South Africa’s Proteas cricket team and Australia went head to head and toe to toe in the first of 3, Five-Day cricket Tests at SuperSport Park, Centurion from Thursday 12 February. THe match ended more than a full day early, with Australia winning by 281 runs..
The match started at 10:30 SA Time on 12 February 2014.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first.
This was the Live Game Article, where we updated the scores from time to time during the Day’s play and where the cricket supporters amongst us had have the opportunity to discuss the game.
Australia:
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First Innings – 397 All Out (122 Overs)
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Second Innings – 290 / 4 Declared (72.2 Overs)
South Africa:
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First Innings – 206 All Out (61.1 Overs)
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Second Innings – 200 All Out (59.4 Overs)
Australia win by 281 runs, with more than a full day spare
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CJL Rogers | c Duminy b Morkel | 4 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 |
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DA Warner | b Steyn | 12 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 |
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AJ Doolan | c Peterson b McLaren | 27 | 85 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 52.94 |
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SE Marsh | c Smith b Philander | 148 | 428 | 288 | 15 | 0 | 51.38 |
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MJ Clarke* | c Philander b Steyn | 23 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 51.11 |
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SPD Smith | c Petersen b McLaren | 100 | 288 | 213 | 13 | 0 | 46.94 |
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BJ Haddin† | lbw b Peterson | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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MG Johnson | b Peterson | 33 | 70 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 61.11 |
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RJ Harris | b Steyn | 19 | 46 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 61.29 |
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PM Siddle | b Steyn | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 |
| NM Lyon | not out | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 8, w 11, nb 2) | 25 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 122 overs; 527 mins) | 397 | (3.25 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Warner, 4.1 ov), 2-24 (Rogers, 8.2 ov), 3-72 (Doolan, 23.1 ov), 4-98 (Clarke, 33.5 ov), 5-331 (Smith, 103.3 ov), 6-332 (Haddin, 104.1 ov), 7-348 (Marsh, 108.3 ov), 8-391 (Harris, 119.3 ov), 9-391 (Johnson, 120.1 ov), 10-397 (Siddle, 121.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DW Steyn | 29 | 6 | 78 | 4 | 2.68 | (1w) |
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VD Philander | 24 | 5 | 69 | 1 | 2.87 | |
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M Morkel | 22 | 5 | 73 | 1 | 3.31 | (1w) |
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R McLaren | 20 | 4 | 72 | 2 | 3.60 | (2nb, 1w) |
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RJ Peterson | 15 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 3.26 | |
| JP Duminy | 12 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 3.66 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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GC Smith* | c Marsh b Johnson | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 125.00 |
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AN Petersen | c †Haddin b Johnson | 2 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
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HM Amla | lbw b Siddle | 17 | 54 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 40.47 |
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F du Plessis | c Clarke b Johnson | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
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AB de Villiers† | c Warner b Johnson | 91 | 241 | 148 | 10 | 2 | 61.48 |
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JP Duminy | c Johnson b Lyon | 25 | 77 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 52.08 |
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R McLaren | b Johnson | 8 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 24.24 |
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RJ Peterson | c Clarke b Johnson | 10 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 43.47 |
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VD Philander | lbw b Lyon | 15 | 54 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
| DW Steyn | not out | 7 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 53.84 | |
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M Morkel | c †Haddin b Johnson | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (b 14, lb 2, w 1, nb 1) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 61.1 overs; 281 mins) | 206 | (3.36 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Smith, 1.4 ov), 2-15 (Petersen, 5.3 ov), 3-23 (du Plessis, 7.1 ov), 4-43 (Amla, 12.6 ov), 5-110 (Duminy, 30.5 ov), 6-126 (McLaren, 39.2 ov), 7-140 (Peterson, 45.1 ov), 8-189 (Philander, 57.2 ov), 9-202 (de Villiers, 59.6 ov), 10-206 (Morkel, 61.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Harris | 17 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 3.00 | ||
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MG Johnson | 17.1 | 1 | 68 | 7 | 3.96 | (1w) |
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PM Siddle | 13 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 2.53 | (1nb) |
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NM Lyon | 14 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 2.71 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CJL Rogers | b Steyn | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
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DA Warner | c Smith b Peterson | 115 | 208 | 151 | 13 | 2 | 76.15 |
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AJ Doolan | c †de Villiers b Duminy | 89 | 247 | 154 | 12 | 1 | 57.79 |
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SE Marsh | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 44 | 106 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 52.38 |
| MJ Clarke* | not out | 17 | 61 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 41.46 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 14, w 7) | 24 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets dec; 72.2 overs) | 290 | (4.00 runs per over) | |||||
Did not batSPD Smith, BJ Haddin†, MG Johnson, PM Siddle, RJ Harris, NM Lyon
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Rogers, 1.1 ov), 2-206 (Warner, 46.5 ov), 3-243 (Doolan, 57.1 ov), 4-290 (Marsh, 72.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VD Philander | 11 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 2.54 | ||
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DW Steyn | 14.2 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 4.25 | (1w) |
| R McLaren | 11 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 4.27 | (1w) | |
| M Morkel | 13 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 2.92 | ||
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RJ Peterson | 19 | 0 | 87 | 1 | 4.57 | (5w) |
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JP Duminy | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 482 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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AN Petersen | c †Haddin b Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
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GC Smith* | c Doolan b Johnson | 4 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 |
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HM Amla | c Marsh b Harris | 35 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 49.29 | |
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F du Plessis | lbw b Siddle | 18 | 58 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 38.29 |
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AB de Villiers† | c Smith b Johnson | 48 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 53.33 | |
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JP Duminy | c Doolan b Johnson | 10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
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R McLaren | c †Haddin b Johnson | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 31.57 | |
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RJ Peterson | b Siddle | 21 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 91.30 | |
| VD Philander | not out | 26 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 144.44 | ||
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DW Steyn | c Clarke b Harris | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
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M Morkel | run out (Lyon/†Haddin) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 5, w 11, nb 1) | 27 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 59.4 overs) | 200 | (3.35 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Petersen, 1.5 ov), 2-12 (Smith, 3.4 ov), 3-49 (du Plessis, 16.5 ov), 4-97 (Amla, 29.4 ov), 5-128 (Duminy, 45.4 ov), 6-140 (McLaren, 49.3 ov), 7-151 (de Villiers, 51.6 ov), 8-165 (Peterson, 54.6 ov), 9-178 (Steyn, 57.3 ov), 10-200 (Morkel, 59.4 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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RJ Harris | 12.4 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 2.76 | (1w) |
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MG Johnson | 16 | 3 | 59 | 5 | 3.68 | (1nb, 2w) |
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PM Siddle | 16 | 6 | 55 | 2 | 3.43 | |
| DA Warner | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | ||
| NM Lyon | 13 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 2.53 |
Match details
Series – Australia led the 3-match series 1-0
Player of the match – tba
TV umpire – IJ Gould (England)
Match referee – RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire – AT Holdstock
- – day 1 – Australia 1st innings 297/4 (SE Marsh 122*, SPD Smith 91*, 90 ov)
- – day 2 – South Africa 1st innings 140/6 (AB de Villiers 52*, RJ Peterson 10*, 43.3 ov)
- – day 3 – Australia 2nd innings 288/3 (SE Marsh 44*, MJ Clarke 17*, 69 ov)
That we should have batted first mate, chill
@ Puma:
Hopefully Amla and AB can put some runs on the board. We need to get as close as possible.
Eish, Amla gone too!
Blomme 43 / 4 after 13 overs
Gena_ZA wrote:
So is he out yet?
etter hkgk
@ grootblousmile:
Not looking good at all. Maybe not getting tickets for Saturday is a blessing in disguise… 🙂
maar ek vertrou in philander. mclaren. robbie p. stehn.
ekt sommer opgehou werk vandag.
@ MacroBull:
Hulle kan net beter doen as die voor hulle…
AB lyk gutsy daar, nie bang vir Johnson nie
Fight fire with fire is seker al wat ons kan doen
ek hoop jp hou datem sy konsentrasie vandag
SA 75/4 still minimum of 36 overs to be bowled on day 2
SA 78/4 AB de Villiers on 31 and JP Duminy 10 at the crease
SA 81/4 as AB hits Johnsons first delivery of the over for 4 (previous score should have been 77/4)
nou net oor dieselle ding gewonder
They looking strong, for now…
Proteas finally over 100 runs…
106 / 4 after 29.5 overs
should have shut my mouth
Another wicket is down… JP Duminy
Blomme currently on 110 / 5
126 for six! Poor defense from Maclaren.
AB 50 :clap:
Rain bucketing down as a sudden thunderstorm hits SuperSport Centurion Park near Pretoria.
Players off the field.
Australia 397 All Out
South Africa 140 / 6
awesome 50 by the “downhill” batsman
Really disappointed how we went in the cricket today. Smith made a huge error by bowling first I feel.
Good luck Proteas!!!
Let us show some fighting spirit today. I doubt Oz would enforce the follow-on even if we were bowled out before follow on target is reached. It is going to be uphill from hereon…
Big advantage to Oz…
Gumboots wrote:
Morning Gummi
Hell, but they are giving us carrots. Clarke pulled a Jake White on his players and they stepped up and delivered. To make the statement that their bowling attack was the best in the world was a huge call, but after yesterday all those who got onto their high horses and dismissed his claim as nonsense probably hit the ground hard after falling off their horses. Johnson was brilliant and we better find a way to counter him soon.
It’s going to be tough to salvage a draw, but we showed against India that we can if needed
Come on Proteas we far better than what we have played here let us hang on and make a game of this test.
115 @ nortierd:
I remember a few years back when Johnson took a quick 7wickets from us think it was at Wanderers at the time he was already brilliant then but fell away in the last few tears but seems back to his best. Still think we should have batted first. Hope we can hang on today.
@ Puma:
Tears = years
@ nortierd:
Hello Kaptein…
You could see that the Ozzies intention was to stamp their authority on our boys. It looked like we just thought turning up would do the thing. You could see that Johnson was ready… To be the best we have to continuously be just that. Let’s see the fighting spirit today… 🙂
@ Puma:
@ Puma:
When you lack confidence you do things that you shouldn’t be doing. Keeping players from playing domestic cricket is also a no no. With such an important series it was vital that we had to stamp our authority on the game from ball one. We started well, but then things went a bit pear shaped. I spoke to one of your Dolphins players last night and were discussing just that. By the way… well done on winning the 20/20. Deserved winners…
Let’s get behind the boys and hope that something special happens soon…
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