South Africa v Australia, Cape Town

Australia 209/10 & 422/10

South Africa 651/10

South Africa won by 20 runs

Australia v South Africa 2008 · 6th Test Newlands, Cape Town 19–22 Mar 2009

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than South Africa.

Australia

0.89× -11%

South Africa

1.05× +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

MG Johnson Australia

158 +304

AB de Villiers South Africa

163 +234

AG Prince South Africa

150 +201

SM Katich Australia

109 +142

JH Kallis South Africa

102 +140

Best bowling

Top match figures

PL Harris6/127

DW Steyn4/56

MG Johnson4/148

PL Harris3/34

Top score

163

AB de Villiers · South Africa

Biggest stand

163

7th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–19

3 wkts for 19 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 20 runs

Length4 days

Australia

209 /10 (72.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
PJ Hughes	lbw b PL Harris	33	64	4	51.56
SM Katich	c I Khan b PL Harris	55	160	7	34.38
RT Ponting	c MV Boucher b JA Morkel	0	6	0	0.00
MEK Hussey	b DW Steyn	20	20	4	100.00
MJ Clarke	b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0.00
BJ Haddin	lbw b PL Harris	42	67	8	62.69
AB McDonald	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	13	44	1	29.55
MG Johnson	c AG Prince b DW Steyn	35	54	6	64.81
PM Siddle	c AB de Villiers b M Ntini	0	2	0	0.00
BE McGain	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	2	14	0	14.29

Extras 9 (lb 6, w 1, nb 2)

Total 209/10 (72.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	16.0	5	56	4	3.50
M Ntini	17.0	7	38	2	2.24
JH Kallis	10.0	2	31	0	3.10
JA Morkel	12.0	3	44	1	3.67
PL Harris	17.0	5	34	3	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-58 (PJ Hughes, 22.4)·2-59 (RT Ponting, 23.5)·3-81 (MEK Hussey, 29.4)·4-81 (MJ Clarke, 31.1)·5-152 (SM Katich, 50.5)·6-158 (BJ Haddin, 54.4)·7-190 (AB McDonald, 67.3)·8-190 (PM Siddle, 67.5)·9-209 (MG Johnson, 71.3)·10-209 (BE McGain, 71.6)

South Africa

651 /10 (154.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
I Khan	c & b PM Siddle	20	64	1	0	31.25
AG Prince	c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus	150	249	19	2	60.24
HM Amla	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	46	88	8	0	52.27
JH Kallis	c & b BW Hilfenhaus	102	163	14	2	62.58
AB de Villiers	c AB McDonald b SM Katich	163	196	12	7	83.16
JP Duminy	b MG Johnson	7	21	1	0	33.33
MV Boucher	c RT Ponting b MG Johnson	12	26	3	0	46.15
JA Morkel	b AB McDonald	58	71	10	1	81.69
PL Harris	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	27	49	4	0	55.10
DW Steyn	c MJ Clarke b SM Katich	0	4	0	0	0.00
M Ntini*	not out	4	6	1	0	66.67

Extras 62 (b 19, lb 24, w 9, nb 10)

Total 651/10 (154.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	37.3	5	148	4	3.95
BW Hilfenhaus	34.0	4	133	2	3.91
PM Siddle	35.0	15	67	1	1.91
BE McGain	18.0	2	149	0	8.28
AB McDonald	27.0	7	102	1	3.78
SM Katich	3.0	1	9	2	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-65 (I Khan, 17.4)·2-162 (HM Amla, 44.6)·3-322 (AG Prince, 83.1)·4-415 (JH Kallis, 104.3)·5-443 (JP Duminy, 113.2)·6-467 (MV Boucher, 119.6)·7-591 (JA Morkel, 139.6)·8-637 (AB de Villiers, 151.2)·9-637 (DW Steyn, 151.6)·10-651 (PL Harris, 154.3)

Australia

422 /10 (121.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Hughes	c JH Kallis b PL Harris	32	46	4	0	69.57
SM Katich	c JP Duminy b PL Harris	54	159	4	1	33.96
RT Ponting	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	12	24	1	0	50.00
MEK Hussey	c JP Duminy b DW Steyn	39	153	5	0	25.49
MJ Clarke	b DW Steyn	47	106	7	0	44.34
BJ Haddin	c JP Duminy b PL Harris	18	27	3	0	66.67
AB McDonald	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	68	99	8	0	68.69
MG Johnson*	not out	123	103	11	5	119.42
PM Siddle	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	0	1	0	0	0.00
BE McGain	run out (SA Engelbrecht)	0	2	0	0	0.00
BW Hilfenhaus	c AG Prince b PL Harris	12	16	2	0	75.00

Extras 17 (b 8, lb 2, w 2, nb 5)

Total 422/10 (121.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	27.0	5	96	3	3.56
M Ntini	19.0	6	66	0	3.47
JA Morkel	20.0	1	88	0	4.40
PL Harris	42.5	9	127	6	2.96
JH Kallis	10.0	4	21	0	2.10
JP Duminy	3.0	1	14	0	4.67

Fall of wickets

1-57 (PJ Hughes, 13.3)·2-76 (RT Ponting, 20.6)·3-138 (SM Katich, 59.2)·4-146 (MEK Hussey, 68.6)·5-191 (BJ Haddin, 79.2)·6-218 (MJ Clarke, 88.6)·7-381 (AB McDonald, 115.3)·8-381 (PM Siddle, 115.4)·9-388 (BE McGain, 116.4)·10-422 (BW Hilfenhaus, 121.5)