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Test No. 2016

Australia Tour of South Africa 2011
2011-12 season
South Africa vs Australia - 1st Test
09-11 November, 2011 (5-day match)

South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Newlands, Cape Town
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to field first
Result : South Africa won by 8 wickets


Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson c Kallis b Steyn
3 
15 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Phillip Hughes c Boucher b Philander
9 
19 
1 
0
47.37 
»
 Shaun Marsh lbw b Steyn
44 
101 
8 
0
43.56 
»
 Ricky Ponting lbw b Steyn
8 
25 
0 
1
32.00 
»
 Michael Clarke b Morkel
151 
176 
22 
0
85.80 
»
 Michael Hussey c Boucher b Morkel
1 
18 
0 
0
5.56 
»
 Brad Haddin c Prince b Steyn
5 
8 
1 
0
62.50 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Morkel b Philander
20 
22 
2 
0
90.91 
»
 Ryan Harris c Morkel b Philander
5 
10 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Peter Siddle c de Villiers b Morkel
20 
54 
2 
0
37.04 
»
 Nathan Lyon Not Out
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
Extras B 5, LB 7, W 1, N 4
17
Total : (all out in 75.0 overs)
284
 RR : 3.79

Fall of wickets : 1-9 (Watson, 4.3 ov), 2-13 (Hughes, 5.6 ov), 3-40 (Ponting, 16.2 ov), 4-143 (Marsh, 39.1 ov), 5-158 (Hussey, 44.3 ov), 6-163 (Haddin, 45.5 ov), 7-202 (Johnson, 52.3 ov), 8-214 (Harris, 54.5 ov), 9-273 (Siddle, 72.4 ov), 10-284 (Clarke, 74.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
20
4 
55 
4
2.75
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
21
3 
63 
3
3.00
3
1
»
 Morne Morkel
18
2 
82 
3
4.56
1
0
»
 Imran Tahir
10
1 
35 
0
3.50
0
0
»
 Jacques Kallis
6
0 
37 
0
6.17
0
0

South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Jacques Rudolph b Harris
18 
29 
1 
0
62.07 
»
 Graeme Smith b Watson
37 
48 
3 
0
77.08 
»
 Hashim Amla lbw b Watson
3 
16 
0 
0
18.75 
»
 Jacques Kallis c Ponting b Watson
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 AB de Villiers lbw b Harris
8 
9 
2 
0
88.89 
»
 Ashwell Prince lbw b Watson
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mark Boucher lbw b Watson
4 
7 
1 
0
57.14 
»
 Vernon Philander c Ponting b Harris
4 
11 
1 
0
36.36 
»
 Dale Steyn Not Out
9 
18 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Morne Morkel run out
1 
1 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Imran Tahir b Harris
5 
5 
0 
0
100.00 
Extras LB 4, W 1, N 2
7
Total : (all out in 24.3 overs)
96
 RR : 3.92

Fall of wickets : 1-24 (Rudolph, 6.5 ov), 2-49 (Amla, 13.2 ov), 3-49 (Kallis, 13.6 ov), 4-73 (Smith, 17.1 ov), 5-73 (Prince, 17.2 ov), 6-77 (de Villiers, 18.1 ov), 7-77 (Boucher, 19.3 ov), 8-81 (Philander, 20.6 ov), 9-83 (Morkel, 21.4 ov), 10-96 (Imran Tahir, 24.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ryan Harris
10
 .3
3 
33 
4
3.14
1
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
5
0 
26 
0
5.20
0
1
»
 Peter Siddle
4
1 
16 
0
4.00
1
0
»
 Shane Watson
5
2 
17 
5
3.40
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Steyn
4 
3 
1 
0
133.33 
»
 Phillip Hughes c Rudolph b Morkel
9 
22 
1 
0
40.91 
»
 Ricky Ponting lbw b Philander
0 
12 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Michael Clarke lbw b Philander
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Michael Hussey c Prince b Morkel
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Brad Haddin c Boucher b Philander
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Amla b Philander
3 
12 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Ryan Harris c Smith b Morkel
3 
7 
0 
0
42.86 
»
 Peter Siddle Not Out
12 
16 
2 
0
75.00 
»
 Shaun Marsh lbw b Philander
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Nathan Lyon c de Villiers b Steyn
14 
24 
1 
0
58.33 
Total : (all out in 18.0 overs)
47
 RR : 2.61

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Watson, 0.3 ov), 2-11 (Ponting, 5.3 ov), 3-13 (Hughes, 6.4 ov), 4-13 (Hussey, 6.5 ov), 5-15 (Clarke, 7.3 ov), 6-18 (Haddin, 9.1 ov), 7-21 (Harris, 10.4 ov), 8-21 (Johnson, 11.2 ov), 9-21 (Marsh, 11.4 ov), 10-47 (Lyon, 17.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
5
1 
23 
2
4.60
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
7
3 
15 
5
2.14
0
0
»
 Morne Morkel
6
1 
9 
3
1.50
0
0

South Africa 2nd innings
(Target: 236 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Smith Not Out
101 
140 
15 
0
72.14 
»
 Jacques Rudolph c Haddin b Siddle
14 
24 
3 
0
58.33 
»
 Hashim Amla c Clarke b Johnson
112 
134 
21 
0
83.58 
»
 Jacques Kallis Not Out
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
Extras LB 4, W 1, N 2
7
Total : (2 wickets in 50.2 overs)
236
 RR : 4.69

did not bat: Vernon Philander, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher, Imran Tahir, Dale Steyn, AB de Villiers, Morne Morkel

Fall of wickets : 1-27 (Rudolph, 6.4 ov), 2-222 (Amla, 47.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ryan Harris
14
2 
67 
0
4.79
0
0
»
 Peter Siddle
12
 .2
2 
49 
1
3.97
1
0
»
 Shane Watson
10
0 
44 
0
4.40
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
11
1 
61 
1
5.55
1
1
»
 Nathan Lyon
3
1 
11 
0
3.67
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Imran Tahir and VD Philander (South Africa)
Man of the Match: VD Philander (South Africa)
Umpires : BR Doctrove (West Indies) and IJ Gould (England)
Third Umpire: BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Referee : RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: JD Cloete (South Africa)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 214/8 (MJ Clarke 107*, PM Siddle 0*, 55 ov)
Day 2 : South Africa 2nd innings - 81/1 (GC Smith 36*, HM Amla 29*, 18 ov)
Day 3 : South Africa 2nd innings - 236/2 (GC Smith 101*, JH Kallis 2*, 50.2 ov)

Teams:
South Africa Graeme Smith (Capt.), Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Jacques Rudolph, Vernon Philander, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher (wk), Imran Tahir, Dale Steyn, AB de Villiers, Morne Morkel
Australia Shane Watson, Phillip Hughes, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke (Capt.), Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon
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