Australia and the South African Proteas do battle in the 2nd Test of the Series in Australia at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

The game takes place mostly in the middle of the night for South Africans, so live updates will not be given accross the board, but updates will be done in the mornings.

On a belter pitch, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. After a massive start by Australia with the bat on Day 1, hitting close to 500 runs, South Africa was always going to be on the back foot. A super fight back followed by South Africa and on Day 5 of the Test South Africa’s Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers still had a mountain to climb to save the match with South Africa on 77 / 4, still 355 runs short and only 6 wickets in hand. Each batsman pitched in, dug deep, and Faf du Plessis (playing in his maiden Test) held out right until the end, seeing 4 wickets fall around him.

The match ended in a draw, well saved by South Africa.

 

 

Australia: 550 All Out & 267 / 8 Declared (70 overs)

South Africa: 388 All Out & 248 / 8 (148 overs)

 

Stumps Day 5

Match Drawn

  • South Africa in Australia Test Series – 2nd Test
  • Test no. 2061 | 2012/13 season
  • Played at Adelaide Oval
  • 22,23,24,25,26 November 2012 (5-day match)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
DA Warner c Smith b Morkel 119 176 112 16 4 106.25
EJM Cowan c & b Kallis 10 14 29 1 0 34.48
RJ Quiney c Smith b Morkel 0 9 8 0 0 0.00
RT Ponting b Kallis 4 6 3 1 0 133.33
MJ Clarke* b Morkel 230 345 257 40 1 89.49
MEK Hussey b Steyn 103 209 137 9 4 75.18
MS Wade† c †de Villiers b Morkel 6 41 28 1 0 21.42
PM Siddle c Smith b Kleinveldt 6 30 21 1 0 28.57
JL Pattinson c Smith b Steyn 42 53 35 4 2 120.00
BW Hilfenhaus c Kleinveldt b Morkel 0 7 8 0 0 0.00
NM Lyon not out 7 33 17 1 0 41.17
Extras (lb 11, w 1, nb 11) 23
Total (all out; 107.2 overs; 481 mins) 550 (5.12 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-43 (Cowan, 10.3 ov), 2-44 (Quiney, 11.6 ov), 3-55 (Ponting, 12.6 ov), 4-210 (Warner, 37.2 ov), 5-482 (Hussey, 86.5 ov), 6-494 (Clarke, 91.4 ov), 7-501 (Wade, 95.6 ov), 8-503 (Siddle, 98.2 ov), 9-504 (Hilfenhaus, 99.6 ov), 10-550 (Pattinson, 107.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 23.4 4 79 2 3.33
M Morkel 30 5 146 5 4.86
JH Kallis 3.3 1 19 2 5.42
RK Kleinveldt 20.1 4 81 1 4.01 (6nb, 1w)
Imran Tahir 23 0 180 0 7.82 (5nb)
F du Plessis 7 0 34 0 4.85
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GC Smith* c †Wade b Siddle 122 297 244 14 0 50.00
AN Petersen run out (Hussey) 54 159 112 7 0 48.21
HM Amla st †Wade b Warner 11 48 26 2 0 42.30
JA Rudolph c Quiney b Lyon 29 80 64 3 0 45.31
AB de Villiers† lbw b Siddle 1 22 15 0 0 6.66
F du Plessis c Clarke b Hilfenhaus 78 206 159 13 1 49.05
DW Steyn c Ponting b Hilfenhaus 1 26 15 0 0 6.66
RK Kleinveldt b Hilfenhaus 0 9 5 0 0 0.00
JH Kallis c †Wade b Clarke 58 111 93 10 1 62.36
M Morkel b Lyon 6 15 9 1 0 66.66
Imran Tahir not out 10 30 11 1 0 90.90
Extras (b 7, lb 2, w 3, nb 6) 18
Total (all out; 124.3 overs) 388 (3.11 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-138 (Petersen, 41.2 ov), 2-169 (Amla, 50.5 ov), 3-233 (Rudolph, 73.1 ov), 4-233 (Smith, 74.2 ov), 5-240 (de Villiers, 76.6 ov), 6-246 (Steyn, 82.4 ov), 7-250 (Kleinveldt, 84.3 ov), 8-343 (Kallis, 114.5 ov), 9-352 (Morkel, 117.5 ov), 10-388 (du Plessis, 124.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
BW Hilfenhaus 19.3 6 49 3 2.51
JL Pattinson 9.1 0 41 0 4.47 (4nb, 1w)
NM Lyon 44 7 91 2 2.06
PM Siddle 30.5 6 130 2 4.21 (2nb)
MJ Clarke 7 1 22 1 3.14
MEK Hussey 1 0 7 0 7.00 (2w)
DA Warner 5 0 27 1 5.40
RJ Quiney 8 3 12 0 1.50
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
EJM Cowan b Kleinveldt 29 60 50 6 0 58.00
DA Warner c du Plessis b Kleinveldt 41 40 60 6 0 68.33
RJ Quiney c †de Villiers b Kleinveldt 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
RT Ponting b Steyn 16 40 34 3 0 47.05
MJ Clarke* lbw b Steyn 38 122 61 3 1 62.29
PM Siddle c †de Villiers b Morkel 1 16 16 0 0 6.25
MEK Hussey c Steyn b Morkel 54 123 95 7 0 56.84
MS Wade† c †de Villiers b Morkel 18 73 50 1 0 36.00
JL Pattinson not out 29 57 42 6 0 69.04
BW Hilfenhaus not out 18 128 19 4 0 94.73
Extras (b 4, lb 10, nb 9) 23
Total (8 wickets dec; 70 overs) 267 (3.81 runs per over)
Did not bat NM Lyon
Fall of wickets 1-77 (Warner, 16.1 ov), 2-77 (Quiney, 16.3 ov), 3-91 (Cowan, 20.6 ov), 4-98 (Ponting, 26.2 ov), 5-103 (Siddle, 29.6 ov), 6-173 (Clarke, 47.1 ov), 7-206 (Hussey, 57.2 ov), 8-220 (Wade, 63.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 17 5 50 2 2.94 (1nb)
M Morkel 19 4 50 3 2.63 (1nb)
Imran Tahir 14 1 80 0 5.71 (2nb)
RK Kleinveldt 19 2 65 3 3.42 (5nb)
F du Plessis 1 0 8 0 8.00
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 430 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Petersen b Siddle 24 83 62 3 0 38.70
GC Smith* c Ponting b Hilfenhaus 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
HM Amla c Clarke b Lyon 17 39 28 4 0 60.71
JA Rudolph c Cowan b Lyon 3 37 34 0 0 8.82
AB de Villiers† b Siddle 33 245 220 0 0 15.00
F du Plessis not out 110 464 376 14 0 29.25
JH Kallis c Cowan b Lyon 46 149 110 6 0 41.81
DW Steyn c Quiney b Siddle 0 36 28 0 0 0.00
RK Kleinveldt b Siddle 3 22 17 0 0 17.64
M Morkel not out 8 15 12 2 0 66.66
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) 4
Total (8 wickets; 148 overs) 248 (1.67 runs per over)
Did not bat Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Smith, 0.6 ov), 2-36 (Amla, 11.3 ov), 3-45 (Rudolph, 19.5 ov), 4-45 (Petersen, 20.6 ov), 5-134 (de Villiers, 88.6 ov), 6-233 (Kallis, 128.1 ov), 7-234 (Steyn, 137.5 ov), 8-240 (Kleinveldt, 143.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
BW Hilfenhaus 34 16 65 1 1.91
PM Siddle 33 15 65 4 1.96 (1nb)
MJ Clarke 18 5 34 0 1.88
NM Lyon 50 31 49 3 0.98
DA Warner 6 0 29 0 4.83
RJ Quiney 6 3 4 0 0.66 (1w)
RT Ponting 1 1 0 0 0.00
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series 3-match series level 0-0
Test debut F du Plessis (South Africa)
Player of the match F du Plessis (South Africa)
Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RA Kettleborough (England)
TV umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire JD Ward
Close of play
– day 1 – Australia 1st innings 482/5 (MJ Clarke 224*, 86.5 ov)
– day 2 – South Africa 1st innings 217/2 (GC Smith 111*, JA Rudolph 25*, 67 ov)
– day 3 – Australia 2nd innings 111/5 (MJ Clarke 9*, MEK Hussey 5*, 32 ov)
– day 4 – South Africa 2nd innings 77/4 (AB de Villiers 12*, F du Plessis 19*, 50 ov)

114 Responses to Cricket: 2nd Test – Australia vs South Africa (Thursday 22 to Monday 26 November 2012)

  • 31

    protea’s 133/0

    Smith 65no and Petersen 54no

  • 32

    Really good to see MOrne bowling with a lot more dissapline this morning, and it paid high rewards.

    Also this was good for our team with so many injuries, now the bowlers have some time to get treatment and sought out stiff ham strings like Steyn has.

  • 33

    First wicket falls to a goddam run out, Petersen runs himself out, shocking, why the hell we always give the Aussies cheap wickets

  • 34

    sharky @ 33
    add to that amla’s brain explosion and both wickets to fall was gift-wrapped. (couldve been worse though, gsmith could also have been out)
    ..
    good news is gsmith just went to his century. am i correct in saying that we’ve NEVER lost a game in which he made a century? (in fact, i’m quite sure that we’ve won a huge amount of those games)
    ..
    anyway, i think tomorrow will be the defining day of this test. batting conditions still good, but according to those who know, the character of the pitch is due to change dramatically from day 4 onwards. if we can bat out the whole of tomorrow (even at the current rate), i’m sure we’d be in a very good position come day 4.

  • 35

    Good Morning Asbakkie,

    Yes agreed i just said as much to Pat Simmo on twitter, I get nervous with our running between the wickets too, lots of hesitation.

    Smith batting ok, but he also like you say been very lucky

  • 36

    We need to bat right through tomorrow, we really need a lead on this wicket, lots of turn out there for the spinners

  • 37

    As far as I know, you are correct Ashley, we have never lost a test where Smith made a century.
    I didnt watch todays first couple of sessions, just too damn early in the morning, but this is a weird game, after yesterday, I was sure Aus would get about 650, but a sort of mini collapse instead.
    I reckon the main thing for us today is to occupy the crease, never mind the run rate, just bat out the day, and tomorrow.
    One thing that does bug me is a run out in test matches. In 20-20, fine, take a chance every run is vital, but in a test match there is no rush, and no top order wicket is worth taking a chance that at best will only reward you with one run.

  • 38

    peter j, sharky
    should we bat out tomorrow, and hopefully still have a few wickets in hand, we should be in the lead by then
    and
    can hopefully ensure that by the time the aussies bat again we’re the only team with a chance to win this game!!
    but
    until then, theres still a lot of work to be done!!

  • 39

    Article’s Score sheets updated as at Stumps of Day 2

  • 40

    Die Chokers al weer besig om hul choking vorm te herwin.

    Van 217/2 na 360/9 sommer vinnig vinnig. 140 lopies vir 7 paaltjies. AB totaal uit vorm (HM se skuld, hehe).

    Aussies gaan vir ‘n dag kolf, so 450/3 verklaar, en dan die Chokers uitboul vir so 280.

  • 41

    Faf wys so bietjie veggees hier aan die einde, nou op 67.

  • 42

    Komaan Tahir, slaan soveel lopies as wat jy afgestaan het met jou boulwerk, 150 !

  • 43

    Sal die Aussies onder 200 moet uitboul as ons hierdie toets wil red. En dit sal nie sommer gebeur nie, aangesien ons boulers in hierdie reeks dit nog nie kon regkry om Aussies onder die 500 te beperk nie.

    Faf slaan ‘n paar mooi viere en sommer ‘n ses ook.

    Twee veranderings nodig vir die 3de toets:
    AB moet vervang word deur ‘n paaltjiewagter dat hy op sy kolfwerk kan konsentreer
    Peterson vir Tahir vervang.

  • 44

    36 lopies vir 10de paaltjie vennootskap.

  • 45

    Faf uit vir 78, almal uit vir 388

    So ‘n massiewe 172 lopies agter.

  • 46

    45: 162 lopies agter

  • 47

    I think we are in big trouble here, off to gym now, but I will check where we are a bit later. Unless our bowlers can perform some kind of miracle I think we are going to lose this one. I am still dubious about AB keeping wicket, his batting seems to have suffered, and especially after taking all the strain of that long Aussie innings. Rather let him be a specialist batsman.

  • 48

    Oh nooo Tahir got Cowan caught BUT it was ruled to be off a no ball!

  • 49

    2 quick wixkets for Rory,

    Wickets becoming very difficult to bat on

  • 50

    47 @ Peter J:
    Yes don’t know why he is keeping Peter J, sounds like he might not be keeping anymore after this series, some of us said he shouldn’t be keeper right when he took over so why couldn’t the real pro’s who select the team, and should know far more than us, see that it would be a mistake to make AB keep wicket?

  • 51

    49 @ Sharks_forever:
    Helloooo Sharky thanks for that those wickets fell while I was typing my previous comment, good stuf, hopefully at the very least it will slow the Aussie scoring rate so they declare that little bit later to give us less time to bat out for the draw.

  • 52

    Looks like its going to be very wet at Twickenham this afternoon, so won’t be easy for them to play an expansive game. Also rain for Cardiff for Wales/All Blacks game – wonder if they will leave the roof open to try and make it a little less hard against the All Blacks. BUT nothing of the sort for the Scotland/Tonga game should be lovely and dry Happy-Grin maybe a bit chilly though especially once the sun goes down which should be by 2nd half, mmmm kilt or trousers? Pondering

  • 53

    Aus 80/2 – leading by 242 runs

  • 54

    Another wicket for Kleinveldt, Aus 91/3

  • 55

    Kleinveldt het opgedaag, 3 paaltjies gevat. Waar is die wêreldberoemde Steyn, komaan ou maat, word wakker en doen jou deel. En Tahir, eish, hy het nie ‘n paaltjie gevat die laaste 5000 overs wat hy geboul het nie, het ons werklik nie beter nie ?

    Daar kom Clarke in, nog ‘n 200 en game over vir die amaBlommetjies ! hehe

  • 56

    Good morning BS mate, and a pleasure lol, now our blowlers are fighting back some
    we need to break their back gere though, we need clarke very quickly

    That last wicket has Steyn fired up, Steyn needs to let rip at this Siddle clown,

  • 57

    We need to really close them down here, we cannot have them suddenly making fast runs

  • 58

    NO aggression from Steyn when bowling at Siddle,

  • 59

    Lyk my dit help as ek so bietjie raas, Steyn kry vir Ponting.

    Maar ons was al 3 keer in die posisie, 3 of 4 Aussie paaltjies plat, maar dan los ons hulle om weer groot te kolf. Moet eers Clarke en Hussey uithaal goedkoop, vir enige hoop om te wen of gelykop te speel. Nog baie tyd oor. Enige teiken bo 330 gaan te veel wees, veral met Kallis beseer.

  • 60

    Ons het nie daai killer instinct nie

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