South Africa v Australia, Centurion

Australia 397/10 & 290/4

South Africa 206/10 & 200/10

Australia won by 281 runs

Australia v South Africa 2014 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 12–15 Feb 2014

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it tougher than South Africa.

Australia

0.82× -18%

South Africa

0.94× -6%

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

SE Marsh Australia

192 +330

AB de Villiers South Africa

139 +243

Steve Smith Australia

100 +180

David Warner Australia

127 +167

AJ Doolan Australia

116 +146

Best bowling

Top match figures

MG Johnson7/68

MG Johnson5/59

DW Steyn4/78

RJ Harris2/35

Top score

148

SE Marsh · Australia

Biggest stand

233

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–32

3 wkts for 32 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultAustralia won by 281 runs

Length4 days

Australia

397 /10 (122.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
CJL Rogers	c JP Duminy b M Morkel	4	19	0	21.05
David Warner	b DW Steyn	12	16	2	75.00
AJ Doolan	c RJ Peterson b R McLaren	27	51	5	52.94
SE Marsh	c GC Smith b VD Philander	148	288	15	51.39
MJ Clarke	c VD Philander b DW Steyn	23	45	2	51.11
Steve Smith	c AN Petersen b R McLaren	100	213	13	46.95
BJ Haddin	lbw b RJ Peterson	0	3	0	0.00
MG Johnson	b RJ Peterson	33	54	6	61.11
RJ Harris	b DW Steyn	19	31	2	61.29
PM Siddle	b DW Steyn	2	11	0	18.18
NM Lyon*	not out	4	3	0	133.33

Extras 25 (b 4, lb 8, w 11, nb 2)

Total 397/10 (122.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	29.0	6	78	4	2.69
VD Philander	24.0	5	69	1	2.88
M Morkel	22.0	5	73	1	3.32
R McLaren	20.0	4	72	2	3.60
RJ Peterson	15.0	0	49	2	3.27
JP Duminy	12.0	1	44	0	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-15 (David Warner, 4.1)·2-24 (CJL Rogers, 8.2)·3-72 (AJ Doolan, 23.1)·4-98 (MJ Clarke, 33.5)·5-331 (Steve Smith, 103.3)·6-332 (BJ Haddin, 104.1)·7-348 (SE Marsh, 108.3)·8-391 (RJ Harris, 119.3)·9-391 (MG Johnson, 120.1)·10-397 (PM Siddle, 121.6)

South Africa

206 /10 (61.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c SE Marsh b MG Johnson	10	8	2	0	125.00
AN Petersen	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	2	12	0	0	16.67
HM Amla	lbw b PM Siddle	17	42	2	0	40.48
F du Plessis	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	3	5	0	0	60.00
AB de Villiers	c David Warner b MG Johnson	91	148	10	2	61.49
JP Duminy	c MG Johnson b NM Lyon	25	48	1	1	52.08
R McLaren	b MG Johnson	8	33	1	0	24.24
RJ Peterson	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	10	23	2	0	43.48
VD Philander	lbw b NM Lyon	15	35	0	0	42.86
DW Steyn*	not out	7	13	0	0	53.85
M Morkel	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 18 (b 14, lb 2, w 1, nb 1)

Total 206/10 (61.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	17.0	3	51	0	3.00
MG Johnson	17.1	2	68	7	3.96
PM Siddle	13.0	1	33	1	2.54
NM Lyon	14.0	0	38	2	2.71

Fall of wickets

1-11 (GC Smith, 1.4)·2-15 (AN Petersen, 5.3)·3-23 (F du Plessis, 7.1)·4-43 (HM Amla, 12.6)·5-110 (JP Duminy, 30.5)·6-126 (R McLaren, 39.2)·7-140 (RJ Peterson, 45.1)·8-189 (VD Philander, 57.2)·9-202 (AB de Villiers, 59.6)·10-206 (M Morkel, 61.1)

Australia

290 /4 (72.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJL Rogers	b DW Steyn	1	4	0	0	25.00
David Warner	c GC Smith b RJ Peterson	115	151	13	2	76.16
AJ Doolan	c AB de Villiers b JP Duminy	89	154	12	1	57.79
SE Marsh	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	44	84	5	1	52.38
MJ Clarke*	not out	17	41	3	0	41.46

Extras 24 (b 3, lb 14, w 7)

Total 290/4 (72.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	11.0	2	28	0	2.55
DW Steyn	14.2	3	61	2	4.26
R McLaren	11.0	0	47	0	4.27
M Morkel	13.0	4	38	0	2.92
RJ Peterson	19.0	0	87	1	4.58
JP Duminy	4.0	0	12	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (CJL Rogers, 1.1)·2-206 (David Warner, 46.5)·3-243 (AJ Doolan, 57.1)·4-290 (SE Marsh, 72.2)

South Africa

200 /10 (59.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	1	9	0	0	11.11
GC Smith	c AJ Doolan b MG Johnson	4	10	1	0	40.00
HM Amla	c SE Marsh b RJ Harris	35	71	6	0	49.30
F du Plessis	lbw b PM Siddle	18	47	3	0	38.30
AB de Villiers	c Steve Smith b MG Johnson	48	90	5	0	53.33
JP Duminy	c AJ Doolan b MG Johnson	10	60	0	0	16.67
R McLaren	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	6	19	0	0	31.58
RJ Peterson	b PM Siddle	21	23	3	0	91.30
VD Philander*	not out	26	18	4	1	144.44
DW Steyn	c MJ Clarke b RJ Harris	3	8	0	0	37.50
M Morkel	run out (NM Lyon)	1	4	0	0	25.00

Extras 27 (b 10, lb 5, w 11, nb 1)

Total 200/10 (59.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	12.4	5	35	2	2.76
MG Johnson	16.0	3	59	5	3.69
PM Siddle	16.0	6	55	2	3.44
David Warner	2.0	0	3	0	1.50
NM Lyon	13.0	1	33	0	2.54

Fall of wickets

1-6 (AN Petersen, 1.6)·2-12 (GC Smith, 3.5)·3-49 (F du Plessis, 16.5)·4-97 (HM Amla, 29.4)·5-128 (JP Duminy, 45.5)·6-140 (R McLaren, 49.3)·7-151 (AB de Villiers, 51.6)·8-165 (RJ Peterson, 54.6)·9-178 (DW Steyn, 57.3)·10-200 (M Morkel, 59.5)