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Test No. 2485

South Africa Tour of Australia 2022-23
2022-23 season
Australia vs South Africa - 2nd Test
26-29 December, 2022 (5-day match)

Australia led 3-match series 2-0

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Australia won by an innings and 182 runs


South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar run out
26 
68 
2 
0
38.24 
»
 Sarel Erwee c Khawaja b Boland
18 
31 
3 
0
58.06 
»
 Theunis de Bruyn c Carey b Green
12 
31 
2 
0
38.71 
»
 Temba Bavuma c Carey b Starc
1 
8 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Khaya Zondo c Labuschagne b Starc
5 
19 
0 
0
26.32 
»
 Kyle Verreynne c Smith b Green
52 
99 
3 
0
52.53 
»
 Marco Jansen c Carey b Green
59 
136 
10 
0
43.38 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Cummins b Lyon
2 
9 
0 
0
22.22 
»
 Kagiso Rabada b Green
4 
5 
1 
0
80.00 
»
 Anrich Nortje Not Out
1 
1 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Lungi Ngidi b Green
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
Extras B 3, LB 3, N 1
7
Total : (all out in 68.4 overs)
189
 RR : 2.75

Fall of wickets : 1-29 (Sarel Erwee, 10.4 ov), 2-56 (Theunis de Bruyn, 19.6 ov), 3-58 (Dean Elgar, 22.5 ov), 4-58 (Temba Bavuma, 22.6 ov), 5-67 (Khaya Zondo, 28.3 ov), 6-179 (Kyle Verreynne, 64.5 ov), 7-182 (Marco Jansen, 66.1 ov), 8-186 (Kagiso Rabada, 66.6 ov), 9-186 (Keshav Maharaj, 67.3 ov), 10-189 (Lungi Ngidi, 68.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
13
2 
39 
2
3.00
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
14
4 
30 
0
2.14
0
0
»
 Scott Boland
14
2 
34 
1
2.43
1
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
17
3 
53 
1
3.12
0
0
»
 Cameron Green
10
 .4
3 
27 
5
2.53
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 David Warner b Nortje
200 
255 
16 
2
78.43 
»
 Usman Khawaja c Verreynne b Rabada
1 
11 
0 
0
9.09 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne run out
14 
35 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Steven Smith c de Bruyn b Nortje
85 
161 
9 
1
52.80 
»
 Travis Head b Nortje
51 
55 
7 
1
92.73 
»
 Cameron Green Not Out
51 
177 
6 
0
28.81 
»
 Alex Carey c & b Jansen
111 
149 
13 
0
74.50 
»
 Pat Cummins c Verreynne b Rabada
4 
3 
1 
0
133.33 
»
 Nathan Lyon c Zondo b Ngidi
25 
17 
3 
1
147.06 
»
 Mitchell Starc Not Out
10 
12 
0 
1
83.33 
Extras B 5, LB 12, W 1, N 5
23
Total : (8 wickets dec in 145.0 overs)
575
 RR : 3.97

did not bat: Scott Boland

Fall of wickets : 1-21 (Usman Khawaja, 6.4 ov), 2-75 (Marnus Labuschagne, 18.3 ov), 3-314 (Steven Smith, 74.1 ov), 4-395 (Travis Head, 93.3 ov), 5-395 (David Warner, 93.4 ov), 6-400 (Pat Cummins, 94.2 ov), 7-440 (Nathan Lyon, 100.6 ov), 8-557 (Alex Carey, 140.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kagiso Rabada
28
1 
144 
2
5.14
3
0
»
 Lungi Ngidi
22
 .1
2 
98 
1
4.42
0
0
»
 Marco Jansen
28
1 
89 
1
3.18
1
1
»
 Anrich Nortje
25
1 
92 
3
3.68
1
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
41
 .5
3 
135 
0
3.23
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sarel Erwee lbw b Starc
21 
41 
1 
0
51.22 
»
 Dean Elgar c Carey b Cummins
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Theunis de Bruyn c Smith b Boland
28 
68 
2 
0
41.18 
»
 Temba Bavuma c sub b Lyon
65 
201 
6 
0
32.34 
»
 Khaya Zondo run out
1 
19 
0 
0
5.26 
»
 Kyle Verreynne lbw b Boland
33 
40 
5 
0
82.50 
»
 Marco Jansen lbw b Lyon
5 
29 
0 
0
17.24 
»
 Keshav Maharaj run out
13 
20 
2 
0
65.00 
»
 Kagiso Rabada c Cummins b Lyon
3 
12 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Anrich Nortje Not Out
8 
18 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Lungi Ngidi b Smith
19 
21 
2 
1
90.48 
Extras B 1, LB 5, N 2
8
Total : (all out in 68.5 overs)
204
 RR : 2.96

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Dean Elgar, 1.3 ov), 2-47 (Sarel Erwee, 16.6 ov), 3-57 (Theunis de Bruyn, 19.5 ov), 4-65 (Khaya Zondo, 26.6 ov), 5-128 (Kyle Verreynne, 43.5 ov), 6-144 (Marco Jansen, 52.6 ov), 7-174 (Keshav Maharaj, 60.1 ov), 8-176 (Temba Bavuma, 61.3 ov), 9-177 (Kagiso Rabada, 63.2 ov), 10-204 (Lungi Ngidi, 68.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
18
4 
62 
1
3.44
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
16
8 
20 
1
1.25
2
0
»
 Scott Boland
15
2 
49 
2
3.27
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
17
1 
58 
3
3.41
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
2
 .5
0 
9 
1
3.18
0
0

Match details
Points: Australia 12, South Africa 0
Man of the Match: David Warner (Australia)
Umpires : Paul Reiffel (Australia) and Richard Kettleborough (England)
Third Umpire: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Referee : Richie Richardson (West Indies)
Reserve Umpire: Phillip Gillespie (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Mon Dec 26 - Australia 1st innings 45/1 (David Warner 32*, Marnus Labuschagne 5*, 12 ov)
Day 2 : Tue Dec 27 - Australia 1st innings 386/3 (Travis Head 48*, Alex Carey 9*, 91 ov)
Day 3 : Wed Dec 28 - South Africa 2nd innings 15/1 (Sarel Erwee 7*, Theunis de Bruyn 6*, 7 ov)
Day 4 : Thu Dec 29 - South Africa 2nd innings 204 (Anrich Nortje 8*, 68.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins (Capt.), Scott Boland, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja
South Africa Anrich Nortje, Dean Elgar (Capt.), Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, Sarel Erwee, Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn
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