South Africa v Australia, Johannesburg

Australia 466/10 & 207/10

South Africa 220/10 & 291/10

Australia won by 162 runs

Australia v South Africa 2008 · 4th Test New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 26 Feb 2009 – 2 Mar 2009

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than South Africa.

Australia

0.83× -17%

South Africa

1.03× +3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MJ North Australia

122 +255

MG Johnson Australia

97 +198

AB de Villiers South Africa

107 +162

BJ Haddin Australia

100 +146

RT Ponting Australia

108 +137

Best bowling

Top match figures

MG Johnson4/25

MG Johnson4/112

DW Steyn4/113

JH Kallis3/22

Top score

117

MJ North · Australia

Biggest stand

117

8th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 162 runs

Length5 days

Australia

466 /10 (125.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Hughes	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	0	4	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	b M Ntini	83	134	11	1	61.94
SM Katich	c ND McKenzie b DW Steyn	3	25	0	0	12.00
MEK Hussey	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	4	21	1	0	19.05
MJ Clarke	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	68	90	10	0	75.56
MJ North	st MV Boucher b PL Harris	117	233	12	0	50.21
BJ Haddin	c PL Harris b M Ntini	63	105	9	0	60.00
AB McDonald	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	0	2	0	0	0.00
MG Johnson*	not out	96	131	10	5	73.28
PM Siddle	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	9	15	2	0	60.00
BW Hilfenhaus	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 23 (b 6, lb 8, w 2, nb 7)

Total 466/10 (125.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	30.0	4	113	4	3.77
M Ntini	27.0	6	71	2	2.63
M Morkel	28.4	3	117	3	4.08
JH Kallis	8.0	0	33	0	4.12
PL Harris	18.0	2	64	1	3.56
JP Duminy	14.0	2	54	0	3.86

Fall of wickets

1-0 (PJ Hughes, 0.4)·2-18 (SM Katich, 8.5)·3-38 (MEK Hussey, 14.7)·4-151 (RT Ponting, 41.2)·5-182 (MJ Clarke, 49.4)·6-295 (BJ Haddin, 83.5)·7-296 (AB McDonald, 84.4)·8-413 (MJ North, 120.5)·9-466 (PM Siddle, 125.5)·10-466 (BW Hilfenhaus, 125.6)

South Africa

220 /10 (81.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND McKenzie	lbw b PM Siddle	36	125	6	0	28.80
GC Smith	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	0	2	0	0	0.00
HM Amla	c RT Ponting b BW Hilfenhaus	1	3	0	0	33.33
JH Kallis	c MEK Hussey b PM Siddle	27	44	4	0	61.36
AB de Villiers*	not out	104	185	9	1	56.22
JP Duminy	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	17	52	2	0	32.69
MV Boucher	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	0	3	0	0	0.00
M Morkel	c & b PM Siddle	2	22	0	0	9.09
PL Harris	lbw b MJ North	1	4	0	0	25.00
DW Steyn	c MJ North b AB McDonald	17	49	2	0	34.69
M Ntini	b MG Johnson	1	2	0	0	50.00

Extras 14 (b 4, lb 6, nb 4)

Total 220/10 (81.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	18.1	8	25	4	1.38
BW Hilfenhaus	25.0	9	58	1	2.32
PM Siddle	21.0	1	76	3	3.62
AB McDonald	10.0	4	22	1	2.20
MJ North	7.0	0	29	1	4.14

Fall of wickets

1-1 (GC Smith, 0.5)·2-2 (HM Amla, 1.2)·3-49 (JH Kallis, 17.1)·4-93 (ND McKenzie, 40.5)·5-138 (JP Duminy, 57.2)·6-138 (MV Boucher, 57.5)·7-154 (M Morkel, 63.5)·8-156 (PL Harris, 64.6)·9-208 (DW Steyn, 79.4)·10-220 (M Ntini, 81.1)

Australia

207 /10 (53.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Hughes	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	75	121	11	1	61.98
SM Katich	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	10	22	2	0	45.45
RT Ponting	c HM Amla b JH Kallis	25	44	4	0	56.82
MEK Hussey	c M Ntini b JH Kallis	0	1	0	0	0.00
MJ Clarke	c JH Kallis b PL Harris	0	2	0	0	0.00
MJ North	b JH Kallis	5	7	1	0	71.43
BJ Haddin	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	37	54	1	2	68.52
AB McDonald	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	7	11	1	0	63.64
MG Johnson	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	1	12	0	0	8.33
PM Siddle*	not out	22	36	2	1	61.11
BW Hilfenhaus	b DW Steyn	16	15	1	0	106.67

Extras 9 (lb 5, w 1, nb 3)

Total 207/10 (53.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	16.4	5	51	1	3.06
M Ntini	11.0	3	52	3	4.73
M Morkel	10.0	1	41	1	4.10
PL Harris	11.0	0	36	2	3.27
JH Kallis	5.0	0	22	3	4.40

Fall of wickets

1-38 (SM Katich, 11.3)·2-99 (RT Ponting, 26.5)·3-99 (MEK Hussey, 26.6)·4-99 (MJ Clarke, 27.2)·5-104 (MJ North, 28.5)·6-138 (PJ Hughes, 35.3)·7-145 (AB McDonald, 38.1)·8-147 (MG Johnson, 40.4)·9-174 (BJ Haddin, 48.2)·10-207 (BW Hilfenhaus, 53.4)

South Africa

291 /10 (119.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
ND McKenzie	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	35	95	5	36.84
GC Smith	c MG Johnson b BW Hilfenhaus	69	110	7	62.73
HM Amla	c PJ Hughes b PM Siddle	57	130	7	43.85
JH Kallis	b MG Johnson	45	139	4	32.37
AB de Villiers	lbw b AB McDonald	3	7	0	42.86
JP Duminy	c RT Ponting b PM Siddle	29	75	3	38.67
MV Boucher	b BW Hilfenhaus	24	105	1	22.86
M Morkel	c PJ Hughes b MG Johnson	2	12	0	16.67
PL Harris	c SM Katich b PM Siddle	8	35	0	22.86
DW Steyn	b MG Johnson	6	12	0	50.00

Extras 13 (b 1, lb 6, w 2, nb 4)

Total 291/10 (119.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	34.2	2	112	4	3.26
BW Hilfenhaus	31.0	7	68	2	2.19
PM Siddle	25.0	8	46	3	1.84
AB McDonald	22.0	8	31	1	1.41
MJ North	7.0	0	27	0	3.86

Fall of wickets

1-76 (ND McKenzie, 27.3)·2-130 (GC Smith, 41.1)·3-206 (HM Amla, 69.3)·4-211 (AB de Villiers, 72.4)·5-229 (JH Kallis, 82.7)·6-268 (JP Duminy, 103.6)·7-272 (M Morkel, 109.1)·8-284 (MV Boucher, 114.6)·9-289 (PL Harris, 118.6)·10-291 (DW Steyn, 119.2)