South Africa v Australia, Cape Town

South Africa 311/10 & 373/10

Australia 255/10 & 107/10

South Africa won by 322 runs

Australia v South Africa 2018 · 3rd Test Newlands, Cape Town 22–25 Mar 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

0.98× -2%

Australia

0.75× -25%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

D Elgar South Africa

155 +225

CT Bancroft Australia

103 +159

AB de Villiers South Africa

127 +153

AK Markram South Africa

84 +88

Q de Kock South Africa

68 +80

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Morkel5/23

PJ Cummins4/78

M Morkel4/87

K Rabada4/91

Top score

141*

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

128

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–2

3 wkts for 2 · Australia

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 322 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

311 /10 (97.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar*	not out	141	284	20	1	49.65
AK Markram	c Steve Smith b JR Hazlewood	0	11	0	0	0.00
HM Amla	c PJ Cummins b JR Hazlewood	31	87	3	0	35.63
AB de Villiers	c David Warner b PJ Cummins	64	95	10	0	67.37
F du Plessis	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	5	14	1	0	35.71
T Bavuma	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	1	12	0	0	8.33
Q de Kock	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	3	11	0	0	27.27
VD Philander	c TD Paine b MR Marsh	8	23	1	0	34.78
KA Maharaj	c CT Bancroft b MA Starc	3	7	0	0	42.86
K Rabada	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	22	42	3	0	52.38
M Morkel	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	4	4	1	0	100.00

Extras 29 (b 13, lb 11, w 2, nb 3)

Total 311/10 (97.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	21.0	3	81	1	3.86
JR Hazlewood	23.0	4	59	2	2.57
NM Lyon	19.5	6	43	2	2.17
PJ Cummins	26.0	6	78	4	3.00
MR Marsh	7.0	2	26	1	3.71
Steve Smith	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-6 (AK Markram, 3.5)·2-92 (HM Amla, 32.4)·3-220 (AB de Villiers, 62.5)·4-234 (F du Plessis, 66.6)·5-236 (T Bavuma, 70.3)·6-242 (Q de Kock, 74.6)·7-254 (VD Philander, 82.3)·8-257 (KA Maharaj, 83.5)·9-307 (K Rabada, 97.1)·10-311 (M Morkel, 97.5)

Australia

255 /10 (69.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	lbw b VD Philander	77	103	14	0	74.76
David Warner	b K Rabada	30	14	5	1	214.29
UT Khawaja	c K Rabada b M Morkel	5	22	0	0	22.73
Steve Smith	c D Elgar b M Morkel	5	18	1	0	27.78
SE Marsh	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	26	63	3	0	41.27
MR Marsh	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	5	22	1	0	22.73
TD Paine*	not out	34	84	3	0	40.48
PJ Cummins	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	4	40	0	0	10.00
MA Starc	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	2	5	0	0	40.00
NM Lyon	c D Elgar b M Morkel	47	38	8	0	123.68
JR Hazlewood	c HM Amla b K Rabada	10	14	2	0	71.43

Extras 10 (b 1, lb 5, nb 4)

Total 255/10 (69.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	15.0	5	26	2	1.73
K Rabada	20.5	1	91	4	4.37
M Morkel	21.0	7	87	4	4.14
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	35	0	2.92
T Bavuma	1.0	0	10	0	10.00

Fall of wickets

1-43 (David Warner, 5.3)·2-61 (UT Khawaja, 10.3)·3-72 (Steve Smith, 14.4)·4-150 (SE Marsh, 34.3)·5-150 (CT Bancroft, 37.4)·6-156 (MR Marsh, 41.1)·7-173 (PJ Cummins, 50.3)·8-175 (MA Starc, 52.2)·9-241 (NM Lyon, 64.1)·10-255 (JR Hazlewood, 69.5)

South Africa

373 /10 (112.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c PJ Cummins b MA Starc	84	145	10	2	57.93
D Elgar	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	14	23	2	0	60.87
HM Amla	c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins	31	80	5	0	38.75
AB de Villiers	c SE Marsh b JR Hazlewood	63	136	7	1	46.32
F du Plessis	lbw b NM Lyon	20	44	3	0	45.45
T Bavuma	c PSP Handscomb b JR Hazlewood	5	4	1	0	125.00
Q de Kock	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	65	97	8	1	67.01
VD Philander*	not out	52	79	6	1	65.82
K Rabada	st TD Paine b NM Lyon	20	46	3	0	43.48
KA Maharaj	c PJ Cummins b NM Lyon	5	14	1	0	35.71
M Morkel	c UT Khawaja b JR Hazlewood	6	7	0	1	85.71

Extras 8 (b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 1)

Total 373/10 (112.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	23.0	5	98	1	4.26
JR Hazlewood	25.2	5	69	3	2.72
PJ Cummins	27.0	5	67	3	2.48
NM Lyon	31.0	2	102	3	3.29
Steve Smith	1.0	0	6	0	6.00
MR Marsh	5.0	0	26	0	5.20

Fall of wickets

1-28 (D Elgar, 9.1)·2-104 (HM Amla, 33.5)·3-151 (AK Markram, 47.4)·4-196 (F du Plessis, 60.2)·5-201 (T Bavuma, 61.1)·6-269 (AB de Villiers, 82.6)·7-324 (Q de Kock, 94.1)·8-354 (K Rabada, 105.4)·9-362 (KA Maharaj, 109.6)·10-373 (M Morkel, 112.2)

Australia

107 /10 (39.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	run out	26	64	3	0	40.62
David Warner	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	32	67	4	0	47.76
UT Khawaja	c AB de Villiers b KA Maharaj	1	9	0	0	11.11
Steve Smith	c D Elgar b M Morkel	7	21	0	1	33.33
SE Marsh	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	0	1	0	0	0.00
MR Marsh	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	16	28	3	0	57.14
TD Paine*	not out	9	27	2	0	33.33
PJ Cummins	c D Elgar b M Morkel	0	1	0	0	0.00
MA Starc	c AK Markram b M Morkel	7	14	1	0	50.00
JR Hazlewood	c VD Philander b M Morkel	5	6	1	0	83.33

Extras 4 (b 4)

Total 107/10 (39.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	12.0	6	31	1	2.58
VD Philander	6.0	2	17	0	2.83
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	2.38
KA Maharaj	12.0	2	32	2	2.67

Fall of wickets

1-57 (CT Bancroft, 20.1)·2-59 (David Warner, 23.1)·3-59 (UT Khawaja, 24.1)·4-59 (SE Marsh, 24.2)·5-75 (Steve Smith, 29.3)·6-86 (MR Marsh, 33.1)·7-86 (PJ Cummins, 33.2)·8-94 (MA Starc, 35.6)·9-94 (NM Lyon, 36.5)·10-107 (JR Hazlewood, 39.4)