TestNo. 2300MenUpset 47

South Africa v Australia

South Africa won by 322 runs

Australia tour of South Africa, Match 322 March 2018 to 25 March 2018Newlands, Cape Town

South Africabatted first

311 & 373112.2 ov

Australia

255 & 10739.4 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match M Morkel

South Africa innings

31197.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	not out	141*	284	20	1	49.6
AK Markram	c SPD Smith b JR Hazlewood	0	11	0	0	0.0
HM Amla	c PJ Cummins b JR Hazlewood	31	87	3	0	35.6
AB de Villiers	c DA Warner b PJ Cummins	64	95	10	0	67.4
F du Plessis	c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins	5	14	1	0	35.7
T Bavuma	c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins	1	12	0	0	8.3
Q de Kock	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	3	11	0	0	27.3
VD Philander	c TD Paine b MR Marsh	8	23	1	0	34.8
KA Maharaj	c CT Bancroft b MA Starc	3	7	0	0	42.9
K Rabada	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	22	42	3	0	52.4
M Morkel	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	4	4	1	0	100.0
Extras	b 13, lb 11, w 2, nb 3	29
Total	all out, 97.5 overs, run rate 3.18	311

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-6 AK Markram2-92 HM Amla3-220 AB de Villiers4-234 F du Plessis5-236 T Bavuma6-242 Q de Kock7-254 VD Philander8-257 KA Maharaj9-307 K Rabada10-311 M Morkel

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	21	3	81	1	3.86	90	11	0	0	2
JR Hazlewood	23	4	59	2	2.57	102	7	0	0	0
NM Lyon	19.5	6	43	2	2.17	96	4	1	0	0
PJ Cummins	26	6	78	4	3.00	124	14	0	1	0
MR Marsh	7	2	26	1	3.71	31	3	0	1	1
SPD Smith	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	0	0

Australia innings

25569.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	lbw b VD Philander	77	103	14	0	74.8
DA Warner	b K Rabada	30	14	5	1	214.3
UT Khawaja	c K Rabada b M Morkel	5	22	0	0	22.7
SPD Smith	c D Elgar b M Morkel	5	18	1	0	27.8
SE Marsh	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	26	63	3	0	41.3
MR Marsh	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	5	22	1	0	22.7
TD Paine	not out	34*	84	3	0	40.5
PJ Cummins	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	4	40	0	0	10.0
MA Starc	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	2	5	0	0	40.0
NM Lyon	c D Elgar b M Morkel	47	38	8	0	123.7
JR Hazlewood	c HM Amla b K Rabada	10	14	2	0	71.4
Extras	b 1, lb 5, nb 4	10
Total	all out, 69.5 overs, run rate 3.65	255

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-43 DA Warner2-61 UT Khawaja3-72 SPD Smith4-150 SE Marsh5-150 CT Bancroft6-156 MR Marsh7-173 PJ Cummins8-175 MA Starc9-241 NM Lyon10-255 JR Hazlewood

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
VD Philander	15	5	26	2	1.73	76	3	0	1
K Rabada	20.5	1	91	4	4.37	87	14	1	3
M Morkel	21	7	87	4	4.14	87	13	0	0
KA Maharaj	12	3	35	0	2.92	52	5	0	0
T Bavuma	1	0	10	0	10.00	2	2	0	0

South Africa innings

373112.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c PJ Cummins b MA Starc	84	145	10	2	57.9
D Elgar	c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins	14	23	2	0	60.9
HM Amla	c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins	31	80	5	0	38.8
AB de Villiers	c SE Marsh b JR Hazlewood	63	136	7	1	46.3
F du Plessis	lbw b NM Lyon	20	44	3	0	45.5
T Bavuma	c PSP Handscomb (sub) b JR Hazlewood	5	4	1	0	125.0
Q de Kock	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	65	97	8	1	67.0
VD Philander	not out	52*	79	6	1	65.8
K Rabada	st TD Paine b NM Lyon	20	46	3	0	43.5
KA Maharaj	c PJ Cummins b NM Lyon	5	14	1	0	35.7
M Morkel	c UT Khawaja b JR Hazlewood	6	7	0	1	85.7
Extras	b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 1	8
Total	all out, 112.2 overs, run rate 3.32	373

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-28 D Elgar2-104 HM Amla3-151 AK Markram4-196 F du Plessis5-201 T Bavuma6-269 AB de Villiers7-324 Q de Kock8-354 K Rabada9-362 KA Maharaj10-373 M Morkel

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	23	5	98	1	4.26	100	16	1	0	1
JR Hazlewood	25.2	5	69	3	2.72	122	10	0	0	0
PJ Cummins	27	5	67	3	2.48	129	8	1	2	0
NM Lyon	31	2	102	3	3.29	132	9	3	0	0
SPD Smith	1	0	6	0	6.00	4	1	0	0	0
MR Marsh	5	0	26	0	5.20	17	2	1	0	0

Australia innings

10739.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	run out	26	64	3	0	40.6
DA Warner	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	32	67	4	0	47.8
UT Khawaja	c AB de Villiers b KA Maharaj	1	9	0	0	11.1
SPD Smith	c D Elgar b M Morkel	7	21	0	1	33.3
SE Marsh	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	0	1	0	0	0.0
MR Marsh	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	16	28	3	0	57.1
TD Paine	not out	9*	27	2	0	33.3
PJ Cummins	c D Elgar b M Morkel	0	1	0	0	0.0
MA Starc	c AK Markram b M Morkel	7	14	1	0	50.0
NM Lyon	run out	0	0	0	0	-
JR Hazlewood	c VD Philander b M Morkel	5	6	1	0	83.3
Extras	b 4	4
Total	all out, 39.4 overs, run rate 2.70	107

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-57 CT Bancroft2-59 DA Warner3-59 UT Khawaja4-59 SE Marsh5-75 SPD Smith6-86 MR Marsh7-86 PJ Cummins8-94 MA Starc9-94 NM Lyon10-107 JR Hazlewood

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
K Rabada	12	6	31	1	2.58	60	4	1
VD Philander	6	2	17	0	2.83	30	2	0
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	2.38	49	3	0
KA Maharaj	12	2	32	2	2.67	58	5	0

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Player of the match

M MorkelSouth Africa

4-87in 21 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2300
Competition: Australia tour of South Africa
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: NJ Llong and RK Illingworth
TV umpire: IJ Gould
Match referee: AJ Pycroft
Season: 2017/18

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 17°C, dry
Day 2: 20 / 16°C, dry
Day 3: 18 / 16°C, 2.2 mm rain
Day 4: 18 / 15°C, 0.2 mm rain

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