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South Africa vs Australia Scorecard, 2nd Test, Australia vs South Africa 2022/23
Result · Dec 26 2022, Mon - 04:30 AM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA189, 204
AUSTRALIA575/8 decl
Australia won by an innings and 182 runs
CRR:2.96
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in Australia 2022/23 |
| Date: | Dec 26 2022, Mon - 04:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Melbourne |
| Venue: | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Toss: | Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Australia Playing XI: | David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Theunis de Bruyn, Temba Bavuma, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi |
- This is set to be the 100th men’s Test between Australia and South Africa; it will be the fourth time Australia have reached the milestone against an opponent (England, West Indies, India) and the Proteas’ second in the history of the format (England).
- Australia have won their last two men’s Tests against South Africa at home, after winning only one of their eight meetings prior (D2, L5); the last time they recorded a longer winning run against the Proteas in such fixtures was a three-match span from December 2001 to January 2002.
- South Africa have lost their last three men’s Tests; the last time the Proteas went on a longer losing run in the format was a five-match span from February to October in 2019.
- Australia have lost only one of their last 13 men’s Tests (W9, D3), an innings and 39-run loss to Sri Lanka (July 2022); they have won three matches in succession since then – the last time they enjoyed a longer winning run in the format was a six-match span from November 2019 to December 2020.
- South Africa have a bowling strike rate of 40.7 in men’s Tests in 2022, the best of any team this year; India (49.9) are the only other team to have logged a rate under 50 in this category.
- Australia have a batting dot ball percentage of 69% when facing the first ball of an over in men’s Tests in 2022, the best rate of any team this year; only West Indies (77%) have a higher rate than South Africa (76%) in this category.
- David Warner (99) is one away from becoming the 14th player to reach 100 men’s Tests for Australia; in addition, Warner (7,922) is 78 away from becoming the eighth player to score 8,000 runs for Australia in the format.
- Dean Elgar (4,976) is 24 away from becoming the eighth player to score 5,000 runs for South Africa in men’s Tests; Elgar’s Test batting average in Australia (18.4) is his lowest in any country.
- Batters have played and missed at 22% of Anrich Nortje’s (South Africa) balls bowled in men’s Tests in 2022, the highest rate of any player in the format this year.
- Scott Boland (Australia) has a bowling economy rate of 1.9 in men’s Tests in 2022, the second best of any player (min. 5 overs bowled) in the format this year (Mustafizur Rahman – 1.7).