- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR30.4 full and striahgt, gets the ball to move back sharply and hits Elgar in line of off-stump, good fighting innings comes to an end. 84/41.4 once again offering no shot, this time the line is a bit straighter and he is hit right on off-stump, no shot offered so even if that had hit outside off, the umpire had full rights to send him packing, which is exactly what he did. 2/114.4 straight and short of a length, gets the ball to straighten to the left-hander, coming right-arm over the stumps, van Zyl plays all around it and is sent back to the changeroom. 41/226.2 short and straight, gets Duminy to play at the ball and gets the fine snick through to Haddin. SA "A" lose a crucial wicket ten minutes before lunch. 71/332.2 carbon-copy of Elgar's dismissal, might have pitched on the line of leg-stump, but seemed quite close from up here in line with the pitch, but the umpire says it's gone. Well bowled by Johnson beating Behardien with pace and swing. 87/545 short-of-a-length and just outside off, a bit of extra bounce deceives Tsolekile and he edges the ball straight into the stomach of Copeland at first slip. 142/742.4 full and just outside the line of off, McLaren goes for the flashy off-drive and gets fine snick trhough to Haddin who makes no mistake. 133/651.1 shortish delivery, doesn't bounce all that much and baffles Peterson as he plays all over it, gets an inside edge onto his stumps. 166/852.1 shortish delivery just on the line of off-stump, snick tyhrough to the skipper at second slip who takes a good catch. 176/954 yorker right up there on the toes, too good for the number 11 batsmen. SA "A" all out for 183. 183/10Extras12 (b 6, lb 6)TOTAL183 all out (54 Overs, RR: 3.38, 234 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Alviro Petersen, 1.4 ov), 2-41 (Stiaan van Zyl, 14.4 ov), 3-71 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 26.2 ov), 4-84 (Dean Elgar, 30.4 ov), 5-87 (Farhaan Behardien, 32.2 ov), 6-133 (Ryan McLaren, 42.4 ov), 7-142 (Thami Tsolekile, 44.6 ov), 8-166 (Robin Peterson, 51.1 ov), 9-176 (Wayne Parnell, 52.1 ov), 10-183 (Marchant de Lange, 53.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TA Copeland 13 1 44 0 3.38 0 0 PM Siddle 14 6 16 3 1.14 0 0 MG Johnson 11 3 38 4 3.45 0 0 SR Watson 8 0 32 3 4.00 0 0 NM Lyon 8 1 41 0 5.12 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 short and straight, attempted pull-shot, skies it and is taken at mid-on, excellent catch. 10/17.3 short and on the line of off-stump, moves away off the deck and gets a fine snick through to the keeper.another big wicket down for Australia. 11/245.5 finally the breakthrough comes for the South African "A" side. Marsh hauls out at mid-on and SA "A" breaks the 100-run plus partnership.Aaustralia lose their first for the day. 152/411.3 full and straight this time, Ponting plays down the wrong line and is trapped right in front, doesn't seem too happy with the decision, but he has to go. Australia in trouble here. 21/352.1 full and straight, nips back a lot off the pitch and gets Clarke trapped right in front. Hit in line with middle-and-off and there are no questions about that one. Good breakthrough for SA "A", Australia lose their skipper before lunch." 164/555.4 guided straight into the hands of Behardien at gully, another wicket goes down for Australia, not a good shot by Haddin. 169/655.5 first-baller for Johnson! Full and straight and De Lange gets a decent ammount of in-swing, Johnson goes across the line and is trapped in front, excellent session for the South Africans so far. Australia are 7 down, still trailing by 14 runs 169/757.2 short and straight once more, gets decent bounce and the ball hits Siddle on the shoulder of the bat, the ball pops up and flies straight to Behardien at gully once again, easy catch, soft dismissal. 176/859.2 and De Lange gets his fifth, what a special day for the 21-year old. Gets copeland the get an edge of his short delivery and Tsolekile takes a good catch down leg. Australia are nine down. 178/972.2 and there is the final wicket down, Lyon attempts a sweep-shot and is trapped in front. That seemed gone for all money. 236/10Extras20 (b 4, lb 10, nb 5, w 1)TOTAL236 all out (72.2 Overs, RR: 3.26, 330 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Shane Watson, 4.1 ov), 2-11 (Phillip Hughes, 7.3 ov), 3-21 (Ricky Ponting, 11.3 ov), 4-152 (Shaun Marsh, 45.5 ov), 5-164 (Michael Clarke, 52.1 ov), 6-169 (Brad Haddin, 55.4 ov), 7-169 (Mitchell Johnson, 55.5 ov), 8-176 (Peter Siddle, 57.2 ov), 9-178 (Trent Copeland, 59.2 ov), 10-236 (Nathan Lyon, 72.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WD Parnell 19 6 55 1 2.89 0 3 VD Philander 20 5 63 2 3.15 0 1 M de Lange 19 2 56 5 2.94 1 0 R McLaren 13 3 46 1 3.53 0 1 RJ Peterson 1.2 0 2 1 1.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 full and straight, hit smack in front. Sa "A" lose their first wicket within the first minutes of thier innings. 0/146.5 and finally they get the breaktrhough, Petersen is hit on the pads as he attempts to play a backward defensive shot, doesn't seem too happy with the call, appears to be a long way across and might have hit outside the line of off. 200/52.2 guided straight to Mike hussey in the gully, easy catch and SA "A" are in a spot of bother, losing two wickets without scoring. 0/223.3 gets the fine snick thorugh to the kereper, Brad Haddin and a good partnership of 97 runs comes to an end. 97/323.4 another one, Lyon strikes a quick double-blow getting the edge through to Haddin once more. Behardien has not had a good game with the bat. 97/447.3 trapped right in front and SA "a" lose another crucial wicket just before stumps. Both players that have been in for quite a while in Peteresen andTsolekile both out lbw within the last ten minutes of the day's play. 204/648.5 short and wide, smashed extremely hard straight to backward point who takes a great faace-saving catch just in front of his nose. That travelled like it was shot by a cannon, excellent catch and SA "A" lose their first for the day." 204/757 Five-for for Johnson, gets it in full and straight, beats Petersen comprehensively and uproots both middle- and legstumps. What a sight for the quickster. South Africa "A" nine wickets down. 239/950.2 full and straight, plays across the line and Johnson picks up another carbon-copy of most of his other dismissals during the match, pull-pitched swinging delvery that traps the batsmen in front of the stumps. 212/862 full and straight, De Lange is beaten all ends up and Siddle uproots off-stump to finish off the innings. 264/10Extras15 (b 5, lb 7, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL264 all out (62 Overs, RR: 4.25, 270 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Dean Elgar, 0.3 ov), 2-0 (Stiaan van Zyl, 2.2 ov), 3-97 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 23.3 ov), 4-97 (Farhaan Behardien, 23.4 ov), 5-200 (Alviro Petersen, 46.5 ov), 6-204 (Thami Tsolekile, 47.3 ov), 7-204 (Ryan McLaren, 48.5 ov), 8-212 (Wayne Parnell, 50.2 ov), 9-239 (Robin Peterson, 56.6 ov), 10-264 (Marchant de Lange, 61.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MG Johnson 18 2 74 5 4.11 1 0 TA Copeland 14 3 55 1 3.92 0 0 PM Siddle 18 3 76 2 4.22 0 1 NM Lyon 10 0 40 2 4.00 0 0 MEK Hussey 2 0 7 0 3.50 1 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR21.5 attempted pull, gets a very fine little bottom-edge on it, Tsolekile takes the catch and there is a chorus of appeals, Shaun George says no, but Watson turns around and walks. Great sportmanship. 125/29.5 fine snick thorugh to the slips, fumbles the ball, but in the end grab hold of it and Hughes is on his way. Australia lose thier first just after lunch. 41/135.3 walks down the track and hits it straight down the throaght of mid-on, didn't get the timing right on that one. 196/3Extras10 (lb 7, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL214/3 (40.4 Overs, RR: 5.26, 170 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Phillip Hughes, 9.5 ov), 2-125 (Shane Watson, 21.5 ov), 3-196 (Ricky Ponting, 35.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WD Parnell 7 0 41 1 5.85 0 1 VD Philander 8 2 38 0 4.75 0 1 M de Lange 11 0 58 0 5.27 0 0 R McLaren 6 0 39 1 6.50 1 0 RJ Peterson 5 1 15 1 3.00 0 0 JP Duminy 3.4 0 16 0 4.36 0 0
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)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Tue, 1 Nov - day 1 - Australians 1st innings 115/3 (SE Marsh 51*, MJ Clarke 41*, 34 ov)
- Wed, 2 Nov - day 2 - South Africa A 2nd innings 204/6 (R McLaren 4*, 47.3 ov)
- Thu, 3 Nov - day 3 - Australians 2nd innings 214/3 (40.4 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- 250 runs, 257 mins, 358 balls, 42x4, 0x6
- Australians 2nd innings
- 50 runs, 54 mins, 74 balls, 10x4, 0x6
- 50 Partnership, 32 mins, 43 balls, 8x4, 0x6, Watson 26, Marsh 18, Ex 6
- Watson 50 runs, 77 mins, 53 balls, 11x4, 0x6
- 100 runs, 79 mins, 108 balls, 19x4, 0x6
- 150 runs, 127 mins, 171 balls, 27x4, 1x6
- Marsh 50 runs, 87 mins, 54 balls, 11x4, 0x6
- 50 Partnership, 41 mins, 55 balls, 8x4, 1x6, Ponting 20, Marsh 31, ex 1
- 200 runs, 161 mins, 225 balls, 34x4, 2x6
- 150 runs, 200 mins, 269 balls, 22x4, 0x6
- 200 runs, 294 mins, 391 balls, 29x4, 0x6
- 50 Partnership, 52 mins, 72 balls, 8x4, 0x6, Hussey 25, Lyon 22, ex 5
- South Africa A 2nd innings
- 50 runs, 47 mins, 65 balls, 11x4, 0x6
- 50 Partnership, 47 mins, 65 balls, 11x4, 0x6, Duminy 20, Petersen 29, Ex 2
- Petersen 50 runs, 73 mins, 67 balls, 12x4, 0x6
- 100 runs, 109 mins, 152 balls, 19x4, 0x6
- 50 PArtnership, 47 mins, 68 balls, 7x4, 0x6, Tsolekile 26, peteresen 22, Ex 2
- 150 runs, 151 mins, 217 balls, 26x4, 0x6
- Tsolekile 50 runs, 87 mins, 80 balls, 9x4, 0x6
- Petersen 100 runs, 191 mins, 140 balls, 17x4, 0x6
- 100 Partnership, 91 mins, 134 balls, 14x4, 0x6, Tsolekile 57, Peteresen 38, Ex 5
- 200 runs, 195 mins, 282 balls, 33x4, 0x6
- South Africa A 1st innings
- 50 runs, 72 mins, 102 balls, 5x4, 0x6
- 100 runs, 153 mins, 215 balls, 10x4, 0x6
- 150 runs, 196 mins, 273 balls, 20x4, 0x6
- Australians 1st innings
- 50 runs, 92 mins, 123 balls, 9x4, 0x6
- 50 Partnership, 62 mins, 80 balls, 10x4, 0x6, Marsh 30, Clarke 22, Ex 1
- 100 runs, 132 mins, 173 balls, 17x4, 0x6
- Marsh 50 runs, 134 mins, 92 balls, 9x4, 0x6
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