South Africa v Australia
Australia won by an innings and 182 runs
South Africa tour of Australia, Match 226 December 2022 to 29 December 2022Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
South Africabatted first
189 & 20468.5 ov
Australia
575/8d145 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match DA Warner
South Africa innings
18968.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | run out (M Labuschagne) | 26 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 38.2 |
| SJ Erwee | c UT Khawaja b SM Boland | 18 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 58.1 |
| TB de Bruyn | c AT Carey b C Green | 12 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 38.7 |
| T Bavuma | c AT Carey b MA Starc | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| K Zondo | c M Labuschagne b MA Starc | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 |
| K Verreynne | c SPD Smith b C Green | 52 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 52.5 |
| M Jansen | c AT Carey b C Green | 59 | 136 | 10 | 0 | 43.4 |
| KA Maharaj | c PJ Cummins b NM Lyon | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| K Rabada | b C Green | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| A Nortje | not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| L Ngidi | b C Green | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Extras | b 3, lb 3, nb 1 | 7 | ||||
| Total | all out, 68.4 overs, run rate 2.75 | 189 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 580
1-29 SJ Erwee2-56 TB de Bruyn3-58 D Elgar4-58 T Bavuma5-67 K Zondo6-179 K Verreynne7-182 M Jansen8-186 K Rabada9-186 KA Maharaj10-189 L Ngidi
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 13 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 3.00 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Cummins | 14 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 2.14 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Boland | 14 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 2.43 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NM Lyon | 17 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 3.12 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C Green | 10.4 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 2.53 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
575/8d145 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DA Warner | b A Nortje | 200 | 255 | 16 | 2 | 78.4 |
| UT Khawaja | c K Verreynne b K Rabada | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| M Labuschagne | run out (KA Maharaj, A Nortje) | 14 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| SPD Smith | c TB de Bruyn b A Nortje | 85 | 161 | 9 | 1 | 52.8 |
| TM Head | b A Nortje | 51 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 92.7 |
| C Green | not out | 51* | 177 | 5 | 0 | 28.8 |
| AT Carey | c & b M Jansen | 111 | 149 | 13 | 0 | 74.5 |
| PJ Cummins | c K Verreynne b K Rabada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 |
| NM Lyon | c K Zondo b L Ngidi | 25 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 147.1 |
| MA Starc | not out | 10* | 12 | 0 | 1 | 83.3 |
| Extras | b 5, lb 12, w 1, nb 5 | 23 | ||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 145 overs, run rate 3.97 | 575 | ||||
Did not batSM Boland
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 580
1-21 UT Khawaja2-75 M Labuschagne3-314 SPD Smith4-395 TM Head5-395 DA Warner6-400 PJ Cummins7-440 NM Lyon8-557 AT Carey
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Rabada | 28 | 1 | 144 | 2 | 5.14 | 104 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| L Ngidi | 22.1 | 2 | 98 | 1 | 4.42 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Jansen | 28 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 3.18 | 123 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| A Nortje | 25 | 1 | 92 | 3 | 3.68 | 100 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| KA Maharaj | 41.5 | 3 | 135 | 0 | 3.23 | 169 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
20468.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJ Erwee | lbw b MA Starc | 21 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 51.2 |
| D Elgar | c AT Carey b PJ Cummins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TB de Bruyn | c SPD Smith b SM Boland | 28 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 41.2 |
| T Bavuma | c MS Harris (sub) b NM Lyon | 65 | 144 | 6 | 0 | 45.1 |
| K Zondo | run out (TM Head) | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
| K Verreynne | lbw b SM Boland | 33 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 82.5 |
| M Jansen | lbw b NM Lyon | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 |
| KA Maharaj | run out (M Labuschagne, MA Starc) | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 |
| K Rabada | c PJ Cummins b NM Lyon | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| A Nortje | not out | 8* | 18 | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| L Ngidi | b SPD Smith | 19 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 90.5 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 5, nb 2 | 8 | ||||
| Total | all out, 68.5 overs, run rate 2.96 | 204 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 580
1-0 D Elgar2-47 SJ Erwee3-57 TB de Bruyn4-65 K Zondo5-128 K Verreynne6-144 M Jansen7-174 KA Maharaj8-176 T Bavuma9-177 K Rabada10-204 L Ngidi
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 18 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 3.44 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Cummins | 16 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1.25 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SM Boland | 15 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 3.27 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NM Lyon | 17 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 3.41 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SPD Smith | 2.5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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