South Africa and Australia battled each other in the 3rd and last 5-Day Test at Newlands, Cape Town, from 10:30 SA Time on Saturday 1 March to Wednesday 5 March.
South Africa and Australia were 1 / 1 in the series, after South Africa convincingly beat Australia in the 2nd Test at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth.
The score cards was updated at regular intervals here on Rugby-Talk.
Australia took control of the match from the first ball of the test, declaring their innings twice, whilst South Africa fell cheaply in the first innings and almost batted for a day and a half in the second innings.
Australia knocked the last wicket over, that of Morne Morkel, with only 27 balls left in the Test.
Australia win by 245 runs and win the Test Series 2 / 1.
Australia:
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First Innings – 494 / 7 Declared (127.4 Overs)
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Second Innings – 303 / 5 Declared (58 Overs)
South Africa:
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First Innings – 287 All Out (82.5 Overs)
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Second Innings – 265 All Out (134.3 Overs)
Australia won by 245 runs
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CJL Rogers | c Smith b Steyn | 25 | 57 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 60.97 |
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DA Warner | c †de Villiers b Duminy | 135 | 262 | 152 | 12 | 1 | 88.81 |
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AJ Doolan | c Steyn b Philander | 20 | 83 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 30.30 |
| MJ Clarke* | not out | 161 | 430 | 301 | 17 | 0 | 53.48 | |
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SPD Smith | b Elgar | 84 | 214 | 155 | 9 | 3 | 54.19 |
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SR Watson | c Amla b Duminy | 40 | 50 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 125.00 |
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BJ Haddin† | c Amla b Duminy | 13 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 61.90 |
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MG Johnson | c †de Villiers b Duminy | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| RJ Harris | not out | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Extras | (w 6, nb 6) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets dec; 127.4 overs; 572 mins) | 494 | (3.86 runs per over) | |||||
Did not batJL Pattinson, NM Lyon
Fall of wickets 1-65 (Rogers, 13.3 ov), 2-138 (Doolan, 31.3 ov), 3-217 (Warner, 57.4 ov), 4-401 (Smith, 107.5 ov), 5-456 (Watson, 118.4 ov), 6-489 (Haddin, 126.5 ov), 7-489 (Johnson, 126.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DW Steyn | 10.1 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.32 | |
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VD Philander | 26.4 | 2 | 116 | 1 | 4.35 | (1nb) |
| M Morkel | 23.5 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 3.94 | (4nb, 2w) | |
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JP Duminy | 17 | 0 | 73 | 4 | 4.29 | |
| KJ Abbott | 28 | 11 | 68 | 0 | 2.42 | (1nb) | |
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D Elgar | 22 | 0 | 99 | 1 | 4.50 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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GC Smith* | c †Haddin b Harris | 5 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 26.31 |
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AN Petersen | c †Haddin b Johnson | 53 | 106 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 85.48 |
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D Elgar | c †Haddin b Pattinson | 11 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 55.00 |
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HM Amla | b Harris | 38 | 76 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 73.07 |
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AB de Villiers† | c Clarke b Johnson | 14 | 69 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 37.83 |
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F du Plessis | c Warner b Johnson | 67 | 171 | 135 | 6 | 0 | 49.62 |
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JP Duminy | c †Haddin b Harris | 4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| VD Philander | not out | 37 | 194 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 34.57 | |
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KJ Abbott | b Watson | 3 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
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DW Steyn | c Watson b Johnson | 28 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 103.70 |
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M Morkel | c Watson b Pattinson | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.77 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 3, w 6, nb 3) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 82.5 overs; 389 mins) | 287 | (3.46 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Smith, 4.5 ov), 2-42 (Elgar, 11.4 ov), 3-95 (Petersen, 21.2 ov), 4-121 (Amla, 28.1 ov), 5-133 (de Villiers, 35.4 ov), 6-146 (Duminy, 38.6 ov), 7-241 (du Plessis, 67.2 ov), 8-249 (Abbott, 73.6 ov), 9-279 (Steyn, 81.3 ov), 10-287 (Morkel, 82.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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RJ Harris | 22 | 9 | 63 | 3 | 2.86 | (1nb) |
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MG Johnson | 19 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 2.21 | |
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JL Pattinson | 18.5 | 4 | 77 | 2 | 4.08 | (2nb, 2w) |
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SR Watson | 9 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.77 | |
| NM Lyon | 12 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 4.41 | ||
| SPD Smith | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CJL Rogers | run out (Steyn) | 39 | 92 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 58.20 |
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DA Warner | c †de Villiers b Abbott | 145 | 243 | 156 | 13 | 4 | 92.94 |
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AJ Doolan | c Abbott b Morkel | 37 | 91 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 42.52 |
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SR Watson | c Duminy b Abbott | 25 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 147.05 |
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MJ Clarke* | c sub (Q de Kock) b Abbott | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| SPD Smith | not out | 36 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 180.00 | |
| BJ Haddin† | not out | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 12, nb 3) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets dec; 58 overs; 252 mins) | 303 | (5.22 runs per over) | |||||
Did not batMG Johnson, RJ Harris, JL Pattinson, NM Lyon
Fall of wickets 1-123 (Rogers, 20.2 ov), 2-188 (Doolan, 44.6 ov), 3-245 (Watson, 50.6 ov), 4-257 (Clarke, 52.2 ov), 5-290 (Warner, 56.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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M Morkel | 13 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 5.15 | (1nb) |
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KJ Abbott | 14 | 2 | 61 | 3 | 4.35 | |
| VD Philander | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 7.00 | (2nb) | |
| JP Duminy | 19 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 4.00 | ||
| DW Steyn | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 | ||
| D Elgar | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 511 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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AN Petersen | lbw b Harris | 9 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 81.81 |
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GC Smith* | c Doolan b Johnson | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
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D Elgar | b Johnson | 0 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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HM Amla | lbw b Pattinson | 41 | 148 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 37.61 |
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AB de Villiers† | c †Haddin b Harris | 43 | 326 | 228 | 6 | 0 | 18.85 |
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KJ Abbott | b Pattinson | 7 | 114 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 7.86 |
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F du Plessis | lbw b Smith | 47 | 157 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 43.11 |
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JP Duminy | c Lyon b Johnson | 43 | 159 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 43.43 |
| VD Philander | not out | 51 | 155 | 105 | 6 | 1 | 48.57 | |
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DW Steyn | b Harris | 1 | 75 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2.27 |
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M Morkel | b Harris | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 5) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 134.3 overs; 611 mins) | 265 | (1.97 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Petersen, 2.1 ov), 2-12 (Smith, 3.1 ov), 3-15 (Elgar, 5.6 ov), 4-68 (Amla, 36.4 ov), 5-95 (Abbott, 66.1 ov), 6-136 (de Villiers, 84.2 ov), 7-173 (du Plessis, 102.1 ov), 8-246 (Duminy, 119.1 ov), 9-265 (Steyn, 134.1 ov), 10-265 (Morkel, 134.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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RJ Harris | 24.3 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 1.30 | |
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MG Johnson | 34 | 11 | 92 | 3 | 2.70 | |
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JL Pattinson | 27 | 10 | 62 | 2 | 2.29 | (3nb, 2w) |
| NM Lyon | 22 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0.45 | ||
| SR Watson | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.66 | (1nb) | |
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SPD Smith | 13 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 3.30 | (1nb) |
| MJ Clarke | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.40 |
Match details
Series – Australia won the 3-match series 2-1
TV umpire – RK Illingworth (England)
Match referee – RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire – AT Holdstock
- – day 1 – Australia 1st innings 331/3 (MJ Clarke 92*, SPD Smith 50*, 88 ov)
- – day 2 – Australia 1st innings 494/7d (MJ Clarke 161*, RJ Harris 4*, 127.4 ov)
- – day 3 – Australia 2nd innings 27/0 (CJL Rogers 1*, DA Warner 25*, 6 ov)
- – day 4 – South Africa 2nd innings 71/4 (AB de Villiers 16*, KJ Abbott 1*, 41 ov)
@ grootblousmile:
You are right.. it is not the coach.. too much infighting, favouritism, bullshitting etc….and it seems to be getting worse.
Personally I do not really care much about local soccer anymore …. only support Liverpool FC these days.
421 @ robzim:
Personally I cannot get attached to a sport or a Club or a Country that I share no herritage or allegiance with… and soccer and English Soccer in particular is just that for me… it is foreign, it is not part of my make-up.
It’s the world we live in which sculpts us.
Look, I do not doubt the quality of some (a lot) of the football athletes or the fact that it is the world’s biggest sport by some distance.
I suppose being Afrikaans does not help much on top of it, because soccer / football (call it what you like) is not ingrained in the Afrikaans culture the way it is amongst the English, hell Afrikaans schools do not even offer Soccer as a sport, mostly.
I would watch the Soccer World Cup casually out of interest and for the spectacle it represents… but then again I would watch freegin Moto X or gymnastics with the same interest… purely to know what’s going on out there.
I am not knowlegeable in soccer, I know the basics… and must admit I have a few pet hates about the sport… mostly revolving around showboating and about injury faking and shit like that.
I would however not put someone down who likes soccer… and in fact eventually there will be a Soccer-Talk, Cricket-Talk and Motorsport-Talk as well because I have already bought those domain names… they belong to me. But those departments will be handled by people who know what they’re on about in the sport… when I eventually decide to launch those arms of the “Sport-Talk Empire”.
Cricket I care about, golf I like and I moer and soek when I get the chance. Squash I really enjoy as a sport I play to keep fit… when I get the chance lately.
Formula 1 racing, swimming & athletics is OK, and still in front of the queue before soccer in my books, but I hardly watch that, simply because I have to spend time with my family too… when I do not watch too much freegin rugby and / or work strange hours.
And with that profound statement I bid you good night!
@ grootblousmile:
Fair statement..we all have our preferences and as you said it depends on our makeup or culture.
As far as team sports are concerned I follow Rugby, Cricket and Soccer ( mostly English Premiership).
If I am forced to pick one out of the 3 I will probably go for soccer ( football according to the Poms) … besides being a beautiful game to watch ( for me) it is just so much more competitive than rugby or cricket in terms of the number of nations or teams that are really competitive.
Faking injuries and “diving” in soccer are certainly problematic … no idea how they are going to solve it….. to take the occasional dive seems to be part of the repertoire of a good striker.. the stakes are so high these players would do anything to get an advantage..
My pet hate in rugby again is the driving maul… but sadly it seems to be the only way my favourite team ( Stormers) can score these days… what a let down 🙂
good night to U too.. sorry i took so long to respond but i have been distracted.
From Graeme Joffee’s Sportfire website on 20th Feb’ 2014:
20 February
Will Smith be next?
I just get the feeling Graeme Smith is going to call it a day on his test career after this series against Australia.
Smith has been fairly outspoken of late and the latest was his “dig” at CSA management for announcing the contracted list of players before the 2nd test against Australia, starting today in Port Elizabeth.
Smith quoted as saying:
“ It’s another curve ball that’s tough to deal with but we just have to find a way.”
And I have to agree with him.
No contracts for Dean Elgar and Thami Tsolekile, who are both in the current squad and Elgar is playing in this test.
Contracts for Quinton de Kock and David Miller, who many believe should have been in the current test squad.
So, CSA have got their timing wrong and it’s almost as if they are admitting the test selections were wrong as well.
Seem that Joffers has an insight that many others don’t!
Also from Sportsfire “An open letter – Peter Markview”
I am personally not convinced that this is a long well thought out decision of his. I also don’t think it’s only about having a poor series. I thinks it’s more to do with the politics infiltrating Cricket SA and the changing face of South African cricket. For me, I think Biff is tired of having to fight all the time, to get the “best” side, the side he thinks he needs to win series. I think all the off field issues are distracting him from just being a cricket captain and opening batsman. He’s tired of having to “fight” administrators to prepare wickets that would suit our strengths, and for them to ignore him. I believe there is a lot going on behind the scene in SA Cricket and Graeme has reached the end. He’s the one who takes the flack when we lose, but AB, Hash and Dale are the ones getting the accolades when we win. I’m sure he doesn’t begrudge them in the least, but I think he is having less and less influence on his own destiny within the mess that is still SA Cricket and he’s had enough.
Biff, thanks for being a great Captain and player, you may never have been a pretty player to watch (hey, sometimes your cover drive went through mid-wicket), but stats don’t lie and even the non-measurable ’s will show that you were immensely respected by your opponents. Your stats may not reflect Jacques Kallis numbers, but I think your impact was no less considerable.
farken load shedding
426 @ Scrumdown:
nice words.
428 @ MacroBull:
Not mine. I could never be so eloquent. Blunt and to the brutal point is more my style.
@ MacroBull:
Enough with the load shedding call it what is is.
Blackouts.
Load shedding is a term inserted into the public lexicon by the government to put a less negative spin on it.
@ gunther:
argh
farking blackouts
is this going on till 22?
MacroBull wrote:
10pm
Scrumdown wrote:
haha I know. nice words by this markview fellow.
Thank goodness the power just went back on.
433 @ MacroBull:
My wife reckons that parts of Kempton Park could be out until 21h00!
Eksdom say only 2 hour rolling blackouts, but possibly the municipality just too incompetent to implement at short notice.
434 @ Scrumdown:
I had my Blackout on Tuesday already, for most of the freegin day… they better stay away from the Panne, I am still trying to catch up!
435 @ grootblousmile:
If there’s no power I suppose I’ll have to go and eat at a pub with a genny?
I left a voice mail on your phone re that issue we spoke about.
Did you manage to get any info’ yesterday?
436 @ Scrumdown:
Never went to P-Town yesterday… will be going there late morning today… will let you know.
South Africa’s leading run-scorer in Test cricket, Jacques Kallis, hopes Graeme Smith will get the credit he deserves in retirement, which he did not get from the public during his playing career.
Smith announced his impending retirement from international cricket on Monday evening, and Kallis said it was time he was properly recognised for his achievements.
“He’s probably another South African sportsman that hasn’t got the credit that I think he deserves,” said Kallis at Newlands in Cape Town, on Tuesday.
“Now in his retirement I hope we can give him the due respect he deserves.
“Maybe it’s a South African thing where we like keeping our guys down on the ground, criticising them.”
437 @ grootblousmile:
Thanks.
Kallis said Smith had always shown character in his roles as an opening batsman and captain.
“How I will remember Graeme is him being the man for the tough situation.
“To average around 50 mostly in South African conditions is a hell of an effort.”
Retired Proteas player, Shaun Pollock said he knew Smith was a leader from the moment he started playing for the national team.
“Graeme always stood out as a very mature cricket brain even from a young age,” said Pollock.
“When he started, people would have thought he was a brash 22-year-old making big statements. He stuck to his guns and it wasn’t long before he had two double centuries to his name as captain, and it gave him time to develop as a leader.”
Smith was never the most technically correct batsman, but made up for it in other ways said Pollock.
“Technically he wasn’t the best you would come across, but from a tenacity point of view, and the number of runs he scored, he was fantastic.
“You don’t have to be pretty to be effective, but he was very effective.”
Smith was misunderstood, which led to public criticism throughout his career explained Pollock.
“It was never about Graeme Smith’s legacy, it was always about what he felt was right for the team. It was misinterpreted in the early stages of his career.
“We’re a very passionate sporting nation. It’s our team when we’re winning, and it’s Graeme’s team when we’re losing.”
@ grootblousmile:
Fair call, keep up the good work.I see the Aussies are getting some bad press re their behaviour in SA.
@ gunther:
To be fair you’ve probably got a little bit too much to say, what’s the inside word on Oscar is he going to do an OJ?
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