f51471 t1910	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 2008/09 (1st Test)
Venue	Liberty Life Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 26th, 27th, 28th February, 1st, 2nd March 2009 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 162 runs
Umpires	BF Bowden (New Zealand), SA Bucknor (West Indies)
TV umpire	Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Referee	JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire	M Erasmus
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 254/5 (North 47*, Haddin 37*; 68 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 85/3 (McKenzie 35*, de Villiers 13*; 37 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 51/1 (Hughes 36*, Ponting 1*; 16.3 overs)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (2) 178/2 (Amla 43*, Kallis 26*; 55 overs)
Player of the Match	MG Johnson
Articles	Australia beat South Africa by 162 runs
	South Africa set out for record chase
	South Africa set out for record chase
	Australia dictate terms on a curtailed day
	List of all articles

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Hughes	c Boucher b Steyn	0	4	3	-	-
SM Katich	c McKenzie b Steyn	3	25	40	-	-
*RT Ponting	b Ntini	83	134	188	11	1
MEK Hussey	c Kallis b Morkel	4	21	32	1	-
MJ Clarke	c Boucher b Steyn	68	90	158	10	-
MJ North	st Boucher b Harris	117	233	355	12	-
+BJ Haddin	c Harris b Ntini	63	105	149	9	-
AB McDonald	c Kallis b Steyn	0	2	4	-	-
MG Johnson	not out	96	131	189	10	5
PM Siddle	c Kallis b Morkel	9	15	26	2	-
BW Hilfenhaus	c de Villiers b Morkel	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	23
Total	(all out, 576 minutes, 125.4 overs)	466
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Hughes, 0.4 ov), 2-18 (Katich, 8.5 ov), 3-38 (Hussey, 14.6 ov), 4-151 (Ponting, 41.2 ov), 5-182 (Clarke, 49.4 ov), 6-295 (Haddin, 83.5 ov), 7-296 (McDonald, 84.4 ov), 8-413 (North, 120.5 ov), 9-466 (Siddle, 125.3 ov), 10-466 (Hilfenhaus, 125.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steyn	30	4	113	4	-	1
Ntini	27	6	71	2	-	-
Morkel	28.4	3	117	3	2	6
Kallis	8	0	33	0	-	-
Harris	18	2	64	1	-	-
Duminy	14	2	54	0	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND McKenzie	lbw b Siddle	36	125	173	6	-
*GC Smith	c Haddin b Johnson	0	2	3	-	-
HM Amla	c Ponting b Hilfenhaus	1	3	3	-	-
JH Kallis	c Hussey b Siddle	27	44	65	4	-
AB de Villiers	not out	104	185	285	9	1
JP Duminy	c Haddin b Johnson	17	52	72	2	-
+MV Boucher	c Haddin b Johnson	0	3	6	-	-
M Morkel	c and b Siddle	2	22	26	-	-
PL Harris	lbw b North	1	4	4	-	-
DW Steyn	c North b McDonald	17	49	64	2	-
M Ntini	b Johnson	1	2	9	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 356 minutes, 81.1 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Smith, 0.5 ov), 2-2 (Amla, 1.2 ov), 3-49 (Kallis, 17.1 ov), 4-93 (McKenzie, 40.5 ov), 5-138 (Duminy, 57.2 ov), 6-138 (Boucher, 57.5 ov), 7-154 (Morkel, 63.5 ov), 8-156 (Harris, 64.6 ov), 9-208 (Steyn, 79.4 ov), 10-220 (Ntini, 81.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	18.1	7	25	4	-	-
Hilfenhaus	25	9	58	1	-	2
Siddle	21	1	76	3	-	2
McDonald	10	4	22	1	-	-
North	7	0	29	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Hughes	c de Villiers b Harris	75	121	159	11	1
SM Katich	c Boucher b Morkel	10	22	49	2	-
*RT Ponting	c Amla b Kallis	25	44	73	4	-
MEK Hussey	c Ntini b Kallis	0	1	1	-	-
MJ Clarke	c Kallis b Harris	0	2	2	-	-
MJ North	b Kallis	5	7	7	1	-
+BJ Haddin	c Boucher b Ntini	37	54	83	1	2
AB McDonald	c Boucher b Ntini	7	11	11	1	-
MG Johnson	c Kallis b Ntini	1	12	12	-	-
PM Siddle	not out	22	36	57	2	1
BW Hilfenhaus	b Steyn	16	15	25	1	-
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 244 minutes, 53.4 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Katich, 11.3 ov), 2-99 (Ponting, 26.5 ov), 3-99 (Hussey, 26.6 ov), 4-99 (Clarke, 27.2 ov), 5-104 (North, 28.5 ov), 6-138 (Hughes, 35.3 ov), 7-145 (McDonald, 38.1 ov), 8-147 (Johnson, 40.4 ov), 9-174 (Haddin, 48.2 ov), 10-207 (Hilfenhaus, 53.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steyn	16.4	5	51	1	-	-
Ntini	11	3	52	3	-	-
Morkel	10	1	41	1	1	3
Harris	11	0	36	2	-	-
Kallis	5	0	22	3	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND McKenzie	c Haddin b Johnson	35	95	118	5	-
*GC Smith	c Johnson b Hilfenhaus	69	110	187	7	-
HM Amla	c Hughes b Siddle	57	130	176	7	-
JH Kallis	b Johnson	45	139	171	4	-
AB de Villiers	lbw b McDonald	3	7	15	-	-
JP Duminy	c Ponting b Siddle	29	75	130	3	-
+MV Boucher	b Hilfenhaus	24	105	139	1	-
M Morkel	c Hughes b Johnson	2	12	24	-	-
PL Harris	c Katich b Siddle	8	35	43	-	-
DW Steyn	b Johnson	6	12	18	-	-
M Ntini	not out	0	0	1	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 515 minutes, 119.2 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-76 (McKenzie, 27.3 ov), 2-130 (Smith, 41.1 ov), 3-206 (Amla, 69.3 ov), 4-211 (de Villiers, 72.4 ov), 5-229 (Kallis, 82.6 ov), 6-268 (Duminy, 103.6 ov), 7-272 (Morkel, 109.1 ov), 8-284 (Boucher, 114.6 ov), 9-289 (Harris, 118.6 ov), 10-291 (Steyn, 119.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	34.2	2	112	4	1	1
Hilfenhaus	31	7	68	2	-	2
Siddle	25	8	46	3	1	1
McDonald	22	8	31	1	-	-
North	7	0	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 78/3 (RT Ponting 49*, MJ Clarke 17*; 26 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Australia (1) 194/5 (MJ North 18*, BJ Haddin 6*; 51 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 351/7 (North 85*, Johnson 27*; 101 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 466 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (1) 158/8 (AB de Villiers 63*, DW Steyn 0*; 66 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (2) 30/0 (PJ Hughes 22*, SM Katich 6*; 10 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (2) 174/9 (PM Siddle 6*, BW Hilfenhaus 0*; 50 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 57/0 (ND McKenzie 28*, GC Smith 28*; 20 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: South Africa (2) 247/5 (JP Duminy 22*, MV Boucher 6*; 91 overs)
--> Day 5 Tea: South Africa (2) 289/8 (PL Harris 8*, DW Steyn 4*; 118 overs)
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 18.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 29.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 40.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 52.5 overs
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 67.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 85.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 350 in 100.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 400 in 116.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 450 in 124.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 17.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 43.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 62.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 76.2 overs
--> Australia second innings: 50 in 15.6 overs
--> Australia second innings: 100 in 27.4 overs
--> Australia second innings: 150 in 43.3 overs
--> Australia second innings: 200 in 52.6 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 17.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 32.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 46.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 200 in 65.5 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 250 in 92.1 overs
--> PJ Hughes made his debut in Test matches
--> MJ North made his debut in Test matches
--> BW Hilfenhaus made his debut in Test matches
--> RT Ponting (1) 50 in 86 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> MJ Clarke (1) 50 in 62 balls with 7 fours
--> MJ North (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> MJ North (1) 50 in 104 balls with 6 fours
--> MJ North (1) 100 in 207 balls with 10 fours
--> BJ Haddin (1) 50 in 79 balls with 8 fours
--> MG Johnson (1) 50 in 100 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> MG Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Test matches
--> MG Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> MG Johnson (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 61
--> JH Kallis (1) passed 10000 runs in Test matches when he reached 12
--> AB de Villiers (1) 50 in 121 balls with 5 fours
--> AB de Villiers (1) 100 in 180 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> AB de Villiers (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> PJ Hughes (2) 50 in 85 balls with 9 fours
--> MJ North (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> GC Smith (2) 50 in 84 balls with 5 fours
--> HM Amla (2) 50 in 103 balls with 7 fours
--> BW Hilfenhaus made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> MJ North made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> PJ Hughes made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> MG Johnson made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> JP Duminy made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> PM Siddle made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> SM Katich made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> BJ Haddin made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MJ Clarke made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> MJ Clarke made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> AB McDonald made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> M Morkel reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed MEK Hussey, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> M Ntini reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RT Ponting, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings

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Australia 1st innings
over no:35.1 Fielding team referral for a catch turned down. One more referral left for South Africa
Attendance: 11027
New Ball Taken: Australia 287/5 after 80.1 overs (MJ North 60, BJ Haddin 57)
MG Johnson hit 26 (446066) off one over from PL Harris in the 1st innings
Attendance: 12367
New Ball Taken: South Africa 212/9 after 80.1 overs (AB de Villiers 96, M Ntini 1)
Attendance: 20533
Australia 2nd innings
39.1 batting team referral
50.1 bowling team referral
South Africa 2nd innings
0.6: bowling team referral
Attendance: 19784
New Ball Taken: South Africa 224/4 after 80.1 overs (JH Kallis 43, JP Duminy 11)
72.4: Batting team referral
80.1: batting team referral
Attendance: 9380
Total Attendance: 73091
RT Ponting (27) and MJ Clarke (25) added 50 in 76 balls for the Australia 4th wicket in the first innings
RT Ponting (53) and MJ Clarke (47) added 100 in 146 balls for the Australia 4th wicket in the first innings
MJ North (28) and BJ Haddin (20) added 50 in 73 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
MJ North (46) and BJ Haddin (54) added 100 in 178 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
MJ North (22) and MG Johnson (24) added 50 in 92 balls for the Australia 8th wicket in the first innings
MJ North (48) and MG Johnson (45) added 100 in 192 balls for the Australia 8th wicket in the first innings
MG Johnson (40) and PM Siddle (9) added 50 in 26 balls for the Australia 9th wicket in the first innings
AB de Villiers (30) and DW Steyn (17) added 50 in 82 balls for the South Africa 9th wicket in the first innings
PJ Hughes (27) and RT Ponting (22) added 50 in 82 balls for the Australia 2nd wicket in the second innings
ND McKenzie (23) and GC Smith (26) added 50 in 107 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (27) and HM Amla (21) added 50 in 78 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the second innings
HM Amla (25) and JH Kallis (26) added 50 in 84 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the second innings