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Test No. 2488

South Africa Tour of Australia 2022-23
2022-23 season
Australia vs South Africa - 3rd Test
04-08 January, 2023 (5-day match)

Australia won the 3-match series 2-0

Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Match drawn


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Usman Khawaja Not Out
195 
368 
19 
1
52.99 
»
 David Warner c Jansen b Nortje
10 
11 
2 
0
90.91 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c Verreynne b Nortje
79 
151 
13 
0
52.32 
»
 Steven Smith c & b Maharaj
104 
192 
11 
2
54.17 
»
 Travis Head c sub b Rabada
70 
59 
8 
1
118.64 
»
 Matt Renshaw Not Out
5 
12 
1 
0
41.67 
Extras LB 5, W 1, N 6
12
Total : (4 wickets dec in 131.0 overs)
475
 RR : 3.63

did not bat: Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Ashton Agar

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (David Warner, 3.4 ov), 2-147 (Marnus Labuschagne, 46.6 ov), 3-356 (Steven Smith, 109.1 ov), 4-468 (Travis Head, 128.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kagiso Rabada
28
3 
119 
1
4.25
4
0
»
 Anrich Nortje
22
5 
55 
2
2.50
2
0
»
 Marco Jansen
25
4 
79 
0
3.16
0
1
»
 Keshav Maharaj
25
1 
108 
1
4.32
0
0
»
 Simon Harmer
31
3 
109 
0
3.52
0
0

South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c Carey b Hazlewood
15 
34 
2 
0
44.12 
»
 Sarel Erwee b Lyon
18 
55 
2 
0
32.73 
»
 Heinrich Klaasen c Carey b Cummins
2 
22 
0 
0
9.09 
»
 Temba Bavuma c Carey b Hazlewood
35 
74 
1 
2
47.30 
»
 Khaya Zondo lbw b Cummins
39 
83 
2 
2
46.99 
»
 Kyle Verreynne c Smith b Cummins
19 
39 
2 
0
48.72 
»
 Marco Jansen c Carey b Head
11 
78 
1 
0
14.10 
»
 Simon Harmer b Hazlewood
47 
165 
4 
0
28.48 
»
 Keshav Maharaj lbw b Hazlewood
53 
81 
6 
1
65.43 
»
 Kagiso Rabada c & b Lyon
3 
22 
0 
0
13.64 
»
 Anrich Nortje Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 2, LB 1, N 5, Pen 5
13
Total : (all out in 108.0 overs)
255
 RR : 2.36

Fall of wickets : 1-22 (Dean Elgar, 8.5 ov), 2-37 (Sarel Erwee, 17.5 ov), 3-37 (Heinrich Klaasen, 18.3 ov), 4-85 (Temba Bavuma, 38.1 ov), 5-130 (Khaya Zondo, 48.4 ov), 6-137 (Kyle Verreynne, 52.4 ov), 7-167 (Marco Jansen, 73.6 ov), 8-252 (Keshav Maharaj, 100.4 ov), 9-255 (Simon Harmer, 106.6 ov), 10-255 (Kagiso Rabada, 107.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Josh Hazlewood
23
7 
48 
4
2.09
2
0
»
 Pat Cummins
23
7 
60 
3
2.61
2
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
40
16 
88 
2
2.20
0
0
»
 Ashton Agar
14
3 
30 
0
2.14
1
0
»
 Travis Head
7
1 
21 
1
3.00
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
1
1 
0 
0
0.00
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sarel Erwee Not Out
42 
125 
6 
0
33.60 
»
 Dean Elgar c Carey b Cummins
10 
25 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Heinrich Klaasen b Hazlewood
35 
61 
3 
0
57.38 
»
 Temba Bavuma Not Out
17 
42 
1 
0
40.48 
Extras N 2
2
Total : (2 wickets f/o in 41.5 overs)
106
 RR : 2.53

did not bat: Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Kyle Verreynne, Khaya Zondo, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje

Fall of wickets : 1-27 (Dean Elgar, 8.1 ov), 2-75 (Heinrich Klaasen, 26.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Josh Hazlewood
5
2 
9 
1
1.80
0
0
»
 Ashton Agar
8
2 
28 
0
3.50
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
8
1 
16 
1
2.00
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
15
5 
32 
0
2.13
0
0
»
 Travis Head
2
0 
4 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
1
0 
8 
0
8.00
0
0
»
 Marnus Labuschagne
2
 .5
1 
9 
0
3.18
2
0

Match details
Points: Australia 4, South Africa 4
Man of the Match: Usman Khawaja (Australia)
Man of the Series : David Warner (Australia)
Umpires : Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Paul Reiffel (Australia)
Third Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (England)
Referee : Richie Richardson (West Indies)
Reserve Umpire: Donovan Koch (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Wed Jan 04 - Australia 1st innings 147/2 (Usman Khawaja 54*, 47 ov)
Day 2 : Thu Jan 05 Australia 1st innings 475/4 (Usman Khawaja 195*, Matt Renshaw 5*, 131 ov)
Day 3 : Fri Jan 06 - no play
Day 4 : Sat Jan 07 - South Africa 1st innings 149/6 (Marco Jansen 10*, Simon Harmer 6*, 59 ov)
Day 5 : Sun Jan 08 - South Africa 2nd innings 106/2 (Sarel Erwee 42*, Temba Bavuma 17*, 41.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Steven Smith, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins (Capt.), Marnus Labuschagne, David Warner, Alex Carey (wk), Matt Renshaw, Josh Hazlewood, Ashton Agar
South Africa Temba Bavuma, Simon Harmer, Sarel Erwee, Marco Jansen, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Khaya Zondo, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Heinrich Klaasen, Dean Elgar (Capt.), Anrich Nortje
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