f51234 t1902	Australia v South Africa
	South Africa in Australia 2008/09 (2nd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 2008 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 9 wickets
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan), BR Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire	BNJ Oxenford
Referee	RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	AP Ward
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 280/6 (Clarke 36*, Lee 0*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 198/7 (Duminy 34*, Harris 8*; 63 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 4/0 (Hayden 1*, Katich 2*; 3 overs)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (2) 30/0 (Smith 25*, McKenzie 3*; 6 overs)
Man of the Match	DW Steyn

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Hayden	c Duminy b Ntini	8	17	31	1	-
SM Katich	b Steyn	54	109	153	6	-
*RT Ponting	c Amla b Harris	101	126	197	10	1
MEK Hussey	c Boucher b Steyn	0	9	16	-	-
MJ Clarke	not out	88	208	330	4	1
A Symonds	c Kallis b Morkel	27	55	56	3	-
+BJ Haddin	c Smith b Ntini	40	71	88	5	-
B Lee	c Kallis b Steyn	21	21	33	5	-
MG Johnson	b Steyn	0	3	3	-	-
NM Hauritz	c Smith b Steyn	12	21	29	2	-
PM Siddle	c de Villiers b Kallis	19	49	54	1	-
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb, 7 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 500 minutes, 113.4 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Hayden, 7.2 ov), 2-128 (Katich, 33.6 ov), 3-143 (Hussey, 37.3 ov), 4-184 (Ponting, 51.2 ov), 5-223 (Symonds, 66.1 ov), 6-277 (Haddin, 88.3 ov), 7-322 (Lee, 95.2 ov), 8-326 (Johnson, 95.5 ov), 9-352 (Hauritz, 101.5 ov), 10-394 (Siddle, 113.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steyn	29	6	87	5	-	-
Ntini	27	7	108	2	-	1
Kallis	18.4	4	55	1	-	-
Morkel	22	3	89	1	-	6
Harris	17	3	38	1	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GC Smith	c Haddin b Siddle	62	113	166	6	-
ND McKenzie	b Siddle	0	5	7	-	-
HM Amla	c Symonds b Johnson	19	30	35	1	-
JH Kallis	c Haddin b Hauritz	26	53	81	2	-
AB de Villiers	b Siddle	7	51	57	-	-
JP Duminy	c Siddle b Hauritz	166	340	448	18	-
+MV Boucher	c Hussey b Hauritz	3	15	22	-	-
M Morkel	b Johnson	21	39	45	4	-
PL Harris	c Johnson b Hussey	39	67	74	4	-
DW Steyn	b Siddle	76	191	238	9	1
M Ntini	not out	2	29	49	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 15 nb, 5 pen)	38
Total	(all out, 615 minutes, 153 overs)	459
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (McKenzie, 1.4 ov), 2-39 (Amla, 8.3 ov), 3-102 (Kallis, 26.4 ov), 4-126 (Smith, 37.6 ov), 5-132 (de Villiers, 41.5 ov), 6-141 (Boucher, 46.4 ov), 7-184 (Morkel, 57.1 ov), 8-251 (Harris, 77.5 ov), 9-431 (Steyn, 141.3 ov), 10-459 (Duminy, 153 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	13	2	68	0	-	7
Siddle	34	9	81	4	-	4
Johnson	39	6	127	2	-	3
Hauritz	43	13	98	3	-	1
Clarke	8	0	26	0	-	-
Hussey	5	0	22	1	-	-
Symonds	11	3	14	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Hayden	c Duminy b Steyn	23	28	48	3	-
SM Katich	c Boucher b Steyn	15	40	57	2	-
*RT Ponting	c Smith b Morkel	99	169	257	7	-
MEK Hussey	c Amla b Morkel	2	8	15	-	-
MJ Clarke	c McKenzie b Steyn	29	79	113	4	-
A Symonds	c Kallis b Steyn	0	5	4	-	-
+BJ Haddin	c Kallis b Ntini	10	35	38	-	1
B Lee	b Kallis	8	21	23	1	-
MG Johnson	not out	43	85	111	5	-
NM Hauritz	b Kallis	3	23	33	-	-
PM Siddle	c Boucher b Steyn	6	18	25	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 370 minutes, 84.2 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Hayden, 10.4 ov), 2-40 (Katich, 12.2 ov), 3-49 (Hussey, 15.3 ov), 4-145 (Clarke, 43.1 ov), 5-145 (Symonds, 43.6 ov), 6-165 (Haddin, 53.1 ov), 7-180 (Lee, 58.3 ov), 8-212 (Ponting, 71.3 ov), 9-231 (Hauritz, 78.6 ov), 10-247 (Siddle, 84.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steyn	20.2	3	67	5	-	1
Ntini	14	1	26	1	-	-
Morkel	15	2	46	2	-	4
Harris	21	1	47	0	-	-
Kallis	14	1	57	2	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GC Smith	lbw b Hauritz	75	94	133	10	-
ND McKenzie	not out	59	140	204	3	1
HM Amla	not out	30	62	70	2	-
JH Kallis	did not bat
AB de Villiers	did not bat
JP Duminy	did not bat
DW Steyn	did not bat
+MV Boucher	did not bat
M Ntini	did not bat
M Morkel	did not bat
PL Harris	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(1 wicket, 204 minutes, 48 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-121 (Smith, 28.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	10	0	49	0	-	6
Siddle	14	5	34	0	-	-
Johnson	11	1	36	0	2	1
Hauritz	10	0	41	1	-	1
Clarke	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 89/1 (SM Katich 50*, Ponting 27*; 26 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Australia (1) 184/4 (MJ Clarke 11*; 51.2 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 394 all out
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 102/3 (Smith 46*; 26.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (1) 304/8 (JP Duminy 78*, DW Steyn 25*; 94 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: South Africa (1) 399/8 (JP Duminy 120*, DW Steyn 70*; 127 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (2) 86/3 (RT Ponting 32*, Clarke 9*; 30 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Australia (2) 180/7 (RT Ponting 87*; 58.3 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: South Africa (2) 132/1 (McKenzie 37*, Amla 7*; 33 overs)
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 15.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 27.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 41.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 56.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 75.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 93.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 350 in 101.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 13.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 25.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 49.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 64.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 77.3 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 300 in 93.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 350 in 110.5 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 400 in 127.3 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 450 in 145.2 overs
--> Australia second innings: 50 in 16.1 overs
--> Australia second innings: 100 in 32.3 overs
--> Australia second innings: 150 in 45.5 overs
--> Australia second innings: 200 in 66.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 11.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 22.1 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 37.3 overs
--> A Symonds made his last appearance in Test matches
--> B Lee made his last appearance in Test matches
--> SM Katich (1) 50 in 84 balls with 6 fours
--> RT Ponting (1) 50 in 80 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> RT Ponting (1) 100 in 119 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> RT Ponting (1) passed 10500 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> MJ Clarke (1) 50 in 170 balls with 2 fours
--> GC Smith (1) 50 in 90 balls with 6 fours
--> JP Duminy (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Test matches
--> JP Duminy (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> JP Duminy (1) 50 in 87 balls with 5 fours
--> JP Duminy (1) 100 in 222 balls with 9 fours
--> JP Duminy (1) 150 in 305 balls with 16 fours
--> DW Steyn (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Test matches
--> DW Steyn (1) 50 in 102 balls with 8 fours
--> RT Ponting (2) 50 in 83 balls with 3 fours
--> GC Smith (2) 50 in 58 balls with 9 fours
--> ND McKenzie (2) 50 in 118 balls with 3 fours and 1 six
--> ND McKenzie (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> PM Siddle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DW Steyn in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 3-114)
--> DW Steyn reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed PM Siddle, his 5th wicket in the Australia second innings
--> JH Kallis reached 250 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed B Lee, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
--> DW Steyn reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed PM Siddle, his 5th wicket in the Australia second innings

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Attendance: 63,263
New Ball Taken: Australia 262/5 after 82.4 overs (MJ Clarke 30, BJ Haddin 28)
Attendance: 42,800
New Ball Taken: South Africa 260/8 after 80.1 overs (JP Duminy 56, DW Steyn 7)
New Ball Taken: Australia 238/9 after 80.3 overs (MG Johnson 40, PM Siddle 1)
SM Katich (26) and RT Ponting (21) added 50 in 76 balls for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
SM Katich (41) and RT Ponting (56) added 100 in 157 balls for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
MJ Clarke (13) and BJ Haddin (37) added 50 in 112 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
GC Smith (20) and JH Kallis (25) added 50 in 83 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the first innings
JP Duminy (17) and PL Harris (33) added 50 in 90 balls for the South Africa 8th wicket in the first innings
JP Duminy (24) and DW Steyn (25) added 50 in 97 balls for the South Africa 9th wicket in the first innings
JP Duminy (36) and DW Steyn (56) added 100 in 198 balls for the South Africa 9th wicket in the first innings
JP Duminy (66) and DW Steyn (72) added 150 in 298 balls for the South Africa 9th wicket in the first innings
RT Ponting (36) and MJ Clarke (13) added 50 in 103 balls for the Australia 4th wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (35) and ND McKenzie (11) added 50 in 73 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (60) and ND McKenzie (30) added 100 in 140 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the second innings
ND McKenzie (22) and HM Amla (20) added 50 in 98 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the second innings