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Australia vs South Africa Scorecard, Australia vs South Africa, 26 December, 2008, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Australia vs South Africa | December 26, 2008, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

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South Africa
South Africa

*459/10 (153.0 ov) & *183/1 (48.0 ov)

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Australia

*394/10 (113.4 ov) & *247/10 (84.2 ov)

Australia

South Africa won by 9 wickets

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Player of the Match

Dale Steyn - South Africa

Australia 1st Innings Inning

394/10 (113.4 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Matthew Hayden
c Duminy b Ntini
8 17 1 0 47.06
Simon Katich
b Steyn
54 109 6 0 49.54
Ricky Ponting
c Amla b Harris
101 126 10 1 80.16
Michael Hussey
c †Boucher b Steyn
0 9 0 0 0.00
Michael Clarke
not out
88 208 4 1 42.31
Andrew Symonds
c Kallis b Morkel
27 55 3 0 49.09
Brad Haddin
c Smith b Ntini
40 71 5 0 56.34
Brett Lee
c Kallis b Steyn
21 21 5 0 100.00
0 3 0 0 0.00
Nathan Hauritz
c Smith b Steyn
12 21 2 0 57.14
Peter Siddle
c de Villiers b Kallis
19 49 1 0 38.78
EXTRAS ( b 5, lb 12, w 0, nb 7, p 0) 24
TOTAL (3.47 RUNS PER OVER) 394/10 (113.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

21-1 (Matthew Hayden, 0 ov), 128-2 (Simon Katich, 0 ov), 184-4 (Ricky Ponting, 0 ov), 143-3 (Michael Hussey, 0 ov), 223-5 (Andrew Symonds, 0 ov), 277-6 (Brad Haddin, 0 ov), 322-7 (Brett Lee, 0 ov), 326-8 (Mitchell Johnson, 0 ov), 352-9 (Nathan Hauritz, 0 ov), 394-10 (Peter Siddle, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Dale Steyn 29 6 87 5 0 0 0 3.00
Makhaya Ntini 27 7 108 2 0 0 0 4.00
Jacques Kallis 18.4 4 55 1 0 0 0 2.95
Morne Morkel 22 3 89 1 0 0 0 4.05
Paul Harris 17 3 38 1 0 0 0 2.24

South Africa 1st Innings Inning

459/10 (153.0 ov)
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Australia 2nd Innings Inning

247/10 (84.2 ov)
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South Africa 2nd Innings (target 183) Inning

183/1 (48.0 ov)
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Friday, December 26, 2008 - 07:30 PM

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Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat

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Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne

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