South Africa v Australia, Johannesburg

South Africa 488/10 & 344/6

Australia 221/10 & 119/10

South Africa won by 492 runs

Australia v South Africa 2018 · 4th Test The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 30 Mar 2018 – 3 Apr 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.00× 0%

Australia

0.73× -26%

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

AK Markram South Africa

189 +211

T Bavuma South Africa

130 +206

TD Paine Australia

69 +171

F du Plessis South Africa

120 +149

D Elgar South Africa

100 +107

Best bowling

Top match figures

VD Philander6/21

PJ Cummins5/83

PJ Cummins4/58

VD Philander3/30

Top score

152

AK Markram · South Africa

Biggest stand

170

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · Australia

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 492 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

488 /10 (136.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c CJ Sayers b NM Lyon	19	47	2	0	40.43
AK Markram	c MR Marsh b PJ Cummins	152	216	17	1	70.37
HM Amla	c PSP Handscomb b PJ Cummins	27	81	3	0	33.33
AB de Villiers	c TD Paine b CJ Sayers	69	119	7	1	57.98
F du Plessis	lbw b PJ Cummins	0	1	0	0	0.00
T Bavuma*	not out	95	194	13	0	48.97
K Rabada	c MT Renshaw b CJ Sayers	0	2	0	0	0.00
Q de Kock	c MR Marsh b NM Lyon	39	74	4	0	52.70
VD Philander	c UT Khawaja b NM Lyon	12	35	1	0	34.29
KA Maharaj	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	45	51	4	2	88.24
M Morkel	c PSP Handscomb b PJ Cummins	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 30 (b 13, lb 12, w 5)

Total 488/10 (136.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JR Hazlewood	26.0	3	86	0	3.31
CJ Sayers	35.0	9	78	2	2.23
PJ Cummins	28.5	5	83	5	2.88
NM Lyon	40.0	3	182	3	4.55
MR Marsh	6.0	1	30	0	5.00
MT Renshaw	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-53 (D Elgar, 17.6)·2-142 (HM Amla, 44.4)·3-247 (AK Markram, 70.5)·4-247 (F du Plessis, 70.6)·5-299 (AB de Villiers, 83.2)·6-299 (K Rabada, 83.4)·7-384 (Q de Kock, 109.6)·8-412 (VD Philander, 121.5)·9-488 (KA Maharaj, 136.4)·10-488 (M Morkel, 136.5)

Australia

221 /10 (70.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MT Renshaw	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	8	32	1	0	25.00
JA Burns	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	4	8	0	0	50.00
UT Khawaja	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	53	84	9	0	63.10
PSP Handscomb	b VD Philander	0	1	0	0	0.00
SE Marsh	c AB de Villiers b KA Maharaj	16	74	1	0	21.62
MR Marsh	b M Morkel	4	10	1	0	40.00
PJ Cummins	lbw b KA Maharaj	50	92	6	1	54.35
TD Paine	c D Elgar b K Rabada	62	96	7	2	64.58
NM Lyon	c D Elgar b K Rabada	8	18	2	0	44.44
CJ Sayers	c HM Amla b KA Maharaj	0	4	0	0	0.00
JR Hazlewood*	not out	1	4	0	0	25.00

Extras 15 (b 3, lb 9, nb 3)

Total 221/10 (70.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	18.0	8	30	3	1.67
K Rabada	19.0	7	53	3	2.79
M Morkel	12.2	4	34	1	2.76
KA Maharaj	20.0	3	92	3	4.60
AK Markram	0.4	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-10 (JA Burns, 3.2)·2-34 (MT Renshaw, 10.6)·3-38 (PSP Handscomb, 12.1)·4-90 (UT Khawaja, 29.6)·5-96 (MR Marsh, 33.6)·6-96 (SE Marsh, 34.3)·7-195 (PJ Cummins, 62.1)·8-206 (NM Lyon, 65.5)·9-207 (CJ Sayers, 66.6)·10-221 (TD Paine, 69.6)

South Africa

344 /6 (105.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c PSP Handscomb b PJ Cummins	37	56	4	0	66.07
D Elgar	c SE Marsh b NM Lyon	81	250	10	1	32.40
HM Amla	c MR Marsh b NM Lyon	16	48	1	0	33.33
AB de Villiers	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	6	5	1	0	120.00
F du Plessis	c PSP Handscomb b PJ Cummins	120	178	18	2	67.42
T Bavuma*	not out	35	40	4	0	87.50
Q de Kock	lbw b PJ Cummins	4	4	0	0	100.00
VD Philander*	not out	33	49	1	2	67.35

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 8)

Total 344/6 (105.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JR Hazlewood	21.0	6	41	0	1.95
CJ Sayers	14.0	2	68	0	4.86
NM Lyon	41.0	13	116	2	2.83
PJ Cummins	18.0	5	58	4	3.22
MR Marsh	8.0	0	40	0	5.00
MT Renshaw	3.0	0	9	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-54 (AK Markram, 18.1)·2-79 (HM Amla, 31.3)·3-94 (AB de Villiers, 34.2)·4-264 (F du Plessis, 88.4)·5-266 (D Elgar, 89.5)·6-273 (Q de Kock, 90.5)

Australia

119 /10 (46.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MT Renshaw	lbw b M Morkel	5	42	0	0	11.90
JA Burns	lbw b M Morkel	42	80	5	1	52.50
UT Khawaja	lbw b KA Maharaj	7	12	1	0	58.33
PSP Handscomb	b VD Philander	24	44	4	0	54.55
SE Marsh	c T Bavuma b VD Philander	7	20	1	0	35.00
MR Marsh	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	0	3	0	0	0.00
TD Paine	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	7	28	0	0	25.00
PJ Cummins	b VD Philander	1	12	0	0	8.33
NM Lyon	run out	9	23	1	0	39.13
CJ Sayers	c D Elgar b VD Philander	0	1	0	0	0.00
JR Hazlewood*	not out	9	22	2	0	40.91

Extras 8 (lb 1, nb 7)

Total 119/10 (46.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	8.0	3	16	0	2.00
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	1.62
KA Maharaj	13.0	2	47	1	3.62
M Morkel	10.4	5	28	2	2.62
AK Markram	2.0	0	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-21 (MT Renshaw, 12.4)·2-34 (UT Khawaja, 17.2)·3-68 (JA Burns, 24.1)·4-88 (SE Marsh, 30.1)·5-88 (MR Marsh, 30.4)·6-95 (PSP Handscomb, 34.4)·7-99 (TD Paine, 38.5)·8-100 (PJ Cummins, 40.1)·9-100 (CJ Sayers, 40.2)·10-119 (NM Lyon, 46.4)