f51211 t1899	Australia v South Africa
	South Africa in Australia 2008/09 (1st Test)
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st December 2008 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 6 wickets
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan), EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)
TV umpire	PR Reiffel
Referee	RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	MD Martell
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 341/9 (Krejza 19*; 89 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 243/8 (Boucher 2*, Steyn 1*; 78 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 228/7 (Haddin 39*, Krejza 28*; 75 overs)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (2) 227/3 (Kallis 33*, de Villiers 11*; 64 overs)
Man of the Match	AB de Villiers

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Hayden	c Smith b Ntini	12	13	13	3	-
SM Katich	lbw b Morkel	83	151	226	7	1
*RT Ponting	c de Villiers b Ntini	0	1	1	-	-
MEK Hussey	c de Villiers b Steyn	0	7	11	-	-
MJ Clarke	c Smith b Harris	62	141	203	7	-
A Symonds	c McKenzie b Harris	57	68	79	6	-
+BJ Haddin	c Duminy b Ntini	46	68	117	4	2
B Lee	c Duminy b Steyn	29	46	51	4	-
JJ Krejza	not out	30	45	80	3	-
MG Johnson	lbw b Morkel	18	24	32	1	-
PM Siddle	c Boucher b Ntini	23	34	40	3	-
Extras	(7 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	15
Total	(all out, 435 minutes, 98.5 overs)	375
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Hayden, 2.4 ov), 2-14 (Ponting, 2.5 ov), 3-15 (Hussey, 5.2 ov), 4-164 (Katich, 50.5 ov), 5-166 (Clarke, 51.5 ov), 6-259 (Symonds, 69.5 ov), 7-298 (Haddin, 80.4 ov), 8-303 (Lee, 81.5 ov), 9-341 (Johnson, 88.6 ov), 10-375 (Siddle, 98.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ntini	19.5	1	72	4	-	1
Steyn	23	4	81	2	3	-
Kallis	15	2	65	0	-	-
Morkel	20	1	80	2	-	4
Harris	21	2	70	2	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND McKenzie	c Krejza b Johnson	2	31	36	-	-
*GC Smith	b Johnson	48	94	148	6	-
HM Amla	b Krejza	47	67	104	5	-
JH Kallis	c Haddin b Johnson	63	111	162	6	1
AB de Villiers	c Haddin b Johnson	63	130	144	7	1
JP Duminy	c Haddin b Johnson	1	11	18	-	-
+MV Boucher	c Katich b Siddle	26	65	81	2	-
M Morkel	c Krejza b Johnson	1	10	10	-	-
PL Harris	c Krejza b Johnson	0	3	3	-	-
DW Steyn	c Haddin b Johnson	8	9	16	1	-
M Ntini	not out	5	15	41	1	-
Extras	(5 lb, 7 nb, 5 w)	17
Total	(all out, 387 minutes, 89.5 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (McKenzie, 7.6 ov), 2-106 (Amla, 31.1 ov), 3-110 (Smith, 32.3 ov), 4-234 (de Villiers, 70.4 ov), 5-237 (Kallis, 72.4 ov), 6-238 (Duminy, 74.1 ov), 7-241 (Morkel, 76.3 ov), 8-241 (Harris, 76.6 ov), 9-256 (Steyn, 80.4 ov), 10-281 (Boucher, 89.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	21	3	59	0	-	4
Johnson	24	4	61	8	4	-
Krejza	25	2	102	1	1	-
Siddle	16.5	5	44	1	-	3
Symonds	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Hayden	c and b Steyn	4	22	38	1	-
SM Katich	c Boucher b Kallis	37	55	75	3	-
*RT Ponting	c Boucher b Harris	32	55	82	4	-
MEK Hussey	b Ntini	8	35	53	-	-
MJ Clarke	c Kallis b Steyn	25	67	95	2	-
A Symonds	c Smith b Harris	37	97	122	2	1
+BJ Haddin	st Boucher b Harris	94	136	208	7	4
B Lee	c de Villiers b Kallis	5	6	8	1	-
JJ Krejza	c de Villiers b Kallis	32	63	81	5	-
MG Johnson	c Kallis b Morkel	21	35	44	3	-
PM Siddle	not out	4	18	39	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(all out, 427 minutes, 97 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Hayden, 8.3 ov), 2-59 (Katich, 16.1 ov), 3-88 (Ponting, 26.4 ov), 4-88 (Hussey, 27.5 ov), 5-148 (Clarke, 50.6 ov), 6-157 (Symonds, 58.1 ov), 7-162 (Lee, 59.5 ov), 8-241 (Krejza, 79.4 ov), 9-278 (Johnson, 88.3 ov), 10-319 (Haddin, 97 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steyn	19	3	81	2	-	-
Ntini	21	2	76	1	-	1
Harris	27	3	85	3	2	-
Kallis	14	4	24	3	-	-
Morkel	16	4	42	1	-	6

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GC Smith	lbw b Johnson	108	147	224	13	-
ND McKenzie	c Haddin b Johnson	10	52	69	1	-
HM Amla	c Haddin b Lee	53	112	169	6	-
JH Kallis	c Hussey b Johnson	57	106	155	4	2
AB de Villiers	not out	106	186	276	9	-
JP Duminy	not out	50	119	135	4	1
+MV Boucher	did not bat
M Morkel	did not bat
M Ntini	did not bat
DW Steyn	did not bat
PL Harris	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 9 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	30
Total	(4 wickets, 517 minutes, 119.2 overs)	414
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (McKenzie, 14.3 ov), 2-172 (Smith, 50.2 ov), 3-179 (Amla, 53.2 ov), 4-303 (Kallis, 85.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	27	4	73	1	1	6
Johnson	34.2	5	98	3	1	-
Siddle	26	2	84	0	-	-
Krejza	24	2	102	0	-	-
Clarke	8	0	35	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 74/3 (SM Katich 35*, MJ Clarke 23*; 26 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Australia (1) 172/5 (A Symonds 1*, BJ Haddin 4*; 53 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 27/1 (GC Smith 12*, HM Amla 6*; 15 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 151/3 (JH Kallis 28*, AB de Villiers 16*; 44 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (2) 49/1 (SM Katich 29*, RT Ponting 15*; 12 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (2) 115/4 (MJ Clarke 18*, A Symonds 9*; 40 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (2) 319 all out
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 64/1 (Smith 34*, Amla 15*; 25 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: South Africa (2) 322/4 (de Villiers 66*, Duminy 6*; 93 overs)
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 13.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 34.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 46.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 60.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 69.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 81.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 350 in 91.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 21.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 28.3 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 43.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 59.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 78.5 overs
--> Australia second innings: 50 in 13.1 overs
--> Australia second innings: 100 in 33.2 overs
--> Australia second innings: 150 in 52.3 overs
--> Australia second innings: 200 in 67.3 overs
--> Australia second innings: 250 in 81.2 overs
--> Australia second innings: 300 in 94.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 22.2 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 33.5 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 46.2 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 200 in 60.6 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 250 in 73.6 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 300 in 84.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 350 in 104.5 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 400 in 117.1 overs
--> JP Duminy made his debut in Test matches
--> JJ Krejza made his last appearance in Test matches
--> SM Katich (1) 50 in 96 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> SM Katich (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> MJ Clarke (1) 50 in 117 balls with 6 fours
--> A Symonds (1) 50 in 63 balls with 5 fours
--> JH Kallis (1) 50 in 96 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> AB de Villiers (1) 50 in 86 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> AB de Villiers (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 42
--> ML Hayden (2) passed 24500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> MJ Clarke (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> BJ Haddin (2) 50 in 85 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes
--> JJ Krejza (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Test matches
--> GC Smith (2) 50 in 79 balls with 7 fours
--> GC Smith (2) 100 in 138 balls with 13 fours
--> GC Smith (2) passed 6000 runs in Test matches when he reached 7
--> GC Smith (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> HM Amla (2) 50 in 108 balls with 6 fours
--> JH Kallis (2) 50 in 86 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes
--> AB de Villiers (2) 50 in 92 balls with 6 fours
--> AB de Villiers (2) 100 in 179 balls with 9 fours
--> JP Duminy (2) 50 in 119 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> JP Duminy made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> PL Harris made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> PL Harris made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JJ Krejza made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JP Duminy made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> PM Siddle made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> DW Steyn made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> DW Steyn made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> M Morkel made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> M Morkel made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> HM Amla made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> HM Amla made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> MG Johnson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed M Morkel in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 5-39)
--> MG Johnson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed PL Harris in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 6-51)
--> PM Siddle reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MV Boucher, his 1st wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> MG Johnson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DW Steyn, his 8th wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> PL Harris reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed RT Ponting, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings

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New Ball Taken: Australia 298/6 after 80.3 overs (BJ Haddin 46, B Lee 25)
Attendance 13679
Attendance 10595
Attendance 15268
New Ball Taken: Australia 241/8 after 80.1 overs (BJ Haddin 44, MG Johnson 0)
Attendance 10550
New Ball Taken: South Africa 281/3 after 80.1 overs (JH Kallis 51, AB de Villiers 41)
SM Katich (28) and MJ Clarke (19) added 50 in 82 balls for the Australia 4th wicket in the first innings
SM Katich (54) and MJ Clarke (43) added 100 in 190 balls for the Australia 4th wicket in the first innings
A Symonds (32) and BJ Haddin (17) added 50 in 72 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
GC Smith (17) and HM Amla (31) added 50 in 97 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
JH Kallis (32) and AB de Villiers (20) added 50 in 77 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the first innings
JH Kallis (46) and AB de Villiers (52) added 100 in 190 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the first innings
MJ Clarke (24) and A Symonds (23) added 50 in 120 balls for the Australia 5th wicket in the second innings
BJ Haddin (31) and JJ Krejza (21) added 50 in 65 balls for the Australia 8th wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (31) and HM Amla (16) added 50 in 75 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (66) and HM Amla (30) added 100 in 146 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (98) and HM Amla (49) added 150 in 213 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the second innings
JH Kallis (33) and AB de Villiers (11) added 50 in 77 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the second innings
JH Kallis (48) and AB de Villiers (40) added 100 in 156 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the second innings
AB de Villiers (28) and JP Duminy (20) added 50 in 121 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the second innings
AB de Villiers (48) and JP Duminy (46) added 100 in 191 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the second innings