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South Africa vs Australia Scorecard, 2nd Test, Australia vs South Africa 2022/23

Result · Dec 26 2022, Mon - 04:30 AM (IST)
2nd Test - Melbourne Cricket Ground
SOUTH AFRICA
189, 204
AUSTRALIA
575/8 decl
Australia won by an innings and 182 runs
CRR:2.96
Player Of The Match
Bowler O M R W Eco
Mitchell Starc 13 2 39 2 3
Pat Cummins 14 4 30 0 2.1
Scott Boland 14 2 34 1 2.4
Nathan Lyon 17 3 53 1 3.1
Cameron Green 10.4 3 27 5 2.5
Fall Of Wickets Batsman
29/1 (10.4) Sarel Erwee
56/2 (19.6) Theunis de Bruyn
58/3 (22.5) Dean Elgar
58/4 (22.6) Temba Bavuma
67/5 (28.3) Khaya Zondo
179/6 (64.5) Kyle Verreynne
182/7 (66.1) Marco Jansen
186/8 (66.6) Kagiso Rabada
186/9 (67.3) Keshav Maharaj
189/10 (68.4) Lungi Ngidi
AUSTRALIA - 575/8 (145.0)
Batsman R B 4s 6s SR
David Warner b Anrich Nortje 200 255 16 2 78.43
Usman Khawaja c Kyle Verreynne b Kagiso Rabada 1 11 - - 9.09
Marnus Labuschagne Run out (Keshav Maharaj) 14 35 1 - 40
Steven Smith c Theunis de Bruyn b Anrich Nortje 85 161 9 1 52.8
Travis Head b Anrich Nortje 51 55 7 1 92.73
Cameron Green Not out 51 177 5 - 28.81
Alex Carey (wk) c and b Marco Jansen 111 149 13 - 74.5
Pat Cummins (c) c Kyle Verreynne b Kagiso Rabada 4 3 1 - 133.33
Nathan Lyon c Khaya Zondo b Lungi Ngidi 25 17 3 1 147.06
Mitchell Starc Not out 10 12 - 1 83.33
Scott Boland - - - - -
Extras 23 ( lb: 12 w: 1 Nb: 5)
Total 575 / 8 (145.0 ov)
Bowler O M R W Eco
Kagiso Rabada 28 1 144 2 5.1
Lungi Ngidi 22.1 2 98 1 4.4
Marco Jansen 28 1 89 1 3.2
Anrich Nortje 25 1 92 3 3.7
Keshav Maharaj 41.5 3 135 0 3.2
Fall Of Wickets Batsman
21/1 (6.4) Usman Khawaja
75/2 (18.3) Marnus Labuschagne
314/3 (74.1) Steven Smith
395/4 (93.3) Travis Head
395/5 (93.4) David Warner
400/6 (94.2) Pat Cummins
440/7 (100.6) Nathan Lyon
557/8 (140.5) Alex Carey
Bowler O M R W Eco
Mitchell Starc 18 4 62 1 3.4
Pat Cummins 16 8 20 1 1.3
Scott Boland 15 2 49 2 3.3
Nathan Lyon 17 1 58 3 3.4
Steven Smith 2.5 - 9 1 3.2
Fall Of Wickets Batsman
0/1 (1.3) Dean Elgar
47/2 (16.6) Sarel Erwee
57/3 (19.5) Theunis de Bruyn
65/4 (26.6) Khaya Zondo
128/5 (43.5) Kyle Verreynne
144/6 (52.6) Marco Jansen
174/7 (60.1) Keshav Maharaj
176/8 (61.3) Temba Bavuma
177/9 (63.2) Kagiso Rabada
204/10 (68.5) Lungi Ngidi
Match Info
Series: South Africa in Australia 2022/23
Date: Dec 26 2022, Mon - 04:30 AM (IST)
Country: Australia
City: Melbourne
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss: Australia won the toss and elected to bowl.
Australia Squad: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
South Africa Squad: Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Theunis de Bruyn, Temba Bavuma, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi
  • This is set to be the 100th men’s Test between Australia and South Africa; it will be the fourth time Australia have reached the milestone against an opponent (England, West Indies, India) and the Proteas’ second in the history of the format (England).
  • Australia have won their last two men’s Tests against South Africa at home, after winning only one of their eight meetings prior (D2, L5); the last time they recorded a longer winning run against the Proteas in such fixtures was a three-match span from December 2001 to January 2002.
  • South Africa have lost their last three men’s Tests; the last time the Proteas went on a longer losing run in the format was a five-match span from February to October in 2019.
  • Australia have lost only one of their last 13 men’s Tests (W9, D3), an innings and 39-run loss to Sri Lanka (July 2022); they have won three matches in succession since then – the last time they enjoyed a longer winning run in the format was a six-match span from November 2019 to December 2020.
  • South Africa have a bowling strike rate of 40.7 in men’s Tests in 2022, the best of any team this year; India (49.9) are the only other team to have logged a rate under 50 in this category.
  • Australia have a batting dot ball percentage of 69% when facing the first ball of an over in men’s Tests in 2022, the best rate of any team this year; only West Indies (77%) have a higher rate than South Africa (76%) in this category.
  • David Warner (99) is one away from becoming the 14th player to reach 100 men’s Tests for Australia; in addition, Warner (7,922) is 78 away from becoming the eighth player to score 8,000 runs for Australia in the format.
  • Dean Elgar (4,976) is 24 away from becoming the eighth player to score 5,000 runs for South Africa in men’s Tests; Elgar’s Test batting average in Australia (18.4) is his lowest in any country.
  • Batters have played and missed at 22% of Anrich Nortje’s (South Africa) balls bowled in men’s Tests in 2022, the highest rate of any player in the format this year.
  • Scott Boland (Australia) has a bowling economy rate of 1.9 in men’s Tests in 2022, the second best of any player (min. 5 overs bowled) in the format this year (Mustafizur Rahman – 1.7).