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Test No. 2297

Australia tour of South Africa 2018
2017-18 season
South Africa vs Australia - 1st Test
01-05 March, 2018 (5-day match)

Australia led the 4-match series 1-0

Venue : Kingsmead, Durban
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 118 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cameron Bancroft c de Kock b Philander
5 
20 
1 
0
25.00 
»
 David Warner c de Villiers b Philander
51 
79 
6 
0
64.56 
»
 Usman Khawaja c de Kock b Rabada
14 
19 
3 
0
73.68 
»
 Steven Smith c de Villiers b Maharaj
56 
114 
11 
0
49.12 
»
 Shaun Marsh c de Villiers b Maharaj
40 
96 
6 
0
41.67 
»
 Mitchell Marsh c Morkel b Philander
96 
173 
13 
1
55.49 
»
 Tim Paine c de Kock b Rabada
25 
72 
3 
0
34.72 
»
 Pat Cummins b Maharaj
3 
38 
0 
0
7.89 
»
 Mitchell Starc b Maharaj
35 
25 
4 
2
140.00 
»
 Nathan Lyon c de Bruyn b Maharaj
12 
24 
2 
0
50.00 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
2 
4 
0 
0
50.00 
Extras B 4, LB 8
12
Total : (all out in 110.4 overs)
351
 RR : 3.17

Fall of wickets : 1-15 (CT Bancroft, 5.5 ov), 2-39 (UT Khawaja, 11.4 ov), 3-95 (DA Warner, 26.6 ov), 4-151 (SPD Smith, 49.4 ov), 5-177 (SE Marsh, 58.4 ov), 6-237 (TD Paine, 82.4 ov), 7-251 (PJ Cummins, 92.5 ov), 8-300 (MA Starc, 101.4 ov), 9-341 (MR Marsh, 109.2 ov), 10-351 (NM Lyon, 110.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
22
3 
75 
0
3.41
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
27
12 
59 
3
2.19
0
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
33
 .4
5 
123 
5
3.65
0
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
25
7 
74 
2
2.96
0
0
»
 Aiden Markram
1
0 
2 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Theunis de Bruyn
2
0 
6 
0
3.00
0
0

South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c & b Lyon
7 
20 
1 
0
35.00 
»
 Aiden Markram c Bancroft b Cummins
32 
59 
6 
0
54.24 
»
 Hashim Amla c Bancroft b Lyon
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 AB de Villiers Not Out
71 
127 
11 
0
55.91 
»
 Faf du Plessis c Paine b Starc
15 
22 
1 
1
68.18 
»
 Theunis de Bruyn c Paine b Starc
6 
15 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Quinton de Kock b Lyon
20 
33 
4 
0
60.61 
»
 Vernon Philander c Paine b Starc
8 
19 
1 
0
42.11 
»
 Keshav Maharaj b Hazlewood
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kagiso Rabada lbw b Starc
3 
5 
0 
0
60.00 
»
 Morne Morkel b Starc
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Total : (all out in 51.4 overs)
162
 RR : 3.14

Fall of wickets : 1-27 (D Elgar, 7.2 ov), 2-27 (HM Amla, 7.5 ov), 3-55 (AK Markram, 18.5 ov), 4-92 (F du Plessis, 27.2 ov), 5-108 (TB de Bruyn, 33.1 ov), 6-150 (Q de Kock, 45.1 ov), 7-158 (VD Philander, 49.3 ov), 8-159 (KA Maharaj, 50.3 ov), 9-162 (K Rabada, 51.2 ov), 10-162 (M Morkel, 51.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
10
 .4
3 
34 
5
3.19
0
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
13
5 
31 
1
2.38
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
16
3 
50 
3
3.13
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
12
2 
47 
1
3.92
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cameron Bancroft st de Kock b Maharaj
53 
83 
10 
0
63.86 
»
 David Warner c sub b Rabada
28 
35 
4 
0
80.00 
»
 Usman Khawaja c de Kock b Maharaj
6 
12 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Steven Smith lbw b Elgar
38 
81 
3 
0
46.91 
»
 Shaun Marsh c de Villiers b Morkel
33 
99 
5 
0
33.33 
»
 Mitchell Marsh c Amla b Rabada
6 
12 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Tim Paine c de Villiers b Maharaj
14 
29 
1 
0
48.28 
»
 Pat Cummins b Maharaj
26 
57 
1 
2
45.61 
»
 Mitchell Starc c Elgar b Morkel
7 
16 
1 
0
43.75 
»
 Nathan Lyon c Amla b Morkel
2 
11 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
9 
13 
1 
0
69.23 
Extras LB 5
5
Total : (all out in 74.4 overs)
227
 RR : 3.04

Fall of wickets : 1-56 (DA Warner, 13.1 ov), 2-71 (UT Khawaja, 18.1 ov), 3-108 (CT Bancroft, 26.1 ov), 4-146 (SPD Smith, 41.4 ov), 5-156 (MR Marsh, 47.1 ov), 6-175 (TD Paine, 54.5 ov), 7-185 (SE Marsh, 61.4 ov), 8-203 (MA Starc, 67.2 ov), 9-209 (NM Lyon, 71.1 ov), 10-227 (PJ Cummins, 74.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
15
4 
47 
3
3.13
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
14
4 
35 
0
2.50
0
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
29
 .4
4 
102 
4
3.44
0
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
13
5 
28 
2
2.15
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
3
1 
10 
1
3.33
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
(Target: 417 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Aiden Markram c Paine b MR Marsh
143 
219 
19 
0
65.30 
»
 Dean Elgar c Paine b Starc
9 
20 
2 
0
45.00 
»
 Hashim Amla lbw b Hazlewood
8 
19 
1 
0
42.11 
»
 AB de Villiers run out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Faf du Plessis b Cummins
4 
8 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Theunis de Bruyn c Paine b Hazlewood
36 
84 
6 
0
42.86 
»
 Quinton de Kock lbw b Hazlewood
83 
149 
11 
0
55.70 
»
 Vernon Philander c Paine b Starc
6 
16 
0 
0
37.50 
»
 Keshav Maharaj b Starc
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kagiso Rabada b Starc
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Morne Morkel Not Out
3 
38 
0 
0
7.89 
Extras B 2, LB 3, N 1
6
Total : (all out in 92.4 overs)
298
 RR : 3.22

Fall of wickets : 1-29 (D Elgar, 6.5 ov), 2-39 (HM Amla, 10.5 ov), 3-39 (AB de Villiers, 11.6 ov), 4-49 (F du Plessis, 16.3 ov), 5-136 (TB de Bruyn, 42.1 ov), 6-283 (AK Markram, 76.1 ov), 7-290 (VD Philander, 79.2 ov), 8-290 (KA Maharaj, 79.5 ov), 9-290 (K Rabada, 79.6 ov), 10-298 (Q de Kock, 92.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
18
2 
75 
4
4.17
1
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
15
 .4
2 
61 
3
3.89
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
32
7 
86 
0
2.69
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
15
3 
47 
1
3.13
0
0
»
 Mitchell Marsh
7
2 
21 
1
3.00
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
5
3 
3 
0
0.60
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Umpires : Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Third Umpire: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: Allahudien Paleker (South Africa)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 01 Mar - Australia 1st innings 225/5 (MR Marsh 32*, TD Paine 21*, 76 ov)
Day 2 : 02 Mar - South Africa 2nd innings 162 (AB de Villiers 71*, 51.4 ov)
Day 3 : 03 Mar - Australia 3rd innings 213/9 (PJ Cummins 17*, JR Hazlewood 4*, 71.4 ov)
Day 4 : 04 Mar - South Africa 2nd innings 293/9 (Q de Kock 81*, M Morkel 0*, 89 ov)
Day 5 : 05 Mar - South Africa 2nd innings 298 (M Morkel 3*, 92.4 ov) - end of match

Teams:
South Africa AB de Villiers, Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis (Capt.), Hashim Amla, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Morne Morkel, Quinton de Kock (wk), Theunis de Bruyn, Vernon Philander
Australia Cameron Bancroft, David Warner, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith (Capt.), Tim Paine (wk), Usman Khawaja
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