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હોમ  »  Cricket  »  South Africa vs Australia 2018  »  1st Test Scorecard

Australia vs South Africa Scorecard, 1st Test, South Africa vs Australia 2018

Result · Mar 01 2018, Thu - 01:30 PM (IST)
AUSTRALIA
351, 227
SOUTH AFRICA
162, 298
Australia won by 118 runs
CRR:3.22
Match Info
Series: Australia in South Africa 2018
Date: Mar 01 2018, Thu - 01:30 PM (IST)
Country: South Africa
City: Durban
Venue: Kingsmead
Toss: Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
South Africa Playing XI: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Theunis de Bruyn, Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel
Australia Playing XI: Cameron Bancroft, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (c), Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon
  • South Africa have not beaten Australia in a home Test series since 1970; enduring a seven-series drought against them in that time (D2 L5).
  • None of the last 17 Tests played out between these sides in South Africa have ended in a draw; the last six encounters there have seen each nation claim three wins apiece.
  • Australia come to Kingsmead having registered back-to-back Test wins at the venue; in a man-of-the-match display, Phillip Hughes posted a century in both innings in the most recent encounter there (March 2009), only one Australian has managed it since in Test cricket (David Warner, 3 times).
  • Faf du Plessis has averaged 59.4 across his 15 Test innings versus Australia to date; of the 354 batsmen to record that many knocks against them, only four have managed a better rate.
  • Morne Morkel is six scalps away from becoming only the fifth bowler to record 300 Test wickets for the Proteas; he’s taken 52 scalps at an average of just 22.3 since the start of 2017.