Australia v South Africa, Perth

South Africa 225/10 & 569/10

Australia 163/10 & 322/10

South Africa won by 309 runs

Australia v South Africa 2012 · 3rd Test Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth 30 Nov 2012 – 3 Dec 2012

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

0.95× -5%

Australia

0.94× -6%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How South Africa's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Amla South Africa

207 +273

AB de Villiers South Africa

173 +253

F du Plessis South Africa

105 +234

MS Wade Australia

78 +165

MA Starc Australia

68 +132

Best bowling

Top match figures

MA Starc6/154

DW Steyn4/40

MG Johnson4/110

NM Lyon3/41

Top score

196

HM Amla · South Africa

Biggest stand

178

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–6

3 wkts for 6 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 309 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

225 /10 (74.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c MJ Clarke b SR Watson	16	30	1	0	53.33
AN Petersen	b MA Starc	30	73	4	0	41.10
HM Amla	run out (David Warner)	11	43	2	0	25.58
JH Kallis	b MA Starc	2	7	0	0	28.57
AB de Villiers	c MJ Clarke b JW Hastings	4	12	1	0	33.33
D Elgar	c MS Wade b MG Johnson	0	12	0	0	0.00
F du Plessis*	not out	78	142	12	0	54.93
RJ Peterson	c MS Wade b NM Lyon	31	45	4	0	68.89
VD Philander	c MEK Hussey b NM Lyon	30	54	2	1	55.56
DW Steyn	b MG Johnson	2	11	0	0	18.18
M Morkel	c JW Hastings b NM Lyon	17	15	4	0	113.33

Extras 4 (lb 2, w 2)

Total 225/10 (74.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	16.0	3	55	2	3.44
JW Hastings	20.0	2	51	1	2.55
SR Watson	9.0	2	22	1	2.44
MG Johnson	17.0	3	54	2	3.18
NM Lyon	12.0	1	41	3	3.42

Fall of wickets

1-38 (GC Smith, 11.3)·2-61 (AN Petersen, 22.4)·3-63 (JH Kallis, 24.3)·4-67 (HM Amla, 26.5)·5-67 (AB de Villiers, 27.4)·6-75 (D Elgar, 30.5)·7-132 (RJ Peterson, 47.3)·8-196 (VD Philander, 67.1)·9-206 (DW Steyn, 70.2)·10-225 (M Morkel, 73.6)

Australia

163 /10 (53.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	13	35	2	0	37.14
EJM Cowan	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
SR Watson	lbw b VD Philander	10	12	1	0	83.33
NM Lyon	c F du Plessis b DW Steyn	7	26	0	0	26.92
RT Ponting	lbw b VD Philander	4	7	0	0	57.14
MJ Clarke	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	5	13	0	0	38.46
MEK Hussey	c GC Smith b M Morkel	12	40	1	0	30.00
MS Wade	b RJ Peterson	68	102	7	3	66.67
JW Hastings	c AN Petersen b RJ Peterson	32	58	4	0	55.17
MG Johnson	b RJ Peterson	7	22	0	0	31.82
MA Starc*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (lb 5)

Total 163/10 (53.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	16.0	4	40	4	2.50
VD Philander	16.0	0	55	2	3.44
M Morkel	13.0	6	19	1	1.46
RJ Peterson	8.1	2	44	3	5.39

Fall of wickets

1-3 (EJM Cowan, 0.3)·2-18 (SR Watson, 5.1)·3-34 (David Warner, 12.1)·4-35 (NM Lyon, 12.4)·5-43 (RT Ponting, 15.2)·6-45 (MJ Clarke, 16.2)·7-100 (MEK Hussey, 30.3)·8-140 (MS Wade, 45.5)·9-162 (MG Johnson, 51.5)·10-163 (JW Hastings, 53.1)

South Africa

569 /10 (111.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	c & b MG Johnson	23	20	4	0	115.00
GC Smith	c NM Lyon b MA Starc	84	100	13	0	84.00
HM Amla	c & b MG Johnson	196	221	21	0	88.69
JH Kallis	c MG Johnson b MA Starc	37	65	5	0	56.92
AB de Villiers	c MS Wade b MA Starc	169	184	21	3	91.85
D Elgar	lbw b MG Johnson	0	4	0	0	0.00
F du Plessis	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	27	38	4	0	71.05
RJ Peterson	c MG Johnson b MA Starc	0	3	0	0	0.00
VD Philander*	not out	14	17	2	0	82.35
DW Steyn	c MS Wade b MA Starc	8	17	1	0	47.06
M Morkel	b MA Starc	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 4, w 3)

Total 569/10 (111.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	28.5	4	154	6	5.34
SR Watson	9.0	3	24	0	2.67
MG Johnson	25.0	1	110	4	4.40
JW Hastings	19.0	1	102	0	5.37
NM Lyon	22.0	2	128	0	5.82
MEK Hussey	4.0	0	26	0	6.50
David Warner	3.0	0	14	0	4.67
RT Ponting	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-28 (AN Petersen, 6.6)·2-206 (GC Smith, 32.3)·3-287 (JH Kallis, 51.5)·4-436 (HM Amla, 88.1)·5-436 (D Elgar, 88.5)·6-538 (F du Plessis, 102.6)·7-539 (RJ Peterson, 103.5)·8-557 (AB de Villiers, 107.5)·9-569 (DW Steyn, 111.3)·10-569 (M Morkel, 111.5)

Australia

322 /10 (82.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
EJM Cowan	c D Elgar b DW Steyn	53	149	6	1	35.57
David Warner	c GC Smith b VD Philander	29	34	5	0	85.29
SR Watson	c GC Smith b M Morkel	25	46	4	0	54.35
RT Ponting	c JH Kallis b RJ Peterson	8	23	2	0	34.78
MJ Clarke	st AB de Villiers b RJ Peterson	44	52	8	0	84.62
MEK Hussey	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	26	52	1	0	50.00
MS Wade	c GC Smith b RJ Peterson	10	12	2	0	83.33
JW Hastings	c GC Smith b M Morkel	20	30	1	2	66.67
MG Johnson	c AB de Villiers b VD Philander	3	13	0	0	23.08
MA Starc*	not out	68	43	9	2	158.14
NM Lyon	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	31	43	6	0	72.09

Extras 5 (lb 3, w 2)

Total 322/10 (82.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	22.5	6	72	3	3.15
VD Philander	21.0	8	41	2	1.95
M Morkel	16.0	2	57	2	3.56
RJ Peterson	20.0	2	127	3	6.35
D Elgar	1.0	0	4	0	4.00
F du Plessis	2.0	0	18	0	9.00

Fall of wickets

1-40 (David Warner, 13.2)·2-81 (SR Watson, 28.6)·3-102 (RT Ponting, 37.4)·4-130 (EJM Cowan, 42.5)·5-188 (MJ Clarke, 57.5)·6-198 (MEK Hussey, 60.3)·7-198 (MS Wade, 61.5)·8-204 (MG Johnson, 66.5)·9-235 (JW Hastings, 70.2)·10-322 (NM Lyon, 82.5)