Australia vs South Africa, 2nd Test, December 25, 2022 - Live Scorecard

AUS vs RSA, 2nd Test, Cricket Scorecard

🏟️ Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne•🏏 TEST•🏅 South Africa tour of Australia, 2022-23•Date & Time : Dec 25-Dec 29, 11:30 PM (IST)

Australia won by 182 runs

Toss: Australia chose to bowling

★ Player of the Match: Warner

South Africa 1st Innings - 189/10 (68.4 overs)

Extras: 7(w 0, nb 1, lb 3, b 3)

Run Rate: 2.75

Australia 1st Innings - 575/8 (145 overs)

Extras: 23(w 1, nb 5, lb 12, b 5)

Run Rate: 3.97

South Africa 2nd Innings - 204/10 (68.5 overs)

Extras: 8(w 0, nb 2, lb 5, b 1)

Run Rate: 2.96

South Africa 1st Innings - 189/10 (68.4 overs)

Extras: 7(w 0, nb 1, lb 3, b 3)

Run Rate: 2.75

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	SR	Dismissal
Elgar (c)	26	68	2	38.24	run out (Labuschagne)
Sarel Erwee	18	31	3	58.06	c Khawaja b Boland
Theunis de Bruyn	12	31	2	38.71	c Alex Carey b Green
Bavuma	1	8	0	12.50	c Alex Carey b Starc
Zondo	5	19	0	26.32	c Labuschagne b Starc
Verreynne †	52	99	3	52.53	c Steven Smith b Green
Marco Jansen	59	136	10	43.38	c Alex Carey b Green
Maharaj	2	9	0	22.22	c Cummins b Lyon
Rabada	4	5	1	80.00	b Green
Nortje	1	1	0	100.00	not out
Lungi Ngidi	2	6	0	33.33	b Green

Fall of Wickets

29-1 (Sarel Erwee, 10.4), 56-2 (Theunis de Bruyn, 19.6), 58-3 (Elgar, 22.5), 58-4 (Bavuma, 22.6), 67-5 (Zondo, 28.3), 179-6 (Verreynne, 64.5), 182-7 (Marco Jansen, 66.1), 186-8 (Rabada, 66.6), 186-9 (Maharaj, 67.3), 189-10 (Lungi Ngidi, 68.4)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Starc	13	2	39	2	3.00
Cummins (c)	14	4	30	0	2.10
Boland	14	2	34	1	2.40
Lyon	17	3	53	1	3.10
Green	10.4	3	27	5	2.50

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls
Elgar & Sarel Erwee	29	64
Elgar & de Bruyn	27	56
Elgar & Bavuma	2	17
Zondo & Bavuma	0	1
Zondo & Verreynne	9	33
Marco Jansen & Verreynne	112	219
Marco Jansen & Maharaj	3	8
Rabada & Maharaj	4	5
Nortje & Maharaj	0	3
Nortje & Ngidi	3	7

Australia 1st Innings - 575/8 (145 overs)

Extras: 23(w 1, nb 5, lb 12, b 5)

Run Rate: 3.97

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Warner	200	255	16	2	78.43	b Nortje
Khawaja	1	11	0	0	9.09	c Verreynne b Rabada
Labuschagne	14	35	1	0	40.00	run out (Maharaj/Nortje)
Steven Smith	85	161	9	1	52.80	c Theunis de Bruyn b Nortje
Head	51	55	7	1	92.73	b Nortje
Green	51	177	5	0	28.81	not out
Alex Carey †	111	149	13	0	74.50	c and b Marco Jansen
Cummins (c)	4	3	1	0	133.33	c Verreynne b Rabada
Lyon	25	17	3	1	147.06	c Zondo b Lungi Ngidi
Starc	10	12	0	1	83.33	not out
Boland	0	0	0	0	0.00	Not Out

Fall of Wickets

21-1 (Khawaja, 6.4), 75-2 (Labuschagne, 18.3), 314-3 (Steven Smith, 74.1), 395-4 (Head, 93.3), 395-5 (Warner, 93.4), 400-6 (Cummins, 94.2), 440-7 (Lyon, 100.6), 557-8 (Alex Carey, 140.5)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rabada	28	1	144	2	5.10
Lungi Ngidi	22.1	2	98	1	4.40
Marco Jansen	28	1	89	1	3.20
Nortje	25	1	92	3	3.70
Maharaj	41.5	3	135	0	3.20

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls
Warner & Khawaja	21	40
Warner & Labuschagne	54	73
Warner & Smith	239	337
Warner & Head	15	17
Green & Head	34	46
Carey & Head	32	53
Carey & Warner	0	1
Carey & Cummins	5	4
Carey & Lyon	40	40
Carey & Green	117	239
Starc & Green	18	25

South Africa 2nd Innings - 204/10 (68.5 overs)

Extras: 8(w 0, nb 2, lb 5, b 1)

Run Rate: 2.96

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Sarel Erwee	21	41	1	0	51.22	lbw b Starc
Dean Elgar (c)	0	3	0	0	0.00	c Alex Carey b Cummins
Theunis de Bruyn	28	68	2	0	41.18	c Steven Smith b Boland
Temba Bavuma	65	144	6	0	45.14	c (sub)Marcus Harris b Lyon
Khaya Zondo	1	19	0	0	5.26	run out (Head)
Kyle Verreynne †	33	40	5	0	82.50	lbw b Boland
Marco Jansen	5	29	0	0	17.24	lbw b Lyon
Keshav Maharaj	13	20	2	0	65.00	run out (Labuschagne/Starc)
Kagiso Rabada	3	12	0	0	25.00	c Cummins b Lyon
Anrich Nortje	8	18	1	0	44.44	not out
Lungi Ngidi	19	21	2	1	90.48	b Steven Smith

Fall of Wickets

0-1 (Dean Elgar, 1.3), 47-2 (Sarel Erwee, 16.6), 57-3 (Theunis de Bruyn, 19.5), 65-4 (Khaya Zondo, 27), 128-5 (Kyle Verreynne, 43.5), 144-6 (Marco Jansen, 52.6), 174-7 (Keshav Maharaj, 60.1), 176-8 (Temba Bavuma, 61.3), 177-9 (Kagiso Rabada, 63.2), 204-10 (Lungi Ngidi, 68.5)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	18	4	62	1	3.40
Pat Cummins (c)	16	8	20	1	1.20
Scott Boland	15	2	49	2	3.30
Nathan Lyon	17	1	58	3	3.40
Steven Smith	2.5	0	9	1	3.20

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls
Sarel Erwee & Elgar	0	9
Sarel Erwee & de Bruyn	47	94
Bavuma & de Bruyn	10	17
Bavuma & Zondo	8	43
Bavuma & Verreynne	63	101
Bavuma & Marco Jansen	16	56
Bavuma & Maharaj	30	43
Bavuma & Rabada	2	8
Nortje & Rabada	1	11
Nortje & Ngidi	27	33

Match Officials

Umpires

Paul Reiffel (AUS)

Richard Kettleborough (ENG)

Chris Gaffaney (NZ)

Referee

Richie Richardson (WI)

Stadium Details

Name: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Capacity: 100000 (approx, including standing room)

Established: 1854