Australia v South Africa, Perth

South Africa 242/10 & 540/8

Australia 244/10 & 361/10

South Africa won by 177 runs

Australia v South Africa 2016 · 1st Test Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth 3–7 Nov 2016

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than Australia.

South Africa

0.91× -9%

Australia

0.99× -1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Q de Kock South Africa

148 +284

JP Duminy South Africa

152 +204

D Elgar South Africa

139 +196

David Warner Australia

132 +147

PM Nevill Australia

83 +132

Best bowling

Top match figures

K Rabada5/92

VD Philander4/56

MA Starc4/71

KA Maharaj3/56

Top score

141

JP Duminy · South Africa

Biggest stand

250

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · Australia

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 177 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

242 /10 (63.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	c MR Marsh b MA Starc	0	4	0	0	0.00
HM Amla	c Steve Smith b JR Hazlewood	0	5	0	0	0.00
D Elgar	c PM Nevill b JR Hazlewood	12	22	2	0	54.55
JP Duminy	c PM Nevill b PM Siddle	11	23	0	0	47.83
F du Plessis	c AC Voges b MA Starc	37	74	5	0	50.00
T Bavuma	c SE Marsh b NM Lyon	51	86	7	0	59.30
Q de Kock	c SE Marsh b JR Hazlewood	84	101	11	1	83.17
VD Philander	b MA Starc	10	32	1	0	31.25
KA Maharaj	c David Warner b NM Lyon	16	19	1	1	84.21
K Rabada*	not out	11	12	2	0	91.67
DW Steyn	b MA Starc	4	4	1	0	100.00

Extras 6 (b 4, w 2)

Total 242/10 (63.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	18.4	2	71	4	3.80
JR Hazlewood	17.0	2	70	3	4.12
PM Siddle	12.0	3	36	1	3.00
MR Marsh	6.0	1	23	0	3.83
NM Lyon	10.0	1	38	2	3.80

Fall of wickets

1-0 (SC Cook, 0.4)·2-5 (HM Amla, 3.1)·3-20 (D Elgar, 7.6)·4-32 (JP Duminy, 12.2)·5-81 (F du Plessis, 27.6)·6-152 (T Bavuma, 43.4)·7-175 (VD Philander, 52.3)·8-223 (KA Maharaj, 59.6)·9-227 (Q de Kock, 60.6)·10-242 (DW Steyn, 63.4)

Australia

244 /10 (70.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	97	100	16	1	97.00
SE Marsh	lbw b VD Philander	63	148	8	0	42.57
UT Khawaja	b K Rabada	4	17	0	0	23.53
Steve Smith	lbw b KA Maharaj	0	4	0	0	0.00
AC Voges	c & b K Rabada	27	60	4	0	45.00
MR Marsh	lbw b VD Philander	0	8	0	0	0.00
PM Nevill	c HM Amla b KA Maharaj	23	53	2	1	43.40
MA Starc	c F du Plessis b KA Maharaj	0	5	0	0	0.00
PM Siddle*	not out	18	25	3	0	72.00
JR Hazlewood	c JP Duminy b VD Philander	4	5	0	0	80.00
NM Lyon	c D Elgar b VD Philander	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 8 (lb 3, nb 5)

Total 244/10 (70.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	12.4	4	51	1	4.03
VD Philander	19.2	2	56	4	2.90
K Rabada	20.0	1	78	2	3.90
KA Maharaj	18.2	6	56	3	3.05

Fall of wickets

1-158 (David Warner, 35.2)·2-167 (UT Khawaja, 40.4)·3-168 (Steve Smith, 41.3)·4-181 (SE Marsh, 46.5)·5-181 (MR Marsh, 50.1)·6-202 (AC Voges, 60.6)·7-203 (MA Starc, 61.6)·8-232 (PM Nevill, 67.5)·9-243 (JR Hazlewood, 70.1)·10-244 (NM Lyon, 70.3)

South Africa

540 /8 (160.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	c SE Marsh b PM Siddle	12	55	2	0	21.82
D Elgar	c MA Starc b JR Hazlewood	127	316	17	1	40.19
HM Amla	b JR Hazlewood	1	7	0	0	14.29
JP Duminy	c PM Nevill b PM Siddle	141	225	20	1	62.67
F du Plessis	c PM Nevill b MA Starc	32	64	6	0	50.00
T Bavuma	c UT Khawaja b MR Marsh	8	18	2	0	44.44
Q de Kock	c AC Voges b MR Marsh	64	100	5	2	64.00
VD Philander	b Steve Smith	73	143	10	2	51.05
KA Maharaj*	not out	41	34	2	3	120.59

Extras 41 (b 10, lb 13, w 17, nb 1)

Total 540/8 (160.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	31.0	8	114	1	3.68
JR Hazlewood	37.0	11	107	2	2.89
PM Siddle	26.0	9	62	2	2.38
MR Marsh	26.0	4	77	2	2.96
NM Lyon	34.0	3	146	0	4.29
AC Voges	5.0	1	8	0	1.60
Steve Smith	1.1	1	3	1	2.57

Fall of wickets

1-35 (SC Cook, 16.4)·2-45 (HM Amla, 20.1)·3-295 (JP Duminy, 94.3)·4-324 (D Elgar, 106.3)·5-346 (T Bavuma, 112.3)·6-352 (F du Plessis, 115.4)·7-468 (Q de Kock, 146.1)·8-540 (VD Philander, 160.1)

Australia

361 /10 (119.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SE Marsh	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	15	45	1	0	33.33
David Warner	run out (T Bavuma)	35	33	6	0	106.06
UT Khawaja	lbw b JP Duminy	97	182	11	3	53.30
Steve Smith	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	34	91	5	0	37.36
AC Voges	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	1	12	0	0	8.33
MR Marsh	lbw b K Rabada	26	52	4	0	50.00
PM Nevill*	not out	60	153	6	0	39.22
MA Starc	lbw b K Rabada	13	24	2	0	54.17
PM Siddle	lbw b VD Philander	13	32	3	0	40.62
JR Hazlewood	c D Elgar b T Bavuma	29	71	5	0	40.85
NM Lyon	lbw b KA Maharaj	8	22	1	0	36.36

Extras 30 (b 13, lb 11, w 4, nb 2)

Total 361/10 (119.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	31.0	6	92	5	2.97
VD Philander	22.0	7	55	1	2.50
JP Duminy	17.0	1	51	1	3.00
KA Maharaj	40.1	11	94	1	2.34
SC Cook	2.0	0	16	0	8.00
T Bavuma	7.0	1	29	1	4.14

Fall of wickets

1-52 (David Warner, 12.2)·2-52 (SE Marsh, 12.6)·3-144 (Steve Smith, 44.3)·4-146 (AC Voges, 46.5)·5-196 (MR Marsh, 62.4)·6-246 (UT Khawaja, 76.1)·7-262 (MA Starc, 82.5)·8-280 (PM Siddle, 92.5)·9-345 (JR Hazlewood, 113.3)·10-361 (NM Lyon, 119.1)