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Series:
South Africa in Australia ODI Series
Venue:
Melbourne Cricket Ground,
Melbourne
Date & Time:
Jan 16,
02:15 PM
LOCAL
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South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Australia Innings
271-8 (50 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Shaun Marsh
c Boucher b M Morkel
79
97
4
1
81.44
Michael Hussey
c Boucher b Steyn
6
11
1
0
54.55
Ricky Ponting
c Boucher b Botha
46
54
5
0
85.19
Michael Clarke
c Amla b JA Morkel
19
38
1
0
50.00
David Hussey
b JA Morkel
52
50
5
0
104.00
Cameron White
b Botha
21
24
2
0
87.50
Brad Haddin
run out (JA Morkel)
19
12
2
0
158.33
James Hopes
c van Jaarsveld b M Morkel
2
4
0
0
50.00
Nathan Bracken
not out
12
8
1
0
150.00
Ben Hilfenhaus
not out
1
2
0
0
50.00
Extras
14
(b 2, lb 3, w 9, nb 0, p 0)
Total
271
(8 wkts, 50 Ov)
Did not Bat
Shaun Tait
Fall of Wickets
8-1 (
M Hussey
, 2.5),
102-2 (
R Ponting
, 20.5),
146-3 (
Clarke
, 31.3),
174-4 (
Shaun Marsh
, 37.1),
223-5 (
Cameron White
, 44.6),
231-6 (
D Hussey
, 45.6),
254-7 (
J Hopes
, 47.6),
259-8 (
Haddin
, 48.6)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Dale Steyn
10
2
49
1
0
2
4.90
Albie Morkel
9
0
58
2
0
0
6.44
Jacques Kallis
10
0
35
0
0
0
3.50
Morne Morkel
10
0
68
2
0
2
6.80
Johan Botha
10
0
50
2
0
1
5.00
Jean-Paul Duminy
1
0
6
0
0
0
6.00
South Africa Innings
272-7 (49.3 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Herschelle Gibbs
b Hilfenhaus
22
28
3
0
78.57
Hashim Amla
b Tait
1
3
0
0
33.33
Jacques Kallis
b Clarke
41
49
4
0
83.67
Jean-Paul Duminy
c White b Bracken
71
93
0
0
76.34
Neil McKenzie
c Ponting b Hilfenhaus
63
80
6
0
78.75
Mark Boucher
b Tait
0
1
0
0
0.00
Vaughn van Jaarsveld
run out (Ponting)
4
7
0
0
57.14
Albie Morkel
not out
40
18
4
1
222.22
Johan Botha
not out
12
18
1
0
66.67
Extras
18
(b 0, lb 10, w 8, nb 0, p 0)
Total
272
(7 wkts, 49.3 Ov)
Did not Bat
Dale Steyn
,
Morne Morkel
Fall of Wickets
4-1 (
Amla
, 1.2),
36-2 (
H Gibbs
, 7.4),
90-3 (
Kallis
, 18.3),
213-4 (
Duminy
, 40.6),
215-5 (
M Boucher
, 41.3),
219-6 (
van Jaarsveld
, 42.5),
221-7 (
N McKenzie
, 43.4)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Nathan Bracken
10
2
49
1
0
0
4.90
Shaun Tait
10
0
43
2
0
3
4.30
Ben Hilfenhaus
9.3
1
55
2
0
3
5.91
James Hopes
10
0
51
0
0
0
5.10
David Hussey
5
0
35
0
0
0
7.00
Michael Clarke
5
0
29
1
0
2
5.80
Match Info
Match
AUS vs RSA, 1st ODI, South Africa in Australia ODI Series
Date
Time
Venue
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires
Ian Gould, Bruce Oxenford
Third Umpire
Rod Tucker
Match Referee
Ranjan Madugalle
Australia Squad
Playing
Shaun Marsh
,
Michael Hussey
,
Ricky Ponting (c)
,
Michael Clarke
,
David Hussey
,
Cameron White
,
Brad Haddin (wk)
,
James Hopes
,
Nathan Bracken
,
Ben Hilfenhaus
,
Shaun Tait
Bench
Support Staff
South Africa Squad
Playing
Herschelle Gibbs
,
Hashim Amla
,
Jacques Kallis
,
Jean-Paul Duminy
,
Neil McKenzie
,
Mark Boucher (wk)
,
Vaughn van Jaarsveld
,
Albie Morkel
,
Johan Botha (c)
,
Dale Steyn
,
Morne Morkel
Bench
Support Staff
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