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Australia v South Africa @ Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th November 2012
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: BF Bowden, RA Kettleborough
Third Umpire: Asad Rauf
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: Match drawn
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. David Warner | c Graeme Smith b Morne Morkel | 119 | 112 | 176 | 16 | 4 |
| 2. Ed Cowan | c & b Jacques Kallis | 10 | 29 | 44 | 1 | - |
| 3. Robert Quiney | c Graeme Smith b Morne Morkel | 0 | 8 | 9 | - | - |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | b Jacques Kallis | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - |
| *5. Michael Clarke | b Morne Morkel | 230 | 257 | 345 | 40 | 1 |
| 6. Michael Hussey | b Dale Steyn | 103 | 137 | 209 | 9 | 4 |
| +7. Matthew Wade | c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel | 6 | 28 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 8. Peter Siddle | c Graeme Smith b Rory Kleinveldt | 6 | 21 | 30 | 1 | - |
| 9. James Pattinson | c Graeme Smith b Dale Steyn | 42 | 35 | 53 | 4 | 2 |
| 10. Ben Hilfenhaus | c Rory Kleinveldt b Morne Morkel | 0 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Nathan Lyon | not out | 7 | 17 | 33 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-43 (Ed Cowan), 2-44 (Robert Quiney), 3-55 (Ricky Ponting), 4-210 (David Warner), 5-482 (Michael Hussey), 6-494 (Michael Clarke), 7-501 (Matthew Wade), 8-503 (Peter Siddle), 9-504 (Ben Hilfenhaus), 10-550 (James Pattinson). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 1w, 11nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 107.2 ovs, 481 mins) 550 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 23.4 | 4 | 79 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 30 | 5 | 146 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 3.3 | 1 | 19 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rory Kleinveldt | 20.1 | 4 | 81 | 1 | (1w,6nb) |
| Imran Tahir | 23 | 0 | 180 | 0 | (0w,5nb) |
| Faf du Plessis | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Matthew Wade b Peter Siddle | 122 | 244 | 294 | 14 | - |
| 2. Alviro Petersen | run out (Michael Hussey > > ) | 54 | 112 | 159 | 7 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | st Matthew Wade b David Warner | 11 | 26 | 48 | 2 | - |
| 4. Jacques Rudolph | c Robert Quiney b Nathan Lyon | 29 | 64 | 78 | 3 | - |
| +5. AB de Villiers | lbw b Peter Siddle | 1 | 15 | 20 | - | - |
| 6. Faf du Plessis | c Michael Clarke b Ben Hilfenhaus | 78 | 159 | 205 | 13 | 1 |
| 7. Dale Steyn | c Ricky Ponting b Ben Hilfenhaus | 1 | 15 | 26 | - | - |
| 8. Rory Kleinveldt | b Ben Hilfenhaus | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| 9. Jacques Kallis | c Matthew Wade b Michael Clarke | 58 | 93 | 109 | 10 | 1 |
| 10. Morne Morkel | b Nathan Lyon | 6 | 9 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 11. Imran Tahir | not out | 10 | 11 | 28 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-138 (Alviro Petersen), 2-169 (Hashim Amla), 3-233 (Jacques Rudolph), 4-233 (Graeme Smith), 5-240 (AB de Villiers), 6-246 (Dale Steyn), 7-250 (Rory Kleinveldt), 8-343 (Jacques Kallis), 9-352 (Morne Morkel), 10-388 (Faf du Plessis). |
| Extras | 7b, 2lb, 3w, 6nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 124.3 ovs, 502 mins) 388 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 19.3 | 6 | 49 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| James Pattinson | 9.1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (1w,4nb) |
| Nathan Lyon | 44 | 7 | 91 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Siddle | 30.5 | 6 | 130 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 7 | 1 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Hussey | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| David Warner | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Quiney | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ed Cowan | b Rory Kleinveldt | 29 | 50 | 98 | 6 | - |
| 2. David Warner | c Faf du Plessis b Rory Kleinveldt | 41 | 60 | 76 | 6 | - |
| 3. Robert Quiney | c AB de Villiers b Rory Kleinveldt | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | b Dale Steyn | 16 | 34 | 40 | 3 | - |
| *5. Michael Clarke | lbw b Dale Steyn | 38 | 61 | 120 | 3 | 1 |
| 6. Peter Siddle | c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel | 1 | 16 | 17 | - | - |
| 7. Michael Hussey | c Dale Steyn b Morne Morkel | 54 | 95 | 127 | 7 | - |
| +8. Matthew Wade | c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel | 18 | 50 | 73 | 1 | - |
| 9. James Pattinson | not out | 29 | 42 | 58 | 6 | - |
| 10. Ben Hilfenhaus | not out | 18 | 19 | 29 | 4 | - |
| 11. Nathan Lyon |
| FOW | 1-77 (David Warner), 2-77 (Robert Quiney), 3-91 (Ed Cowan), 4-98 (Ricky Ponting), 5-103 (Peter Siddle), 6-173 (Michael Clarke), 7-206 (Michael Hussey), 8-220 (Matthew Wade). |
| Extras | 4b, 10lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 70 ovs, 325 mins) 267 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 17 | 5 | 50 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 19 | 4 | 50 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Imran Tahir | 14 | 1 | 80 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Rory Kleinveldt | 19 | 2 | 65 | 3 | (0w,5nb) |
| Faf du Plessis | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Alviro Petersen | b Peter Siddle | 24 | 62 | 82 | 3 | - |
| *2. Graeme Smith | c Ricky Ponting b Ben Hilfenhaus | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | c Michael Clarke b Nathan Lyon | 17 | 28 | 38 | 4 | - |
| 4. Jacques Rudolph | c Ed Cowan b Nathan Lyon | 3 | 34 | 30 | - | - |
| +5. AB de Villiers | b Peter Siddle | 33 | 220 | 246 | - | - |
| 6. Faf du Plessis | not out | 110 | 376 | 466 | 14 | - |
| 7. Jacques Kallis | c Ed Cowan b Nathan Lyon | 46 | 110 | 149 | 6 | - |
| 8. Dale Steyn | c Robert Quiney b Peter Siddle | 0 | 28 | 37 | - | - |
| 9. Rory Kleinveldt | b Peter Siddle | 3 | 17 | 23 | - | - |
| 10. Morne Morkel | not out | 8 | 12 | 14 | 2 | - |
| 11. Imran Tahir |
| FOW | 1-3 (Graeme Smith), 2-36 (Hashim Amla), 3-45 (Jacques Rudolph), 4-45 (Alviro Petersen), 5-134 (AB de Villiers), 6-233 (Jacques Kallis), 7-234 (Dale Steyn), 8-240 (Rory Kleinveldt). |
| Extras | 1b, 1lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 148 ovs, 549 mins) 248 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 34 | 16 | 65 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Siddle | 33 | 15 | 65 | 4 | (0w,1nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 18 | 5 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Lyon | 50 | 31 | 49 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Warner | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Quiney | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ricky Ponting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Ed Cowan, David Warner, Robert Quiney, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Peter Siddle, Michael Hussey, Matthew Wade, James Pattinson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Lyon