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South Africa v Australia @ Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town
9th, 10th, 11th November 2011
Toss: South Africa (field)
Umpires: BR Doctrove, IJ Gould
Third Umpire: BF Bowden
Match Referee: RS Mahanama
Match Result: South Africa won by 8 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Shane Watson | c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn | 3 | 15 | 20 | - | - |
| 2. Phillip Hughes | c Mark Boucher b Vernon Philander | 9 | 19 | 27 | 1 | - |
| 3. Shaun Marsh | lbw b Dale Steyn | 44 | 101 | 157 | 8 | - |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | lbw b Dale Steyn | 8 | 25 | 53 | - | 1 |
| *5. Michael Clarke | b Morne Morkel | 151 | 176 | 266 | 22 | - |
| 6. Michael Hussey | c Mark Boucher b Morne Morkel | 1 | 18 | 25 | - | - |
| +7. Brad Haddin | c Ashwell Prince b Dale Steyn | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 8. Mitchell Johnson | c Morne Morkel b Vernon Philander | 20 | 22 | 32 | 2 | - |
| 9. Ryan Harris | c Morne Morkel b Vernon Philander | 5 | 10 | 16 | - | - |
| 10. Peter Siddle | c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel | 20 | 54 | 73 | 2 | - |
| 11. Nathan Lyon | not out | 1 | 6 | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (Shane Watson), 2-13 (Phillip Hughes), 3-40 (Ricky Ponting), 4-143 (Shaun Marsh), 5-158 (Michael Hussey), 6-163 (Brad Haddin), 7-202 (Mitchell Johnson), 8-214 (Ryan Harris), 9-273 (Peter Siddle), 10-284 (Michael Clarke). |
| Extras | 5b, 7lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 75 ovs, 349 mins) 284 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 20 | 4 | 55 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vernon Philander | 21 | 3 | 63 | 3 | (1w,3nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 18 | 2 | 82 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Imran Tahir | 10 | 1 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Jacques Rudolph | b Ryan Harris | 18 | 29 | 28 | 1 | - |
| *2. Graeme Smith | b Shane Watson | 37 | 48 | 82 | 3 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | lbw b Shane Watson | 3 | 16 | 28 | - | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Ricky Ponting b Shane Watson | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 5. AB de Villiers | lbw b Ryan Harris | 8 | 9 | 25 | 2 | - |
| 6. Ashwell Prince | lbw b Shane Watson | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | lbw b Shane Watson | 4 | 7 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 8. Vernon Philander | c Ricky Ponting b Ryan Harris | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 9. Dale Steyn | not out | 9 | 18 | 26 | - | - |
| 10. Morne Morkel | run out (Peter Siddle > > ) | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Imran Tahir | b Ryan Harris | 5 | 5 | 15 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-24 (Jacques Rudolph), 2-49 (Hashim Amla), 3-49 (Jacques Kallis), 4-73 (Graeme Smith), 5-73 (Ashwell Prince), 6-77 (AB de Villiers), 7-77 (Mark Boucher), 8-81 (Vernon Philander), 9-83 (Morne Morkel), 10-96 (Imran Tahir). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 24.3 ovs, 130 mins) 96 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ryan Harris | 10.3 | 3 | 33 | 4 | (0w,1nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Peter Siddle | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Shane Watson | 5 | 2 | 17 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Shane Watson | lbw b Dale Steyn | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 2. Phillip Hughes | c Jacques Rudolph b Morne Morkel | 9 | 22 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | lbw b Vernon Philander | 0 | 12 | 23 | - | - |
| *4. Michael Clarke | lbw b Vernon Philander | 2 | 6 | 16 | - | - |
| 5. Michael Hussey | c Ashwell Prince b Morne Morkel | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| +6. Brad Haddin | c Mark Boucher b Vernon Philander | 0 | 3 | 14 | - | - |
| 7. Mitchell Johnson | c Hashim Amla b Vernon Philander | 3 | 12 | 20 | - | - |
| 8. Ryan Harris | c Graeme Smith b Morne Morkel | 3 | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 9. Peter Siddle | not out | 12 | 16 | 37 | 2 | - |
| 10. Shaun Marsh | lbw b Vernon Philander | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Nathan Lyon | c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn | 14 | 24 | 28 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Shane Watson), 2-11 (Ricky Ponting), 3-13 (Phillip Hughes), 4-13 (Michael Hussey), 5-15 (Michael Clarke), 6-18 (Brad Haddin), 7-21 (Ryan Harris), 8-21 (Mitchell Johnson), 9-21 (Shaun Marsh), 10-47 (Nathan Lyon). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 0 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 18 ovs, 95 mins) 47 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 5 | 1 | 23 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vernon Philander | 7 | 3 | 15 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 6 | 1 | 9 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | not out | 101 | 140 | 232 | 15 | - |
| 2. Jacques Rudolph | c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle | 14 | 24 | 31 | 3 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | c Michael Clarke b Mitchell Johnson | 112 | 134 | 184 | 21 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | not out | 2 | 6 | 14 | - | - |
| 5. Vernon Philander | ||||||
| 6. Ashwell Prince | ||||||
| +7. Mark Boucher | ||||||
| 8. Imran Tahir | ||||||
| 9. Dale Steyn | ||||||
| 10. Morne Morkel | ||||||
| 11. AB de Villiers |
| FOW | 1-27 (Jacques Rudolph), 2-222 (Hashim Amla). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 50.2 ovs, 232 mins) 236 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ryan Harris | 14 | 2 | 67 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Siddle | 12.2 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Shane Watson | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 11 | 1 | 61 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Nathan Lyon | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Mark Boucher, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Jacques Rudolph, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Ashwell Prince