Australia v South Africa, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia 394/10 & 247/10

South Africa 459/10 & 183/1

South Africa won by 9 wickets

Australia v South Africa 2008 · 2nd Test Melbourne Cricket Ground 26–30 Dec 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

Australia

1.00× 0%

South Africa

0.97× -3%

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

JP Duminy South Africa

166 +374

RT Ponting Australia

200 +317

GC Smith South Africa

137 +192

MJ Clarke Australia

117 +183

DW Steyn South Africa

76 +134

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn5/67

DW Steyn5/87

PM Siddle4/81

NM Hauritz3/98

Top score

166

JP Duminy · South Africa

Biggest stand

180

9th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–35

3 wkts for 35 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 9 wickets

Length5 days

Australia

394 /10 (113.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c JP Duminy b M Ntini	8	17	1	0	47.06
SM Katich	b DW Steyn	54	109	6	0	49.54
RT Ponting	c HM Amla b PL Harris	101	126	11	1	80.16
MEK Hussey	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	0	9	0	0	0.00
MJ Clarke*	not out	88	208	4	1	42.31
A Symonds	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	27	55	5	0	49.09
BJ Haddin	c GC Smith b M Ntini	40	71	5	0	56.34
B Lee	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	21	21	5	0	100.00
MG Johnson	b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0	0.00
NM Hauritz	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	12	21	2	0	57.14
PM Siddle	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	19	49	1	0	38.78

Extras 24 (b 5, lb 12, nb 7)

Total 394/10 (113.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	29.0	6	87	5	3.00
M Ntini	27.0	7	108	2	4.00
JH Kallis	18.4	4	55	1	2.95
M Morkel	22.0	3	89	1	4.05
PL Harris	17.0	3	38	1	2.24

Fall of wickets

1-21 (ML Hayden, 7.2)·2-128 (SM Katich, 33.6)·3-143 (MEK Hussey, 37.3)·4-184 (RT Ponting, 51.2)·5-223 (A Symonds, 66.1)·6-277 (BJ Haddin, 88.3)·7-322 (B Lee, 95.2)·8-326 (MG Johnson, 95.5)·9-352 (NM Hauritz, 101.5)·10-394 (PM Siddle, 113.4)

South Africa

459 /10 (153.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	62	113	7	0	54.87
ND McKenzie	b PM Siddle	0	5	0	0	0.00
HM Amla	c A Symonds b MG Johnson	19	30	1	0	63.33
JH Kallis	c BJ Haddin b NM Hauritz	26	53	2	0	49.06
AB de Villiers	b PM Siddle	7	51	0	0	13.73
JP Duminy	c PM Siddle b NM Hauritz	166	340	18	0	48.82
MV Boucher	c MEK Hussey b NM Hauritz	3	15	0	0	20.00
M Morkel	b MG Johnson	21	39	4	0	53.85
PL Harris	c MG Johnson b MEK Hussey	39	67	4	0	58.21
DW Steyn	b PM Siddle	76	191	9	1	39.79
M Ntini*	not out	2	29	0	0	6.90

Extras 33 (b 5, lb 13, nb 15)

Total 459/10 (153.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	13.0	2	68	0	5.23
PM Siddle	34.0	9	81	4	2.38
MG Johnson	39.0	6	127	2	3.26
NM Hauritz	43.0	13	98	3	2.28
MJ Clarke	8.0	0	26	0	3.25
MEK Hussey	5.0	0	22	1	4.40
A Symonds	11.0	3	14	0	1.27

Fall of wickets

1-1 (ND McKenzie, 1.5)·2-39 (HM Amla, 8.3)·3-102 (JH Kallis, 26.5)·4-126 (GC Smith, 37.7)·5-132 (AB de Villiers, 41.5)·6-141 (MV Boucher, 46.4)·7-184 (M Morkel, 57.1)·8-251 (PL Harris, 77.5)·9-431 (DW Steyn, 141.3)·10-459 (JP Duminy, 152.6)

Australia

247 /10 (84.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c JP Duminy b DW Steyn	23	28	3	0	82.14
SM Katich	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	15	40	2	0	37.50
RT Ponting	c GC Smith b M Morkel	99	169	8	0	58.58
MEK Hussey	c HM Amla b M Morkel	2	8	0	0	25.00
MJ Clarke	c ND McKenzie b DW Steyn	29	79	4	0	36.71
A Symonds	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	0	5	0	0	0.00
BJ Haddin	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	10	35	0	1	28.57
B Lee	b JH Kallis	8	21	1	0	38.10
MG Johnson*	not out	43	85	5	0	50.59
NM Hauritz	b JH Kallis	3	23	0	0	13.04
PM Siddle	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	6	18	0	0	33.33

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

Total 247/10 (84.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20.2	4	67	5	3.30
M Ntini	14.0	1	26	1	1.86
M Morkel	15.0	2	46	2	3.07
PL Harris	21.0	1	47	0	2.24
JH Kallis	14.0	1	57	2	4.07

Fall of wickets

1-37 (ML Hayden, 10.4)·2-40 (SM Katich, 12.2)·3-49 (MEK Hussey, 15.3)·4-145 (MJ Clarke, 43.1)·5-145 (A Symonds, 43.6)·6-165 (BJ Haddin, 53.1)·7-180 (B Lee, 58.3)·8-212 (RT Ponting, 71.3)·9-231 (NM Hauritz, 78.6)·10-247 (PM Siddle, 84.2)

South Africa

183 /1 (48.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b NM Hauritz	75	94	10	0	79.79
ND McKenzie*	not out	59	140	3	1	42.14
HM Amla*	not out	30	62	2	0	48.39

Extras 19 (lb 9, w 2, nb 8)

Total 183/1 (48.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	10.0	0	49	0	4.90
PM Siddle	14.0	5	34	0	2.43
MG Johnson	11.0	1	36	0	3.27
NM Hauritz	10.0	0	41	1	4.10
MJ Clarke	3.0	0	14	0	4.67

Fall of wickets

1-121 (GC Smith, 28.5)