South Africa v Australia, Durban

Australia 352/10 & 331/5

South Africa 138/9 & 370/9

Australia won by 175 runs

Australia v South Africa 2008 · 5th Test Kingsmead, Durban 6–10 Mar 2009

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than South Africa.

Australia

0.87× -13%

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

PJ Hughes Australia

275 +368

SM Katich Australia

138 +169

JH Kallis South Africa

115 +126

JP Duminy South Africa

90 +124

RT Ponting Australia

90 +102

Best bowling

Top match figures

AB McDonald3/25

MG Johnson3/37

SM Katich3/45

PM Siddle3/61

Top score

160

PJ Hughes · Australia

Biggest stand

187

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

4–4

4 wkts for 4 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 175 runs

Length5 days

Australia

352 /10 (107.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Hughes	c ND McKenzie b JH Kallis	115	151	19	2	76.16
SM Katich	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	108	190	16	0	56.84
RT Ponting	c ND McKenzie b PL Harris	9	20	1	0	45.00
MEK Hussey	b M Morkel	50	144	9	0	34.72
MJ Clarke	b PL Harris	3	11	0	0	27.27
MJ North	c DW Steyn b JH Kallis	38	114	5	0	33.33
BJ Haddin	c HM Amla b M Ntini	5	10	0	0	50.00
AB McDonald*	not out	4	7	0	0	57.14
MG Johnson	lbw b M Ntini	0	1	0	0	0.00
PM Siddle	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	0	4	0	0	0.00
BW Hilfenhaus	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 20 (b 6, lb 4, w 2, nb 8)

Total 352/10 (107.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	25.4	3	83	3	3.23
M Ntini	19.0	4	58	2	3.05
M Morkel	24.0	4	81	1	3.38
JH Kallis	15.0	4	49	2	3.27
PL Harris	21.0	5	66	2	3.14
JP Duminy	3.0	1	5	0	1.67

Fall of wickets

1-184 (PJ Hughes, 43.5)·2-208 (RT Ponting, 51.4)·3-259 (SM Katich, 67.1)·4-266 (MJ Clarke, 70.1)·5-329 (MEK Hussey, 100.6)·6-348 (MJ North, 104.5)·7-348 (BJ Haddin, 105.3)·8-348 (MG Johnson, 105.4)·9-352 (PM Siddle, 107.2)·10-352 (BW Hilfenhaus, 107.4)

South Africa

138 /9 (57.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
ND McKenzie	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	0	3	0	0.00
HM Amla	lbw b MG Johnson	0	2	0	0.00
JH Kallis	c RT Ponting b AB McDonald	22	78	5	28.21
GC Smith*	not out	2	3	0	66.67
AB de Villiers	lbw b BW Hilfenhaus	3	8	0	37.50
JP Duminy*	not out	73	152	11	48.03
MV Boucher	b MG Johnson	1	9	0	11.11
PL Harris	b AB McDonald	4	46	0	8.70
M Morkel	b AB McDonald	2	3	0	66.67
DW Steyn	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	8	41	1	19.51
M Ntini	lbw b PM Siddle	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 23 (b 10, lb 12, nb 1)

Total 138/9 (57.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	16.0	5	37	3	2.31
BW Hilfenhaus	11.0	2	28	1	2.55
AB McDonald	12.0	4	25	3	2.08
PM Siddle	13.3	7	20	2	1.48
MJ North	4.0	3	6	0	1.50
MJ Clarke	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (ND McKenzie, 0.3)·2-0 (HM Amla, 0.5)·3-6 (AB de Villiers, 5.3)·4-62 (MV Boucher, 26.6)·5-104 (PL Harris, 41.4)·6-104 (JH Kallis, 41.6)·7-106 (M Morkel, 43.3)·8-138 (DW Steyn, 57.2)·9-138 (M Ntini, 57.3)

Australia

331 /5 (94.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Hughes	c M Morkel b M Ntini	160	323	15	3	49.54
SM Katich	c PL Harris b JH Kallis	30	47	3	1	63.83
RT Ponting	c ND McKenzie b M Morkel	81	106	12	0	76.42
MEK Hussey	c JH Kallis b JP Duminy	19	50	2	0	38.00
MJ Clarke*	not out	23	39	2	0	58.97
MJ North	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 18 (b 12, lb 2, nb 4)

Total 331/5 (94.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	15.4	1	75	1	4.79
M Ntini	15.0	2	55	1	3.67
M Morkel	14.0	1	60	1	4.29
JH Kallis	8.0	0	21	1	2.62
PL Harris	31.0	8	68	0	2.19
JP Duminy	11.1	1	38	1	3.40

Fall of wickets

1-55 (SM Katich, 15.6)·2-219 (RT Ponting, 64.3)·3-260 (MEK Hussey, 78.5)·4-330 (PJ Hughes, 93.1)·5-331 (MJ North, 94.4)

South Africa

370 /9 (132.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
HM Amla	c RT Ponting b PM Siddle	43	82	8	52.44
ND McKenzie	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	31	78	5	39.74
JH Kallis	c RT Ponting b MG Johnson	93	175	13	53.14
AB de Villiers	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	84	199	9	42.21
JP Duminy	c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus	17	45	3	37.78
MV Boucher	c & b MJ North	25	107	1	23.36
PL Harris	c PM Siddle b SM Katich	5	15	0	33.33
M Morkel	c BJ Haddin b SM Katich	24	78	4	30.77
DW Steyn	st BJ Haddin b SM Katich	7	22	0	31.82
M Ntini*	not out	4	3	1	133.33

Extras 37 (b 13, lb 11, w 3, nb 10)

Total 370/9 (132.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	33.0	9	78	1	2.36
BW Hilfenhaus	24.0	4	79	1	3.29
PM Siddle	28.0	12	61	3	2.18
AB McDonald	16.0	3	47	0	2.94
MJ North	20.0	6	36	1	1.80
SM Katich	11.2	2	45	3	3.97

Fall of wickets

1-63 (ND McKenzie, 22.2)·2-80 (HM Amla, 28.5)·3-267 (JH Kallis, 85.5)·4-279 (AB de Villiers, 88.6)·5-299 (JP Duminy, 101.4)·6-307 (PL Harris, 105.2)·7-345 (MV Boucher, 125.3)·8-363 (M Morkel, 130.5)·9-370 (DW Steyn, 132.2)