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Test No. 2064

South Africa tour of Australia 2012
2012-13 season
Australia vs South Africa - 3rd Test
30 November - 03 December, 2012 (5-day match)

South Africa won the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : South Africa won by 309 runs


South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Smith c Clarke b Watson
16 
30 
1 
0
53.33 
»
 Alviro Petersen b Starc
30 
73 
4 
0
41.10 
»
 Hashim Amla run out
11 
43 
2 
0
25.58 
»
 Jacques Kallis b Starc
2 
7 
0 
0
28.57 
»
 AB de Villiers c Clarke b Hastings
4 
12 
1 
0
33.33 
»
 Dean Elgar c Wade b Johnson
0 
12 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Faf du Plessis Not Out
78 
142 
12 
0
54.93 
»
 Robin Peterson c Wade b Lyon
31 
45 
3 
0
68.89 
»
 Vernon Philander c MEK Hussey b Lyon
30 
54 
2 
1
55.56 
»
 Dale Steyn b Johnson
2 
11 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Morne Morkel c Hastings b Lyon
17 
15 
4 
0
113.33 
Extras LB 2, W 2
4
Total : (all out in 74.0 overs)
225
 RR : 3.04

Fall of wickets : 1-38 (Smith, 11.3 ov), 2-61 (Petersen, 22.4 ov), 3-63 (Kallis, 24.3 ov), 4-67 (Amla, 26.5 ov), 5-67 (de Villiers, 27.4 ov), 6-75 (Elgar, 30.5 ov), 7-132 (Peterson, 47.3 ov), 8-196 (Philander, 67.1 ov), 9-206 (Steyn, 70.2 ov), 10-225 (Morkel, 73.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
16
3 
55 
2
3.44
0
0
»
 John Hastings
20
2 
51 
1
2.55
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
9
2 
22 
1
2.44
0
1
»
 Mitchell Johnson
17
3 
54 
2
3.18
0
1
»
 Nathan Lyon
12
1 
41 
3
3.42
0
0

Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 David Warner c de Villiers b Steyn
13 
35 
2 
0
37.14 
»
 Ed Cowan c Kallis b Steyn
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Philander
10 
12 
1 
0
83.33 
»
 Nathan Lyon c du Plessis b Steyn
7 
26 
0 
0
26.92 
»
 Ricky Ponting b Philander
4 
7 
0 
0
57.14 
»
 Michael Clarke c de Villiers b Steyn
5 
13 
0 
0
38.46 
»
 Michael Hussey c Smith b Morkel
12 
40 
1 
0
30.00 
»
 Matthew Wade b Peterson
68 
102 
7 
3
66.67 
»
 John Hastings c Petersen b Peterson
32 
58 
4 
0
55.17 
»
 Mitchell Johnson b Peterson
7 
22 
0 
0
31.82 
»
 Mitchell Starc Not Out
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 5
5
Total : (all out in 53.1 overs)
163
 RR : 3.07

Fall of wickets : 1-3 (Cowan, 0.3 ov), 2-18 (Watson, 5.1 ov), 3-34 (Warner, 12.1 ov), 4-35 (Lyon, 12.4 ov), 5-43 (Ponting, 15.2 ov), 6-45 (Clarke, 16.2 ov), 7-100 (Hussey, 30.3 ov), 8-140 (Wade, 45.5 ov), 9-162 (Johnson, 51.5 ov), 10-163 (Hastings, 53.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
16
4 
40 
4
2.50
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
16
0 
55 
2
3.44
0
0
»
 Morne Morkel
13
6 
19 
1
1.46
0
0
»
 Robin Peterson
8
 .1
1 
44 
3
5.39
0
0

South Africa 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alviro Petersen c & b Johnson
23 
20 
4 
0
115.00 
»
 Graeme Smith c Lyon b Starc
84 
100 
13 
0
84.00 
»
 Hashim Amla c & b Johnson
196 
221 
21 
0
88.69 
»
 Jacques Kallis c Johnson b Starc
37 
65 
5 
0
56.92 
»
 AB de Villiers c Wade b Starc
169 
184 
21 
3
91.85 
»
 Dean Elgar lbw b Johnson
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Faf du Plessis c Clarke b Johnson
27 
38 
4 
0
71.05 
»
 Robin Peterson c Johnson b Starc
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Vernon Philander Not Out
14 
17 
2 
0
82.35 
»
 Dale Steyn c Wade b Starc
8 
17 
1 
0
47.06 
»
 Morne Morkel b Starc
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 4, W 3
11
Total : (all out in 111.5 overs)
569
 RR : 5.09

Fall of wickets : 1-28 (Petersen, 6.6 ov), 2-206 (Smith, 32.3 ov), 3-287 (Kallis, 51.5 ov), 4-436 (Amla, 88.1 ov), 5-436 (Elgar, 88.5 ov), 6-538 (du Plessis, 102.6 ov), 7-539 (Peterson, 103.5 ov), 8-557 (de Villiers, 107.4 ov), 9-569 (Steyn, 111.3 ov), 10-569 (Morkel, 111.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
28
 .5
3 
154 
6
5.34
0
1
»
 Shane Watson
9
3 
24 
0
2.67
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
25
1 
110 
4
4.40
0
0
»
 John Hastings
19
1 
102 
0
5.37
0
1
»
 Nathan Lyon
22
2 
128 
0
5.82
0
0
»
 Michael Hussey
4
0 
26 
0
6.50
0
1
»
 David Warner
3
0 
14 
0
4.67
0
0
»
 Ricky Ponting
1
0 
3 
0
3.00
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
(Target: 632 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Ed Cowan c Elgar b Steyn
53 
149 
5 
1
35.57 
»
 David Warner c Smith b Philander
29 
34 
5 
0
85.29 
»
 Shane Watson c Smith b Morkel
25 
46 
4 
0
54.35 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Kallis b Peterson
8 
23 
2 
0
34.78 
»
 Michael Clarke st de Villiers b Peterson
44 
52 
8 
0
84.62 
»
 Michael Hussey c de Villiers b Steyn
26 
52 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Matthew Wade c Smith b Peterson
10 
12 
2 
0
83.33 
»
 John Hastings c Smith b Morkel
20 
30 
1 
2
66.67 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c de Villiers b Philander
3 
13 
0 
0
23.08 
»
 Mitchell Starc Not Out
68 
43 
9 
2
158.14 
»
 Nathan Lyon c Smith b Steyn
31 
43 
6 
0
72.09 
Extras LB 3, W 2
5
Total : (all out in 82.5 overs)
322
 RR : 3.89

Fall of wickets : 1-40 (Warner, 13.2 ov), 2-81 (Watson, 28.6 ov), 3-102 (Ponting, 37.4 ov), 4-130 (Cowan, 42.5 ov), 5-188 (Clarke, 57.5 ov), 6-198 (Hussey, 60.3 ov), 7-198 (Wade, 61.5 ov), 8-204 (Johnson, 66.5 ov), 9-235 (Hastings, 70.2 ov), 10-322 (Lyon, 82.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
22
 .5
6 
72 
3
3.15
0
1
»
 Vernon Philander
21
8 
41 
2
1.95
0
0
»
 Morne Morkel
16
2 
57 
2
3.56
0
1
»
 Robin Peterson
20
2 
127 
3
6.35
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
1
0 
4 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Faf du Plessis
2
0 
18 
0
9.00
0
0

Match details
Debuts: JW Hastings (Australia); D Elgar (South Africa)
Man of the Match: HM Amla (South Africa)
Man of the Series : MJ Clarke (Australia)
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and RA Kettleborough (England)
Third Umpire: BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: JD Ward (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 33/2 (DA Warner 12*, NM Lyon 7*, 11 ov)
Day 2 : South Africa 2nd innings - 230/2 (HM Amla 99*, JH Kallis 17*, 38 ov)
Day 3 : Australia 2nd innings - 40/0 (EJM Cowan 9*, DA Warner 29*, 13 ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd innings - 322 (MA Starc 68*, 82.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia John Hastings, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke (Capt.), Matthew Wade (wk), Ed Cowan, David Warner
South Africa Dean Elgar, Vernon Philander, Robin Peterson, Morne Morkel, Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, Graeme Smith (Capt.), Faf du Plessis, Dale Steyn, Alviro Petersen, AB de Villiers (wk)
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