Australia v South Africa, Perth

Australia 375/10 & 319/10

South Africa 281/10 & 414/4

South Africa won by 6 wickets

Australia v South Africa 2008 · 1st Test Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth 17–21 Dec 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.00× 0%

South Africa

0.95× -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

AB de Villiers South Africa

169 +318

BJ Haddin Australia

140 +263

GC Smith South Africa

156 +185

JH Kallis South Africa

120 +155

SM Katich Australia

120 +152

Best bowling

Top match figures

MG Johnson8/61

M Ntini4/72

JH Kallis3/24

PL Harris3/85

Top score

108

GC Smith · South Africa

Biggest stand

153

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · South Africa

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 6 wickets

Length5 days

Australia

375 /10 (98.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c GC Smith b M Ntini	12	13	3	0	92.31
SM Katich	lbw b M Morkel	83	151	8	1	54.97
RT Ponting	c AB de Villiers b M Ntini	0	1	0	0	0.00
MEK Hussey	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	0	7	0	0	0.00
MJ Clarke	c GC Smith b PL Harris	62	141	7	0	43.97
A Symonds	c ND McKenzie b PL Harris	57	68	6	0	83.82
BJ Haddin	c JP Duminy b M Ntini	46	68	4	2	67.65
B Lee	c JP Duminy b DW Steyn	29	46	4	0	63.04
MG Johnson	lbw b M Morkel	18	24	1	0	75.00
JJ Krejza*	not out	30	45	3	0	66.67
PM Siddle	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	23	34	3	0	67.65

Extras 15 (lb 7, w 3, nb 5)

Total 375/10 (98.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Ntini	19.5	1	72	4	3.63
DW Steyn	23.0	4	81	2	3.52
JH Kallis	15.0	2	65	0	4.33
M Morkel	20.0	1	80	2	4.00
PL Harris	21.0	2	70	2	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-14 (ML Hayden, 2.4)·2-14 (RT Ponting, 2.5)·3-15 (MEK Hussey, 5.2)·4-164 (SM Katich, 50.5)·5-166 (MJ Clarke, 51.5)·6-259 (A Symonds, 69.5)·7-298 (BJ Haddin, 80.4)·8-303 (B Lee, 81.5)·9-341 (MG Johnson, 88.7)·10-375 (PM Siddle, 98.5)

South Africa

281 /10 (89.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND McKenzie	c JJ Krejza b MG Johnson	2	31	0	0	6.45
GC Smith	b MG Johnson	48	94	6	0	51.06
HM Amla	b JJ Krejza	47	67	5	0	70.15
JH Kallis	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	63	111	6	1	56.76
AB de Villiers	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	63	130	7	1	48.46
JP Duminy	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	1	11	0	0	9.09
MV Boucher	c SM Katich b PM Siddle	26	65	2	0	40.00
M Morkel	c JJ Krejza b MG Johnson	1	10	0	0	10.00
PL Harris	c JJ Krejza b MG Johnson	0	3	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	8	9	1	0	88.89
M Ntini*	not out	5	15	1	0	33.33

Extras 17 (lb 5, w 5, nb 7)

Total 281/10 (89.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	21.0	3	59	0	2.81
MG Johnson	24.0	4	61	8	2.54
JJ Krejza	25.0	2	102	1	4.08
PM Siddle	16.5	5	44	1	2.61
A Symonds	3.0	1	10	0	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-16 (ND McKenzie, 7.6)·2-106 (HM Amla, 31.1)·3-110 (GC Smith, 32.3)·4-234 (AB de Villiers, 70.4)·5-237 (JH Kallis, 72.4)·6-238 (JP Duminy, 74.1)·7-241 (M Morkel, 76.3)·8-241 (PL Harris, 76.6)·9-256 (DW Steyn, 80.4)·10-281 (MV Boucher, 89.6)

Australia

319 /10 (97.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c & b DW Steyn	4	22	1	0	18.18
SM Katich	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	37	55	3	0	67.27
RT Ponting	c MV Boucher b PL Harris	32	55	4	0	58.18
MEK Hussey	b M Ntini	8	35	0	0	22.86
MJ Clarke	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	25	67	2	0	37.31
A Symonds	c GC Smith b PL Harris	37	97	2	1	38.14
BJ Haddin	st MV Boucher b PL Harris	94	136	7	4	69.12
B Lee	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	5	6	1	0	83.33
JJ Krejza	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	32	63	5	0	50.79
MG Johnson	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	21	35	4	0	60.00
PM Siddle*	not out	4	18	0	0	22.22

Extras 20 (b 4, lb 7, w 2, nb 7)

Total 319/10 (97.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	19.0	3	81	2	4.26
M Ntini	21.0	2	76	1	3.62
PL Harris	27.0	3	85	3	3.15
JH Kallis	14.0	4	24	3	1.71
M Morkel	16.0	4	42	1	2.62

Fall of wickets

1-25 (ML Hayden, 8.3)·2-59 (SM Katich, 16.1)·3-88 (RT Ponting, 26.4)·4-88 (MEK Hussey, 27.5)·5-148 (MJ Clarke, 50.6)·6-157 (A Symonds, 58.1)·7-162 (B Lee, 59.5)·8-241 (JJ Krejza, 79.4)·9-278 (MG Johnson, 88.3)·10-319 (BJ Haddin, 96.6)

South Africa

414 /4 (119.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b MG Johnson	108	147	13	0	73.47
ND McKenzie	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	10	52	1	0	19.23
HM Amla	c BJ Haddin b B Lee	53	112	6	0	47.32
JH Kallis	c MEK Hussey b MG Johnson	57	106	4	2	53.77
AB de Villiers*	not out	106	186	9	0	56.99
JP Duminy*	not out	50	119	4	1	42.02

Extras 30 (b 13, lb 9, w 2, nb 6)

Total 414/4 (119.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	27.0	4	73	1	2.70
MG Johnson	34.2	5	98	3	2.85
PM Siddle	26.0	2	84	0	3.23
JJ Krejza	24.0	2	102	0	4.25
MJ Clarke	8.0	0	35	0	4.38

Fall of wickets

1-19 (ND McKenzie, 14.3)·2-172 (GC Smith, 50.2)·3-179 (HM Amla, 53.2)·4-303 (JH Kallis, 85.3)