South Africa v Australia, Cape Town

Australia 284/10 & 47/10

South Africa 96/10 & 236/2

South Africa won by 8 wickets

Australia v South Africa 2011 · 1st Test Newlands, Cape Town 9–11 Nov 2011

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it tougher than South Africa.

Australia

0.86× -14%

South Africa

0.99× -1%

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

MJ Clarke Australia

153 +344

GC Smith South Africa

138 +190

HM Amla South Africa

115 +163

SE Marsh Australia

44 +48

PM Siddle Australia

32 +34

Best bowling

Top match figures

VD Philander5/15

SR Watson5/17

RJ Harris4/33

DW Steyn4/55

Top score

151

MJ Clarke · Australia

Biggest stand

195

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–3

3 wkts for 3 · Australia

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 8 wickets

Length3 days

Australia

284 /10 (75.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	3	15	0	0	20.00
PJ Hughes	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	9	19	1	0	47.37
SE Marsh	lbw b DW Steyn	44	101	8	0	43.56
RT Ponting	lbw b DW Steyn	8	25	0	1	32.00
MJ Clarke	b M Morkel	151	176	22	0	85.80
MEK Hussey	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	1	18	0	0	5.56
BJ Haddin	c AG Prince b DW Steyn	5	8	1	0	62.50
MG Johnson	c M Morkel b VD Philander	20	22	2	0	90.91
RJ Harris	c M Morkel b VD Philander	5	10	0	0	50.00
PM Siddle	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	20	54	2	0	37.04
NM Lyon*	not out	1	6	0	0	16.67

Extras 17 (b 5, lb 7, w 1, nb 4)

Total 284/10 (75.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20.0	4	55	4	2.75
VD Philander	21.0	3	63	3	3.00
M Morkel	18.0	2	82	3	4.56
Imran Tahir	10.0	1	35	0	3.50
JH Kallis	6.0	0	37	0	6.17

Fall of wickets

1-9 (SR Watson, 4.3)·2-13 (PJ Hughes, 5.6)·3-40 (RT Ponting, 16.2)·4-143 (SE Marsh, 39.1)·5-158 (MEK Hussey, 44.3)·6-163 (BJ Haddin, 45.5)·7-202 (MG Johnson, 52.3)·8-214 (RJ Harris, 54.5)·9-273 (PM Siddle, 72.4)·10-284 (MJ Clarke, 74.6)

South Africa

96 /10 (24.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
JA Rudolph	b RJ Harris	18	29	1	62.07
GC Smith	b SR Watson	37	48	3	77.08
HM Amla	lbw b SR Watson	3	16	0	18.75
JH Kallis	c RT Ponting b SR Watson	0	4	0	0.00
AB de Villiers	lbw b RJ Harris	8	9	2	88.89
AG Prince	lbw b SR Watson	0	1	0	0.00
MV Boucher	lbw b SR Watson	4	7	1	57.14
VD Philander	c RT Ponting b RJ Harris	4	11	1	36.36
DW Steyn*	not out	9	18	0	50.00
M Morkel	run out (PM Siddle)	1	1	0	100.00
Imran Tahir	b RJ Harris	5	5	0	100.00

Extras 7 (lb 4, w 1, nb 2)

Total 96/10 (24.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	10.3	3	33	4	3.14
MG Johnson	5.0	0	26	0	5.20
PM Siddle	4.0	1	16	0	4.00
SR Watson	5.0	2	17	5	3.40

Fall of wickets

1-24 (JA Rudolph, 6.5)·2-49 (HM Amla, 13.2)·3-49 (JH Kallis, 13.6)·4-73 (GC Smith, 17.1)·5-73 (AG Prince, 17.2)·6-77 (AB de Villiers, 18.1)·7-77 (MV Boucher, 19.3)·8-81 (VD Philander, 20.6)·9-83 (M Morkel, 21.4)·10-96 (Imran Tahir, 24.3)

Australia

47 /10 (18.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SR Watson	lbw b DW Steyn	4	3	1	133.33
RT Ponting	lbw b VD Philander	0	12	0	0.00
PJ Hughes	c JA Rudolph b M Morkel	9	22	1	40.91
MJ Clarke	lbw b VD Philander	2	6	0	33.33
MEK Hussey	c AG Prince b M Morkel	0	1	0	0.00
BJ Haddin	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	0	3	0	0.00
MG Johnson	c HM Amla b VD Philander	3	12	0	25.00
RJ Harris	c GC Smith b M Morkel	3	7	0	42.86
PM Siddle*	not out	12	16	2	75.00
SE Marsh	lbw b VD Philander	0	2	0	0.00
NM Lyon	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	14	24	1	58.33

Extras 0

Total 47/10 (18.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	5.0	1	23	2	4.60
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	2.14
M Morkel	6.0	1	9	3	1.50

Fall of wickets

1-4 (SR Watson, 0.3)·2-11 (RT Ponting, 5.3)·3-13 (PJ Hughes, 6.4)·4-13 (MEK Hussey, 6.5)·5-15 (MJ Clarke, 7.3)·6-18 (BJ Haddin, 9.1)·7-21 (RJ Harris, 10.4)·8-21 (MG Johnson, 11.2)·9-21 (SE Marsh, 11.4)·10-47 (NM Lyon, 17.6)

South Africa

236 /2 (50.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith*	not out	101	140	15	72.14
JA Rudolph	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	14	24	3	58.33
HM Amla	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	112	134	21	83.58
JH Kallis*	not out	2	6	0	33.33

Extras 7 (lb 4, w 1, nb 2)

Total 236/2 (50.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	14.0	2	67	0	4.79
PM Siddle	12.2	0	49	1	3.97
SR Watson	10.0	0	44	0	4.40
MG Johnson	11.0	1	61	1	5.55
NM Lyon	3.0	1	11	0	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-27 (JA Rudolph, 6.4)·2-222 (HM Amla, 47.4)