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Test No. 2122

Australia tour of South Africa 2013-14
2013-14 season
South Africa vs Australia - 3rd Test
01-05 March, 2014 (5-day match)

Australia won the 3-match series 2-1

Venue : Newlands, Cape Town
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 245 runs


Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Chris Rogers c Smith b Steyn
25 
41 
4 
0
60.98 
»
 David Warner c de Villiers b Duminy
135 
152 
12 
1
88.82 
»
 Alex Doolan c Steyn b Philander
20 
66 
3 
0
30.30 
»
 Michael Clarke Not Out
161 
301 
17 
0
53.49 
»
 Steven Smith b Elgar
84 
155 
9 
3
54.19 
»
 Shane Watson c Amla b Duminy
40 
32 
2 
3
125.00 
»
 Brad Haddin c Amla b Duminy
13 
21 
2 
0
61.90 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c de Villiers b Duminy
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ryan Harris Not Out
4 
3 
1 
0
133.33 
Extras W 6, N 6
12
Total : (7 wickets dec in 127.4 overs)
494
 RR : 3.87

did not bat: Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson

Fall of wickets : 1-65 (Rogers, 13.3 ov), 2-138 (Doolan, 31.3 ov), 3-217 (Warner, 57.4 ov), 4-401 (Smith, 107.5 ov), 5-456 (Watson, 118.4 ov), 6-489 (Haddin, 126.5 ov), 7-489 (Johnson, 126.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
10
 .1
0 
44 
1
4.33
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
26
 .4
2 
116 
1
4.35
1
0
»
 Morne Morkel
23
 .5
2 
94 
0
3.94
4
2
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy
17
0 
73 
4
4.29
0
0
»
 Kyle Abbott
28
11 
68 
0
2.43
1
0
»
 Dean Elgar
22
0 
99 
1
4.50
0
0

South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Smith c Haddin b Harris
5 
19 
1 
0
26.32 
»
 Alviro Petersen c Haddin b Johnson
53 
62 
8 
0
85.48 
»
 Dean Elgar c Haddin b Pattinson
11 
20 
1 
0
55.00 
»
 Hashim Amla b Harris
38 
52 
6 
0
73.08 
»
 AB de Villiers c Clarke b Johnson
14 
37 
2 
0
37.84 
»
 Faf du Plessis c Warner b Johnson
67 
135 
6 
0
49.63 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy c Haddin b Harris
4 
8 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Vernon Philander Not Out
37 
107 
1 
0
34.58 
»
 Kyle Abbott b Watson
3 
25 
0 
0
12.00 
»
 Dale Steyn c Watson b Johnson
28 
27 
5 
0
103.70 
»
 Morne Morkel c Watson b Pattinson
7 
9 
1 
0
77.78 
Extras B 8, LB 3, W 6, N 3
20
Total : (all out in 82.5 overs)
287
 RR : 3.46

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Smith, 4.5 ov), 2-42 (Elgar, 11.4 ov), 3-95 (Petersen, 21.2 ov), 4-121 (Amla, 28.1 ov), 5-133 (de Villiers, 35.4 ov), 6-146 (Duminy, 38.6 ov), 7-241 (du Plessis, 67.2 ov), 8-249 (Abbott, 73.6 ov), 9-279 (Steyn, 81.3 ov), 10-287 (Morkel, 82.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ryan Harris
22
9 
63 
1
2.86
1
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
19
5 
42 
4
2.21
0
0
»
 James Pattinson
18
 .5
4 
77 
2
4.09
2
2
»
 Shane Watson
9
1 
34 
1
3.78
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
12
1 
53 
0
4.42
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
2
0 
7 
0
3.50
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Chris Rogers run out
39 
67 
6 
0
58.21 
»
 David Warner c de Villiers b Abbott
145 
156 
13 
4
92.95 
»
 Alex Doolan c Abbott b Morkel
37 
87 
5 
0
42.53 
»
 Shane Watson c Duminy b Abbott
25 
17 
1 
2
147.06 
»
 Michael Clarke c de Kock b Abbott
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Steven Smith Not Out
36 
20 
5 
0
180.00 
»
 Brad Haddin Not Out
3 
3 
0 
0
100.00 
Extras B 3, LB 12, N 3
18
Total : (5 wickets dec in 58.0 overs)
303
 RR : 5.22

did not bat: Ryan Harris, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Johnson, James Pattinson

Fall of wickets : 1-123 (Rogers, 20.2 ov), 2-188 (Doolan, 44.6 ov), 3-245 (Watson, 50.6 ov), 4-257 (Clarke, 52.2 ov), 5-290 (Warner, 56.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
13
1 
67 
1
5.15
1
0
»
 Kyle Abbott
14
2 
61 
3
4.36
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
6
0 
42 
0
7.00
2
0
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy
19
3 
76 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Dale Steyn
3
1 
24 
0
8.00
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
3
0 
18 
0
6.00
0
0

South Africa 2nd innings
(Target: 511 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alviro Petersen lbw b Harris
9 
11 
0 
0
81.82 
»
 Graeme Smith c Doolan b Johnson
3 
3 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Dean Elgar b Johnson
0 
13 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Hashim Amla lbw b Pattinson
41 
109 
4 
0
37.61 
»
 AB de Villiers c Haddin b Harris
43 
238 
6 
0
18.07 
»
 Kyle Abbott b Pattinson
7 
89 
1 
0
7.87 
»
 Faf du Plessis lbw b Smith
47 
109 
5 
0
43.12 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy c Lyon b Johnson
43 
99 
8 
0
43.43 
»
 Vernon Philander Not Out
51 
105 
6 
1
48.57 
»
 Dale Steyn b Harris
1 
44 
0 
0
2.27 
»
 Morne Morkel b Harris
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 8, LB 5, W 2, N 5
20
Total : (all out in 134.3 overs)
265
 RR : 1.97

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Petersen, 2.1 ov), 2-12 (Smith, 3.1 ov), 3-15 (Elgar, 5.6 ov), 4-68 (Amla, 36.4 ov), 5-95 (Abbott, 66.1 ov), 6-136 (de Villiers, 84.2 ov), 7-173 (du Plessis, 102.1 ov), 8-246 (Duminy, 119.1 ov), 9-265 (Steyn, 134.1 ov), 10-265 (Morkel, 134.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ryan Harris
24
 .3
15 
32 
4
1.31
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
34
11 
92 
3
2.71
0
0
»
 James Pattinson
27
10 
62 
2
2.30
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
22
17 
10 
0
0.45
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
9
6 
6 
0
0.67
1
0
»
 Steven Smith
13
3 
43 
1
3.31
1
0
»
 Michael Clarke
5
2 
7 
0
1.40
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: DA Warner (Australia)
Man of the Series : DA Warner (Australia)
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Third Umpire: RK Illingworth (England)
Referee : RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: AT Holdstock (South Africa)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 331/3 (MJ Clarke 92*, SPD Smith 50*, 88 ov)
Day 2 : Australia 1st innings - 494/7d (MJ Clarke 161*, RJ Harris 4*, 127.4 ov)
Day 3 : Australia 2nd innings - 27/0 (CJL Rogers 1*, DA Warner 25*, 6 ov)
Day 4 : South Africa 2nd innings - 71/4 (AB de Villiers 16*, KJ Abbott 1*, 41 ov)
Day 5 : South Africa 2nd innings - 265 (VD Philander 51*, 134.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
South Africa Kyle Abbott, Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel, Jean-Paul Duminy, Hashim Amla, Graeme Smith (Capt.), Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Dale Steyn, Alviro Petersen, AB de Villiers (wk)
Australia Steven Smith, Shane Watson, Ryan Harris, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Clarke (Capt.), James Pattinson, David Warner, Chris Rogers, Brad Haddin (wk), Alex Doolan
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