Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	b Steyn	31	78	154	4	0	39.74

Simon Katich	c de Villiers b Kallis	47	52	65	5	0	90.38

Ricky Ponting (c)	c †Boucher b Morkel	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Michael Hussey	c Kallis b Harris	30	99	117	5	0	30.30

Michael Clarke	c & b Duminy	138	250	361	17	0	55.20

Andrew McDonald	c †Boucher b Ntini	15	54	61	1	0	27.77

Brad Haddin †	b Steyn	38	79	97	4	1	48.10

Mitchell Johnson	c Smith b Steyn	64	124	170	11	0	51.61

Nathan Hauritz	c Duminy b Harris	41	48	63	7	0	85.41

Peter Siddle	lbw b Harris	23	36	47	3	0	63.88

Doug Bollinger	not out	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 8, w 3)	18
Total	136.2 Ov (RR: 3.26, 583 Mins)	445
Fall of wickets 1-62 (Simon Katich, 12.6 ov), 2-63 (Ricky Ponting, 13.5 ov), 3-109 (Matthew Hayden, 33.3 ov), 4-130 (Michael Hussey, 40.6 ov), 5-162 (Andrew McDonald, 56.4 ov), 6-237 (Brad Haddin, 81.4 ov), 7-379 (Michael Clarke, 120.4 ov), 8-381 (Mitchell Johnson, 121.5 ov), 9-440 (Peter Siddle, 134.3 ov), 10-445 (Nathan Hauritz, 136.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dale Steyn	27	5	95	3	3.51	126	0	0
33.3 to ML Hayden, dragged on! Hayden's feet go nowhere fast as he flashes a booming drive to a fuller, swinging delivery and instead of the deep cover boundary he deposits the ball back onto his stumps in agony. 109/3 81.4 to BJ Haddin, timber! Steyn castles Haddin up with peach of a ball that hits a length, squares him up and swings away from the bat very late, and then cannons into the top of off stump, a real gem of a delivery to unsettle Australia late in the day, and snap a threatening partnership. 237/6 121.5 to MG Johnson, soft dismissal, and Steyn strikes quickly into his reappearance! He pitches full and wide, angles it away, and Johnson gets a thick edge into Smith's waiting palms at first slip. 381/8
Makhaya Ntini	29	5	102	1	3.51	136	1	3
56.4 to AB McDonald, and the angle finally works for Ntini, who hits that short-of-length spot and draws the thinnest of edges from a leaden-footed McDonald's bat, who was simply sucked forward. 162/5
Morne Morkel	27	3	89	1	3.29	125	0	5
13.5 to RT Ponting, well bowled and well held! Ponting goes first ball, pushing at a lovely delivery that pitches short of a length and hits the seam, angling back to clip the inner edge of the bat and Boucher moves to his left to collect the catch ... wow, thats a big blow and don't South Africa know it. 63/2
Jacques Kallis	20	6	54	1	2.70	94	1	0
12.6 to SM Katich, edged and gone! Katich pushes at one leaving him outside off stump and, perhaps undone by the extra bounce, gives de Villiers at second slip some catching practice. 62/1
Paul Harris	29.2	6	84	3	2.86	130	1	0
40.6 to MEK Hussey, and hes' got him pushing at one tossed up outside off stump, the ball turns and takes a simple edge to Kallis at first slip and Harris bursts into celebration. 130/4 134.3 to PM Siddle, the fun ends as Harris gets into the action, flighting one on about middle stump, straightening it , and catching Siddle in front after he misses a big heave. 440/9 136.2 to NM Hauritz, and he's gone, skipping down and swiping across the line to midwicket. 445/10
Jean-Paul Duminy	4	0	14	1	3.50	18	0	0
120.4 to MJ Clarke, oh he's held him! Duminy strikes in his first over, and with a full toss as well, one that Clarke drives back in the air to his left and he pouches it as he falls over. 379/7

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Neil McKenzie	lbw b Siddle	23	79	107	4	0	29.11

Graeme Smith (c)	retired hurt	30	31	57	5	0	96.77
Hashim Amla	lbw b McDonald	51	134	192	7	0	38.05

Jacques Kallis	c Hayden b Johnson	37	55	64	6	0	67.27

AB de Villiers	run out (Johnson)	11	52	60	1	0	21.15

Jean-Paul Duminy	lbw b Johnson	13	52	72	2	0	25.00

Mark Boucher †	b Siddle	89	170	233	8	1	52.35

Morne Morkel	b Siddle	40	134	147	5	0	29.85

Paul Harris	lbw b Siddle	2	11	4	0	0	18.18

Dale Steyn	b Siddle	6	10	8	1	0	60.00

Makhaya Ntini	not out	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 12, nb 4, w 9)	25
Total	120.5 Ov (RR: 2.70, 486 Mins)	327
Fall of wickets 0-35* (Graeme Smith, retired not out), 1-76 (Neil McKenzie, 24.3 ov), 2-131 (Jacques Kallis, 40.3 ov), 3-161 (AB de Villiers, 56.5 ov), 4-166 (Hashim Amla, 59.2 ov), 5-193 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 74.5 ov), 6-308 (Morne Morkel, 114.2 ov), 7-310 (Paul Harris, 116.1 ov), 8-316 (Dale Steyn, 118.5 ov), 9-327 (Mark Boucher, 120.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Peter Siddle	27.5	11	59	5	2.11	141	0	0
24.3 to ND McKenzie, but thats out, McKenzie rooted to his crease and the ball nips back in off a length and hits him in front of middle and leg, Siddle and the rest go up and Billy Bowden raises the crooked finger, so the bowling change works for Australia and South Africa lose their first wicket. 76/1 114.2 to M Morkel, timber! Siddle strikes to break a tough partnership, pitching full and beating Morkel's push across the line, sneaking between the gap to hit middle stump. 308/6 116.1 to PL Harris, simple decision, Siddle strikes again with a fullish delivery angling back in to catch Harris hopping about his crease, it stays low and ramrod straight and he's a sitting duck. 310/7 118.5 to DW Steyn, and the move works! Another simple tailender's wicket for Siddle, keeping the ball up there and knocking back leg stump as Steyn backs away and misses his forward prod. 316/8 120.5 to MV Boucher, the sound of timber! Siddle gets five at the SCG, his first such effort at this level, once more succeeding with the full and fast delivery, Boucher clips across the line and middle stumps is flattened. 327/9
Doug Bollinger	23	4	78	0	3.39	108	2	3
Mitchell Johnson	28	6	69	2	2.46	137	3	0
40.3 to JH Kallis, again full and wide and this time the angle pays off because Kallis chases it with an expansive drive and edges straight to Hayden at first slip. 131/2 74.5 to JP Duminy, good delivery to get Duminy! After the short ball comes the fuller delivery, swinging in quite late from outside off stump and raps him on the back leg in line with the sticks. 193/5
Andrew McDonald	22	8	41	1	1.86	113	0	1
59.2 to HM Amla, maiden wicket for McDonald, and a good piece of bowling too! Pitches in line and slants back into beat the bat as Amla falls forward, thats a stump-to-stump delivery to undo him. 166/4
Nathan Hauritz	20	4	68	0	3.40	86	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	b Morkel	39	63	95	7	0	61.90

Simon Katich	lbw b Steyn	61	136	216	7	0	44.85

Ricky Ponting (c)	b Morkel	53	57	67	9	0	92.98

Michael Hussey	not out	45	94	123	3	1	47.87
Michael Clarke	c Amla b Harris	41	55	69	2	0	74.54

Extras	(b 8, lb 9, nb 1)	18
Total	67.3 Ov (RR: 3.80, 289 Mins)	257/4d
Did not bat Brad Haddin †, Andrew McDonald, Nathan Hauritz, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger
Fall of wickets 1-62 (Matthew Hayden, 16.5 ov), 2-134 (Ricky Ponting, 36.4 ov), 3-181 (Simon Katich, 50.5 ov), 4-257 (Michael Clarke, 67.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dale Steyn	13	1	60	1	4.61	49	0	0
50.5 to SM Katich, he's been given! Katich shuffles across and plays the clip, there's but a half appeal from Boucher and slip and Asoka de Silva raises the finger, it struck him Katich in front of about middle and leg stump but there was no reaction from Steyn, all the umpire needed was one person to ask the question and Boucher and Kallis' appeal was more than enough. 181/3
Makhaya Ntini	12	1	66	0	5.50	43	0	1
Morne Morkel	12	2	38	2	3.16	58	0	0
16.5 to ML Hayden, silly shot brings about his downfall! Morkel pitches it right up and Hayden loses his focus, planting the foot forward and swinging across his pads, succeeding only in dragging the ball back onto his stumps. 62/1 36.4 to RT Ponting, and then he goes and does that! A cramped attempt to dab the ball down to third man but the angle back in draws a loose inside edge back onto the stumps, success for Morkel. 134/2
Jacques Kallis	10	5	13	0	1.30	52	0	0
Paul Harris	20.3	1	63	1	3.07	80	0	0
67.3 to MJ Clarke, gone now, sweeping from outside off stump out to Amla at deep midwicket. 257/4

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 376 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Neil McKenzie	c Hussey b Bollinger	27	101	120	3	0	26.73

Morne Morkel	c Johnson b Bollinger	0	2	4	0	0	0.00

Hashim Amla	c Katich b Hauritz	59	112	162	9	0	52.67

Jacques Kallis	c & b McDonald	4	13	23	0	0	30.76

AB de Villiers	b Siddle	56	144	175	8	0	38.88

Jean-Paul Duminy	lbw b Johnson	16	92	100	2	0	17.39

Mark Boucher †	lbw b Siddle	4	25	20	0	0	16.00

Paul Harris	lbw b Siddle	6	43	53	0	0	13.95

Dale Steyn	lbw b McDonald	28	65	88	2	0	43.07

Makhaya Ntini	not out	28	75	91	5	0	37.33
Graeme Smith (c)	b Johnson	3	17	26	0	0	17.64

Extras	(b 12, lb 18, nb 2, w 4, pen 5)	41
Total	114.2 Ov (RR: 2.37, 442 Mins)	272
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Morne Morkel, 1.2 ov), 2-68 (Neil McKenzie, 30.2 ov), 3-91 (Jacques Kallis, 35.3 ov), 4-110 (Hashim Amla, 41.1 ov), 5-166 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 70.2 ov), 6-172 (Mark Boucher, 76.5 ov), 7-190 (AB de Villiers, 83.6 ov), 8-202 (Paul Harris, 90.1 ov), 9-257 (Dale Steyn, 107.4 ov), 10-272 (Graeme Smith, 114.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Peter Siddle	27	12	54	3	2.00	141	0	0
76.5 to MV Boucher, thats a poor decision from Asoka de Silva, the ball is delivered from wide of the crease, a quick full toss that Boucher cannot pick as he shuffles across towards off stump, it strikes him very high on the pad and would have missed leg stump by some distance. 172/6 83.6 to AB de Villiers, he's chopped on just before tea! Thats a big wicket for Siddle, drawing a cramped attempt at a cut shot, only succeeding in dragging the ball back onto his stumps. 190/7 90.1 to PL Harris, got him now, and Harris' sticky resistance ends, but he doesn't look pleased! The ball pitches on a length and doesn't bounce all that much, Harris hops back to defend and misses out and the ball strikes him in line with the stumps. 202/8
Doug Bollinger	21	5	53	2	2.52	103	1	2
1.2 to M Morkel, and he gets his first wicket! Morkel just stands there and rolls the wrists loosely, something of an odd chip shot that is gobbled up by Johnson, tumbling to his left at mid-on. 2/1 30.2 to ND McKenzie, Bollinger strikes! Slips in a full and wide delivery that bounces a little more than McKenzie, reaching out to square-drive, expected and he spoons a catch to Hussey at gully. 68/2
Mitchell Johnson	23.2	7	49	2	2.10	117	2	0
70.2 to JP Duminy, thats plumb! Johnson pitches short of a length and finds a crack, the ball jags back in to hit Duminy on the hop in front of middle stump and Australia celebrate. 166/5 114.2 to GC Smith, bowled him! Johnson! Australia win by 103 runs and the SCG celebrates a fantastic, sapping Test match! Johnson pitches full and beats Smith for pace, the ball cuts in off a crack and the stumps go for a walk. 272/10
Andrew McDonald	13	6	32	2	2.46	67	0	0
35.3 to JH Kallis, oh well held, McDonald .. or not? Pitches it up down the stumps, Kallis goes back and starts to turn it to the on side, but the ball takes a leading edge and balloons back up in the air towards the bowler, who flings himself to his right in his follow through and looks like he's taken a stunner ... his team-mates converge but Kallis asks for confirmation, and McDonald admits he's not sure. To the naked eye it looked like he took it, Ponting sticks up a finger even before the umpires are consulted, and after numerous analysis Kallis is adjudged out. Thats a very, very tough call. One angle indicates he took it, the straight view says something else. I'm not convinced he took it.. 91/3 107.4 to DW Steyn, pitches in line and slides on to hit him right in front of leg stump, Bowden has no doubts and Australia celebrate, MacDonald has made up for the drop. 257/9
Nathan Hauritz	28	10	47	1	1.67	141	0	0
41.1 to HM Amla, Hauritz gets into the action! Amla goes back to play one turning back in but it bounces more than anticipated and he pops it straight off the hips to Katich at short leg. 110/4
Michael Clarke	2	1	2	0	1.00	10	0	0

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Close of Play

Sat, 03 Jan

day 1 - Australia 1st innings 267/6 (Michael Clarke 73*, Mitchell Johnson 17*, 88 ov)

Sun, 04 Jan

day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 125/1 (Hashim Amla 30*, Jacques Kallis 36*, 39 ov)

Mon, 05 Jan

day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 33/0 (Matthew Hayden 18*, Simon Katich 9*, 6 ov)

Tue, 06 Jan

day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 62/1 (Neil McKenzie 25*, Hashim Amla 30*, 26 ov)

Wed, 07 Jan

day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 272 (114.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Australia 1st innings

Australia: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (65 balls), Extras 3

1st Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (ML Hayden 12, SM Katich 35, Ex 3)

Drinks: Australia - 58/0 in 12.0 overs (ML Hayden 12, SM Katich 43)

Lunch: Australia - 78/2 in 24.0 overs (ML Hayden 22, MEK Hussey 5)

Australia: 100 runs in 27.1 overs (167 balls), Extras 8

Drinks: Australia - 117/3 in 38.0 overs (MEK Hussey 22, MJ Clarke 4)

Australia: 150 runs in 48.1 overs (296 balls), Extras 13

Tea: Australia - 155/4 in 52.0 overs (MJ Clarke 22, AB McDonald 12)

Drinks: Australia - 193/5 in 70.0 overs (MJ Clarke 47, BJ Haddin 9)

Australia: 200 runs in 71.3 overs (437 balls), Extras 14

MJ Clarke: 50 off 115 balls (7 x 4)

6th Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (MJ Clarke 27, BJ Haddin 25, Ex 2)

New Ball Taken: Australia 234/5 after 80.1 overs (MJ Clarke 61, BJ Haddin 35)

Australia: 250 runs in 84.1 overs (514 balls), Extras 15

End Of Day: Australia - 267/6 in 88.0 overs (MJ Clarke 73, MG Johnson 17)

Day 1 Attendence :37901

Day 2

Australia 1st innings

7th Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (MJ Clarke 29, MG Johnson 22, Ex 2)

Australia: 300 runs in 94.5 overs (579 balls), Extras 17

MJ Clarke: 100 off 184 balls (12 x 4)

Drinks: Australia - 320/6 in 102.0 overs (MJ Clarke 111, MG Johnson 31)

7th Wicket: 100 runs in 149 balls (MJ Clarke 59, MG Johnson 42, Ex 2)

Australia: 350 runs in 109.2 overs (666 balls), Extras 17

MG Johnson: 50 off 86 balls (10 x 4)

Lunch: Australia - 368/6 in 116.0 overs (MJ Clarke 135, MG Johnson 54)

Australia: 400 runs in 126.4 overs (771 balls), Extras 18

Drinks: Australia - 423/8 in 131.0 overs (NM Hauritz 30, PM Siddle 12)

9th Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (NM Hauritz 30, PM Siddle 21, Ex 0)

Innings Break: Australia - 445/10 in 136.2 overs (DE Bollinger 0)

South Africa 1st innings

Tea: South Africa - 18/0 in 6.0 overs (ND McKenzie 1, GC Smith 16)

GC Smith retired hurt at 35/0 (30, 12.5 overs)

South Africa: 50 runs in 17.2 overs (106 balls), Extras 2

Drinks: South Africa - 69/0 in 22.0 overs (ND McKenzie 19, HM Amla 14)

South Africa: 100 runs in 32.4 overs (200 balls), Extras 6

End Of Day: South Africa - 125/1 in 39.0 overs (HM Amla 30, JH Kallis 36)

Day 2 Attendence: 30293

Day 3

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (HM Amla 13, JH Kallis 37, Ex 0)

South Africa: 150 runs in 48.2 overs (295 balls), Extras 8

Drinks: South Africa - 159/2 in 53.0 overs (HM Amla 49, AB de Villiers 11)

HM Amla: 50 off 125 balls (7 x 4)

Lunch: South Africa - 176/4 in 67.0 overs (JP Duminy 10, MV Boucher 4)

South Africa: 200 runs in 79.1 overs (483 balls), Extras 15

Drinks: South Africa - 208/5 in 82.0 overs (MV Boucher 26, M Morkel 2)

New Ball Taken: South Africa 209/5 after 84.1 overs (MV Boucher 27, M Morkel 2)

6th Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls (MV Boucher 23, M Morkel 21, Ex 9)

South Africa: 250 runs in 93.2 overs (569 balls), Extras 24

Tea: South Africa - 251/5 in 94.0 overs (MV Boucher 39, M Morkel 23)

MV Boucher: 50 off 103 balls (7 x 4)

6th Wicket: 100 runs in 192 balls (MV Boucher 53, M Morkel 37, Ex 10)

South Africa: 300 runs in 108.2 overs (659 balls), Extras 25

Day 3 Attendance: 24,665

Drinks: South Africa - 306/5 in 112.0 overs (MV Boucher 77, M Morkel 39)

Australia 2nd innings

Australia 2nd Innings: 1x5 ball over (4th over, M Ntini, called by Umpire EAR de Silva)

End Of Day: Australia - 33/0 in 6.0 overs (ML Hayden 18, SM Katich 9)

Day 4

Australia: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (78 balls), Extras 6

1st Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (ML Hayden 31, SM Katich 16, Ex 6)

Drinks: Australia - 74/1 in 21.0 overs (SM Katich 17, RT Ponting 12)

Australia: 100 runs in 28.3 overs (170 balls), Extras 6

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (SM Katich 10, RT Ponting 40, Ex 0)

Lunch: Australia - 119/1 in 34.0 overs (SM Katich 29, RT Ponting 45)

RT Ponting: 50 off 53 balls (9 x 4)

Australia: 150 runs in 42.6 overs (257 balls), Extras 8

SM Katich: 50 off 123 balls (6 x 4)

Drinks: Australia - 176/2 in 49.0 overs (SM Katich 57, MEK Hussey 19)

Australia: 200 runs in 58.2 overs (349 balls), Extras 9

Tea: Australia - 219/3 in 62.0 overs (MEK Hussey 31, MJ Clarke 22)

4th Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (MEK Hussey 15, MJ Clarke 30, Ex 5)

Australia: 250 runs in 66.6 overs (402 balls), Extras 18

South Africa 2nd innings

Drinks: South Africa - 46/1 in 13.0 overs (ND McKenzie 20, HM Amla 15)

South Africa: 50 runs in 15.3 overs (95 balls), Extras 7

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 100 balls (ND McKenzie 21, HM Amla 24, Ex 7)

End Of Day: South Africa - 67/1 in 26.0 overs (ND McKenzie 25, HM Amla 30)

Day 5

HM Amla: 50 off 91 balls (9 x 4)

Drinks: South Africa - 104/3 in 39.0 overs (HM Amla 54, AB de Villiers 5)

South Africa: 100 runs in 39.2 overs (240 balls), Extras 9

Lunch: South Africa - 144/4 in 55.0 overs (AB de Villiers 29, JP Duminy 7)

South Africa: 150 runs in 58.4 overs (356 balls), Extras 15

5th Wicket: 50 runs in 143 balls (AB de Villiers 30, JP Duminy 15, Ex 8)

Drinks: South Africa - 171/5 in 70.2 overs (AB de Villiers 43)

South Africa 2nd Innings: 1x7 ball over (72nd over, NM Hauritz, called by Umpire BF Bowden)

AB de Villiers: 50 off 125 balls (7 x 4)

Tea: South Africa - 198/7 in 85.0 overs (PL Harris 5, DW Steyn 0)

New Ball Taken: South Africa 198/7 after 89.1 overs (PL Harris 5, DW Steyn 4)

South Africa: 200 runs in 89.3 overs (543 balls), Extras 23

Drinks: South Africa - 244/8 in 101.0 overs (DW Steyn 22, M Ntini 14)

Penalty: 105.1 - Ball striking Fielding Team helmet

South Africa: 250 runs in 107.1 overs (649 balls), Extras 35

9th Wicket: 50 runs in 104 balls (DW Steyn 21, M Ntini 16, Ex 13)

Match Details

GroundSydney Cricket Ground

TossAustralia, elected to bat first

Series

South Africa tour of Australia

Season2008/09

Player Of The Match

Peter Siddle

Player Of The Series

Graeme Smith

Series resultSouth Africa won the 3-match series 2-1

Match numberTest no. 1904

Hours of play (local time)10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30

Match days3,4,5,6,7 January 2009 - day (5-day match)

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