RESULT

AUS vs SA Scorecard, Australia vs South Africa, 26 December, 2022, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

AUS

575/8 (145 ov)

189/10 (68.4 ov) & 204/10 (68.5 ov)

Australia won by an inning and 182 runs.

South Africa 1st Innings

189/10 (68.4 ov)

RR 2.75

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar runout (M Labuschagne)	26	68	2	0	38.24
Sarel Erwee c U Khawaja b SM Boland	18	31	3	0	58.06
Theunis de Bruyn c A Carey b C Green	12	31	2	0	38.71
Temba Bavuma c A Carey b M Starc	1	8	0	0	12.50
Khaya Zondo c M Labuschagne b M Starc	5	19	0	0	26.32
Kyle Verreynne c S Smith b C Green	52	99	3	0	52.53
Marco Jansen c A Carey b C Green	59	136	10	0	43.38
Keshav Maharaj c P Cummins b NM Lyon	2	9	0	0	22.22
Kagiso Rabada b C Green	4	5	1	0	80.00
Anrich Nortje Not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Lungisani Ngidi b C Green	2	6	0	0	33.33
EXTRAS (b 3, lb 3, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	7
TOTAL (2.75 RUNS PER OVER)	189/10 (68.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 29-1 (Sarel Erwee, 10.4 ov), 56-2 (Theunis de Bruyn, 19.6 ov), 58-3 (Dean Elgar, 22.5 ov), 58-4 (Temba Bavuma, 22.6 ov), 67-5 (Khaya Zondo, 28.3 ov), 179-6 (Kyle Verreynne, 64.5 ov), 182-7 (Marco Jansen, 66.1 ov), 186-8 (Kagiso Rabada, 66.6 ov), 186-9 (Keshav Maharaj, 67.3 ov), 189-10 (Lungisani Ngidi, 68.4 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Mitchell Starc	13	2	39	2	0	3.00
Pat Cummins	14	4	30	0	0	2.14
Scott Boland	14	2	34	1	1	2.43
Nathan Lyon	17	3	53	1	0	3.12
Cameron Green	10.4	3	27	5	0	2.53

Australia 1st Innings

575/8 (145 ov)

RR 3.97

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner b A Nortje	200	255	16	2	78.43
Usman Khawaja c K Verreynne b K Rabada	1	11	0	0	9.09
Marnus Labuschagne runout (A Nortje / K Maharaj)	14	35	1	0	40.00
Steven Smith c TB de Bruyn b A Nortje	85	161	9	1	52.80
Travis Head b A Nortje	51	55	7	1	92.73
Cameron Green Not out	51	177	5	0	28.81
Alex Carey c & b M Jansen	111	149	13	0	74.50
Pat Cummins c K Verreynne b K Rabada	4	3	1	0	133.33
Nathan Lyon c K Zondo b L Ngidi	25	17	3	1	147.06
Mitchell Starc Not out	10	12	0	1	83.33
EXTRAS (b 5, lb 12, w 1, nb 5, p 0)	23
TOTAL (3.97 RUNS PER OVER)	575/8 (145 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 21-1 (Usman Khawaja, 6.4 ov), 75-2 (Marnus Labuschagne, 18.3 ov), 314-3 (Steven Smith, 74.1 ov), 395-4 (Travis Head, 93.3 ov), 395-5 (David Warner, 93.4 ov), 400-6 (Pat Cummins, 94.2 ov), 440-7 (Nathan Lyon, 100.6 ov), 557-8 (Alex Carey, 140.5 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Scott Boland

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
Kagiso Rabada	28	1	144	2	3	0	5.14
Lungisani Ngidi	22.1	2	98	1	0	0	4.42
Marco Jansen	28	1	89	1	1	1	3.18
Anrich Nortje	25	1	92	3	1	0	3.68
Keshav Maharaj	41.5	3	135	0	0	0	3.23

South Africa 2nd Innings

204/10 (68.5 ov)

RR 2.96

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sarel Erwee lbw b M Starc	21	41	1	0	51.22
Dean Elgar c A Carey b P Cummins	0	3	0	0	0.00
Theunis de Bruyn c S Smith b SM Boland	28	68	2	0	41.18
Temba Bavuma c (sub MS Harris) b NM Lyon	65	144	6	0	45.14
Khaya Zondo runout (T Head)	1	19	0	0	5.26
Kyle Verreynne lbw b SM Boland	33	40	5	0	82.50
Marco Jansen lbw b NM Lyon	5	29	0	0	17.24
Keshav Maharaj runout (M Starc / M Labuschagne)	13	20	2	0	65.00
Kagiso Rabada c P Cummins b NM Lyon	3	12	0	0	25.00
Anrich Nortje Not out	8	18	1	0	44.44
Lungisani Ngidi b S Smith	19	21	2	1	90.48
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 5, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	8
TOTAL (2.96 RUNS PER OVER)	204/10 (68.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (Dean Elgar, 1.3 ov), 47-2 (Sarel Erwee, 16.6 ov), 57-3 (Theunis de Bruyn, 19.5 ov), 65-4 (Khaya Zondo, 26.6 ov), 128-5 (Kyle Verreynne, 43.5 ov), 144-6 (Marco Jansen, 52.6 ov), 174-7 (Keshav Maharaj, 60.1 ov), 176-8 (Temba Bavuma, 61.3 ov), 177-9 (Kagiso Rabada, 63.2 ov), 204-10 (Lungisani Ngidi, 68.5 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Mitchell Starc	18	4	62	1	0	3.44
Pat Cummins	16	8	20	1	2	1.25
Scott Boland	15	2	49	2	0	3.27
Nathan Lyon	17	1	58	3	0	3.41
Steven Smith	2.5	0	9	1	0	3.18

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs South Africa
DATE & TIME: Monday, December 26, 2022 · 05:00 AM
TOSS: Australia elected to bowl
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
UMPIRES: Paul Reiffel (Australia), Richard Kettleborough (England), Chris Gaffaney(New Zealand, TV)
MATCH REFEREE: Richie Richardson (West Indies)