| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| PJ Hughes | c McKenzie b Kallis | 115 | 190 | 151 | 19 | 2 | 76.15 | |
| SM Katich | c Smith b Steyn | 108 | 296 | 190 | 16 | 0 | 56.84 | |
| RT Ponting* | c McKenzie b Harris | 9 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 45.00 | |
| MEK Hussey | b Morkel | 50 | 214 | 144 | 9 | 0 | 34.72 | |
| MJ Clarke | b Harris | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| MJ North | c Steyn b Kallis | 38 | 151 | 114 | 5 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| BJ Haddin† | c Amla b Ntini | 5 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| AB McDonald | not out | 4 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| MG Johnson | lbw b Ntini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PM Siddle | c †Boucher b Steyn | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BW Hilfenhaus | c Smith b Steyn | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 4, w 2, nb 8) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 107.4 overs; 483 mins) | 352 | (3.26 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 25.4 | 3 | 83 | 3 | 3.23 | (2w) | ||
| M Ntini | 19 | 4 | 58 | 2 | 3.05 | |||
| M Morkel | 24 | 4 | 81 | 1 | 3.37 | (6nb) | ||
| JH Kallis | 15 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 3.26 | (1nb) | ||
| PL Harris | 21 | 5 | 66 | 2 | 3.14 | (1nb) | ||
| JP Duminy | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.66 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ND McKenzie | c †Haddin b Johnson | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GC Smith* | retired hurt | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| HM Amla | lbw b Johnson | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JH Kallis | c Ponting b McDonald | 22 | 117 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 28.20 | |
| AB de Villiers | lbw b Hilfenhaus | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| JP Duminy | not out | 73 | 241 | 152 | 11 | 0 | 48.02 | |
| MV Boucher† | b Johnson | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| PL Harris | b McDonald | 4 | 69 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 8.69 | |
| M Morkel | b McDonald | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| DW Steyn | c †Haddin b Siddle | 8 | 59 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 19.51 | |
| M Ntini | lbw b Siddle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 12, nb 1) | 23 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 57.3 overs; 277 mins) | 138 | (2.40 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MG Johnson | 16 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 2.31 | |||
| BW Hilfenhaus | 11 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 2.54 | (1nb) | ||
| AB McDonald | 12 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 2.08 | |||
| PM Siddle | 13.3 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1.48 | |||
| MJ North | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 | |||
| MJ Clarke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| PJ Hughes | c Morkel b Ntini | 160 | 376 | 323 | 15 | 3 | 49.53 | |
| SM Katich | c Harris b Kallis | 30 | 71 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 63.82 | |
| RT Ponting* | c McKenzie b Morkel | 81 | 189 | 106 | 12 | 0 | 76.41 | |
| MEK Hussey | c Kallis b Duminy | 19 | 53 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 38.00 | |
| MJ Clarke | not out | 23 | 68 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 58.97 | |
| MJ North | c de Villiers b Steyn | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 12, lb 2, nb 4) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets dec; 94.4 overs; 385 mins) | 331 | (3.49 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat BJ Haddin†, AB McDonald, MG Johnson, PM Siddle, BW Hilfenhaus |
| Fall of wickets1-55 (Katich, 15.6 ov), 2-219 (Ponting, 64.3 ov), 3-260 (Hussey, 78.5 ov), 4-330 (Hughes, 93.1 ov), 5-331 (North, 94.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 15.4 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 4.78 | |||
| M Ntini | 15 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 3.66 | |||
| M Morkel | 14 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 4.28 | (3nb) | ||
| JH Kallis | 8 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2.62 | |||
| PL Harris | 31 | 8 | 68 | 0 | 2.19 | |||
| JP Duminy | 11 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3.45 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 546 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HM Amla | c Ponting b Siddle | 43 | 124 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 52.43 | |
| ND McKenzie | c †Haddin b Siddle | 31 | 95 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 39.74 | |
| JH Kallis | c Ponting b Johnson | 93 | 246 | 175 | 13 | 0 | 53.14 | |
| AB de Villiers | c †Haddin b Siddle | 84 | 234 | 199 | 9 | 0 | 42.21 | |
| JP Duminy | c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus | 17 | 76 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 37.77 | |
| MV Boucher† | c & b North | 25 | 158 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 23.36 | |
| PL Harris | c Siddle b Katich | 5 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| M Morkel | c †Haddin b Katich | 24 | 101 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| DW Steyn | st †Haddin b Katich | 7 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 31.81 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| GC Smith* | absent hurt | - | ||||||
| Extras | (b 13, lb 11, w 3, nb 10) | 37 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 132.2 overs; 549 mins) | 370 | (2.79 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MG Johnson | 33 | 9 | 78 | 1 | 2.36 | (1nb) | ||
| BW Hilfenhaus | 24 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 3.29 | (5nb, 3w) | ||
| PM Siddle | 28 | 12 | 61 | 3 | 2.17 | (2nb) | ||
| AB McDonald | 16 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 2.93 | (2nb) | ||
| MJ North | 20 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1.80 | |||
| SM Katich | 11.2 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 3.97 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 3-match series 2-0 |
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Player of the match
PJ Hughes (Australia) |
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Umpires
Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand) TV umpire SA Bucknor (West Indies) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire IL Howell |
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Close of play 6 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 303/4 (MEK Hussey 37*, MJ North 17*, 89 ov) 7 Mar day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 138/7 (JP Duminy 73*, DW Steyn 8*, 57 ov) 8 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 292/3 (PJ Hughes 136*, MJ Clarke 14*, 87 ov) 9 Mar day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 244/2 (JH Kallis 84*, AB de Villiers 68*, 80 ov) 10 Mar day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 370 (132.2 ov) - end of match |
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Mar 10, 2009 South African fans try to get a message across © AFP |
Mar 10, 2009 Simon Katich gets a pat from Ricky Ponting after removing Dale Steyn © AFP |
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