Australia v South Africa
South Africa won by 3 wickets
South Africa in Australia ODI Series, Match 116 January 2009Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australiabatted first
271/850 ov
South Africatarget 272 in 50 overs
272/749.3 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match JA Morkel
Australia innings
271/850 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Marsh | c MV Boucher b M Morkel | 79 | 97 | 4 | 1 | 81.4 |
| MEK Hussey | c MV Boucher b DW Steyn | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.5 |
| RT Ponting | c MV Boucher b J Botha | 46 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 85.2 |
| MJ Clarke | c HM Amla b JA Morkel | 19 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| DJ Hussey | b JA Morkel | 52 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 104.0 |
| CL White | b J Botha | 21 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 87.5 |
| BJ Haddin | run out (JA Morkel) | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 158.3 |
| JR Hopes | c VB van Jaarsveld b M Morkel | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| NW Bracken | not out | 12* | 8 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | not out | 1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 3, w 9 | 14 | ||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 5.42 | 271 | ||||
Did not batSW Tait
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-8 MEK Hussey2-102 RT Ponting3-146 MJ Clarke4-174 SE Marsh5-223 CL White6-231 DJ Hussey7-254 JR Hopes8-259 BJ Haddin
South Africa innings chasing 272
272/749.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HH Gibbs | b BW Hilfenhaus | 22 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 78.6 |
| HM Amla | b SW Tait | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| JH Kallis | b MJ Clarke | 41 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 83.7 |
| JP Duminy | c CL White b NW Bracken | 71 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 76.3 |
| ND McKenzie | c RT Ponting b BW Hilfenhaus | 63 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 78.8 |
| MV Boucher | b SW Tait | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| VB van Jaarsveld | run out (RT Ponting) | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| JA Morkel | not out | 40* | 18 | 4 | 1 | 222.2 |
| J Botha | not out | 12* | 18 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Extras | lb 10, w 8 | 18 | ||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 49.3 overs, run rate 5.49 | 272 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-4 HM Amla2-36 HH Gibbs3-90 JH Kallis4-213 JP Duminy5-215 MV Boucher6-219 VB van Jaarsveld7-221 ND McKenzie
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW Bracken | 10 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 4.90 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SW Tait | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 4.30 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | 9.3 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 5.79 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| JR Hopes | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 5.10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Hussey | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 7.00 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 5.80 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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