South Africa v Australia, Johannesburg

South Africa 266/10 & 339/10

Australia 296/10 & 310/8

Australia won by 2 wickets

Australia v South Africa 2011 · 2nd Test New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 17–21 Nov 2011

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.06× +6%

Australia

0.81× -19%

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

AB de Villiers South Africa

137 +161

MG Johnson Australia

78 +148

HM Amla South Africa

124 +146

BJ Haddin Australia

71 +119

PJ Hughes Australia

99 +114

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins6/79

VD Philander5/70

DW Steyn4/64

Imran Tahir3/55

Top score

105

HM Amla · South Africa

Biggest stand

174

1st wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultAustralia won by 2 wickets

Length5 days

South Africa

266 /10 (71.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Rudolph	c BJ Haddin b SR Watson	30	50	4	0	60.00
GC Smith	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	11	18	2	0	61.11
HM Amla	c RT Ponting b PJ Cummins	19	70	3	0	27.14
JH Kallis	c UT Khawaja b PM Siddle	54	41	8	2	131.71
AB de Villiers	c PJ Cummins b PM Siddle	64	97	11	0	65.98
AG Prince	c MG Johnson b NM Lyon	50	89	9	0	56.18
MV Boucher	c NM Lyon b PM Siddle	3	7	0	0	42.86
VD Philander	lbw b NM Lyon	0	5	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn*	not out	15	31	1	1	48.39
M Morkel	c SR Watson b MJ Clarke	6	14	1	0	42.86
Imran Tahir	c PJ Hughes b MJ Clarke	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 14 (b 9, lb 2, w 2, nb 1)

Total 266/10 (71.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	16.1	5	67	1	4.14
PJ Cummins	15.0	3	38	1	2.53
PM Siddle	15.0	4	69	3	4.60
SR Watson	3.5	1	13	1	3.39
NM Lyon	13.0	2	52	2	4.00
MEK Hussey	4.0	0	10	0	2.50
MJ Clarke	4.0	1	6	2	1.50

Fall of wickets

1-24 (GC Smith, 6.5)·2-43 (JA Rudolph, 14.4)·3-123 (JH Kallis, 28.5)·4-129 (HM Amla, 31.1)·5-241 (AG Prince, 59.6)·6-243 (AB de Villiers, 60.5)·7-243 (VD Philander, 61.5)·8-245 (MV Boucher, 62.5)·9-258 (M Morkel, 68.2)·10-266 (Imran Tahir, 70.6)

Australia

296 /10 (76.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c Imran Tahir b JH Kallis	88	140	14	2	62.86
PJ Hughes	c AB de Villiers b VD Philander	88	111	14	0	79.28
UT Khawaja	lbw b DW Steyn	12	57	1	0	21.05
RT Ponting	lbw b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0	0.00
MJ Clarke	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	11	33	2	0	33.33
MEK Hussey	b DW Steyn	20	27	4	0	74.07
BJ Haddin	lbw b Imran Tahir	16	23	3	0	69.57
MG Johnson*	not out	38	49	6	0	77.55
PM Siddle	b Imran Tahir	0	4	0	0	0.00
PJ Cummins	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	2	7	0	0	28.57
NM Lyon	lbw b Imran Tahir	2	10	0	0	20.00

Extras 19 (b 4, lb 8, w 3, nb 4)

Total 296/10 (76.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	18.0	3	64	4	3.56
VD Philander	15.0	4	47	1	3.13
M Morkel	17.0	4	62	1	3.65
JH Kallis	13.0	2	56	1	4.31
Imran Tahir	13.4	2	55	3	4.02

Fall of wickets

1-174 (PJ Hughes, 36.3)·2-192 (SR Watson, 45.4)·3-193 (RT Ponting, 46.3)·4-212 (MJ Clarke, 54.4)·5-228 (UT Khawaja, 59.4)·6-233 (MEK Hussey, 61.6)·7-255 (BJ Haddin, 68.1)·8-255 (PM Siddle, 68.5)·9-285 (PJ Cummins, 73.4)·10-296 (NM Lyon, 76.4)

South Africa

339 /10 (110.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c PJ Hughes b NM Lyon	36	55	6	0	65.45
JA Rudolph	c BJ Haddin b PJ Cummins	24	23	5	0	104.35
HM Amla	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	105	243	14	0	43.21
JH Kallis	c MJ Clarke b PJ Cummins	2	19	0	0	10.53
AB de Villiers	c MJ Clarke b PJ Cummins	73	136	10	1	53.68
AG Prince	run out (RT Ponting)	2	18	0	0	11.11
MV Boucher	c SR Watson b NM Lyon	13	20	3	0	65.00
VD Philander	c BJ Haddin b PJ Cummins	23	72	3	0	31.94
DW Steyn	c BJ Haddin b PJ Cummins	41	64	2	3	64.06
M Morkel	b PJ Cummins	0	1	0	0	0.00
Imran Tahir*	not out	4	11	1	0	36.36

Extras 16 (b 5, lb 2, w 7, nb 2)

Total 339/10 (110.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	30.0	4	101	1	3.37
PJ Cummins	29.0	5	79	6	2.72
PM Siddle	27.0	10	71	0	2.63
NM Lyon	16.0	4	57	2	3.56
MEK Hussey	5.0	0	14	0	2.80
MJ Clarke	2.0	1	2	0	1.00
RT Ponting	1.0	0	8	0	8.00

Fall of wickets

1-40 (JA Rudolph, 7.2)·2-75 (GC Smith, 19.6)·3-90 (JH Kallis, 27.2)·4-237 (AB de Villiers, 73.1)·5-249 (AG Prince, 78.6)·6-260 (HM Amla, 84.1)·7-266 (MV Boucher, 87.2)·8-314 (VD Philander, 105.1)·9-314 (M Morkel, 105.2)·10-339 (DW Steyn, 109.6)

Australia

310 /8 (86.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	b VD Philander	0	2	0	0	0.00
UT Khawaja	c JH Kallis b Imran Tahir	65	110	8	1	59.09
PJ Hughes	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	11	10	2	0	110.00
RT Ponting	c JA Rudolph b M Morkel	62	138	6	0	44.93
MJ Clarke	b VD Philander	2	16	0	0	12.50
MEK Hussey	lbw b VD Philander	39	77	3	0	50.65
BJ Haddin	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	55	106	7	0	51.89
MG Johnson*	not out	40	47	6	0	85.11
PM Siddle	c Imran Tahir b DW Steyn	4	7	1	0	57.14
PJ Cummins*	not out	13	15	2	0	86.67

Extras 19 (b 1, lb 7, w 4, nb 7)

Total 310/8 (86.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	20.0	3	70	5	3.50
DW Steyn	23.0	1	98	1	4.26
M Morkel	19.0	6	43	1	2.26
Imran Tahir	15.5	0	63	1	3.98
JH Kallis	9.0	1	28	0	3.11

Fall of wickets

1-0 (SR Watson, 0.2)·2-19 (PJ Hughes, 2.5)·3-141 (UT Khawaja, 36.5)·4-145 (MJ Clarke, 40.4)·5-165 (RT Ponting, 50.1)·6-215 (MEK Hussey, 69.1)·7-287 (BJ Haddin, 82.2)·8-292 (PM Siddle, 83.4)