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Test No. 2482

South Africa Tour of Australia 2022-23
2022-23 season
Australia vs South Africa - 1st Test
17-18 December, 2022 (5-day match)

South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : Brisbane Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Australia won by 6 wickets


South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c Carey b Starc
3 
10 
0 
0
30.00 
»
 Sarel Erwee c Green b Boland
10 
37 
2 
0
27.03 
»
 Rassie van der Dussen c Carey b Cummins
5 
12 
0 
0
41.67 
»
 Temba Bavuma b Starc
38 
70 
3 
0
54.29 
»
 Khaya Zondo lbw b Boland
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kyle Verreynne c Smith b Lyon
64 
96 
8 
1
66.67 
»
 Marco Jansen c Green b Lyon
2 
19 
0 
0
10.53 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Smith b Starc
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Kagiso Rabada Not Out
10 
18 
1 
0
55.56 
»
 Anrich Nortje c Head b Lyon
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Lungi Ngidi c Green b Cummins
3 
13 
0 
0
23.08 
Extras B 4, LB 10, W 1
15
Total : (all out in 48.2 overs)
152
 RR : 3.14

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Dean Elgar, 4.1 ov), 2-27 (Rassie van der Dussen, 9.1 ov), 3-27 (Sarel Erwee, 10.4 ov), 4-27 (Khaya Zondo, 10.6 ov), 5-125 (Temba Bavuma, 34.3 ov), 6-132 (Marco Jansen, 39.5 ov), 7-135 (Keshav Maharaj, 40.6 ov), 8-139 (Kyle Verreynne, 41.6 ov), 9-145 (Anrich Nortje, 45.1 ov), 10-152 (Lungi Ngidi, 48.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
14
1 
41 
3
2.93
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
12
 .2
3 
35 
2
2.84
0
0
»
 Scott Boland
11
2 
28 
2
2.55
0
1
»
 Cameron Green
3
0 
20 
0
6.67
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
8
2 
13 
3
1.63
0
0

Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 David Warner c Zondo b Rabada
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Usman Khawaja c sub b Nortje
11 
26 
2 
0
42.31 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c Elgar b Jansen
11 
24 
2 
0
45.83 
»
 Steven Smith b Nortje
36 
68 
3 
0
52.94 
»
 Travis Head c Verreynne b Jansen
92 
96 
13 
1
95.83 
»
 Scott Boland c Verreynne b Rabada
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Cameron Green c Erwee b Jansen
18 
19 
4 
0
94.74 
»
 Alex Carey Not Out
22 
30 
0 
0
73.33 
»
 Mitchell Starc c & b Ngidi
14 
30 
3 
0
46.67 
»
 Pat Cummins c Nortje b Rabada
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Nathan Lyon c van der Dussen b Rabada
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 1, LB 5, W 5, N 2
13
Total : (all out in 50.3 overs)
218
 RR : 4.32

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (David Warner, 0.1 ov), 2-18 (Marnus Labuschagne, 8.1 ov), 3-27 (Usman Khawaja, 9.2 ov), 4-144 (Steven Smith, 32.2 ov), 5-145 (Scott Boland, 33.1 ov), 6-181 (Cameron Green, 39.2 ov), 7-182 (Travis Head, 39.4 ov), 8-213 (Mitchell Starc, 47.6 ov), 9-214 (Pat Cummins, 48.5 ov), 10-218 (Nathan Lyon, 50.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kagiso Rabada
17
 .3
1 
76 
4
4.34
1
0
»
 Lungi Ngidi
9
1 
35 
1
3.89
0
0
»
 Marco Jansen
9
1 
32 
3
3.56
1
0
»
 Anrich Nortje
13
2 
52 
2
4.00
0
1
»
 Keshav Maharaj
2
0 
17 
0
8.50
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sarel Erwee c Green b Cummins
3 
23 
0 
0
13.04 
»
 Dean Elgar lbw b Cummins
2 
4 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Rassie van der Dussen b Starc
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Temba Bavuma lbw b Lyon
29 
61 
3 
0
47.54 
»
 Khaya Zondo Not Out
36 
85 
6 
0
42.35 
»
 Kyle Verreynne c Smith b Boland
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Marco Jansen b Boland
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Carey b Starc
16 
18 
3 
0
88.89 
»
 Kagiso Rabada c Carey b Cummins
3 
13 
0 
0
23.08 
»
 Anrich Nortje c Green b Cummins
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Lungi Ngidi c Warner b Cummins
9 
14 
2 
0
64.29 
Extras N 1
1
Total : (all out in 37.4 overs)
99
 RR : 2.63

Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Dean Elgar, 1.4 ov), 2-3 (Rassie van der Dussen, 2.5 ov), 3-5 (Sarel Erwee, 7.2 ov), 4-47 (Temba Bavuma, 23.5 ov), 5-48 (Kyle Verreynne, 24.2 ov), 6-48 (Marco Jansen, 24.4 ov), 7-64 (Keshav Maharaj, 28.5 ov), 8-69 (Kagiso Rabada, 31.5 ov), 9-69 (Anrich Nortje, 31.6 ov), 10-99 (Lungi Ngidi, 37.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
11
3 
26 
2
2.36
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
12
 .4
3 
42 
5
3.32
1
0
»
 Scott Boland
8
2 
14 
2
1.75
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
6
0 
17 
1
2.83
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 34 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Usman Khawaja c Maharaj b Rabada
2 
12 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 David Warner c Erwee b Rabada
3 
11 
0 
0
27.27 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne Not Out
5 
16 
1 
0
31.25 
»
 Steven Smith c Verreynne b Rabada
6 
5 
1 
0
120.00 
»
 Travis Head c Verreynne b Rabada
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Cameron Green Not Out
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, W 15
19
Total : (4 wickets in 7.5 overs)
35
 RR : 4.47

did not bat: Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Scott Boland

Fall of wickets : 1-8 (Usman Khawaja, 2.6 ov), 2-9 (David Warner, 4.4 ov), 3-19 (Steven Smith, 6.3 ov), 4-24 (Travis Head, 6.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kagiso Rabada
4
1 
13 
4
3.25
0
1
»
 Anrich Nortje
3
 .5
0 
18 
0
4.70
0
2

Match details
Points: Australia 12, South Africa 0
Man of the Match: Travis Head (Australia)
Umpires : Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
Third Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (England)
Referee : Richie Richardson (West Indies)
Reserve Umpire: Donovan Koch (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sat Dec 17 - Australia 1st innings 145/5 (Travis Head 78*, 33.1 ov)
Day 2 : Sun Dec 18 - Australia 2nd innings 35/4 (Marnus Labuschagne 5*, Cameron Green *, 7.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins (Capt.), Scott Boland, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja
South Africa Anrich Nortje, Dean Elgar (Capt.), Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, Rassie van der Dussen, Sarel Erwee, Temba Bavuma
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