BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Johnson	47	93	129	6	0	50.53

Alviro Petersen (c)	lbw b Siddle	0	4	5	0	0	0.00

Stiaan van Zyl	lbw b Watson	12	38	54	1	0	31.57

Jean-Paul Duminy	c †Haddin b Siddle	10	35	49	1	0	28.57

Farhaan Behardien	lbw b Johnson	8	17	27	1	0	47.05

Thami Tsolekile †	c Copeland b Watson	27	46	63	4	0	58.69

Ryan McLaren	c †Haddin b Watson	26	31	41	4	0	83.87

Robin Peterson	b Johnson	17	23	38	3	0	73.91

Wayne Parnell	c Clarke b Siddle	8	21	31	2	0	38.09

Vernon Philander	not out	16	8	15	2	1	200.00
Marchant de Lange	b Johnson	0	8	11	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 6, lb 6)	12
TOTAL	54 Ov (RR: 3.38, 234 Mins)	183
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Alviro Petersen, 1.4 ov), 2-41 (Stiaan van Zyl, 14.4 ov), 3-71 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 26.2 ov), 4-84 (Dean Elgar, 30.4 ov), 5-87 (Farhaan Behardien, 32.2 ov), 6-133 (Ryan McLaren, 42.4 ov), 7-142 (Thami Tsolekile, 44.6 ov), 8-166 (Robin Peterson, 51.1 ov), 9-176 (Wayne Parnell, 52.1 ov), 10-183 (Marchant de Lange, 53.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Trent Copeland	13	1	44	0	3.38	59	3	0	0	0
Peter Siddle	14	6	16	3	1.14	76	2	0	0	0
1.4 to AN Petersen, once again offering no shot, this time the line is a bit straighter and he is hit right on off-stump, no shot offered so even if that had hit outside off, the umpire had full rights to send him packing, which is exactly what he did.. 2/1 26.2 to JP Duminy, short and straight, gets Duminy to play at the ball and gets the fine snick through to Haddin. SA "A" lose a crucial wicket ten minutes before lunch.. 71/3 52.1 to WD Parnell, shortish delivery just on the line of off-stump, snick tyhrough to the skipper at second slip who takes a good catch.. 176/9
Mitchell Johnson	11	3	38	4	3.45	54	5	1	0	0
30.4 to D Elgar, full and striahgt, gets the ball to move back sharply and hits Elgar in line of off-stump, good fighting innings comes to an end.. 84/4 32.2 to F Behardien, carbon-copy of Elgar's dismissal, might have pitched on the line of leg-stump, but seemed quite close from up here in line with the pitch, but the umpire says it's gone. Well bowled by Johnson beating Behardien with pace and swing.. 87/5 51.1 to RJ Peterson, shortish delivery, doesn't bounce all that much and baffles Peterson as he plays all over it, gets an inside edge onto his stumps.. 166/8 53.6 to M de Lange, yorker right up there on the toes, too good for the number 11 batsmen. SA "A" all out for 183.. 183/10
Shane Watson	8	0	32	3	4.00	36	6	0	0	0
14.4 to S van Zyl, straight and short of a length, gets the ball to straighten to the left-hander, coming right-arm over the stumps, van Zyl plays all around it and is sent back to the changeroom.. 41/2 42.4 to R McLaren, full and just outside the line of off, McLaren goes for the flashy off-drive and gets fine snick trhough to Haddin who makes no mistake.. 133/6 44.6 to TL Tsolekile, short-of-a-length and just outside off, a bit of extra bounce deceives Tsolekile and he edges the ball straight into the stomach of Copeland at first slip.. 142/7
Nathan Lyon	8	1	41	0	5.12	35	8	0	0	0

Australians 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shane Watson	c Petersen b Parnell	6	13	17	1	0	46.15

Phillip Hughes	c †Tsolekile b Philander	4	22	32	1	0	18.18

Shaun Marsh	c Peterson b de Lange	57	129	189	10	0	44.18

Ricky Ponting	lbw b Philander	2	11	18	0	0	18.18

Michael Clarke (c)	lbw b McLaren	76	123	184	11	0	61.78

Michael Hussey	not out	41	86	124	7	0	47.67
Brad Haddin †	c Behardien b de Lange	0	10	14	0	0	0.00

Mitchell Johnson	lbw b de Lange	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Peter Siddle	c Behardien b de Lange	2	3	8	0	0	66.66

Trent Copeland	c †Tsolekile b de Lange	2	6	9	0	0	33.33

Nathan Lyon	lbw b Peterson	26	35	59	5	0	74.28

Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 5, w 1)	20
TOTAL	72.2 Ov (RR: 3.26, 330 Mins)	236
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Shane Watson, 4.1 ov), 2-11 (Phillip Hughes, 7.3 ov), 3-21 (Ricky Ponting, 11.3 ov), 4-152 (Shaun Marsh, 45.5 ov), 5-164 (Michael Clarke, 52.1 ov), 6-169 (Brad Haddin, 55.4 ov), 7-169 (Mitchell Johnson, 55.5 ov), 8-176 (Peter Siddle, 57.2 ov), 9-178 (Trent Copeland, 59.2 ov), 10-236 (Nathan Lyon, 72.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Wayne Parnell	19	6	55	1	2.89	93	8	0	0	3
4.1 to SR Watson, short and straight, attempted pull-shot, skies it and is taken at mid-on, excellent catch.. 10/1
Vernon Philander	20	5	63	2	3.15	92	10	0	0	1
7.3 to PJ Hughes, short and on the line of off-stump, moves away off the deck and gets a fine snick through to the keeper.another big wicket down for Australia.. 11/2 11.3 to RT Ponting, full and straight this time, Ponting plays down the wrong line and is trapped right in front, doesn't seem too happy with the decision, but he has to go. Australia in trouble here.. 21/3
Marchant de Lange	19	2	56	5	2.94	88	8	0	1	0
45.5 to SE Marsh, finally the breakthrough comes for the South African "A" side. Marsh hauls out at mid-on and SA "A" breaks the 100-run plus partnership.Aaustralia lose their first for the day.. 152/4 55.4 to BJ Haddin, guided straight into the hands of Behardien at gully, another wicket goes down for Australia, not a good shot by Haddin.. 169/6 55.5 to MG Johnson, first-baller for Johnson! Full and straight and De Lange gets a decent ammount of in-swing, Johnson goes across the line and is trapped in front, excellent session for the South Africans so far. Australia are 7 down, still trailing by 14 runs. 169/7 57.2 to PM Siddle, short and straight once more, gets decent bounce and the ball hits Siddle on the shoulder of the bat, the ball pops up and flies straight to Behardien at gully once again, easy catch, soft dismissal.. 176/8 59.2 to TA Copeland, and De Lange gets his fifth, what a special day for the 21-year old. Gets copeland the get an edge of his short delivery and Tsolekile takes a good catch down leg. Australia are nine down.. 178/9
Ryan McLaren	13	3	46	1	3.53	63	9	0	0	1
52.1 to MJ Clarke, full and straight, nips back a lot off the pitch and gets Clarke trapped right in front. Hit in line with middle-and-off and there are no questions about that one. Good breakthrough for SA "A", Australia lose their skipper before lunch.". 164/5
Robin Peterson	1.2	0	2	1	1.50	6	0	0	0	0
72.2 to NM Lyon, and there is the final wicket down, Lyon attempts a sweep-shot and is trapped in front. That seemed gone for all money.. 236/10

South Africa A 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Johnson	0	3	1	0	0	0.00

Alviro Petersen (c)	lbw b Copeland	103	145	197	17	0	71.03

Stiaan van Zyl	c Hussey b Johnson	0	5	9	0	0	0.00

Jean-Paul Duminy	c †Haddin b Lyon	32	42	85	6	0	76.19

Farhaan Behardien	c †Haddin b Lyon	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Thami Tsolekile †	lbw b Siddle	58	89	98	10	0	65.16

Ryan McLaren	c Marsh b Johnson	4	6	9	1	0	66.66

Robin Peterson	b Johnson	19	24	42	4	0	79.16

Wayne Parnell	lbw b Johnson	2	7	7	0	0	28.57

Vernon Philander	not out	16	32	55	2	0	50.00
Marchant de Lange	b Siddle	15	19	25	3	0	78.94

Extras	(b 5, lb 7, nb 1, w 2)	15
TOTAL	62 Ov (RR: 4.25, 270 Mins)	264
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Dean Elgar, 0.3 ov), 2-0 (Stiaan van Zyl, 2.2 ov), 3-97 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 23.3 ov), 4-97 (Farhaan Behardien, 23.4 ov), 5-200 (Alviro Petersen, 46.5 ov), 6-204 (Thami Tsolekile, 47.3 ov), 7-204 (Ryan McLaren, 48.5 ov), 8-212 (Wayne Parnell, 50.2 ov), 9-239 (Robin Peterson, 56.6 ov), 10-264 (Marchant de Lange, 61.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell Johnson	18	2	74	5	4.11	77	13	0	1	0
0.3 to D Elgar, full and straight, hit smack in front. Sa "A" lose their first wicket within the first minutes of thier innings.. 0/1 2.2 to S van Zyl, guided straight to Mike hussey in the gully, easy catch and SA "A" are in a spot of bother, losing two wickets without scoring.. 0/2 48.5 to R McLaren, short and wide, smashed extremely hard straight to backward point who takes a great faace-saving catch just in front of his nose. That travelled like it was shot by a cannon, excellent catch and SA "A" lose their first for the day.". 204/7 50.2 to WD Parnell, full and straight, plays across the line and Johnson picks up another carbon-copy of most of his other dismissals during the match, pull-pitched swinging delvery that traps the batsmen in front of the stumps.. 212/8 56.6 to RJ Peterson, Five-for for Johnson, gets it in full and straight, beats Petersen comprehensively and uproots both middle- and legstumps. What a sight for the quickster. South Africa "A" nine wickets down.. 239/9
Trent Copeland	14	3	55	1	3.92	65	12	0	0	0
46.5 to AN Petersen, and finally they get the breaktrhough, Petersen is hit on the pads as he attempts to play a backward defensive shot, doesn't seem too happy with the call, appears to be a long way across and might have hit outside the line of off.. 200/5
Peter Siddle	18	3	76	2	4.22	76	13	0	0	1
47.3 to TL Tsolekile, trapped right in front and SA "a" lose another crucial wicket just before stumps. Both players that have been in for quite a while in Peteresen andTsolekile both out lbw within the last ten minutes of the day's play.. 204/6 61.6 to M de Lange, full and straight, De Lange is beaten all ends up and Siddle uproots off-stump to finish off the innings.. 264/10
Nathan Lyon	10	0	40	2	4.00	40	5	0	0	0
23.3 to JP Duminy, gets the fine snick thorugh to the kereper, Brad Haddin and a good partnership of 97 runs comes to an end.. 97/3 23.4 to F Behardien, another one, Lyon strikes a quick double-blow getting the edge through to Haddin once more. Behardien has not had a good game with the bat.. 97/4
Michael Hussey	2	0	7	0	3.50	7	0	0	1	0

Australians 2nd Innings (T: 212 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shane Watson	c †Tsolekile b McLaren	77	73	98	14	1	105.47

Phillip Hughes	c Duminy b Parnell	19	30	43	4	0	63.33

Shaun Marsh	not out	73	87	126	15	0	83.90
Ricky Ponting	c McLaren b Peterson	29	37	57	3	1	78.37

Brad Haddin †	not out	6	19	13	1	0	31.57
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2, w 1)	10
TOTAL	40.4 Ov (RR: 5.26, 170 Mins)	214/3
Did not bat: Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke (c), Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Trent Copeland, Nathan Lyon
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Phillip Hughes, 9.5 ov), 2-125 (Shane Watson, 21.5 ov), 3-196 (Ricky Ponting, 35.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Wayne Parnell	7	0	41	1	5.85	28	8	0	0	1
9.5 to PJ Hughes, fine snick thorugh to the slips, fumbles the ball, but in the end grab hold of it and Hughes is on his way. Australia lose thier first just after lunch.. 41/1
Vernon Philander	8	2	38	0	4.75	38	7	1	0	1
Marchant de Lange	11	0	58	0	5.27	44	10	1	0	0
Ryan McLaren	6	0	39	1	6.50	21	6	0	1	0
21.5 to SR Watson, attempted pull, gets a very fine little bottom-edge on it, Tsolekile takes the catch and there is a chorus of appeals, Shaun George says no, but Watson turns around and walks. Great sportmanship.. 125/2
Robin Peterson	5	1	15	1	3.00	24	3	0	0	0
35.3 to RT Ponting, walks down the track and hits it straight down the throaght of mid-on, didn't get the timing right on that one.. 196/3
Jean-Paul Duminy	3.4	0	16	0	4.36	15	3	0	0	0

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CLOSE OF PLAY

Tue, 01 Nov - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 115/3 (Shaun Marsh 51*, Michael Clarke 41*, 34 ov)

Wed, 02 Nov - day 2 - SA A 2nd innings 204/6 (Ryan McLaren 4*, 47.3 ov)

Thu, 03 Nov - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 214/3 (40.4 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Day 2

150 runs, 200 mins, 269 balls, 22x4, 0x6
200 runs, 294 mins, 391 balls, 29x4, 0x6
50 Partnership, 52 mins, 72 balls, 8x4, 0x6, Hussey 25, Lyon 22, ex 5
South Africa A 2nd innings
50 runs, 47 mins, 65 balls, 11x4, 0x6
50 Partnership, 47 mins, 65 balls, 11x4, 0x6, Duminy 20, Petersen 29, Ex 2
Petersen 50 runs, 73 mins, 67 balls, 12x4, 0x6
100 runs, 109 mins, 152 balls, 19x4, 0x6
50 PArtnership, 47 mins, 68 balls, 7x4, 0x6, Tsolekile 26, peteresen 22, Ex 2
150 runs, 151 mins, 217 balls, 26x4, 0x6
Tsolekile 50 runs, 87 mins, 80 balls, 9x4, 0x6
Petersen 100 runs, 191 mins, 140 balls, 17x4, 0x6
100 Partnership, 91 mins, 134 balls, 14x4, 0x6, Tsolekile 57, Peteresen 38, Ex 5
200 runs, 195 mins, 282 balls, 33x4, 0x6

Day 3

250 runs, 257 mins, 358 balls, 42x4, 0x6
Australians 2nd innings
50 runs, 54 mins, 74 balls, 10x4, 0x6
50 Partnership, 32 mins, 43 balls, 8x4, 0x6, Watson 26, Marsh 18, Ex 6
Watson 50 runs, 77 mins, 53 balls, 11x4, 0x6
100 runs, 79 mins, 108 balls, 19x4, 0x6
150 runs, 127 mins, 171 balls, 27x4, 1x6
Marsh 50 runs, 87 mins, 54 balls, 11x4, 0x6
50 Partnership, 41 mins, 55 balls, 8x4, 1x6, Ponting 20, Marsh 31, ex 1
200 runs, 161 mins, 225 balls, 34x4, 2x6

MATCH DETAILS

Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Toss	South Africa A, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of South Africa
Season	2011/12
Player Of The Match	Mitchell Johnson
Hours of play (local time)	10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	1,2,3 November 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Johan Cloete Shaun George
Reserve Umpire	Roderick Ellis
Match Referee	Dev Govindjee