South Africa v Australia, Port Elizabeth

South Africa 423/10 & 270/5

Australia 246/10 & 216/10

South Africa won by 231 runs

Australia v South Africa 2014 · 2nd Test St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 20–23 Feb 2014

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

0.97× -3%

Australia

0.78× -22%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

JP Duminy South Africa

141 +228

David Warner Australia

136 +204

AB de Villiers South Africa

145 +202

HM Amla South Africa

127 +171

CJL Rogers Australia

112 +165

Best bowling

Top match figures

NM Lyon5/130

DW Steyn4/55

M Morkel3/63

VD Philander3/68

Top score

127*

HM Amla · South Africa

Biggest stand

149

6th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · Australia

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 231 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

423 /10 (150.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b RJ Harris	9	19	1	0	47.37
D Elgar	c RJ Harris b NM Lyon	83	193	9	2	43.01
HM Amla	lbw b MG Johnson	0	2	0	0	0.00
F du Plessis	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	55	126	5	1	43.65
AB de Villiers	c & b NM Lyon	116	232	14	1	50.00
Q de Kock	c MC Henriques b Steve Smith	7	17	1	0	41.18
JP Duminy	lbw b NM Lyon	123	231	14	0	53.25
VD Philander	c & b MJ Clarke	6	37	0	0	16.22
WD Parnell	c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	10	37	1	0	27.03
DW Steyn*	not out	4	7	0	0	57.14
M Morkel	run out (Steve Smith)	1	4	0	0	25.00

Extras 9 (b 4, lb 4, w 1)

Total 423/10 (150.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	27.0	6	63	1	2.33
MG Johnson	25.0	5	70	1	2.80
PM Siddle	34.0	9	96	0	2.82
NM Lyon	46.0	7	130	5	2.83
David Warner	3.0	0	10	0	3.33
Steve Smith	8.0	0	30	1	3.75
MJ Clarke	7.5	2	16	1	2.04

Fall of wickets

1-10 (GC Smith, 4.6)·2-11 (HM Amla, 5.3)·3-123 (F du Plessis, 43.1)·4-181 (D Elgar, 69.3)·5-200 (Q de Kock, 76.5)·6-349 (AB de Villiers, 123.5)·7-378 (VD Philander, 136.3)·8-413 (WD Parnell, 147.6)·9-420 (JP Duminy, 149.4)·10-423 (M Morkel, 150.5)

Australia

246 /10 (57.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJL Rogers	lbw b VD Philander	5	12	1	0	41.67
David Warner	c GC Smith b VD Philander	70	78	10	0	89.74
AJ Doolan	c AB de Villiers b WD Parnell	8	15	1	0	53.33
SE Marsh	c AB de Villiers b WD Parnell	0	2	0	0	0.00
MJ Clarke	c D Elgar b VD Philander	19	28	4	0	67.86
NM Lyon	b M Morkel	15	43	2	0	34.88
Steve Smith	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	49	72	9	0	68.06
BJ Haddin	b DW Steyn	9	25	1	0	36.00
MG Johnson	b JP Duminy	27	23	3	1	117.39
RJ Harris	c F du Plessis b M Morkel	26	26	4	1	100.00
PM Siddle*	not out	11	19	1	0	57.89

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

Total 246/10 (57.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	13.0	3	55	1	4.23
VD Philander	13.0	0	68	3	5.23
M Morkel	17.0	0	63	3	3.71
WD Parnell	8.3	2	31	2	3.65
D Elgar	0.3	0	1	0	2.00
JP Duminy	5.0	0	24	1	4.80

Fall of wickets

1-7 (CJL Rogers, 3.3)·2-41 (AJ Doolan, 9.1)·3-41 (SE Marsh, 9.3)·4-81 (MJ Clarke, 17.2)·5-120 (David Warner, 29.3)·6-128 (NM Lyon, 30.1)·7-168 (BJ Haddin, 40.5)·8-205 (MG Johnson, 49.2)·9-209 (Steve Smith, 50.2)·10-246 (RJ Harris, 56.6)

South Africa

270 /5 (64.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	b MG Johnson	14	12	2	116.67
D Elgar	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	16	46	2	34.78
HM Amla*	not out	127	176	16	72.16
F du Plessis	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	24	35	4	68.57
AB de Villiers	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	29	39	5	74.36
Q de Kock	c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon	34	58	3	58.62
JP Duminy*	not out	18	18	2	100.00

Extras 8 (b 2, lb 6)

Total 270/5 (64.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	15.0	1	51	2	3.40
RJ Harris	13.0	1	74	0	5.69
NM Lyon	17.0	2	48	1	2.82
PM Siddle	19.0	2	89	2	4.68

Fall of wickets

1-20 (GC Smith, 4.1)·2-42 (D Elgar, 11.6)·3-112 (F du Plessis, 25.5)·4-167 (AB de Villiers, 36.6)·5-231 (Q de Kock, 56.6)

Australia

216 /10 (73.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJL Rogers	run out (AN Petersen)	107	237	12	0	45.15
David Warner	lbw b JP Duminy	66	73	9	1	90.41
AJ Doolan	c GC Smith b M Morkel	5	43	0	0	11.63
SE Marsh	lbw b VD Philander	0	1	0	0	0.00
MJ Clarke	c F du Plessis b DW Steyn	1	16	0	0	6.25
Steve Smith	lbw b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
BJ Haddin	b DW Steyn	1	12	0	0	8.33
MG Johnson	lbw b VD Philander	6	11	1	0	54.55
RJ Harris	lbw b DW Steyn	6	29	1	0	20.69
PM Siddle*	not out	3	15	0	0	20.00
NM Lyon	lbw b D Elgar	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 21 (b 2, lb 17, w 2)

Total 216/10 (73.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20.0	5	55	4	2.75
VD Philander	17.0	3	39	2	2.29
M Morkel	15.0	6	46	1	3.07
JP Duminy	14.0	3	33	1	2.36
D Elgar	7.4	1	24	1	3.13

Fall of wickets

1-126 (David Warner, 29.2)·2-152 (AJ Doolan, 42.6)·3-153 (SE Marsh, 43.6)·4-156 (MJ Clarke, 48.4)·5-156 (Steve Smith, 48.5)·6-166 (BJ Haddin, 52.6)·7-197 (MG Johnson, 59.1)·8-209 (RJ Harris, 68.6)·9-214 (CJL Rogers, 72.1)·10-216 (NM Lyon, 73.4)