Match Details
Toss
South Africa A , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
1,2,3 November 2011 (4-day match)
01/11Result
Tour Match, Australia tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Nov 1-3 2011
-
![South Africa A]( "South Africa A")
183 & 264 -
![Australians]( "Australians")
236 & 214/3 (40.4 ov)
Player of the Match
01/11Result
Tour Match, Australia tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Nov 1-3 2011
-
![South Africa A]( "South Africa A")
183 & 264 -
![Australians]( "Australians")
236 & 214/3 (40.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
SOUTH AFRICA A 183 (54 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Thami Tsolekile27 (46)
- Dean Elgar47 (93)
- Mitchell Johnson4/38 (11)
- Peter Siddle3/16 (14)
AUSTRALIANS 236 (72.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Michael Clarke76 (123)
- Shaun Marsh57 (129)
- Vernon Philander2/63 (20)
- Marchant de Lange5/56 (19)
SOUTH AFRICA A 264 (62 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Alviro Petersen103 (145)
- Thami Tsolekile58 (89)
- Mitchell Johnson5/74 (18)
- Nathan Lyon2/40 (10)
AUSTRALIANS 214/3 (40.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Shaun Marsh*73 (87)
- Shane Watson77 (73)
- Ryan McLaren1/39 (6)
- Robin Peterson1/15 (5)
Australia win this match by 7 wickets. Thank you for following this live broadcast on cricinfo.com, I hope you have enjoyed this match as much as we did here in Potchefstroom. Enjoy the rest of the tour, from me, Niel Wyma, in Potchefstroom, good bye.
40.4
4
Duminy to Marsh, FOUR, short and outside off, smashes through the covers off the backfoot to end thismatch.
40.3
0
Duminy to Marsh, no run,
40.2
0
Duminy to Marsh, no run,
40.1
4
Duminy to Marsh, FOUR, half-volley outside off, samshed past point off the front-foot.
END OF OVER:40 | (maiden) | AUS: 206/3
- Brad Haddin6 (19b)
- Shaun Marsh65 (83b)
- Robin Peterson5-1-15-1
- Jean-Paul Duminy3-0-8-0
39.6
0
Peterson to Haddin, no run, defended off the frontfoot
39.5
0
Peterson to Haddin, no run, driven straight to cover
Australia tour of South Africa 2011-12 News
Like an unloved pancake in a hippopotamus-rolling competition
Your questions answered
An apology to Faf
When Faf du Plessis was selected not everyone was convinced. Three innings into his Test career and those concerns appear very misplaced.
Clarke's captaincy forged in South Africa
Michael Clarke believes the difficulties of last year's South Africa tour, and the trip to Sri Lanka that preceded it, were the making of his captaincy
Test Championship postponement a 'shame' - Greg Chappell
Greg Chappell has called for the swiftest possible introduction of a Test Championship to aid the health of the game's longest form
'189 more of those, Huss, 188 more of those'
In the Sydney Morning Herald , Greg Baum recounts Australia's dramatic chase at the Wanderers.
