TestNo. 2298MenUpset 52

Australia v South Africa

South Africa won by 6 wickets

Australia tour of South Africa, Match 29 March 2018 to 12 March 2018St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Australiabatted first

243 & 23979 ov

South Africa

382 & 102/422.5 ov

Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match K Rabada

Australia innings

24371.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	38	91	6	0	41.8
DA Warner	b L Ngidi	63	100	9	0	63.0
UT Khawaja	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	4	15	0	0	26.7
SPD Smith	lbw b K Rabada	25	58	3	0	43.1
SE Marsh	lbw b K Rabada	24	52	4	0	46.2
TD Paine	b L Ngidi	36	68	5	0	52.9
MR Marsh	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	4	3	1	0	133.3
PJ Cummins	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	1	0	0	0.0
MA Starc	b K Rabada	8	11	1	0	72.7
NM Lyon	b L Ngidi	17	20	4	0	85.0
JR Hazlewood	not out	10*	10	2	0	100.0
Extras	lb 14	14
Total	all out, 71.3 overs, run rate 3.40	243

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-98 CT Bancroft2-104 UT Khawaja3-117 DA Warner4-161 SPD Smith5-166 SE Marsh6-170 MR Marsh7-170 PJ Cummins8-182 MA Starc9-212 NM Lyon10-243 TD Paine

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
VD Philander	18	7	25	2	1.39	88	1
K Rabada	21	2	96	5	4.57	87	17
L Ngidi	13.3	3	51	3	3.78	62	10
KA Maharaj	18	1	51	0	2.83	78	6
D Elgar	1	0	6	0	6.00	3	1

South Africa innings

382118.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	57	197	6	0	28.9
AK Markram	lbw b PJ Cummins	11	21	1	0	52.4
K Rabada	b PJ Cummins	29	40	6	0	72.5
HM Amla	b MA Starc	56	148	6	0	37.8
AB de Villiers	not out	126*	146	20	1	86.3
F du Plessis	lbw b MR Marsh	9	16	1	0	56.3
TB de Bruyn	lbw b MR Marsh	1	8	0	0	12.5
Q de Kock	b NM Lyon	9	20	0	0	45.0
VD Philander	c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins	36	85	5	0	42.4
KA Maharaj	b JR Hazlewood	30	24	3	2	125.0
L Ngidi	run out	5	7	1	0	71.4
Extras	b 9, lb 2, w 2	13
Total	all out, 118.4 overs, run rate 3.22	382

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-22 AK Markram2-67 K Rabada3-155 HM Amla4-155 D Elgar5-179 F du Plessis6-183 TB de Bruyn7-227 Q de Kock8-311 VD Philander9-369 KA Maharaj10-382 L Ngidi

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
MA Starc	33.4	5	110	1	3.27	149	15	0	0
JR Hazlewood	30	5	98	2	3.27	134	15	0	0
PJ Cummins	24	6	79	3	3.29	112	11	1	2
NM Lyon	22	5	58	1	2.64	100	5	2	0
MR Marsh	9	1	26	2	2.89	41	3	0	0

Australia innings

23979 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	b L Ngidi	24	70	2	0	34.3
DA Warner	b K Rabada	13	21	3	0	61.9
UT Khawaja	lbw b K Rabada	75	136	14	0	55.1
SPD Smith	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	11	18	1	1	61.1
SE Marsh	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	1	5	0	0	20.0
MR Marsh	b K Rabada	45	125	4	1	36.0
TD Paine	not out	28*	50	2	0	56.0
PJ Cummins	c TB de Bruyn b K Rabada	5	14	1	0	35.7
MA Starc	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	1	10	0	0	10.0
NM Lyon	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	5	8	1	0	62.5
JR Hazlewood	c L Ngidi b KA Maharaj	17	17	2	1	100.0
Extras	b 2, lb 10, w 2	14
Total	all out, 79 overs, run rate 3.03	239

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-27 DA Warner2-62 CT Bancroft3-77 SPD Smith4-86 SE Marsh5-173 UT Khawaja6-186 MR Marsh7-202 PJ Cummins8-204 MA Starc9-211 NM Lyon10-239 JR Hazlewood

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
VD Philander	18	5	56	0	3.11	82	9	0	0
K Rabada	22	9	54	6	2.45	107	8	0	1
KA Maharaj	23	2	90	2	3.91	94	10	2	0
L Ngidi	13	5	24	2	1.85	66	3	1	0
AK Markram	3	1	3	0	1.00	15	0	0	0

South Africa innings

102/422.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c SPD Smith b JR Hazlewood	21	28	3	0	75.0
D Elgar	c & b NM Lyon	5	17	0	0	29.4
HM Amla	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	27	42	3	0	64.3
AB de Villiers	c CT Bancroft b NM Lyon	28	26	4	1	107.7
F du Plessis	not out	2*	10	0	0	20.0
TB de Bruyn	not out	15*	14	2	0	107.1
Extras	b 4	4
Total	4 wickets, 22.5 overs, run rate 4.47	102

Did not batQ de Kock, VD Philander, KA Maharaj, K Rabada, L Ngidi

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-22 D Elgar2-32 AK Markram3-81 HM Amla4-81 AB de Villiers

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
MA Starc	3	15	0	5.00	12	2	0
JR Hazlewood	6	26	1	4.33	25	4	0
NM Lyon	9	44	2	4.89	31	4	1
PJ Cummins	4.5	13	1	2.69	22	2	0

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Player of the match

K RabadaSouth Africa

29off 40 balls, 6 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 72.5

5-96in 21 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2298
Competition: Australia tour of South Africa
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Umpires: CB Gaffaney and HDPK Dharmasena
TV umpire: S Ravi
Match referee: JJ Crowe
Season: 2017/18

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 18°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 2: 23 / 18°C, dry
Day 3: 24 / 19°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 4: 24 / 19°C, dry

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