19/03Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 19-22 2009
South Africa won by an inns & 20 runs
Player of the Match
Paul Harris
Paul HarrisSouth Africa
19/03Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 19-22 2009
South Africa won by an inns & 20 runs
Player of the Match
Paul Harris
Paul HarrisSouth Africa

Best performances - Batsmen

AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers
163(196) 12x4 - 7x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull/hook on back foot
  • 42 runs
  • 2x4 - 4x6
12 11 22 9 23 15 14 57
AG Prince
150(249) 19x4 - 2x6
Control %93%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 30 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
10 20 11 25 23 20 16 21

Best performances - Bowlers

PL Harris
PL Harris
O42.5
M9
R127
W6
Eco2.96
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
DW Steyn
DW Steyn
O16
M5
R56
W4
Eco3.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

  • AUS - 1st
  • SA - 1st
  • AUS - 2nd

Australia - 1st - Innings

58
SM Katich23 (73)
PJ Hughes33 (64)
1
RT Ponting0 (6)
SM Katich1 (1)
22
MEK Hussey20 (20)
SM Katich2 (15)
0
SM Katich0 (6)
MJ Clarke0 (3)
71
SM Katich29 (65)
BJ Haddin37 (54)
6
BJ Haddin5 (13)
AB McDonald0 (10)
32
AB McDonald13 (34)
MG Johnson19 (43)
0
MG Johnson0 (0)
PM Siddle0 (2)
19
MG Johnson16 (11)
BE McGain2 (11)
0
BE McGain0 (3)
BW Hilfenhaus0 (0)

South Africa - 1st - Innings

65
AG Prince40 (44)
I Khan20 (64)
97
AG Prince38 (76)
HM Amla46 (88)
160
JH Kallis68 (101)
AG Prince72 (129)
93
JH Kallis34 (62)
AB de Villiers50 (73)
28
JP Duminy7 (21)
AB de Villiers16 (32)
24
MV Boucher12 (26)
AB de Villiers11 (14)
124
JA Morkel58 (71)
AB de Villiers65 (49)
46
PL Harris17 (40)
AB de Villiers21 (28)
0
PL Harris0 (0)
DW Steyn0 (4)
14
M Ntini4 (6)
PL Harris10 (9)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

57
SM Katich25 (35)
PJ Hughes32 (46)
19
RT Ponting12 (24)
SM Katich7 (21)
62
MEK Hussey38 (129)
SM Katich22 (103)
8
MEK Hussey1 (24)
MJ Clarke7 (34)
45
BJ Haddin18 (27)
MJ Clarke25 (36)
27
MJ Clarke15 (36)
AB McDonald12 (22)
163
AB McDonald56 (77)
MG Johnson95 (84)
0
MG Johnson0 (0)
PM Siddle0 (1)
7
MG Johnson7 (4)
BE McGain0 (2)
34
MG Johnson21 (15)
BW Hilfenhaus12 (16)

Match Coverage

All Match News

  • Ponting lauds new generation

    Twenty-nine days of Test cricket across three months and more than10,000 kilometres has not been enough to split the world's two bestteams

  • Leave decisions to on-field umpires - Bucknor

    The record-holding umpire Steve Bucknor has bowed out of Test cricketwith an appeal of his own: leave the decision-making in the hands ofthe on-field officials

  • Injured Kallis hopeful of being fit for ODIs

    Jacques Kallis is hopeful of being fit for the first one-dayinternational against Australia after suffering a groin injury inSouth Africa's victory in Cape Town

  • Harris leaves 'buffet bowler' tag behind

    The Australians must have been waiting for table service at Newlands,where they failed to handle what Harris dished up in a Man-of-the-Match performance that earned him his best match figures of 9 for 161

  • Centurion Johnson morphs into an allrounder

    The Mitchell Johnson allrounder debate is over. His captain says he's an allrounder. He says he's an allrounder. The figures from this tour back them up

Australia 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st57SM KatichPJ Hughes
2nd19RT PontingSM Katich
3rd62MEK HusseySM Katich
4th8MEK HusseyMJ Clarke
5th45BJ HaddinMJ Clarke
6th27MJ ClarkeAB McDonald
7th163AB McDonaldMG Johnson
8th0MG JohnsonPM Siddle
9th7MG JohnsonBE McGain
10th34MG JohnsonBW Hilfenhaus