- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR32.5 good diving catch! Marsh remains bogged down and doesn't use his feet much, looking to turn the ball to midwicket but closing the face too early and the leading edge is brilliantly taken by Gibbs, sliding in from extra cover and grasping it mere inches off the turf 166/34.1 lovely delivery, pitching short of a length in line with the stumps and nipping off the upright seam, cramping and squaring up Warner, with no foot movement, and the half-hearted shot towards the on side draws a faint edge through to Boucher, and thus Warner fails on his ODI debut 17/129.2 finally someone holds on, and its de Villiers who sashays across to his left to pouch the offering at deep backward square leg! Ponting swivels on an ambitious pull shot but gets underneath it and sends the ball down de Villiers' throat, the end of a charmed innings from Ponting 152/239.1 in the air and taken by a diving backward point! Kallis gets another, rolling the fingers across a cutter which Michael scoops in the air to Gibbs, sliding and taking it to his right 190/444.5 and he's gone, looking to get innovative! David Hussey backs away only to scoop a full and wide delivery off the toe end of the bat straight to Morkel at backward point 218/640.3 White falls to a soft dismissal, just chipping straight to Botha at midwicket 197/549.5 now thats something I haven't seen for a while! Ntini pitches full and straight, Haddin swings a straight drive back onto the stumps, the ball ricochets away and Harris set offs, Haddin has no chance and Ntini runs back and gleefully uproots a stump 249/847.1 starts off with the sucker ball, full and wide and another scoop to backward point, where Morkel takes a good tumbling catch to his right, cupping it in front and then throwing it away as he hurts a finger 232/749.6 and a wicket off the last ball, as Harris gets under the ball and scoops it off the toe end of the bat, up and over the infield and it settles in Duminy's palms at deep mid-off 249/9Extras16 (lb 8, w 8)TOTAL249/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.98)Did not bat: BW HilfenhausFall of wickets: 1-17 (David Warner, 4.1 ov), 2-152 (Ricky Ponting, 29.2 ov), 3-166 (Shaun Marsh, 32.5 ov), 4-190 (Michael Hussey, 39.1 ov), 5-197 (Cameron White, 40.3 ov), 6-218 (David Hussey, 44.5 ov), 7-232 (James Hopes, 47.1 ov), 8-249 (Brad Haddin, 49.5 ov), 9-249 (Ryan Harris, 49.6 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR14.4 pulled out to the deep! Gibbs decides to take on a short cutter from Hopes, but takes the ball on the splice and picks out the man kept back precisely for this type of shot 52/26.3 edged and taken at first slip! Amla flashes a tame drive at one pitched up and he gets a thick outside edge over the top of White's head, the extra bit of bounce undid him 15/134.5 gone, and the man to get! Kallis chases a wide delivery and picks out David Hussey at backward point, who doesn't have to do much to pouch the aerial cut 145/336.1 AB trips and he's gone! Hilfenhaus pitches on the stumps, AB shuffles and taps the ball just wide of midwicket and harries off down the track, he gets the first in good time but stumbles as he turns back for the second, still he continues sprinting and dives full stretch but a good flat throw from Harris comes back to Haddin in time, that was a terrific throw and well taken too 157/446.5 so well bowled, and the frustration results in a run out! Bracken fires in yet another mesmeric yorker, which Duminy fails to pick, he sets out of his crease and pays the price as Haddin knocks down the stumps with an accurate throw 205/641.1 first international wicket for Harris! A nothing shot from McKenzie, trying to run one down to third man from too close to the body he succeeds in chopping onto his stumps 172/5Extras10 (b 3, lb 2, w 5)TOTAL244/6 (50 Overs, RR: 4.88)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Hashim Amla, 6.3 ov), 2-52 (Herschelle Gibbs, 14.4 ov), 3-145 (Jacques Kallis, 34.5 ov), 4-157 (AB de Villiers, 36.1 ov), 5-172 (Neil McKenzie, 41.1 ov), 6-205 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 46.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BW Hilfenhaus 10 2 60 2 6.00 32 5 1 2 0 NW Bracken 10 0 38 0 3.80 32 2 0 0 0 RJ Harris 10 0 54 1 5.40 28 6 0 0 0 JR Hopes 10 0 43 1 4.30 25 1 0 2 0 DJ Hussey 7 0 28 0 4.00 20 1 0 0 0 CL White 3 0 16 0 5.33 5 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, First Session 10.00-13.30 Interval 13.30-14.15, Second Session 14.15-17.45
Match days
18 January 2009 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- 12th Men: NM Hauritz and VB van Jaarsveld
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Australia: 50 runs in 12.3 overs (76 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (SE Marsh 27, RT Ponting 25, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Australia - 81/1 in 17.0 overs (SE Marsh 39, RT Ponting 32)
- Australia: 100 runs in 20.3 overs (125 balls), Extras 6
- SE Marsh: 50 off 69 balls (6 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 121 balls (SE Marsh 52, RT Ponting 49, Ex 2)
- RT Ponting: 50 off 56 balls (5 x 4)
- Australia: 150 runs in 28.3 overs (173 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Australia - 166/3 in 32.5 overs (MEK Hussey 13)
- Power Play 3: Overs 39.1 - 44.0
- Australia: 200 runs in 40.5 overs (249 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Australia - 249/9 in 50.0 overs (NW Bracken 0)
- Power Play 2: Overs 11.1 - 16.0
- South Africa: 50 runs in 13.6 overs (86 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: South Africa - 70/2 in 19.0 overs (JH Kallis 32, AB de Villiers 7)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 25.4 overs (158 balls), Extras 5
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (JH Kallis 25, AB de Villiers 21, Ex 4)
- JH Kallis: 50 off 74 balls (4 x 4)
- New Ball Taken: South Africa 139/2 after 34.1 overs (JH Kallis 67, AB de Villiers 37)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 35.3 overs (217 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: South Africa - 162/4 in 38.0 overs (JP Duminy 8, ND McKenzie 3)
- Power Play 3: Overs 44.1 - 49.0
- South Africa: 200 runs in 45.4 overs (279 balls), Extras 9
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