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Test No. 1902

South Africa tour of Australia, 2008/09
2008-09 season
Australia vs South Africa - 2nd Test
26-30 December, 2008 (5-day match)

South Africa lead 3-match series by 2-0

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : South Africa won by 9 wickets


Aus 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Hayden c Duminy b Ntini
8 
17 
1 
0
47.06 
»
 Simon Katich b Steyn
54 
109 
6 
0
49.54 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Amla b Harris
101 
126 
10 
1
80.16 
»
 Michael Hussey c Boucher b Steyn
0 
9 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Michael Clarke Not Out
88 
208 
4 
1
42.31 
»
 Andrew Symonds c Kallis b Morkel
27 
55 
3 
0
49.09 
»
 Brad Haddin c Smith b Ntini
40 
71 
5 
0
56.34 
»
 Brett Lee c Kallis b Steyn
21 
21 
5 
0
100.00 
»
 Mitchell Johnson b Steyn
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Nathan Hauritz c Smith b Steyn
12 
21 
2 
0
57.14 
»
 Peter Siddle c de Villiers b Kallis
19 
49 
1 
0
38.78 
Extras B 5, LB 12, N 7
24
Total : (all out in 113.4 overs)
394
 RR : 3.47

Fall of wickets : 1-21 (Hayden, 7.2 ov), 2-128 (Katich, 33.6 ov), 3-143 (Hussey, 37.3 ov), 4-184 (Ponting, 51.2 ov), 5-223 (Symonds, 62.1 ov), 6-277 (Haddin, 88.3 ov), 7-322 (Lee, 95.2 ov), 8-326 (Johnson, 95.5 ov), 9-352 (Hauritz, 101.5 ov), 10-394 (Siddle, 113.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
29
6 
87 
5
3.00
0
0
»
 Makhaya Ntini
27
7 
108 
2
4.00
1
0
»
 Jacques Kallis
18
 .4
4 
55 
1
2.95
0
0
»
 Morne Morkel
22
3 
89 
1
4.05
6
0
»
 Paul Harris
17
3 
38 
1
2.24
0
0

SA 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Smith c Haddin b Siddle
62 
113 
6 
0
54.87 
»
 Neil McKenzie b Siddle
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Hashim Amla c Symonds b Johnson
19 
30 
1 
0
63.33 
»
 Jacques Kallis c Haddin b Hauritz
26 
53 
2 
0
49.06 
»
 AB de Villiers b Siddle
7 
51 
0 
0
13.73 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy c Siddle b Hauritz
166 
340 
18 
0
48.82 
»
 Mark Boucher c MEK Hussey b Hauritz
3 
15 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Morne Morkel b Johnson
21 
39 
4 
0
53.85 
»
 Paul Harris c Johnson b MEK Hussey
39 
67 
4 
0
58.21 
»
 Dale Steyn b Siddle
76 
191 
9 
1
39.79 
»
 Makhaya Ntini Not Out
2 
29 
0 
0
6.90 
Extras B 4, LB 14, W 5, N 15
38
Total : (all out in 153.0 overs)
459
 RR : 3.00

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (McKenzie, 1.4 ov), 2-39 (Amla, 8.3 ov), 3-102 (Kallis, 26.4 ov), 4-126 (Smith, 37.6 ov), 5-132 (Villiers, 41.5 ov), 6-141 (Boucher, 46.4 ov), 7-184 (Morkel, 57.1 ov), 8-251 (Harris, 77.5 ov), 9-431 (Steyn, 140.3 ov), 10-459 (Duminy, 152.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brett Lee
13
2 
68 
0
5.23
7
0
»
 Peter Siddle
34
9 
81 
4
2.38
4
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
39
6 
127 
2
3.26
3
0
»
 Nathan Hauritz
43
13 
98 
3
2.28
1
0
»
 Michael Clarke
8
0 
26 
0
3.25
0
0
»
 Michael Hussey
5
0 
22 
1
4.40
0
0
»
 Andrew Symonds
11
3 
14 
0
1.27
0
0

Aus 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Hayden c Duminy b Steyn
23 
28 
3 
0
82.14 
»
 Simon Katich c Boucher b Steyn
15 
40 
2 
0
37.50 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Smith b Morkel
99 
169 
7 
0
58.58 
»
 Michael Hussey c Amla b Morkel
2 
8 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Michael Clarke c McKenzie b Steyn
29 
79 
4 
0
36.71 
»
 Andrew Symonds c Kallis b Steyn
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Brad Haddin c Kallis b Ntini
10 
35 
0 
1
28.57 
»
 Brett Lee b Kallis
8 
21 
1 
0
38.10 
»
 Mitchell Johnson Not Out
43 
85 
5 
0
50.59 
»
 Nathan Hauritz b Kallis
3 
23 
0 
0
13.04 
»
 Peter Siddle c Boucher b Steyn
6 
18 
0 
0
33.33 
Extras B 1, LB 3, N 5
9
Total : (all out in 84.2 overs)
247
 RR : 2.93

Fall of wickets : 1-37 (Hayden, 10.4 ov), 2-40 (Katich, 12.2 ov), 3-49 (Hussey, 15.3 ov), 4-145 (Clarke, 43.1 ov), 5-145 (Symonds, 43.6 ov), 6-165 (Haddin, 53.1 ov), 7-180 (Lee, 58.3 ov), 8-212 (Ponting, 71.3 ov), 9-231 (Hauritz, 78.6 ov), 10-247 (Siddle, 84.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
20
 .2
3 
67 
5
3.30
1
0
»
 Makhaya Ntini
14
1 
26 
1
1.86
0
0
»
 Morne Morkel
15
2 
46 
2
3.07
4
0
»
 Paul Harris
21
1 
47 
0
2.24
0
0
»
 Jacques Kallis
14
1 
57 
2
4.07
0
0

SA 2nd Innings
(Target: 183 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Smith lbw b Hauritz
75 
94 
10 
0
79.79 
»
 Neil McKenzie Not Out
59 
140 
3 
1
42.14 
»
 Hashim Amla Not Out
30 
62 
2 
0
48.39 
Extras LB 9, W 2, N 8
19
Total : (1 wickets in 48.0 overs)
183
 RR : 3.81

did not bat: AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis, Jean-Paul Duminy, Makhaya Ntini, Mark Boucher, Morne Morkel, Paul Harris

Fall of wickets : 1-121 (Smith, 28.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brett Lee
10
0 
49 
0
4.90
6
0
»
 Peter Siddle
14
5 
34 
0
2.43
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
11
1 
36 
0
3.27
1
2
»
 Nathan Hauritz
10
0 
41 
1
4.10
1
0
»
 Michael Clarke
3
0 
14 
0
4.67
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: DW Steyn (South Africa)
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BR Doctrove (West Indies)
Third Umpire: BNJ Oxenford
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: AP Ward
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st Innings - 280/6 (MJ Clarke 36*, B Lee 0*, 90 ov)
Day 2 : South Africa 1st Innings - 198/7 (JP Duminy 34*, PL Harris 8*, 63 Ov)
Day 3 : Australia 2nd Innings - 4/0 (Hayden 1*, Katich 2*, 3 Ov)
Day 4 : South Africa 2nd Innings - 30/0 (GC Smith 25* ND McKenzie 3*, 6 Ov)
Day 5 : South Africa 2nd Innings - 183/1 (ND McKenzie 59*, HM Amla 30*, 48 Ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, 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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