TestNo. 2482Men

South Africa v Australia

Australia won by 6 wickets

South Africa tour of Australia, Match 117 December 2022 to 18 December 2022Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

South Africabatted first

152 & 9937.4 ov

Australia

218 & 35/47.5 ov

Australia won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match TM Head

South Africa innings

15248.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c AT Carey b MA Starc	3	10	0	0	30.0
SJ Erwee	c C Green b SM Boland	10	37	2	0	27.0
HE van der Dussen	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	5	12	0	0	41.7
T Bavuma	b MA Starc	38	70	3	0	54.3
K Zondo	lbw b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.0
K Verreynne	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	64	96	8	1	66.7
M Jansen	c C Green b NM Lyon	2	19	0	0	10.5
KA Maharaj	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	2	6	0	0	33.3
K Rabada	not out	10*	18	1	0	55.6
A Nortje	c TM Head b NM Lyon	0	7	0	0	0.0
L Ngidi	c C Green b PJ Cummins	3	13	0	0	23.1
Extras	b 4, lb 10, w 1	15
Total	all out, 48.2 overs, run rate 3.14	152

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-12 D Elgar2-27 HE van der Dussen3-27 SJ Erwee4-27 K Zondo5-125 T Bavuma6-132 M Jansen7-135 KA Maharaj8-139 K Verreynne9-145 A Nortje10-152 L Ngidi

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
MA Starc	14	1	41	3	2.93	64	4	0	0
PJ Cummins	12.2	3	35	2	2.84	55	5	0	0
SM Boland	11	2	28	2	2.55	51	2	0	1
C Green	3	0	20	0	6.67	9	2	1	0
NM Lyon	8	2	14	3	1.75	39	1	0	0

Australia innings

21850.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DA Warner	c K Zondo b K Rabada	0	1	0	0	0.0
UT Khawaja	c SR Harmer (sub) b A Nortje	11	26	2	0	42.3
M Labuschagne	c D Elgar b M Jansen	11	24	2	0	45.8
SPD Smith	b A Nortje	36	68	3	0	52.9
TM Head	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	92	96	13	1	95.8
SM Boland	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	1	4	0	0	25.0
C Green	c SJ Erwee b M Jansen	18	19	4	0	94.7
AT Carey	not out	22*	30	0	0	73.3
MA Starc	c & b L Ngidi	14	30	3	0	46.7
PJ Cummins	c A Nortje b K Rabada	0	3	0	0	0.0
NM Lyon	c HE van der Dussen b K Rabada	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 5, w 5, nb 2	13
Total	all out, 50.3 overs, run rate 4.32	218

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-0 DA Warner2-18 M Labuschagne3-27 UT Khawaja4-144 SPD Smith5-145 SM Boland6-181 C Green7-182 TM Head8-213 MA Starc9-214 PJ Cummins10-218 NM Lyon

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
K Rabada	17.3	1	76	4	4.34	74	12	0	0	1
L Ngidi	9	1	35	1	3.89	37	3	1	0	0
M Jansen	9	1	32	3	3.56	41	2	0	0	1
A Nortje	13	2	52	2	4.00	54	7	0	1	0
KA Maharaj	2	0	17	0	8.50	6	3	0	0	0

South Africa innings

9937.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SJ Erwee	c C Green b PJ Cummins	3	23	0	0	13.0
D Elgar	lbw b PJ Cummins	2	4	0	0	50.0
HE van der Dussen	b MA Starc	0	4	0	0	0.0
T Bavuma	lbw b NM Lyon	29	61	3	0	47.5
K Zondo	not out	36*	85	6	0	42.4
K Verreynne	c SPD Smith b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.0
M Jansen	b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.0
KA Maharaj	c AT Carey b MA Starc	16	18	3	0	88.9
K Rabada	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	3	13	0	0	23.1
A Nortje	c C Green b PJ Cummins	0	1	0	0	0.0
L Ngidi	c DA Warner b PJ Cummins	9	14	2	0	64.3
Extras	nb 1	1
Total	all out, 37.4 overs, run rate 2.63	99

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-2 D Elgar2-3 HE van der Dussen3-5 SJ Erwee4-47 T Bavuma5-48 K Verreynne6-48 M Jansen7-64 KA Maharaj8-69 K Rabada9-69 A Nortje10-99 L Ngidi

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
MA Starc	11	3	26	2	2.36	52	3	0
PJ Cummins	12.4	3	42	5	3.32	63	8	1
SM Boland	8	2	14	2	1.75	39	1	0
NM Lyon	6	0	17	1	2.83	26	2	0

Australia innings

35/47.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	c KA Maharaj b K Rabada	2	12	0	0	16.7
DA Warner	c SJ Erwee b K Rabada	3	11	0	0	27.3
M Labuschagne	not out	5*	16	1	0	31.3
SPD Smith	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	6	5	1	0	120.0
TM Head	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	0	1	0	0	0.0
C Green	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, w 15	19
Total	4 wickets, 7.5 overs, run rate 4.47	35

Did not batSM Boland, AT Carey, MA Starc, PJ Cummins, NM Lyon

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-8 UT Khawaja2-9 DA Warner3-19 SPD Smith4-24 TM Head

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
K Rabada	4	1	13	4	3.25	21	1	0	1	0
A Nortje	3.5	0	18	0	4.70	18	1	0	2	0

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Player of the match

TM HeadAustralia

92off 96 balls, 13 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 95.8

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2482
Competition: South Africa tour of Australia
Toss: Australia, chose to field
Umpires: CB Gaffaney and RJ Tucker
TV umpire: RA Kettleborough
Match referee: RB Richardson
Season: 2022/23

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 26 / 20°C, 2 mm rain
Day 2: 26 / 19°C, 0.2 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2022-12-17-south-africa-v-australia/scorecard200

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