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575-8d
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189 & 204
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Overs: 145.0 RR: 3.97 vs spin: 3.23
vs seam: 4.10
Overs: 68.5 RR: 2.96 vs spin: 3.38
vs seam: 2.67
Sun 25/12/22 Australia v South Africa, 2nd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 182 runs
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South Africa - 1st Inns 189 (68.4; RR: 2.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
D Elgar run out 26 68 2 0 38.24
SJ Erwee c Usman Khawaja b Boland 18 30 3 0 60.00
TB de Bruyn c Carey b Green 12 31 2 0 38.71
T Bavuma c Carey b Starc 1 8 0 0 12.50
K Zondo c Labuschagne b Starc 5 19 0 0 26.32
K Verreynne c Smith b Green 52 99 3 0 52.53
M Jansen c Carey b Green 59 136 10 0 43.38
KA Maharaj c Cummins b Lyon 2 9 0 0 22.22
K Rabada b Green 4 5 1 0 80.00
AA Nortje not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
LT Ngidi b Green 2 6 0 0 33.33
Extras (3b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 7  
TOTAL 189 all out (68.4 overs; RR: 2.75)

Fall of wickets

29-1 (SJ Erwee 10.4 ov), 56-2 (TB de Bruyn 19.6 ov), 58-3 (D Elgar 22.5 ov), 58-4 (T Bavuma 22.6 ov), 67-5 (K Zondo 28.3 ov), 179-6 (K Verreynne 64.5 ov), 182-7 (M Jansen 66.1 ov), 186-8 (K Rabada 66.6 ov), 186-9 (KA Maharaj 67.3 ov), 189-10 (LT Ngidi 68.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MA Starc 13.0 2 39 2 3.00 0 0
PJ Cummins 14.0 4 30 0 2.14 0 0
SM Boland 14.0 2 34 1 2.43 0 1
NM Lyon 17.0 3 53 1 3.12 0 0
C Green 10.4 3 27 5 2.70 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 575-8 (145.0; RR: 3.97)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DA Warner b Nortje 200 255 16 2 78.43
Usman Khawaja c Verreynne b Rabada 1 11 0 0 9.09
M Labuschagne run out 14 35 1 0 40.00
SPD Smith c de Bruyn b Nortje 85 161 9 1 52.80
TM Head b Nortje 51 55 7 1 92.73
C Green not out 51 177 5 0 28.81
AT Carey c & b Jansen 111 149 13 0 74.50
PJ Cummins c Verreynne b Rabada 4 3 1 0 133.33
NM Lyon c Zondo b Ngidi 25 17 3 1 147.06
MA Starc not out 10 12 0 1 83.33
SM Boland  
Extras (5b, 12lb, 1w, 5nb) 23  
TOTAL 575-8 (145.0 overs; RR: 3.97)

Fall of wickets

21-1 (Usman Khawaja 6.4 ov), 75-2 (M Labuschagne 18.3 ov), 314-3 (SPD Smith 74.1 ov), 395-4 (TM Head 93.3 ov), 395-5 (DA Warner 93.4 ov), 400-6 (PJ Cummins 94.2 ov), 440-7 (NM Lyon 100.6 ov), 557-8 (AT Carey 140.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Rabada 28.0 1 144 2 5.14 0 3
LT Ngidi 22.1 2 98 1 4.45 0 0
M Jansen 28.0 1 89 1 3.18 1 1
AA Nortje 25.0 1 92 3 3.68 0 1
KA Maharaj 41.5 3 135 0 3.29 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 204 (68.5; RR: 2.96)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SJ Erwee lbw b Starc 21 41 1 0 51.22
D Elgar c Carey b Cummins 0 3 0 0 0.00
TB de Bruyn c Smith b Boland 28 67 2 0 41.79
T Bavuma c Sub b Lyon 65 144 6 0 45.14
K Zondo run out 1 19 0 0 5.26
K Verreynne lbw b Boland 33 40 5 0 82.50
M Jansen lbw b Lyon 5 29 0 0 17.24
KA Maharaj run out 13 20 2 0 65.00
K Rabada c Cummins b Lyon 3 12 0 0 25.00
AA Nortje not out 8 18 1 0 44.44
LT Ngidi b Smith 19 21 2 1 90.48
Extras (2b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb) 8  
TOTAL 204 all out (68.5 overs; RR: 2.96)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (D Elgar 1.3 ov), 47-2 (SJ Erwee 16.6 ov), 57-3 (TB de Bruyn 19.5 ov), 65-4 (K Zondo 26.6 ov), 128-5 (K Verreynne 43.5 ov), 144-6 (M Jansen 52.6 ov), 174-7 (KA Maharaj 60.1 ov), 176-8 (T Bavuma 61.3 ov), 177-9 (K Rabada 63.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MA Starc 18.0 4 62 1 3.44 0 0
PJ Cummins 16.0 8 20 1 1.25 0 2
SM Boland 15.0 2 49 2 3.27 0 0
NM Lyon 17.0 1 58 3 3.41 0 0
SPD Smith 2.5 0 9 1 4.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 2nd Test

Date

Sunday December 25, 2022

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

11:30pm UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

Australia Team

Playing XI

DA Warner, Usman Khawaja, M Labuschagne, SPD Smith, TM Head, C Green, AT Carey, MA Starc, PJ Cummins, NM Lyon, SM Boland

South Africa Team

Playing XI

D Elgar, SJ Erwee, TB de Bruyn, T Bavuma, K Zondo, K Verreynne, M Jansen, KA Maharaj, K Rabada, AA Nortje, LT Ngidi