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Test No. 2298

Australia tour of South Africa 2018
2017-18 season
South Africa vs Australia - 2nd Test
09-12 March, 2018 (5-day match)

4-match series level 1-1

Venue : St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : South Africa won by 6 wickets


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cameron Bancroft c de Kock b Philander
38 
91 
6 
0
41.76 
»
 David Warner b Ngidi
63 
100 
9 
0
63.00 
»
 Usman Khawaja c de Kock b Philander
4 
15 
0 
0
26.67 
»
 Steven Smith lbw b Rabada
25 
58 
3 
0
43.10 
»
 Shaun Marsh lbw b Rabada
24 
52 
4 
0
46.15 
»
 Tim Paine b Ngidi
36 
68 
5 
0
52.94 
»
 Mitchell Marsh c de Kock b Rabada
4 
3 
1 
0
133.33 
»
 Pat Cummins c de Kock b Rabada
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mitchell Starc b Rabada
8 
11 
1 
0
72.73 
»
 Nathan Lyon b Ngidi
17 
20 
4 
0
85.00 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
10 
10 
2 
0
100.00 
Extras LB 14
14
Total : (all out in 71.3 overs)
243
 RR : 3.40

Fall of wickets : 1-98 (CT Bancroft, 26.4 ov), 2-104 (UT Khawaja, 30.4 ov), 3-117 (DA Warner, 36.2 ov), 4-161 (SPD Smith, 51.6 ov), 5-166 (SE Marsh, 53.2 ov), 6-170 (MR Marsh, 53.5 ov), 7-170 (PJ Cummins, 53.6 ov), 8-182 (MA Starc, 57.5 ov), 9-212 (NM Lyon, 63.5 ov), 10-243 (TD Paine, 71.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Vernon Philander
18
7 
25 
2
1.39
0
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
21
2 
96 
5
4.57
0
0
»
 Lungi Ngidi
13
 .3
3 
51 
3
3.78
0
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
18
1 
51 
0
2.83
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
1
0 
6 
0
6.00
0
0

South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c Paine b Hazlewood
57 
197 
6 
0
28.93 
»
 Aiden Markram lbw b Cummins
11 
21 
1 
0
52.38 
»
 Kagiso Rabada b Cummins
29 
40 
6 
0
72.50 
»
 Hashim Amla b Starc
56 
148 
6 
0
37.84 
»
 AB de Villiers Not Out
126 
146 
20 
1
86.30 
»
 Faf du Plessis lbw b MR Marsh
9 
16 
1 
0
56.25 
»
 Theunis de Bruyn lbw b MR Marsh
1 
8 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Quinton de Kock b Lyon
9 
20 
0 
0
45.00 
»
 Vernon Philander c Bancroft b Cummins
36 
85 
5 
0
42.35 
»
 Keshav Maharaj b Hazlewood
30 
24 
3 
2
125.00 
»
 Lungi Ngidi run out
5 
7 
1 
0
71.43 
Extras B 9, LB 2, W 2
13
Total : (all out in 118.4 overs)
382
 RR : 3.22

Fall of wickets : 1-22 (AK Markram, 7.4 ov), 2-67 (K Rabada, 20.2 ov), 3-155 (HM Amla, 66.4 ov), 4-155 (D Elgar, 67.6 ov), 5-179 (F du Plessis, 75.3 ov), 6-183 (TB de Bruyn, 77.4 ov), 7-227 (Q de Kock, 85.3 ov), 8-311 (VD Philander, 108.3 ov), 9-369 (KA Maharaj, 115.4 ov), 10-382 (L Ngidi, 118.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
33
 .4
5 
110 
1
3.27
0
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
30
5 
98 
2
3.27
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
24
6 
79 
3
3.29
0
2
»
 Nathan Lyon
22
5 
58 
1
2.64
0
0
»
 Mitchell Marsh
9
1 
26 
2
2.89
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cameron Bancroft b Ngidi
24 
70 
2 
0
34.29 
»
 David Warner b Rabada
13 
21 
3 
0
61.90 
»
 Usman Khawaja lbw b Rabada
75 
136 
14 
0
55.15 
»
 Steven Smith c de Kock b Maharaj
11 
18 
1 
1
61.11 
»
 Shaun Marsh c de Kock b Rabada
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Mitchell Marsh b Rabada
45 
125 
4 
1
36.00 
»
 Tim Paine Not Out
28 
50 
2 
0
56.00 
»
 Pat Cummins c de Bruyn b Rabada
5 
14 
1 
0
35.71 
»
 Mitchell Starc c de Kock b Rabada
1 
10 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 Nathan Lyon c de Kock b Ngidi
5 
8 
1 
0
62.50 
»
 Josh Hazlewood c Ngidi b Maharaj
17 
17 
2 
1
100.00 
Extras B 2, LB 10, W 2
14
Total : (all out in 79.0 overs)
239
 RR : 3.03

Fall of wickets : 1-27 (DA Warner, 9.2 ov), 2-62 (CT Bancroft, 21.3 ov), 3-77 (SPD Smith, 26.4 ov), 4-86 (SE Marsh, 29.2 ov), 5-173 (UT Khawaja, 61.1 ov), 6-186 (MR Marsh, 63.6 ov), 7-202 (PJ Cummins, 67.2 ov), 8-204 (MA Starc, 69.3 ov), 9-211 (NM Lyon, 72.2 ov), 10-239 (JR Hazlewood, 78.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Vernon Philander
18
5 
56 
0
3.11
0
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
22
9 
54 
6
2.45
0
1
»
 Keshav Maharaj
23
2 
90 
2
3.91
0
0
»
 Lungi Ngidi
13
5 
24 
2
1.85
0
0
»
 Aiden Markram
3
1 
3 
0
1.00
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
(Target: 101 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Aiden Markram c Smith b Hazlewood
21 
28 
3 
0
75.00 
»
 Dean Elgar c & b Lyon
5 
17 
0 
0
29.41 
»
 Hashim Amla c Paine b Cummins
27 
42 
3 
0
64.29 
»
 AB de Villiers c Bancroft b Lyon
28 
26 
4 
1
107.69 
»
 Faf du Plessis Not Out
2 
10 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Theunis de Bruyn Not Out
15 
14 
2 
0
107.14 
Extras B 4
4
Total : (4 wickets in 22.5 overs)
102
 RR : 4.47

did not bat: Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Quinton de Kock, Vernon Philander

Fall of wickets : 1-22 (D Elgar, 5.1 ov), 2-32 (AK Markram, 8.6 ov), 3-81 (HM Amla, 18.4 ov), 4-81 (AB de Villiers, 19.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
3
0 
15 
0
5.00
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
9
0 
44 
2
4.89
0
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
6
0 
26 
1
4.33
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
4
 .5
0 
13 
1
2.69
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)
Umpires : Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Third Umpire: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: Bongani Jele (South Africa)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 09 Mar - South Africa 1st innings 39/1 (D Elgar 11*, K Rabada 17*, 12 ov)
Day 2 : 10 Mar - South Africa 1st innings 263/7 (AB de Villiers 74*, VD Philander 14*, 95 ov)
Day 3 : 11 Mar - Australia 2nd innings 180/5 (MR Marsh 39*, TD Paine 5*, 63 ov)
Day 4 : 12 Mar - South Africa 2nd innings 102/4 (F du Plessis 2*, TB de Bruyn 15*, 22.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
South Africa AB de Villiers, Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis (Capt.), Hashim Amla, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Quinton de Kock (wk), Theunis de Bruyn, Vernon Philander
Australia Cameron Bancroft, David Warner, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith (Capt.), Tim Paine (wk), Usman Khawaja
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