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હોમ  »  Cricket  »  South Africa vs Australia 2018  »  2nd Test Scorecard

Australia vs South Africa Scorecard, 2nd Test, South Africa vs Australia 2018

Result · Mar 09 2018, Fri - 01:30 PM (IST)
AUSTRALIA
243, 239
SOUTH AFRICA
382, 102/4
South Africa won by 6 wickets
CRR:4.47
Match Info
Series: Australia in South Africa 2018
Date: Mar 09 2018, Fri - 01:30 PM (IST)
Country: South Africa
City: Port Elizabeth
Venue: St George's Park
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), Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
Australia Playing XI: Cameron Bancroft, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (c), Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
  • Australia have now won back-to-back Tests against South Africa, the last time they won more in succession against them was a three-game streak in early 2009.
  • South Africa are undefeated in their last five Tests at St George’s Park (W4, D1), their last loss at the venue coming on Boxing Day 2007 against Windies.
  • Australia have the best Test win rate (58%) of any team in Africa, and are the only team to have won more than one-in-two Tests on the continent.
  • Aiden Markram notched 143 runs in the second innings of the first Test, the most by a South African against Australia since November 2012; it takes his 2018 Test run rally to 315, which is more than any other player this year.
  • Mitchell Starc took 9/109 in the first Test, his second best ever match figures in the five-day format; he enjoys a bowling strike rate of 37.4 against South Africa, his second best against any nation (Sri Lanka 32.9).