Cricket BallSouth 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:

  • First Innings – 494 / 7 Declared (127.4 Overs)

  • Second Innings – 303 / 5 Declared (58 Overs)

South Africa:

  • First Innings – 287 All Out (82.5 Overs)

  • Second Innings – 265 All Out (134.3 Overs)

 

Australia won by 245 runs

Australia in South Africa Test Series – 3rd Test
Test no. 2122 | 2013/14 season
Played at Newlands, Cape Town
1,2,3,4,5 March 2014 (5-day match)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal CJL Rogers c Smith b Steyn 25 57 41 4 0 60.97
View dismissal DA Warner c †de Villiers b Duminy 135 262 152 12 1 88.81
View dismissal AJ Doolan c Steyn b Philander 20 83 66 3 0 30.30
MJ Clarke* not out 161 430 301 17 0 53.48
View dismissal SPD Smith b Elgar 84 214 155 9 3 54.19
View dismissal SR Watson c Amla b Duminy 40 50 32 2 3 125.00
View dismissal BJ Haddin† c Amla b Duminy 13 33 21 2 0 61.90
View dismissal 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
View wicket DW Steyn 10.1 0 44 1 4.32
View wicket VD Philander 26.4 2 116 1 4.35 (1nb)
M Morkel 23.5 2 94 0 3.94 (4nb, 2w)
View wickets JP Duminy 17 0 73 4 4.29
KJ Abbott 28 11 68 0 2.42 (1nb)
View wicket D Elgar 22 0 99 1 4.50
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal GC Smith* c †Haddin b Harris 5 24 19 1 0 26.31
View dismissal AN Petersen c †Haddin b Johnson 53 106 62 8 0 85.48
View dismissal D Elgar c †Haddin b Pattinson 11 35 20 1 0 55.00
View dismissal HM Amla b Harris 38 76 52 6 0 73.07
View dismissal AB de Villiers† c Clarke b Johnson 14 69 37 2 0 37.83
View dismissal F du Plessis c Warner b Johnson 67 171 135 6 0 49.62
View dismissal JP Duminy c †Haddin b Harris 4 16 8 0 0 50.00
VD Philander not out 37 194 107 1 0 34.57
View dismissal KJ Abbott b Watson 3 29 25 0 0 12.00
View dismissal DW Steyn c Watson b Johnson 28 38 27 5 0 103.70
View dismissal 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
View wickets RJ Harris 22 9 63 3 2.86 (1nb)
View wickets MG Johnson 19 5 42 4 2.21
View wickets JL Pattinson 18.5 4 77 2 4.08 (2nb, 2w)
View wicket 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
View dismissal CJL Rogers run out (Steyn) 39 92 67 6 0 58.20
View dismissal DA Warner c †de Villiers b Abbott 145 243 156 13 4 92.94
View dismissal AJ Doolan c Abbott b Morkel 37 91 87 5 0 42.52
View dismissal SR Watson c Duminy b Abbott 25 31 17 1 2 147.05
View dismissal 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
View wicket M Morkel 13 1 67 1 5.15 (1nb)
View wickets 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
View dismissal AN Petersen lbw b Harris 9 10 11 0 0 81.81
View dismissal GC Smith* c Doolan b Johnson 3 16 3 0 0 100.00
View dismissal D Elgar b Johnson 0 19 13 0 0 0.00
View dismissal HM Amla lbw b Pattinson 41 148 109 4 0 37.61
View dismissal AB de Villiers† c †Haddin b Harris 43 326 228 6 0 18.85
View dismissal KJ Abbott b Pattinson 7 114 89 1 0 7.86
View dismissal F du Plessis lbw b Smith 47 157 109 5 0 43.11
View dismissal JP Duminy c Lyon b Johnson 43 159 99 8 0 43.43
VD Philander not out 51 155 105 6 1 48.57
View dismissal DW Steyn b Harris 1 75 44 0 0 2.27
View dismissal 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
View wickets RJ Harris 24.3 15 32 4 1.30
View wickets MG Johnson 34 11 92 3 2.70
View wickets 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)
View wicket SPD Smith 13 3 43 1 3.30 (1nb)
MJ Clarke 5 2 7 0 1.40

Match details


Toss – Australia, who chose to bat
Series – Australia won the 3-match series 2-1
Player of the match – tba
Umpires – Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
TV umpire – RK Illingworth (England)
Match referee – RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire – AT Holdstock
Close of play

  • – 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)

442 Responses to Cricket: South Africa vs Australia – 3rd 5-Day Test

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  • 1

    Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

  • 2

    Warner to wear a kookaburra on his head, and then get the vullis out cheaply

  • 3

    Is Quinton playing?

  • 4

    Tyronne must be popping champagne corks, Abbott is playing

  • 5

    Aussie batting at 7 runs an over…

    43 / 0 after 6 overs

  • 6

    Aus 64 / 0 after 12 overs

  • 7

    grootblousmile wrote:

    Aussie batting at 7 runs an over…
    43 / 0 after 6 overs

    They must bring Abbott on to bowl, according to Sharkie Fornever he will teach them a lesson
    Wink

  • 8

    7 @ nortierd:
    Surely Abbott is from the Dolphins in Natal then… has to be!

  • 9

    grootblousmile wrote:

    7 @ nortierd:
    Surely Abbott is from the Dolphins in Natal then… has to be!

    Maak die Dolphins almal Proteas…
    Actually, the Dolphins must thank the Free State for their turn of fortune.
    Christo Spies who is now their shrink/motivator is a FS Boytjie. He used to be with Naka years ago, he helped Maties when they were still winning as well
    Fantastic bloke, used to be a Springbok disabled athlete, he has a guest house in Bloem as well

  • 10

    Aus 115 / 1 after 25 overs

  • 11

    guys needs to be a bit more patient. this is a good pitch now. aus would have to play extremely poorly for us to blow them away in the first session. if we get warner after lunch I think we will have the advantage

  • 12

    Aus 142 / 2 after 32.2 overs

  • 13

    Aus 180 / 2 after 48 overs

  • 14

    David Warner finally gone… for 135.

    Aus 217 / 3 after 57.4 overs

  • 15

    SA Under 19’s win the Junior Cricket World Cup!

    Whoop, whoooooooop!

    They win by 6 wickets, with 7 overs and 5 balls to spare (47 balls).

  • 16

    Aus 318 / 3 after 86.3 overs

  • 17

    Aus 331 / 3 after 88 overs

    Stumps Day 1

  • 18

    @ grootblousmile:
    Aussie Cricket play like SA rugby used to play with brute force. They simply take you on, seldom that they would back off, when you have them with the back to the wall you MUST finish them off or they will come back fighting fire with fire.

    Great batting it seems, i did not see a single ball so my opinion is based on score and stats.

    Scoring at 3.76 is not super fast but compare that with , say 2.7 runs per over. That would have left them at 238/3 and all of us would have felt better(SA supporters)

  • 19

    Steyn, who limped off with a hamstring strain after bowling the first ball of his 11th over, and his ability to bowl for the rest of the match remained in doubt.

    Steyn’s fitness is the stuff of legend – he has missed only one Test in the past five and a half years – but there could hardly be a worse time for him to succumb, with a series on the line. Initially it was he who probed Clarke early in his innings, but then it was Morkel who sustained an around-the-wicket line and peppered him with short deliveries that struck him all over the body.

  • 20

    Baby Proteas bring ICC trophy home

    Aiden Markram led his team from the front virtually from the first match to the last as the Coca-Cola South Africa under-19 squad beat Pakistan by a convincing six wickets with 47 balls to spare in the ICC Junior World Cup Final in Dubai on Saturday.

    It was South Africa’s first victory in this tournament and was the third time they had reached the final, having previously achieved that distinction in 2002 under Hashim Amla and 2008 under Wayne Parnell.

    After losing the toss, the Baby Proteas had done a brilliant job in bowling Pakistan out for 131 in only 44.3 overs thanks to an all-round effort from their quartet of seam bowlers.

    Markram took charge of the runs chase to finish unbeaten on 66 (125 balls, six fours) as the Proteas got across the line after 42.1 overs.

    Markram has played successive innings at the tournament of 3, 31, 120 not out, 105 not out, 45 (in the semifinal against Australia) and 66 not out (in the Final) for an aggregate of 370 runs at an average of 123.

    The key partnership was that for the third wicket between Markram and Greg Oldfield of 71 in 21 overs after the first two wickets had fallen cheaply.

  • 21

    GBS , as jy dalk hier draai. Kyk jou mail. Ek gaan shop oopmaak. Kyk die draft is erg deurmekaar. Ek weet ek raak dommer by die dag op PC,s gee my maar n tuin, daar kom ek mooi reg.

  • 22

    Come guys… Let’s get a good first session behind us and build a decent platform to work from with the bat… 500 means survival…

  • 23

    Triple nelson…

  • 24

    20 @ superBul:
    Hello superBul it was good to see the U19s win their World Cup. Also noted the contribution from Markram, scoring loads of runs in the tournament and think will be great to see how this young man progresses.

  • 25

    Jeez we need something special to happen. Strange that Morkel didn’t open this morning considering the way he bowled yesterday…

  • 26

    What a leave from Clarke – too close for comfort when on 99… 🙂

  • 27

    Morning all
    I’m getting irritated with Clarke at the moment, just get your bloody 100 so life can go on

  • 28

    Excellent pressure on Clarke for 6 overs and Plilander bowls him a half volley outside off stump

  • 29

    About time

  • 30

    Get Morkel on.

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