TestNo. 2018MenUpset 39

South Africa v Australia

Australia won by 2 wickets

Australia in South Africa Test Series, Match 217 November 2011 to 21 November 2011Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

South Africabatted first

266 & 339110 ov

Australia

296 & 310/886.5 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match PJ Cummins

South Africa innings

26671 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Rudolph	c BJ Haddin b SR Watson	30	50	4	0	60.0
GC Smith	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	11	18	2	0	61.1
HM Amla	c RT Ponting b PJ Cummins	19	70	3	0	27.1
JH Kallis	c UT Khawaja b PM Siddle	54	41	8	2	131.7
AB de Villiers	c PJ Cummins b PM Siddle	64	97	11	0	66.0
AG Prince	c MG Johnson b NM Lyon	50	89	9	0	56.2
MV Boucher	c NM Lyon b PM Siddle	3	7	0	0	42.9
VD Philander	lbw b NM Lyon	0	5	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn	not out	15*	31	1	1	48.4
M Morkel	c SR Watson b MJ Clarke	6	14	1	0	42.9
Imran Tahir	c PJ Hughes b MJ Clarke	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 9, lb 2, w 2, nb 1	14
Total	all out, 71 overs, run rate 3.75	266

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-24 GC Smith2-43 JA Rudolph3-123 JH Kallis4-129 HM Amla5-241 AG Prince6-243 AB de Villiers7-243 VD Philander8-245 MV Boucher9-258 M Morkel10-266 Imran Tahir

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MG Johnson	16.1	4	67	1	4.14	69	10	0	0	1
PJ Cummins	15	3	38	1	2.53	72	7	0	0	0
PM Siddle	15	4	69	3	4.60	68	13	1	0	0
SR Watson	3.5	1	13	1	3.39	19	3	0	0	0
NM Lyon	13	2	52	2	4.00	54	5	2	0	0
MEK Hussey	4	0	10	0	2.50	16	0	0	2	0
MJ Clarke	4	1	6	2	1.50	21	1	0	0	0

Australia innings

29676.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c Imran Tahir b JH Kallis	88	140	14	2	62.9
PJ Hughes	c AB de Villiers b VD Philander	88	111	14	0	79.3
UT Khawaja	lbw b DW Steyn	12	57	1	0	21.1
RT Ponting	lbw b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0	0.0
MJ Clarke	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	11	33	2	0	33.3
MEK Hussey	b DW Steyn	20	27	4	0	74.1
BJ Haddin	lbw b Imran Tahir	16	23	3	0	69.6
MG Johnson	not out	38*	49	6	0	77.6
PM Siddle	b Imran Tahir	0	4	0	0	0.0
PJ Cummins	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	2	7	0	0	28.6
NM Lyon	lbw b Imran Tahir	2	10	0	0	20.0
Extras	b 4, lb 8, w 3, nb 4	19
Total	all out, 76.4 overs, run rate 3.86	296

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-174 PJ Hughes2-192 SR Watson3-193 RT Ponting4-212 MJ Clarke5-228 UT Khawaja6-233 MEK Hussey7-255 BJ Haddin8-255 PM Siddle9-285 PJ Cummins10-296 NM Lyon

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DW Steyn	18	3	64	4	3.56	79	9	1	0	0
VD Philander	15	4	47	1	3.13	67	6	0	1	1
M Morkel	17	4	62	1	3.65	80	11	0	1	3
JH Kallis	13	2	56	1	4.31	57	11	0	1	0
Imran Tahir	13.4	2	55	3	4.02	54	7	1	0	0

South Africa innings

339110 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c PJ Hughes b NM Lyon	36	55	6	0	65.5
JA Rudolph	c BJ Haddin b PJ Cummins	24	23	5	0	104.3
HM Amla	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	105	243	14	0	43.2
JH Kallis	c MJ Clarke b PJ Cummins	2	19	0	0	10.5
AB de Villiers	c MJ Clarke b PJ Cummins	73	136	10	1	53.7
AG Prince	run out (RT Ponting)	2	18	0	0	11.1
MV Boucher	c SR Watson b NM Lyon	13	20	3	0	65.0
VD Philander	c BJ Haddin b PJ Cummins	23	72	3	0	31.9
DW Steyn	c BJ Haddin b PJ Cummins	41	64	2	3	64.1
M Morkel	b PJ Cummins	0	1	0	0	0.0
Imran Tahir	not out	4*	11	1	0	36.4
Extras	b 5, lb 2, w 7, nb 2	16
Total	all out, 110 overs, run rate 3.08	339

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-40 JA Rudolph2-75 GC Smith3-90 JH Kallis4-237 AB de Villiers5-249 AG Prince6-260 HM Amla7-266 MV Boucher8-314 VD Philander9-314 M Morkel10-339 DW Steyn

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MG Johnson	30	4	101	1	3.37	130	15	0	0	2
PJ Cummins	29	5	79	6	2.72	134	8	1	3	0
PM Siddle	27	10	71	0	2.63	132	13	1	0	0
NM Lyon	16	4	57	2	3.56	68	6	2	0	0
MEK Hussey	5	0	14	0	2.80	21	1	0	0	0
MJ Clarke	2	1	2	0	1.00	10	0	0	0	0
RT Ponting	1	0	8	0	8.00	3	1	0	0	0

Australia innings

310/886.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	b VD Philander	0	2	0	0	0.0
PJ Hughes	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	11	10	2	0	110.0
UT Khawaja	c JH Kallis b Imran Tahir	65	110	8	1	59.1
RT Ponting	c JA Rudolph b M Morkel	62	138	6	0	44.9
MJ Clarke	b VD Philander	2	16	0	0	12.5
MEK Hussey	lbw b VD Philander	39	77	3	0	50.6
BJ Haddin	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	55	106	7	0	51.9
MG Johnson	not out	40*	47	6	0	85.1
PM Siddle	c Imran Tahir b DW Steyn	4	7	1	0	57.1
PJ Cummins	not out	13*	15	2	0	86.7
Extras	b 1, lb 7, w 4, nb 7	19
Total	8 wickets, 86.5 overs, run rate 3.57	310

Did not batNM Lyon

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-0 SR Watson2-19 PJ Hughes3-141 UT Khawaja4-145 MJ Clarke5-165 RT Ponting6-215 MEK Hussey7-287 BJ Haddin8-292 PM Siddle

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
VD Philander	20	3	70	5	3.50	87	10	0	1	4
DW Steyn	23	1	98	1	4.26	92	12	1	2	0
M Morkel	19	6	43	1	2.26	94	6	0	1	3
Imran Tahir	15.5	0	63	1	3.98	56	5	0	0	0
JH Kallis	9	1	28	0	3.11	36	2	0	0	0

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Player of the match

PJ CumminsAustralia

1-38in 15 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2018
Competition: Australia in South Africa Test Series
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: BF Bowden and IJ Gould
TV umpire: BR Doctrove
Match referee: RS Mahanama
Season: 2011/12

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 34 / 16°C, 2.5 mm rain
Day 2: 32 / 18°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 30 / 15°C, 7.6 mm rain
Day 4: 26 / 16°C, 4 mm rain
Day 5: 28 / 17°C, 1.1 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2011-11-17-south-africa-v-australia/scorecard200

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