Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    SR
    not out
    195
    368
    536
    19
    1
    52.98
    3.4 edged and taken at first slip by Jansen! Good length, fifth stump line, not short or wide enough to cut, Warner flashes hard at a cut shot and gets a thick edge that flies quickly at shoulder height to Jansen and he pouches it calmly in the big buckets! 12/1
    46.6 wow. Nortje is defying this pitch and getting the ball to do all sorts of things. Unplayable. You felt like it needed to be, with Labuschagne batting as well as he has been. Back of a length, angling in towards off stump, then straightening and simply leaping from the pitch to catch the shoulder of the bat through to the keeper. Labuschagne did everything right there - bat tucked close to his body, bottom hand loose - but to no avail. Incredible delivery, at 146kph 147/2
    104
    192
    233
    11
    2
    54.16
    109.1 gone, and Maharaj has his first wicket of the series. What a way to go, soft dismissal right after bringing up that big milestone. Flighted ball on middle and leg, and he looks to step out and whip it, probably to mid-on. Doesn't quite get to the pitch of it, ends up hitting it straighter than intended, offering up a simple caught and bowled 356/3
    128.3 holes out to deep square! Good catch by the sub van der Dussen. Short ball in the hitting zone for Head, he nails a pull shot to deep square and van der Dussen barely needs to move but he takes a sharp chance low to his left. That was travelling 468/4
    not out
    5
    11
    15
    1
    0
    45.45
    Extras
    12 (lb 5, nb 6, w 1)
    TOTAL
    475/4d (131 Overs, RR: 3.62, 536 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-12 (David Warner, 3.4 ov), 2-147 (Marnus Labuschagne, 46.6 ov), 3-356 (Steven Smith, 109.1 ov), 4-468 (Travis Head, 128.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    K Rabada28311914.2504
    A Nortje2255522.5002
    M Jansen2547903.1610
    KA Maharaj25110814.3200
    SR Harmer31310903.5100
  • BATSMEN
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    8.5 bounced him out again off the glove! That's why you go around the wicket! Brutal short ball followed him, Elgar got in a horrible tangle trying to half duck, half pull, it smashed into the gloves and floated through to Carey who stretched above his head to take it with two hands. 22/1
    18
    55
    86
    2
    0
    32.72
    17.5 bowled him! Fatal leave from Erwee. Lyon bowls another quick length ball, angling in from round the wicket, pitching outside off, and turning, but far less than expected, carrying on to strike the side of off stump. That line was a little too close to off stump to be leaving with any confidence 37/2
    18.3 got him, this is a proper Australian masterclass here, getting every bit of help they can out of this surface. Banged in short, gets it to climb into that front ribcage area, and Klaasen, looking to fend it away with both feet in the air, only manages to glove it down the leg side to keeper Carey 37/3
    38.1 caught behind! A thin edge. Bavuma is distraught. 137kph, good length, fifth stump, hinted at shaping in, he decided to defend and it caught a thin edge through to Carey. He probably didn't need to play but that hint of tail in maybe forced him to. He knew he had made a mistake 85/4
    39
    83
    116
    2
    2
    46.98
    48.4 outstanding bowling, from an outstanding cricketer. Zondo has reviewed, and the only hope he has is if he's got a bit of bat on this. The field was set for the short ball at the body, and instead Cummins bowls the yorker from round the wicket. Zondo's batting with an open stance, and his bat comes down at a bit of an angle as a result, and down the wrong line. The ball goes past the inside edge - the bat dragged along the ground briefly, but made no contact with the ball, as the review has shown us - and smacks into the back pad. It's really full, so it's pitching in line with leg stump, and after that there's no doubt that it'll crash into the stumps 130/5
    52.4 got him, Cummins is bowling one of the great spells here. Hits a good length now, but the operative word is "hits". In the corridor, and hitting the pitch like Cummins does allows the ball to hold its line a little, with maybe a touch of extra bounce. There's just the one slip, but Verreynne's poke is edged straight into that fielder's lap 137/6
    73.6 caught behind! Head makes the breakthrough! Jansen done by a lack of turn! Flatter outside off, Jansen pressed forward playing for turn, it goes straight on and scratches the outside edge and Carey takes a good catch staying low 167/7
    47
    165
    217
    4
    0
    28.48
    106.6 bowled him! Off the inside edge! Harmer throws his head back! Hazlewood goes wider on the crease, pitches wider with a hint of tail back in, Harmer played the wrong line reaching wide of off, an inside edge cannon's into middle and off. Hoff has four. 255/9
    100.4 given lbw! Chris Gaffaney thinks it's pad first! Maharaj reviews. This ball was a good length tailing into off, Maharaj got his front foot stuck as he tried to defend, it looks to have just brushed the front pad before it hit the middle of the bat. Richard Kettleborough confirms it is pad first. Ball tracking has it hitting in line and smashing middle. Plumb. South Africa lose a review 252/8
    3
    22
    33
    0
    0
    13.63
    107.6 caught and bowled! Brilliant from Lyon! 91kph, slightly more drop and bounce on middle and leg, he drives but chips it back towards the non-striker and Lyon dives across to his left to take the catch well 255/10
    not out
    0
    0
    3
    0
    0
    -
    Extras
    13 (b 2, lb 1, nb 5, pen 5)
    TOTAL
    255 all out (108 Overs, RR: 2.36, 446 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Dean Elgar, 8.5 ov), 2-37 (Sarel Erwee, 17.5 ov), 3-37 (Heinrich Klaasen, 18.3 ov), 4-85 (Temba Bavuma, 38.1 ov), 5-130 (Khaya Zondo, 48.4 ov), 6-137 (Kyle Verreynne, 52.4 ov), 7-167 (Marco Jansen, 73.6 ov), 8-252 (Keshav Maharaj, 100.4 ov), 9-255 (Simon Harmer, 106.6 ov), 10-255 (Kagiso Rabada, 107.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    JR Hazlewood2374842.0802
    PJ Cummins2376032.6002
    NM Lyon40168822.2000
    AC Agar1433002.1401
    TM Head712113.0000
    SPD Smith11000.0000

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Australia won the 3-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-17.10, Close 17.10

Match days

4,5,6,7,8 January 2023 (5-day match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Australia 4, South Africa 4

Close of Play

  • Wed, 4 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 147/2 (UT Khawaja 54*, 47 ov)
  • Thu, 5 Jan - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 475/4 (UT Khawaja 195*, MT Renshaw 5*, 131 ov)
  • Fri, 6 Jan - day 3 - no play
  • Sat, 7 Jan - day 4 - South Africa 1st innings 149/6 (M Jansen 10*, SR Harmer 6*, 59 ov)
  • Sun, 8 Jan - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 106/2 (41.5 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

South Africa 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st27D ElgarSJ Erwee
2nd48SJ ErweeH Klaasen
3rd31SJ ErweeT Bavuma