Result · Round 2 · NRMA Insurance Men's Test Series · 2022/23 · Sat 17 Dec 2022
Australia 218 (50.3 ov) & 35/4 (7.5 ov)
South Africa 152 (48.2 ov) & 99 (37.4 ov)
Australia won by 6 wickets
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Match report

Australia beat South Africa by 6 wickets. For the winners, Travis Head made a half-century (92 off 96) and Patrick Cummins took 5/42 from 12.4 overs. For South Africa, Kyle Verreynne made a half-century (64 off 96) and Kagiso Rabada took 4/13 from 4 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Kagiso Rabada
South Africa · 13 (31) & 8/89

Top performers

Australia
🏏 Travis Head (28) 92 (97)
🏏 Steven Smith (33) 42 (73)
🎯 Patrick Cummins (29) 7/77 (24.6)
🎯 Mitchell Starc (32) 5/67 (25)
South Africa
🏏 Temba Bavuma 67 (131)
🏏 Kyle Verreynne 64 (98)
🎯 Kagiso Rabada 8/89 (21.3)
🎯 Marco Jansen 3/32 (9)
South Africa · 1st Innings - South Africa 152 (48.2 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Dean Elgar (c) c: A Carey b: M Starc 3 10 0 0 30.00
Sarel Erwee c: C Green b: S Boland 10 37 2 0 27.00
Rassie van der Dussen c: A Carey b: P Cummins 5 12 0 0 41.00
Temba Bavuma b: M Starc 38 70 3 0 54.00
Khaya Zondo lbw: S Boland 0 2 0 0 0.00
Kyle Verreynne (wk) c: S Smith b: N Lyon 64 96 8 1 66.00
Marco Jansen c: C Green b: N Lyon 2 19 0 0 10.00
Keshav Maharaj c: S Smith b: M Starc 2 6 0 0 33.00
Kagiso Rabada not out 10* 18 1 0 55.00
Anrich Nortje c: T Head b: N Lyon 0 7 0 0 0.00
Lungisani Ngidi c: C Green b: P Cummins 3 13 0 0 23.00
Extras (b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 0, pen 0) 15
Total 48.2 Ov (RR 3.14) 152
Did not bat: Theunis de Bruyne, Gerald Coetzee, Simon Harmer, Heinrich Klaasen, Lizaad Williams
Fall of wickets: 5-125 (Temba Bavuma)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Mitchell Starc (32) 14 1 41 3 2.93 0 0
Patrick Cummins (29) 12.2 3 35 2 2.87 0 0
Scott Boland (33) 11 2 28 2 2.55 1 0
Cameron Green (23) 3 0 20 0 6.67 0 0
Nathan Lyon (35) 8 2 14 3 1.75 0 0
Australia · 1st Innings - Australia 218 (50.3 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
David Warner (36) c: K Zondo b: K Rabada 0 1 0 0 0.00
Usman Khawaja (35) c: S Harmer b: A Nortje 11 26 2 0 42.00
Marnus Labuschagne (28) c: D Elgar b: M Jansen 11 24 2 0 45.00
Steven Smith (33) b: A Nortje 36 68 3 0 52.00
Travis Head (28) c: K Verreynne b: M Jansen 92 96 13 1 95.00
Scott Boland (33) c: K Verreynne b: K Rabada 1 4 0 0 25.00
Cameron Green (23) c: S Erwee b: M Jansen 18 19 4 0 94.00
Alex Carey (wk) (31) not out 22* 30 0 0 73.00
Mitchell Starc (32) c&b: L Ngidi 14 30 3 0 46.00
Patrick Cummins (c) (29) c: A Nortje b: K Rabada 0 3 0 0 0.00
Nathan Lyon (35) c: R van der Dussen b: K Rabada 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 5, nb 2, pen 0) 13
Total 50.3 Ov (RR 4.32) 218
Did not bat: Marcus Harris (30), Michael Neser (32), Joshua Hazlewood (31), Ashton Agar (29)
Fall of wickets: 4-144 (Steven Smith), 6-181 (Cameron Green), 8-213 (Mitchell Starc)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Kagiso Rabada 17.3 1 76 4 4.39 0 1
Lungisani Ngidi 9 1 35 1 3.89 0 0
Marco Jansen 9 1 32 3 3.56 0 1
Anrich Nortje 13 2 52 2 4.00 5 0
Keshav Maharaj 2 0 17 0 8.50 0 0
South Africa · 2nd Innings - South Africa 99 (37.4 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Sarel Erwee c: C Green b: P Cummins 3 23 0 0 13.00
Dean Elgar (c) lbw: P Cummins 2 4 0 0 50.00
Rassie van der Dussen b: M Starc 0 4 0 0 0.00
Temba Bavuma lbw: N Lyon 29 61 3 0 47.00
Khaya Zondo not out 36* 85 6 0 42.00
Kyle Verreynne (wk) c: S Smith b: S Boland 0 2 0 0 0.00
Marco Jansen b: S Boland 0 2 0 0 0.00
Keshav Maharaj c: A Carey b: M Starc 16 18 3 0 88.00
Kagiso Rabada c: A Carey b: P Cummins 3 13 0 0 23.00
Anrich Nortje c: C Green b: P Cummins 0 1 0 0 0.00
Lungisani Ngidi b: P Cummins 9 14 2 0 64.00
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 1, pen 0) 1
Total 37.4 Ov (RR 2.63) 99
Did not bat: Theunis de Bruyne, Gerald Coetzee, Simon Harmer, Heinrich Klaasen, Lizaad Williams
Fall of wickets: 4-47 (Temba Bavuma), 10-99 (Lungisani Ngidi)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Mitchell Starc (32) 11 3 26 2 2.36 0 0
Patrick Cummins (29) 12.4 3 42 5 3.39 0 1
Scott Boland (33) 8 2 14 2 1.75 0 0
Nathan Lyon (35) 6 0 17 1 2.83 0 0
Australia · 2nd Innings - Australia 35/4 (7.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Usman Khawaja (35) c: K Maharaj b: K Rabada 2 12 0 0 16.00
David Warner (36) c: S Erwee b: K Rabada 3 11 0 0 27.00
Marnus Labuschagne (28) not out 5* 16 1 0 31.00
Steven Smith (33) c: K Verreynne b: K Rabada 6 5 1 0 120.00
Travis Head (28) c: K Verreynne b: K Rabada 0 1 0 0 0.00
Cameron Green (23) not out 0* 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 0, w 15, nb 0, pen 0) 19
Total 7.5 Ov (RR 4.47) 35/4
Did not bat: Marcus Harris (30), Scott Boland (33), Mitchell Starc (32), Nathan Lyon (35), Alex Carey (31), Michael Neser (32), Patrick Cummins (29), Joshua Hazlewood (31), Ashton Agar (29)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Kagiso Rabada 4 1 13 4 3.25 5 0
Anrich Nortje 3.5 0 18 0 5.14 10 0

Australia

South Africa

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
South Africa 152 (48.2 ov) 3.14 14 1 15 Kyle Verreynne 64
Australia 218 (50.3 ov) 4.32 27 1 13 Travis Head 92
South Africa 99 (37.4 ov) 2.63 14 0 1 Khaya Zondo 36*
Australia 35/4 (7.5 ov) 4.47 2 0 19 Steven Smith 6

Partnerships · South Africa

  • 5th wkt 125

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Partnerships · Australia

  • 4th wkt 144
  • 6th wkt 37
  • 8th wkt 32

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Partnerships · South Africa

  • 4th wkt 47
  • 10th wkt 52

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Partnerships · Australia

  • 1st wkt 35*

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