Australia v South Africa, Port Elizabeth

Australia 243/10 & 239/10

South Africa 382/10 & 102/4

South Africa won by 6 wickets

Australia v South Africa 2018 · 2nd Test St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 9–12 Mar 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than South Africa.

Australia

0.74× -26%

South Africa

0.95× -5%

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

AB de Villiers South Africa

154 +376

UT Khawaja Australia

79 +198

TD Paine Australia

64 +121

David Warner Australia

76 +102

HM Amla South Africa

83 +93

Best bowling

Top match figures

K Rabada6/54

K Rabada5/96

L Ngidi3/51

PJ Cummins3/79

Top score

126*

AB de Villiers · South Africa

Biggest stand

1st wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–9

3 wkts for 9 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 6 wickets

Length4 days

Australia

243 /10 (71.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
CT Bancroft	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	38	91	6	41.76
David Warner	b L Ngidi	63	100	9	63.00
UT Khawaja	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	4	15	0	26.67
Steve Smith	lbw b K Rabada	25	58	3	43.10
SE Marsh	lbw b K Rabada	24	52	4	46.15
TD Paine	b L Ngidi	36	68	5	52.94
MR Marsh	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	4	3	1	133.33
PJ Cummins	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	1	0	0.00
MA Starc	b K Rabada	8	11	1	72.73
NM Lyon	b L Ngidi	17	20	4	85.00
JR Hazlewood*	not out	10	10	2	100.00

Extras 14 (lb 14)

Total 243/10 (71.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	18.0	7	25	2	1.39
K Rabada	21.0	2	96	5	4.57
L Ngidi	13.3	4	51	3	3.78
KA Maharaj	18.0	1	51	0	2.83
D Elgar	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-98 (CT Bancroft, 26.4)·2-104 (UT Khawaja, 30.4)·3-117 (David Warner, 36.2)·4-161 (Steve Smith, 51.6)·5-166 (SE Marsh, 53.2)·6-170 (MR Marsh, 53.5)·7-170 (PJ Cummins, 53.6)·8-182 (MA Starc, 57.5)·9-212 (NM Lyon, 63.5)·10-243 (TD Paine, 71.3)

South Africa

382 /10 (118.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	57	197	6	0	28.93
AK Markram	lbw b PJ Cummins	11	21	1	0	52.38
K Rabada	b PJ Cummins	29	40	6	0	72.50
HM Amla	b MA Starc	56	148	6	0	37.84
AB de Villiers*	not out	126	146	20	1	86.30
F du Plessis	lbw b MR Marsh	9	16	1	0	56.25
TB de Bruyn	lbw b MR Marsh	1	8	0	0	12.50
Q de Kock	b NM Lyon	9	20	0	0	45.00
VD Philander	c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins	36	85	5	0	42.35
KA Maharaj	b JR Hazlewood	30	24	3	2	125.00
L Ngidi	run out	5	7	1	0	71.43

Extras 13 (b 9, lb 2, w 2)

Total 382/10 (118.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	33.4	5	110	1	3.27
JR Hazlewood	30.0	5	98	2	3.27
PJ Cummins	24.0	6	79	3	3.29
NM Lyon	22.0	5	58	1	2.64
MR Marsh	9.0	1	26	2	2.89

Fall of wickets

1-22 (AK Markram, 7.4)·2-67 (K Rabada, 20.2)·3-155 (HM Amla, 66.4)·4-155 (D Elgar, 67.6)·5-179 (F du Plessis, 75.3)·6-183 (TB de Bruyn, 77.4)·7-227 (Q de Kock, 85.3)·8-311 (VD Philander, 108.3)·9-369 (KA Maharaj, 115.4)·10-382 (L Ngidi, 118.4)

Australia

239 /10 (79.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	b L Ngidi	24	70	2	0	34.29
David Warner	b K Rabada	13	21	3	0	61.90
UT Khawaja	lbw b K Rabada	75	136	14	0	55.15
Steve Smith	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	11	18	1	1	61.11
SE Marsh	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	1	5	0	0	20.00
MR Marsh	b K Rabada	45	125	4	1	36.00
TD Paine*	not out	28	50	2	0	56.00
PJ Cummins	c TB de Bruyn b K Rabada	5	14	1	0	35.71
MA Starc	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	1	10	0	0	10.00
NM Lyon	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	5	8	1	0	62.50
JR Hazlewood	c L Ngidi b KA Maharaj	17	17	2	1	100.00

Extras 14 (b 2, lb 10, w 2)

Total 239/10 (79.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	18.0	5	56	0	3.11
K Rabada	22.0	9	54	6	2.45
KA Maharaj	23.0	2	90	2	3.91
L Ngidi	13.0	5	24	2	1.85
AK Markram	3.0	1	3	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-27 (David Warner, 9.2)·2-62 (CT Bancroft, 21.3)·3-77 (Steve Smith, 26.4)·4-86 (SE Marsh, 29.2)·5-173 (UT Khawaja, 61.1)·6-186 (MR Marsh, 63.6)·7-202 (PJ Cummins, 67.2)·8-204 (MA Starc, 69.3)·9-211 (NM Lyon, 72.2)·10-239 (JR Hazlewood, 78.6)

South Africa

102 /4 (22.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c Steve Smith b JR Hazlewood	21	28	3	0	75.00
D Elgar	c & b NM Lyon	5	17	0	0	29.41
HM Amla	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	27	42	3	0	64.29
AB de Villiers	c CT Bancroft b NM Lyon	28	26	4	1	107.69
F du Plessis*	not out	2	10	0	0	20.00
TB de Bruyn*	not out	15	14	2	0	107.14

Extras 4 (b 4)

Total 102/4 (22.5 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	3.0	15	0	5.00
JR Hazlewood	6.0	26	1	4.33
NM Lyon	9.0	44	2	4.89
PJ Cummins	4.5	13	1	2.69

Fall of wickets

1-22 (D Elgar, 5.1)·2-32 (AK Markram, 8.6)·3-81 (HM Amla, 18.4)·4-81 (AB de Villiers, 19.1)