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| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| PJ Hughes | lbw b Harris | 33 | 101 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 51.56 | |
| SM Katich | c Khan b Harris | 55 | 229 | 160 | 7 | 0 | 34.37 | |
| RT Ponting* | c †Boucher b Morkel | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MEK Hussey | b Steyn | 20 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| MJ Clarke | b Steyn | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BJ Haddin† | lbw b Harris | 42 | 101 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 62.68 | |
| AB McDonald | c Kallis b Ntini | 13 | 71 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 29.54 | |
| MG Johnson | c Prince b Steyn | 35 | 73 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 64.81 | |
| PM Siddle | c de Villiers b Ntini | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BE McGain | c de Villiers b Steyn | 2 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| BW Hilfenhaus | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 1, nb 2) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 72 overs; 327 mins) | 209 | (2.90 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 16 | 5 | 56 | 4 | 3.50 | (1nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 17 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 2.23 | (1w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 10 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 3.10 | |||
| JA Morkel | 12 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 3.66 | (1nb) | ||
| PL Harris | 17 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 2.00 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| I Khan | c & b Siddle | 20 | 71 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| AG Prince | c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus | 150 | 358 | 249 | 19 | 2 | 60.24 | |
| HM Amla | c †Haddin b Johnson | 46 | 117 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 52.27 | |
| JH Kallis* | c & b Hilfenhaus | 102 | 269 | 163 | 14 | 2 | 62.57 | |
| AB de Villiers | c McDonald b Katich | 163 | 313 | 196 | 12 | 7 | 83.16 | |
| JP Duminy | b Johnson | 7 | 37 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| MV Boucher† | c Ponting b Johnson | 12 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| JA Morkel | b McDonald | 58 | 85 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 81.69 | |
| PL Harris | c †Haddin b Johnson | 27 | 70 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 55.10 | |
| DW Steyn | c Clarke b Katich | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Extras | (b 19, lb 24, w 9, nb 10) | 62 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 154.3 overs; 679 mins) | 651 | (4.21 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MG Johnson | 37.3 | 5 | 148 | 4 | 3.94 | (6nb, 2w) | ||
| BW Hilfenhaus | 34 | 4 | 133 | 2 | 3.91 | (4nb, 3w) | ||
| PM Siddle | 35 | 15 | 67 | 1 | 1.91 | |||
| BE McGain | 18 | 2 | 149 | 0 | 8.27 | |||
| AB McDonald | 27 | 7 | 102 | 1 | 3.77 | |||
| SM Katich | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| PJ Hughes | c Kallis b Harris | 32 | 57 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 69.56 | |
| SM Katich | c Duminy b Harris | 54 | 248 | 159 | 4 | 1 | 33.96 | |
| RT Ponting* | c †Boucher b Steyn | 12 | 35 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| MEK Hussey | c Duminy b Steyn | 39 | 197 | 153 | 5 | 0 | 25.49 | |
| MJ Clarke | b Steyn | 47 | 128 | 106 | 7 | 0 | 44.33 | |
| BJ Haddin† | c Duminy b Harris | 18 | 40 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| AB McDonald | c de Villiers b Harris | 68 | 170 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 68.68 | |
| MG Johnson | not out | 123 | 154 | 103 | 11 | 5 | 119.41 | |
| PM Siddle | c de Villiers b Harris | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BE McGain | run out (sub [SA Engelbrecht]/Steyn) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BW Hilfenhaus | c Prince b Harris | 12 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 2, w 2, nb 5) | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 121.5 overs; 532 mins) | 422 | (3.46 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 27 | 5 | 96 | 3 | 3.55 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| M Ntini | 19 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 3.47 | (1w) | ||
| JA Morkel | 20 | 1 | 88 | 0 | 4.40 | (2nb) | ||
| PL Harris | 42.5 | 9 | 127 | 6 | 2.96 | (1nb) | ||
| JH Kallis | 10 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 2.10 | (1nb) | ||
| JP Duminy | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 3-match series 2-1 |
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Test debuts
BE McGain
(Australia);
I Khan and
JA Morkel
(South Africa) Player of the match PL Harris (South Africa) Player of the series MG Johnson (Australia) |
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Umpires
Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and SA Bucknor (West Indies) TV umpire BF Bowden (New Zealand) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire M Erasmus |
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Mar 22, 2009 An imperious pull from Mitchell Johnson © Getty Images |
Mar 22, 2009 A beaming Ricky Ponting with the series trophy © Getty Images |
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