Australia v South Africa, Adelaide Oval

Australia 550/10 & 267/8

South Africa 388/10 & 248/8

Match drawn

Australia v South Africa 2012 · 2nd Test Adelaide Oval 22–26 Nov 2012

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.10× +10%

South Africa

0.92× -8%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Australia's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

F du Plessis South Africa

188 +359

MJ Clarke Australia

268 +333

MEK Hussey Australia

157 +180

David Warner Australia

160 +164

JH Kallis South Africa

104 +152

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Morkel5/146

PM Siddle4/65

BW Hilfenhaus3/49

NM Lyon3/49

Top score

230

MJ Clarke · Australia

Biggest stand

272

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

Australia

550 /10 (107.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c GC Smith b M Morkel	119	112	16	4	106.25
EJM Cowan	c & b JH Kallis	10	29	1	0	34.48
RJ Quiney	c GC Smith b M Morkel	0	8	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	b JH Kallis	4	3	1	0	133.33
MJ Clarke	b M Morkel	230	257	40	1	89.49
MEK Hussey	b DW Steyn	103	137	9	4	75.18
MS Wade	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	6	28	1	0	21.43
PM Siddle	c GC Smith b RK Kleinveldt	6	21	1	0	28.57
JL Pattinson	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	42	35	4	2	120.00
BW Hilfenhaus	c RK Kleinveldt b M Morkel	0	8	0	0	0.00
NM Lyon*	not out	7	17	1	0	41.18

Extras 23 (lb 11, w 1, nb 11)

Total 550/10 (107.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	23.4	5	79	2	3.34
M Morkel	30.0	5	146	5	4.87
JH Kallis	3.3	1	19	2	5.43
RK Kleinveldt	20.1	5	81	1	4.02
Imran Tahir	23.0	0	180	0	7.83
F du Plessis	7.0	0	34	0	4.86

Fall of wickets

1-43 (EJM Cowan, 10.3)·2-44 (RJ Quiney, 11.6)·3-55 (RT Ponting, 12.6)·4-210 (David Warner, 37.2)·5-482 (MEK Hussey, 86.5)·6-494 (MJ Clarke, 91.4)·7-501 (MS Wade, 95.6)·8-503 (PM Siddle, 98.2)·9-504 (BW Hilfenhaus, 99.6)·10-550 (JL Pattinson, 107.2)

South Africa

388 /10 (124.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c MS Wade b PM Siddle	122	244	14	0	50.00
AN Petersen	run out (MEK Hussey)	54	112	7	0	48.21
HM Amla	st MS Wade b David Warner	11	26	2	0	42.31
JA Rudolph	c RJ Quiney b NM Lyon	29	64	3	0	45.31
AB de Villiers	lbw b PM Siddle	1	15	0	0	6.67
F du Plessis	c MJ Clarke b BW Hilfenhaus	78	159	13	1	49.06
DW Steyn	c RT Ponting b BW Hilfenhaus	1	15	0	0	6.67
RK Kleinveldt	b BW Hilfenhaus	0	5	0	0	0.00
JH Kallis	c MS Wade b MJ Clarke	58	93	10	1	62.37
M Morkel	b NM Lyon	6	9	1	0	66.67
Imran Tahir*	not out	10	11	1	0	90.91

Extras 18 (b 7, lb 2, w 3, nb 6)

Total 388/10 (124.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Hilfenhaus	19.3	7	49	3	2.51
JL Pattinson	9.1	1	41	0	4.47
NM Lyon	44.0	7	91	2	2.07
PM Siddle	30.5	6	130	2	4.22
MJ Clarke	7.0	1	22	1	3.14
MEK Hussey	1.0	0	7	0	7.00
David Warner	5.0	0	27	1	5.40
RJ Quiney	8.0	3	12	0	1.50

Fall of wickets

1-138 (AN Petersen, 41.2)·2-169 (HM Amla, 50.5)·3-233 (JA Rudolph, 73.1)·4-233 (GC Smith, 74.2)·5-240 (AB de Villiers, 76.6)·6-246 (DW Steyn, 82.4)·7-250 (RK Kleinveldt, 84.3)·8-343 (JH Kallis, 114.5)·9-352 (M Morkel, 117.5)·10-388 (F du Plessis, 124.3)

Australia

267 /8 (70.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
EJM Cowan	b RK Kleinveldt	29	50	6	0	58.00
David Warner	c F du Plessis b RK Kleinveldt	41	60	6	0	68.33
RJ Quiney	c AB de Villiers b RK Kleinveldt	0	2	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	b DW Steyn	16	34	3	0	47.06
MJ Clarke	lbw b DW Steyn	38	61	3	1	62.30
PM Siddle	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	1	16	0	0	6.25
MEK Hussey	c DW Steyn b M Morkel	54	95	7	0	56.84
MS Wade	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	18	50	1	0	36.00
JL Pattinson*	not out	29	42	6	0	69.05
BW Hilfenhaus*	not out	18	19	4	0	94.74

Extras 23 (b 4, lb 10, nb 9)

Total 267/8 (70.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	17.0	5	50	2	2.94
M Morkel	19.0	4	50	3	2.63
Imran Tahir	14.0	1	80	0	5.71
RK Kleinveldt	19.0	2	65	3	3.42
F du Plessis	1.0	0	8	0	8.00

Fall of wickets

1-77 (David Warner, 16.1)·2-77 (RJ Quiney, 16.3)·3-91 (EJM Cowan, 20.6)·4-98 (RT Ponting, 26.2)·5-103 (PM Siddle, 29.6)·6-173 (MJ Clarke, 47.1)·7-206 (MEK Hussey, 57.2)·8-220 (MS Wade, 63.2)

South Africa

248 /8 (148.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Petersen	b PM Siddle	24	62	3	38.71
GC Smith	c RT Ponting b BW Hilfenhaus	0	2	0	0.00
HM Amla	c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon	17	28	4	60.71
JA Rudolph	c EJM Cowan b NM Lyon	3	34	0	8.82
AB de Villiers	b PM Siddle	33	220	0	15.00
F du Plessis*	not out	110	376	14	29.26
JH Kallis	c EJM Cowan b NM Lyon	46	110	6	41.82
DW Steyn	c RJ Quiney b PM Siddle	0	28	0	0.00
RK Kleinveldt	b PM Siddle	3	17	0	17.65
M Morkel*	not out	8	12	2	66.67

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

Total 248/8 (148.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Hilfenhaus	34.0	16	65	1	1.91
PM Siddle	33.0	15	65	4	1.97
MJ Clarke	18.0	5	34	0	1.89
NM Lyon	50.0	31	49	3	0.98
David Warner	6.0	0	29	0	4.83
RJ Quiney	6.0	3	4	0	0.67
RT Ponting	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-3 (GC Smith, 0.6)·2-36 (HM Amla, 11.3)·3-45 (JA Rudolph, 19.5)·4-45 (AN Petersen, 20.6)·5-134 (AB de Villiers, 88.6)·6-233 (JH Kallis, 128.1)·7-234 (DW Steyn, 137.5)·8-240 (RK Kleinveldt, 143.6)