smith b M Ntini	40	71	5	0	56.3
B Lee	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	21	21	5	0	100.0
MG Johnson	b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0	0.0
NM Hauritz	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	12	21	2	0	57.1
PM Siddle	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	19	49	1	0	38.8
Extras	b 5, lb 12, nb 7	24
Total	all out, 113.4 overs, run rate 3.47	394

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 460

1-21 ML Hayden2-128 SM Katich3-143 MEK Hussey4-184 RT Ponting5-223 A Symonds6-277 BJ Haddin7-322 B Lee8-326 MG Johnson9-352 NM Hauritz10-394 PM Siddle

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
DW Steyn	29	6	87	5	3.00	132	9	0	0
M Ntini	27	7	108	2	4.00	112	14	1	1
JH Kallis	18.4	4	55	1	2.95	83	3	0	0
M Morkel	22	3	89	1	4.05	96	8	1	6
PL Harris	17	3	38	1	2.24	78	3	0	0

South Africa innings

459153 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	62	113	6	0	54.9
ND McKenzie	b PM Siddle	0	5	0	0	0.0
HM Amla	c A Symonds b MG Johnson	19	30	1	0	63.3
JH Kallis	c BJ Haddin b NM Hauritz	26	53	2	0	49.1
AB de Villiers	b PM Siddle	7	51	0	0	13.7
JP Duminy	c PM Siddle b NM Hauritz	166	340	18	0	48.8
MV Boucher	c MEK Hussey b NM Hauritz	3	15	0	0	20.0
M Morkel	b MG Johnson	21	39	4	0	53.8
PL Harris	c MG Johnson b MEK Hussey	39	67	4	0	58.2
DW Steyn	b PM Siddle	76	191	9	1	39.8
M Ntini	not out	2*	29	0	0	6.9
Extras	b 5, lb 13, nb 15, pen 5	38
Total	all out, 153 overs, run rate 3.00	459

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 460

1-1 ND McKenzie2-39 HM Amla3-102 JH Kallis4-126 GC Smith5-132 AB de Villiers6-141 MV Boucher7-184 M Morkel8-251 PL Harris9-431 DW Steyn10-459 JP Duminy

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
B Lee	13	2	68	0	5.23	54	7	0	7
PM Siddle	34	9	81	4	2.38	163	9	0	4
MG Johnson	39	6	127	2	3.26	174	14	0	3
NM Hauritz	43	13	98	3	2.28	208	8	1	1
MJ Clarke	8	0	26	0	3.25	32	4	0	0
MEK Hussey	5	0	22	1	4.40	17	2	0	0
A Symonds	11	3	14	0	1.27	54	0	0	0

Australia innings

24784.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c JP Duminy b DW Steyn	23	28	3	0	82.1
SM Katich	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	15	40	2	0	37.5
RT Ponting	c GC Smith b M Morkel	99	169	7	0	58.6
MEK Hussey	c HM Amla b M Morkel	2	8	0	0	25.0
MJ Clarke	c ND McKenzie b DW Steyn	29	79	4	0	36.7
A Symonds	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	0	5	0	0	0.0
BJ Haddin	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	10	35	0	1	28.6
B Lee	b JH Kallis	8	21	1	0	38.1
MG Johnson	not out	43*	85	5	0	50.6
NM Hauritz	b JH Kallis	3	23	0	0	13.0
PM Siddle	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	6	18	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 1, lb 3, nb 5	9
Total	all out, 84.2 overs, run rate 2.93	247

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 460

1-37 ML Hayden2-40 SM Katich3-49 MEK Hussey4-145 MJ Clarke5-145 A Symonds6-165 BJ Haddin7-180 B Lee8-212 RT Ponting9-231 NM Hauritz10-247 PM Siddle

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
DW Steyn	20.2	3	67	5	3.30	93	5	0	1
M Ntini	14	1	26	1	1.86	68	2	0	0
M Morkel	15	2	46	2	3.07	72	6	0	4
PL Harris	21	1	47	0	2.24	93	1	1	0
JH Kallis	14	1	57	2	4.07	58	8	0	0

South Africa innings

183/148 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b NM Hauritz	75	94	10	0	79.8
ND McKenzie	not out	59*	140	3	1	42.1
HM Amla	not out	30*	62	2	0	48.4
Extras	lb 9, w 2, nb 8	19
Total	1 wicket, 48 overs, run rate 3.81	183

Did not batJH Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, MV Boucher, M Morkel, PL Harris, DW Steyn, M Ntini

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 460

1-121 GC Smith

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
B Lee	10	0	49	0	4.90	42	6	0	0	6
PM Siddle	14	5	34	0	2.43	66	4	0	0	0
MG Johnson	11	1	36	0	3.27	48	2	0	2	1
NM Hauritz	10	0	41	1	4.10	41	2	1	0	1
MJ Clarke	3	0	14	0	4.67	10	1	0	0	0

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Player of the match

DW SteynSouth Africa

76off 191 balls, 9 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 39.8

5-87in 29 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1902
Competition: South Africa in Australia Test Series
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Umpires: Aleem Dar and BR Doctrove
TV umpire: BNJ Oxenford
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2008/09

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 27 / 13°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 2: 28 / 14°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 3: 27 / 13°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 4: 20 / 13°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 5: 21 / 14°C, 2.2 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2008-12-26-australia-v-south-africa/scorecard200

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