TestNo. 2016MenUpset 41

South Africa v Australia

South Africa won by 8 wickets

Australia in South Africa Test Series, Match 19 November 2011 to 11 November 2011Newlands, Cape Town

Australiabatted first

284 & 4718 ov

South Africa

96 & 236/250.2 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match VD Philander

Australia innings

28475 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	3	15	0	0	20.0
PJ Hughes	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	9	19	1	0	47.4
SE Marsh	lbw b DW Steyn	44	101	8	0	43.6
RT Ponting	lbw b DW Steyn	8	25	0	1	32.0
MJ Clarke	b M Morkel	151	176	22	0	85.8
MEK Hussey	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	1	18	0	0	5.6
BJ Haddin	c AG Prince b DW Steyn	5	8	1	0	62.5
MG Johnson	c M Morkel b VD Philander	20	22	2	0	90.9
RJ Harris	c M Morkel b VD Philander	5	10	0	0	50.0
PM Siddle	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	20	54	2	0	37.0
NM Lyon	not out	1*	6	0	0	16.7
Extras	b 5, lb 7, w 1, nb 4	17
Total	all out, 75 overs, run rate 3.79	284

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290

1-9 SR Watson2-13 PJ Hughes3-40 RT Ponting4-143 SE Marsh5-158 MEK Hussey6-163 BJ Haddin7-202 MG Johnson8-214 RJ Harris9-273 PM Siddle10-284 MJ Clarke

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DW Steyn	20	4	55	4	2.75	90	4	0	0	0
VD Philander	21	3	63	3	3.00	98	8	1	1	3
M Morkel	18	2	82	3	4.56	73	13	0	0	1
Imran Tahir	10	1	35	0	3.50	38	4	0	0	0
JH Kallis	6	0	37	0	6.17	24	7	0	0	0

South Africa innings

9624.3 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Rudolph	b RJ Harris	18	29	1	0	62.1
GC Smith	b SR Watson	37	48	3	0	77.1
HM Amla	lbw b SR Watson	3	16	0	0	18.8
JH Kallis	c RT Ponting b SR Watson	0	4	0	0	0.0
AB de Villiers	lbw b RJ Harris	8	9	2	0	88.9
AG Prince	lbw b SR Watson	0	1	0	0	0.0
MV Boucher	lbw b SR Watson	4	7	1	0	57.1
VD Philander	c RT Ponting b RJ Harris	4	11	1	0	36.4
DW Steyn	not out	9*	18	0	0	50.0
M Morkel	run out (PM Siddle)	1	1	0	0	100.0
Imran Tahir	b RJ Harris	5	5	0	0	100.0
Extras	lb 4, w 1, nb 2	7
Total	all out, 24.3 overs, run rate 3.92	96

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290

1-24 JA Rudolph2-49 HM Amla3-49 JH Kallis4-73 GC Smith5-73 AG Prince6-77 AB de Villiers7-77 MV Boucher8-81 VD Philander9-83 M Morkel10-96 Imran Tahir

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
RJ Harris	10.3	3	33	4	3.14	47	2	0	1
MG Johnson	5	0	26	0	5.20	19	2	1	0
PM Siddle	4	1	16	0	4.00	17	1	0	1
SR Watson	5	2	17	5	3.40	24	3	0	0

Australia innings

4718 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	lbw b DW Steyn	4	3	1	0	133.3
PJ Hughes	c JA Rudolph b M Morkel	9	22	1	0	40.9
RT Ponting	lbw b VD Philander	0	12	0	0	0.0
MJ Clarke	lbw b VD Philander	2	6	0	0	33.3
MEK Hussey	c AG Prince b M Morkel	0	1	0	0	0.0
BJ Haddin	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	0	3	0	0	0.0
MG Johnson	c HM Amla b VD Philander	3	12	0	0	25.0
RJ Harris	c GC Smith b M Morkel	3	7	0	0	42.9
PM Siddle	not out	12*	16	2	0	75.0
SE Marsh	lbw b VD Philander	0	2	0	0	0.0
NM Lyon	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	14	24	1	0	58.3
Extras		0
Total	all out, 18 overs, run rate 2.61	47

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290

1-4 SR Watson2-11 RT Ponting3-13 PJ Hughes4-13 MEK Hussey5-15 MJ Clarke6-18 BJ Haddin7-21 RJ Harris8-21 MG Johnson9-21 SE Marsh10-47 NM Lyon

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
DW Steyn	5	1	23	2	4.60	22	4
VD Philander	7	3	15	5	2.14	35	1
M Morkel	6	1	9	3	1.50	30	0

South Africa innings

236/250.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	not out	101*	140	15	0	72.1
JA Rudolph	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	14	24	3	0	58.3
HM Amla	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	112	134	21	0	83.6
JH Kallis	not out	2*	6	0	0	33.3
Extras	lb 4, w 1, nb 2	7
Total	2 wickets, 50.2 overs, run rate 4.69	236

Did not batAB de Villiers, AG Prince, MV Boucher, VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290

1-27 JA Rudolph2-222 HM Amla

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
RJ Harris	14	2	67	0	4.79	57	12	0	0
PM Siddle	12.2	0	49	1	3.97	52	6	0	1
SR Watson	10	0	44	0	4.40	44	8	0	0
MG Johnson	11	1	61	1	5.55	41	11	1	1
NM Lyon	3	1	11	0	3.67	13	2	0	0

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Player of the match

VD PhilanderSouth Africa

3-63in 21 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2016
Competition: Australia in South Africa Test Series
Toss: South Africa, chose to field
Umpires: BR Doctrove and IJ Gould
TV umpire: BF Bowden
Match referee: RS Mahanama
Season: 2011/12

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 17 / 14°C, 1.9 mm rain
Day 2: 16 / 13°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 17 / 15°C, 0.2 mm rain

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