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Test No. 1899

South Africa tour of Australia, 2008/09
2008-09 season
Australia vs South Africa - 1st Test
17-21 December, 2008 (5-day match)

South Africa led 3-match series by 1-0

Venue : W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
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 
»
 Matthew Hayden c Smith b Ntini
12 
13 
3 
0
92.31 
»
 Simon Katich lbw b Morkel
83 
151 
7 
1
54.97 
»
 Ricky Ponting c de Villiers b Ntini
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Michael Hussey c de Villiers b Steyn
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Michael Clarke c Smith b Harris
62 
141 
7 
0
43.97 
»
 Andrew Symonds c McKenzie b Harris
57 
68 
6 
0
83.82 
»
 Brad Haddin c Duminy b Ntini
46 
68 
4 
2
67.65 
»
 Brett Lee c Duminy b Steyn
29 
46 
4 
0
63.04 
»
 Jason Krejza Not Out
30 
45 
3 
0
66.67 
»
 Mitchell Johnson lbw b Morkel
18 
24 
1 
0
75.00 
»
 Peter Siddle c Boucher b Ntini
23 
34 
3 
0
67.65 
Extras LB 7, W 3, N 5
15
Total : (all out in 98.5 overs)
375
 RR : 3.79

Fall of wickets : 1-14 (Hayden, 2.4 ov), 2-14 (Ponting, 2.5 ov), 3-15 (Hussey, 5.2 ov), 4-164 (Katich, 50.5 ov), 5-166 (Clarke, 51.5 ov), 6-259 (Symonds, 69.5 ov), 7-298 (Haddin, 80.4 ov), 8-303 (Lee, 81.5 ov), 9-341 (Johnson, 88.6 ov), 10-375 (Siddle, 98.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Makhaya Ntini
19
 .5
1 
72 
4
3.63
1
0
»
 Dale Steyn
23
4 
81 
2
3.52
0
3
»
 Jacques Kallis
15
2 
65 
0
4.33
0
0
»
 Morne Morkel
20
1 
80 
2
4.00
4
0
»
 Paul Harris
21
2 
70 
2
3.33
0
0

South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Smith b Johnson
48 
94 
6 
0
51.06 
»
 Neil McKenzie c Siddle b Johnson
2 
31 
0 
0
6.45 
»
 Hashim Amla b Krejza
47 
67 
5 
0
70.15 
»
 Jacques Kallis c Haddin b Johnson
63 
111 
6 
1
56.76 
»
 AB de Villiers c Haddin b Johnson
63 
130 
7 
1
48.46 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy c Haddin b Johnson
1 
11 
0 
0
9.09 
»
 Mark Boucher c Katich b Siddle
26 
65 
2 
0
40.00 
»
 Morne Morkel c Krejza b Johnson
1 
10 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 Paul Harris c Krejza b Johnson
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dale Steyn c Haddin b Johnson
8 
9 
1 
0
88.89 
»
 Makhaya Ntini Not Out
5 
15 
1 
0
33.33 
Extras LB 5, W 6, N 6
17
Total : (all out in 89.5 overs)
281
 RR : 3.13

Fall of wickets : 1-16 (McKenzie, 7.6 ov), 2-106 (Amla, 31.1 ov), 3-110 (Smith, 32.3 ov), 4-234 (Villiers, 70.4 ov), 5-237 (Kallis, 72.4 ov), 6-259 (Duminy, 69.5 ov), 7-241 (Morkel, 76.3 ov), 8-241 (Harris, 76.6 ov), 9-256 (Steyn, 80.4 ov), 10-281 (Boucher, 89.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brett Lee
21
3 
59 
0
2.81
4
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
24
4 
61 
8
2.54
0
4
»
 Jason Krejza
25
2 
102 
1
4.08
0
1
»
 Peter Siddle
16
 .5
5 
44 
1
2.61
3
0
»
 Andrew Symonds
3
1 
10 
0
3.33
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Hayden c & b Steyn
4 
22 
1 
0
18.18 
»
 Simon Katich c Boucher b Kallis
37 
55 
3 
0
67.27 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Boucher b Harris
32 
55 
4 
0
58.18 
»
 Michael Hussey b Ntini
8 
35 
0 
0
22.86 
»
 Michael Clarke c Kallis b Steyn
25 
67 
2 
0
37.31 
»
 Andrew Symonds c Smith b Harris
37 
97 
2 
1
38.14 
»
 Brad Haddin st Boucher b Harris
94 
136 
7 
4
69.12 
»
 Brett Lee c de Villiers b Kallis
5 
6 
1 
0
83.33 
»
 Jason Krejza c de Villiers b Kallis
32 
63 
5 
0
50.79 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Kallis b Morkel
21 
35 
3 
0
60.00 
»
 Peter Siddle Not Out
4 
18 
0 
0
22.22 
Extras B 4, LB 7, W 2, N 7
20
Total : (all out in 97.5 overs)
319
 RR : 3.26

Fall of wickets : 1-25 (Hayden, 8.3 ov), 2-59 (Katich, 16.1 ov), 3-88 (Ponting, 26.4 ov), 4-88 (Hussey, 27.5 ov), 5-148 (Clarke, 50.6 ov), 6-157 (Symonds, 58.1 ov), 7-162 (Lee, 59.5 ov), 8-241 (Krejza, 79.4 ov), 9-278 (Johnson, 88.2 ov), 10-319 (Haddin, 96.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
19
3 
81 
2
4.26
0
0
»
 Makhaya Ntini
21
2 
76 
1
3.62
1
0
»
 Paul Harris
27
 .5
3 
85 
3
3.05
0
2
»
 Jacques Kallis
14
4 
24 
3
1.71
0
0
»
 Morne Morkel
16
4 
42 
1
2.63
6
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
(Target: 414 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Smith lbw b Johnson
108 
147 
13 
0
73.47 
»
 Neil McKenzie c Haddin b Johnson
10 
52 
1 
0
19.23 
»
 Hashim Amla c Haddin b Lee
53 
112 
6 
0
47.32 
»
 Jacques Kallis c MEK Hussey b Johnson
57 
106 
4 
2
53.77 
»
 AB de Villiers Not Out
106 
186 
9 
0
56.99 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy Not Out
50 
119 
4 
1
42.02 
Extras B 13, LB 9, W 2, N 6
30
Total : (4 wickets in 119.2 overs)
414
 RR : 3.47

did not bat: Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini, Mark Boucher, Morne Morkel, Paul Harris

Fall of wickets : 1-19 (McKenzie, 14.3 ov), 2-172 (Smith, 50.2 ov), 3-179 (Amla, 53.2 ov), 4-303 (Kallis, 85.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brett Lee
27
4 
73 
1
2.70
6
1
»
 Mitchell Johnson
34
 .2
5 
98 
3
2.85
0
1
»
 Peter Siddle
26
2 
84 
0
3.23
0
0
»
 Jason Krejza
24
2 
102 
0
4.25
0
0
»
 Michael Clarke
8
0 
35 
0
4.38
0
0

Match details
Debuts: JP Duminy (South Africa)
Man of the Match: AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)
Third Umpire: PR Reiffel (Australia)
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: MD Martell (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st Innings - 341 for nine (JJ Krejza 19*, 89 Ov)
Day 2 : South Africa 1st innings 243 for eight (MV Boucher 2*, DW Steyn 1*, 78 ov)
Day 3 : Australia 2nd Innings 228/7 (BJ Haddin 39*, JJ Krejza 28*, 75 Ov)
Day 4 : South Africa 2nd innings 227/3 (JH Kallis 33*, AB de Villiers 11*, 64 ov)
Day 5 : South Africa 2nd innings 414/4 (AB de Villiers 106*, JP Duminy 50*, 119.2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Jason Krejza, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Simon Katich
South Africa AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Graeme Smith (Capt.), Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Jean-Paul Duminy, Makhaya Ntini, Mark Boucher (wk), Morne Morkel, Neil McKenzie, Paul Harris
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