South Africa and Australia battled each other in the 3rd and last 5-Day Test at Newlands, Cape Town, from 10:30 SA Time on Saturday 1 March to Wednesday 5 March.
South Africa and Australia were 1 / 1 in the series, after South Africa convincingly beat Australia in the 2nd Test at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth.
The score cards was updated at regular intervals here on Rugby-Talk.
Australia took control of the match from the first ball of the test, declaring their innings twice, whilst South Africa fell cheaply in the first innings and almost batted for a day and a half in the second innings.
Australia knocked the last wicket over, that of Morne Morkel, with only 27 balls left in the Test.
Australia win by 245 runs and win the Test Series 2 / 1.
Australia:
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First Innings – 494 / 7 Declared (127.4 Overs)
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Second Innings – 303 / 5 Declared (58 Overs)
South Africa:
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First Innings – 287 All Out (82.5 Overs)
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Second Innings – 265 All Out (134.3 Overs)
Australia won by 245 runs
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CJL Rogers | c Smith b Steyn | 25 | 57 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 60.97 |
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DA Warner | c †de Villiers b Duminy | 135 | 262 | 152 | 12 | 1 | 88.81 |
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AJ Doolan | c Steyn b Philander | 20 | 83 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 30.30 |
| MJ Clarke* | not out | 161 | 430 | 301 | 17 | 0 | 53.48 | |
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SPD Smith | b Elgar | 84 | 214 | 155 | 9 | 3 | 54.19 |
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SR Watson | c Amla b Duminy | 40 | 50 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 125.00 |
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BJ Haddin† | c Amla b Duminy | 13 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 61.90 |
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MG Johnson | c †de Villiers b Duminy | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| RJ Harris | not out | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Extras | (w 6, nb 6) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets dec; 127.4 overs; 572 mins) | 494 | (3.86 runs per over) | |||||
Did not batJL Pattinson, NM Lyon
Fall of wickets 1-65 (Rogers, 13.3 ov), 2-138 (Doolan, 31.3 ov), 3-217 (Warner, 57.4 ov), 4-401 (Smith, 107.5 ov), 5-456 (Watson, 118.4 ov), 6-489 (Haddin, 126.5 ov), 7-489 (Johnson, 126.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DW Steyn | 10.1 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.32 | |
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VD Philander | 26.4 | 2 | 116 | 1 | 4.35 | (1nb) |
| M Morkel | 23.5 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 3.94 | (4nb, 2w) | |
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JP Duminy | 17 | 0 | 73 | 4 | 4.29 | |
| KJ Abbott | 28 | 11 | 68 | 0 | 2.42 | (1nb) | |
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D Elgar | 22 | 0 | 99 | 1 | 4.50 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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GC Smith* | c †Haddin b Harris | 5 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 26.31 |
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AN Petersen | c †Haddin b Johnson | 53 | 106 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 85.48 |
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D Elgar | c †Haddin b Pattinson | 11 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 55.00 |
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HM Amla | b Harris | 38 | 76 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 73.07 |
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AB de Villiers† | c Clarke b Johnson | 14 | 69 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 37.83 |
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F du Plessis | c Warner b Johnson | 67 | 171 | 135 | 6 | 0 | 49.62 |
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JP Duminy | c †Haddin b Harris | 4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| VD Philander | not out | 37 | 194 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 34.57 | |
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KJ Abbott | b Watson | 3 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
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DW Steyn | c Watson b Johnson | 28 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 103.70 |
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M Morkel | c Watson b Pattinson | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.77 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 3, w 6, nb 3) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 82.5 overs; 389 mins) | 287 | (3.46 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Smith, 4.5 ov), 2-42 (Elgar, 11.4 ov), 3-95 (Petersen, 21.2 ov), 4-121 (Amla, 28.1 ov), 5-133 (de Villiers, 35.4 ov), 6-146 (Duminy, 38.6 ov), 7-241 (du Plessis, 67.2 ov), 8-249 (Abbott, 73.6 ov), 9-279 (Steyn, 81.3 ov), 10-287 (Morkel, 82.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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RJ Harris | 22 | 9 | 63 | 3 | 2.86 | (1nb) |
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MG Johnson | 19 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 2.21 | |
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JL Pattinson | 18.5 | 4 | 77 | 2 | 4.08 | (2nb, 2w) |
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SR Watson | 9 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.77 | |
| NM Lyon | 12 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 4.41 | ||
| SPD Smith | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CJL Rogers | run out (Steyn) | 39 | 92 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 58.20 |
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DA Warner | c †de Villiers b Abbott | 145 | 243 | 156 | 13 | 4 | 92.94 |
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AJ Doolan | c Abbott b Morkel | 37 | 91 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 42.52 |
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SR Watson | c Duminy b Abbott | 25 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 147.05 |
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MJ Clarke* | c sub (Q de Kock) b Abbott | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| SPD Smith | not out | 36 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 180.00 | |
| BJ Haddin† | not out | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 12, nb 3) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets dec; 58 overs; 252 mins) | 303 | (5.22 runs per over) | |||||
Did not batMG Johnson, RJ Harris, JL Pattinson, NM Lyon
Fall of wickets 1-123 (Rogers, 20.2 ov), 2-188 (Doolan, 44.6 ov), 3-245 (Watson, 50.6 ov), 4-257 (Clarke, 52.2 ov), 5-290 (Warner, 56.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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M Morkel | 13 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 5.15 | (1nb) |
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KJ Abbott | 14 | 2 | 61 | 3 | 4.35 | |
| VD Philander | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 7.00 | (2nb) | |
| JP Duminy | 19 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 4.00 | ||
| DW Steyn | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 | ||
| D Elgar | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 511 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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AN Petersen | lbw b Harris | 9 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 81.81 |
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GC Smith* | c Doolan b Johnson | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
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D Elgar | b Johnson | 0 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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HM Amla | lbw b Pattinson | 41 | 148 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 37.61 |
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AB de Villiers† | c †Haddin b Harris | 43 | 326 | 228 | 6 | 0 | 18.85 |
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KJ Abbott | b Pattinson | 7 | 114 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 7.86 |
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F du Plessis | lbw b Smith | 47 | 157 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 43.11 |
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JP Duminy | c Lyon b Johnson | 43 | 159 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 43.43 |
| VD Philander | not out | 51 | 155 | 105 | 6 | 1 | 48.57 | |
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DW Steyn | b Harris | 1 | 75 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2.27 |
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M Morkel | b Harris | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 5) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 134.3 overs; 611 mins) | 265 | (1.97 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Petersen, 2.1 ov), 2-12 (Smith, 3.1 ov), 3-15 (Elgar, 5.6 ov), 4-68 (Amla, 36.4 ov), 5-95 (Abbott, 66.1 ov), 6-136 (de Villiers, 84.2 ov), 7-173 (du Plessis, 102.1 ov), 8-246 (Duminy, 119.1 ov), 9-265 (Steyn, 134.1 ov), 10-265 (Morkel, 134.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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RJ Harris | 24.3 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 1.30 | |
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MG Johnson | 34 | 11 | 92 | 3 | 2.70 | |
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JL Pattinson | 27 | 10 | 62 | 2 | 2.29 | (3nb, 2w) |
| NM Lyon | 22 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0.45 | ||
| SR Watson | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.66 | (1nb) | |
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SPD Smith | 13 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 3.30 | (1nb) |
| MJ Clarke | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.40 |
Match details
Series – Australia won the 3-match series 2-1
TV umpire – RK Illingworth (England)
Match referee – RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire – AT Holdstock
- – day 1 – Australia 1st innings 331/3 (MJ Clarke 92*, SPD Smith 50*, 88 ov)
- – day 2 – Australia 1st innings 494/7d (MJ Clarke 161*, RJ Harris 4*, 127.4 ov)
- – day 3 – Australia 2nd innings 27/0 (CJL Rogers 1*, DA Warner 25*, 6 ov)
- – day 4 – South Africa 2nd innings 71/4 (AB de Villiers 16*, KJ Abbott 1*, 41 ov)
SA 60/3 with around 12 overs left today, come on Amla (33) and AB (14)keep going.
271 @ Bullscot:
Hello Bully,
Did you get my Thank You mail yesterday?
SA 68 / 3 after 36 overs…
So far so good, not another wicket lost for a while now… hope I don’t pox them now…
… and I do… eish!
LBW Amla, he reviews the decision.
Amla out!
SA 68 / 4 after 36.4 overs
Abbott in as night watchman… 18 minutes of play left in Day 4.
@ grootblousmile:
ons gaan n moerse pak hier kry
jammer maar ek dink die keurders het klaar begin rondval, hoeveel spelers was in die laaste 3 toetse gebruik?
276 @ superBul:
Het jy my mail gekry oor die Kompetisieartikels en die Copy & Paste issues… ek vra, want jou artikel vandag oor Biff se uittrede was weer vol issues en moerse baie extra HTML Code.
Jy moet laat ons Skype, asseblief, sodat ek jou die fynere dinge kan wys.
Stumps – Day 4:
SA 71 / 4 after 41 overs… still 440 short
270: Jennings het die 0/19 junior Proteas gelei na die WB oorwinning laas naweek. Hy is ‘n ou wat nie tjommie tjommie is met die spelers nie, sal goeie dissipline inbring en hopelik senuwees van staal wat nodig is teen die Aussies.
Hartseer dag vir SA krieket, ek het voorspel dat met so 2 paaltjies plat ons nog dalk die ding kan doen, maar nee, ons sukkel 2 dae om 4 paaltjies te kry, Aussies kry dit lag lag in ‘n halwe dag. Ou Biff het ‘n paar engelse kapteins se loopbane gestop in die verlede, nou is dit Clarke wat vir Biff op pensioen stuur, met geen voordele.
Proteas kort nou skielik 3 top kolwers, want na Amla en AB is daar nie veel nie. Hopelik kan de Kock sy merk begin maak. Hoe gouer ons nou ‘n jong toetspan begin opbou hoe beter vir die toekoms, onder die kapteinskap van AB en met ‘n sterk afrigter soos Jennings.
Net AB kan sy kop hoog hou na hierdie reeks, die ander het nie opgedaag toe dit saak maak nie.
@ Ben:
Hahahaha Jet has just been made to reapply for his job.
“Structures”
@ gunther:
TAB.
That’s Africa baby.
@ Ben:
I happen to agree with you. AB is a nice guy, even a good stategist who could grow into the role of captain – but will he able to lay down the law. Everyone will respect AB. No doubt. I remember early in AB’s career, Biff and Mickey Arthur sat AB down and told him he is now a senior player who must stop making pretty 40’s and 50’s and start making big hundreds. Look how that turned out. My point is this – will AB be able to do that with someone like Duminy who is not consistent enough. Or Alviro. Or Elgar. I’m not so sure.
Jennings would do it, no problem. Test cricket needs that ring of steel. And with Biff departing, that goes missing too.
Cant believe how we feel in SA
Voting Booth on Sport 24
Graeme Smith’s decision to retire is:
Great news for the Proteas! 43 % 4848 Votes
Strange timing mid-Test 33 % 3689 Votes
Big loss, experience can’t be bought 24 % 2729 Votes
@202
Without trying to sound offensive or nasty, but have you seen the general comments on News24, and I’m not just referring to the sport.
It stands to reason that mostly the same people who bother to post there will also vote there. I read the news, but have never posted or voted for instance, some of those comments make what we considered bad on Keo look positively angelic, same with the IOL website.
Those people really don’t think what they say before writing
@ nortierd:
i agree, faceless people saying the nastiest things, untouchables(sp.)
I cant understand why people feel that way, i would almost go as far to compare his position with that of Cheecky and Luke. Once they go for your throat they wont let go.
superBul wrote:
For sure
Just be glad some of them don’t run the rugby, cricket or justice system
We will have different teams and coaches every game, and every day people will be hung, drawn and quartered in the courts without a trial.
The fact that the media published a story MUST mean it’s true
THE FACE OF SA CRICKET
He was seen as a brash, arrogant and aloof South African but no one can dispute the impact Graeme Smith had on the world stage as he became the most successful captain in test history.
Smith’s decision to retire from international cricket just nine weeks after Jacques Kallis quit will usher in a new era for South African cricket, which now finds itself shorn of experience and potentially in a leadership crisis.
The 33-year-old’s runs at the top of the order will be missed but so too will his strength of character and grit in times of adversity.
He has, in many ways, been the face of South African cricket over the last decade and played a key role in taking the side to the number one position in the test rankings.
Thrust into the captaincy role at the age of 22 following the resignation of Shaun Pollock after South Africa’s miserable first round exit at the 2003 World Cup on home soil, Smith admitted it took him four or five years to settle into the job.
While many South African cricket fans have struggled to warm to him, few would argue that he deserves a place among the game’s greats as he has won a record 53 tests as captain, many of those thanks to his own prowess with the bat.
Never the most elegant to watch, he bludgeoned his way to 27 test centuries, five of them double-hundreds, the last of which came less than five months ago against Pakistan in Dubai.
It has been his ability to grind out fourth innings runs, something that will likely be needed again in his final, ongoing, test in Cape Town, that has made him so well respected in the international game.
He led his side to two series wins in Australia and a triumph in England in 2012 that took the team to the summit of world cricket.
Despite facing the possibility of a series defeat to Australia in his final test match, he leaves the side at the very top of the game.
Smith had spoken in the build-up to the third test of still having the passion and desire for international cricket, of wanting to achieve more with this team.
A fifth batting failure in as many innings in the series may have led to him re-evaluating his future plans – the stark reality for South Africa is that they are now not just looking for a new opening batsman who can average close to 50 in test cricket but also a new leader.
There have only been a handful of regular captains of the national side since readmission to international cricket in 1991 – Kepler Wessels, Hansie Cronje, Pollock and Smith.
Choosing the right man to be number five on that list will be crucial.
One-day skipper AB de Villiers has been groomed for the test role and is likely take on the job but it is a big task for a player who at times has been the mainstay of the batting and also acts as wicketkeeper.
But in truth there are no other solid candidates.
@ nortierd:
Look if we take the commentators on news 24 as being representative of the human race then we are doomed as a species.
They are the type of “supporter” that can’t undestand how a batting average might be used as a measure of consistency..
@ gunther:
They expect him to be like a wall in front of his wicket. Zero tolerance , no failures allowed. On FB some friend just pointed out that in his career he never lost a game when he scored 100, that means he saved or helped in 27 tests, without looking up that is more than 25%
If one look at our long unbeaten run it means his team was behind him and saved or won the other. Great support for a hated Captain?
But anyway i have shown my appreciation and support to Graeme Smith i just wish his team mates can steal a great gift for him and save this match. That would be a perfect farewell
@ superBul:
The fact is people never appreciate something until it’s gone.
Tough times ahead for the Proteas.
@ gunther:
Agree it already showed since Kallis retired. How many players was used so far in this series?
@ gunther:
SA produces cricketers like we produce rugby players, surely there are dozens of young guys ready to step up and carry on?
Cricket is indeed a funny game, one week you achieved an impossible turn around and the next week you back to being average.
A great team doesn’t become a weak one overnight. I have played and watched cricket for a long time and players like Clarke, Warner and Johnson are special.
But the Proteas have been special over a long period of time.
And by the way Mr. Mick Lewis, Domingo’s CV can be shelved his doing fine. Give the guy a break.
@ Tuff Gong:
they have, just not at world cups
@ NZINCHINA:
Pajama cricket, just ain’t cricket.
gunther wrote:
True words
Here we go again; and no, it’s not Makhaya…
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/former-sa-cricketer-denies-rape-claim-1.1656399#.UxbWlz-1bjc
@ Tuff Gong:
True… but it also goes in cycles.
Australia ruled the world for many years but since the retirement of the Waughs, Gilchrist, McGrath, Warne and Hayden they have been very inconsistent..even the current (improved) team is not anywhere near the class of the great team they had about 5 years ago.
IMO SA will now be very hard pushed to stay on top after the retirement of Kallis ( the greatest player they ever had), Smith and Boutcher and as Dale Steyn also appears to be approaching the end of his career as a tearaway fast bowler.
@ Tuff Gong:
fair call, but im sure they would have liked to have won one
NZINCHINA wrote:
There is some good young talent, but replacing an opener that averages 50 will be difficult to do by any team in the world.
I Domingo about a year. Let’s see if he changes the value he puts on experience.
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