Australia draws test series with a thrilling win

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
November 21, 2011

Australia managed to secure a win in the second test match of the series. Chasing 310 to win, Australian batsman managed to win courtesy of a timely knock by former skipper Ricky Ponting.

Scorecard

2nd Test - South Africa vs Australia
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
November 17 - 21, 2011

Result: Australia won by 2 wickets
Toss: South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first.
Two-match test series level at 1-1
Player of the match: Pat Cummins
Player of the series: Vernon Philander

First Innings

South Africa Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Jacques Rudolph	c Brad Haddin b Shane Watson	30	50	4	0	60.00
Graeme Smith (captain)	c Michael Clarke b Mitchell Johnson	11	18	2	0	61.11
Hashim Amla	c Ricky Ponting b Pat Cummins	19	70	3	0	27.14
Jacques Kallis	c Usman Khawaja b Peter Siddle	54	41	8	2	131.70
AB de Villiers	c Pat Cummins b Peter Siddle	64	97	11	0	65.97
Ashwell Prince	c Mitchell Johnson b Nathan Lyon	50	89	9	0	56.17
Mark Boucher (wk)	c Nathan Lyon b Peter Siddle	3	7	0	0	42.85
Vernon Philander	lbw Nathan Lyon	0	5	0	0	0.00
Dale Steyn	not out	15	31	1	1	48.38
Morne Morkel	c Shane Watson b Michael Clarke	6	14	1	0	42.85
Imran Tahir	c Phillip Hughes b Michael Clarke	0	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	b 9, lb 2, w 2, nb 1	14
		266 all out (71.0 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-24 (Smith, 6.4 ov)	2-43 (Rudolph, 14.4 ov)
3-123 (Kallis, 28.5 ov)	4-129 (Amla, 31.1 ov)
5-241 (Prince, 59.6 ov)	6-243 (de Villiers, 60.5 ov)
7-243 (Philander, 61.5 ov)	8-245 (Boucher, 62.5 ov)
9-258 (Morkel, 68.2 ov)	10-266 (Imran Tahir, 70.6 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Mitchell Johnson	16.1	4	67	1	4.14	1nb
Pat Cummins	15.0	3	38	1	2.53
Peter Siddle	15.0	4	69	3	4.60
Shane Watson	3.5	1	13	1	3.39
Nathan Lyon	13.0	2	52	2	4.00
Michael Hussey	4.0	0	10	0	2.50	2w
Michael Clarke	4.0	1	6	2	1.50

Australia Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Shane Watson	c Imran Tahir b Jacques Kallis	88	140	14	2	62.85
Phillip Hughes	c AB de Villiers b Vernon Philander	88	111	14	0	79.27
Usman Khawaja	lbw Dale Steyn	12	57	1	0	21.05
Ricky Ponting	lbw Dale Steyn	0	3	0	0	0.00
Michael Clarke (captain)	c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel	11	33	2	0	33.33
Michael Hussey	b Dale Steyn	20	27	4	0	74.07
Brad Haddin (wk)	lbw Imran Tahir	16	23	3	0	69.56
Mitchell Johnson	not out	38	49	6	0	77.55
Peter Siddle	b Imran Tahir	0	4	0	0	0.00
Pat Cummins	c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn	2	7	0	0	28.57
Nathan Lyon	lbw Imran Tahir	2	10	0	0	20.00
Extras	b 4, lb 8, w 3, nb 4	19
		296 all out (76.4 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-174 (Hughes, 36.3 ov)	2-192 (Watson, 45.4 ov)
3-193 (Ponting, 46.3 ov)	4-212 (Clarke, 54.3 ov)
5-228 (Khawaja, 59.4 ov)	6-233 (Hussey, 61.6 ov)
7-255 (Haddin, 68.1 ov)	8-255 (Siddle, 68.5 ov)
9-285 (Cummins, 73.4 ov)	10-296 (Lyon, 76.4 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Dale Steyn	18.0	3	64	4	3.55
Vernon Philander	15.0	4	47	1	3.13	1nb, 1w
Morne Morkel	17.0	4	62	1	3.64	3nb, 1w
Jacques Kallis	13.0	2	56	1	4.30	1w
Imran Tahir	13.4	2	55	3	4.02

Second Innings

South Africa Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (captain)	c Phillip Hughes b Nathan Lyon	36	55	6	0	65.45
Jacques Rudolph	c Brad Haddin b Pat Cummins	24	23	5	0	104.34
Hashim Amla	c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson	105	243	14	0	43.20
Jacques Kallis	c Michael Clarke b Pat Cummins	2	19	0	0	10.52
AB de Villiers	c Michael Clarke b Pat Cummins	73	136	10	1	53.67
Ashwell Prince	run out (Ricky Ponting)	2	18	0	0	11.11
Mark Boucher (wk)	c Shane Watson b Nathan Lyon	13	20	3	0	65.00
Vernon Philander	c Brad Haddin b Pat Cummins	23	72	3	0	31.94
Dale Steyn	c Brad Haddin b Pat Cummins	41	64	2	3	64.06
Morne Morkel	b Pat Cummins	0	1	0	0	0.00
Imran Tahir	not out	4	11	1	0	36.36
Extras	b 5, lb 2, w 7, nb 2	16
		339 all out (110.0 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-40 (Rudolph, 7.2 ov)	2-75 (Smith, 19.6 ov)
3-90 (Kallis, 27.2 ov)	4-237 (de Villiers, 73.1 ov)
5-249 (Prince, 78.6 ov)	6-260 (Amla, 84.1 ov)
7-266 (Boucher, 87.2 ov)	8-314 (Philander, 105.1 ov)
9-314 (Morkel, 105.2 ov)	10-339 (Steyn, 109.6 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Mitchell Johnson	30.0	4	101	1	3.36	2nb
Pat Cummins	29.0	5	79	6	2.72	3w
Peter Siddle	27.0	10	71	0	2.62
Nathan Lyon	16.0	4	57	2	3.56
Michael Hussey	5.0	0	14	0	2.80
Michael Clarke	2.0	1	2	0	1.00
Ricky Ponting	1.0	0	8	0	8.00

Australia Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Shane Watson	b Vernon Philander	0	2	0	0	0.00
Phillip Hughes	c Jacques Kallis b Vernon Philander	11	10	2	0	110.00
Usman Khawaja	c Jacques Kallis b Imran Tahir	65	110	8	1	59.09
Ricky Ponting	c Jacques Rudolph b Morne Morkel	62	138	6	0	44.92
Michael Clarke (captain)	b Vernon Philander	2	16	0	0	12.50
Michael Hussey	lbw Vernon Philander	39	77	3	0	50.64
Brad Haddin (wk)	c Mark Boucher b Vernon Philander	55	106	7	0	51.88
Mitchell Johnson	not out	40	47	6	0	85.10
Peter Siddle	c Imran Tahir b Dale Steyn	4	7	1	0	57.14
Pat Cummins	not out	13	15	2	0	86.66
Nathan Lyon
Extras	b 1, lb 7, w 4, nb 7	19
		310 / 8 (86.5 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-0 (Watson, 0.2 ov)	2-19 (Hughes, 2.5 ov)
3-141 (Khawaja, 36.5 ov)	4-145 (Clarke, 40.4 ov)
5-165 (Ponting, 50.1 ov)	6-215 (Hussey, 69.1 ov)
7-287 (Haddin, 82.2 ov)	8-292 (Siddle, 83.4 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Vernon Philander	20.0	3	70	5	3.50	4nb, 1w
Dale Steyn	23.0	1	98	1	4.26	2w
Morne Morkel	19.0	6	43	1	2.26	3nb, 1w
Imran Tahir	15.5	0	63	1	3.97
Jacques Kallis	9.0	1	28	0	3.11

Umpires	Billy Bowden, Ian Gould
TV Umpire	Billy Doctrove
Match Referee	Roshan Mahanama
Reserve Umpire	Shaun George

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