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Australia vs South Africa Cricket Series 2008-09

Second Test at Melbourne

Ricky Ponting's Australia are now just one defeat away from losing their world number one crown after South Africa crushed them by nine wickets in the second Test to register their first ever series victory Down Under.
Having taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, South Africa will topple Australia from their top ranking if Graeme Smith's men can win the third and final Test in Sydney.
Resuming on 30 for no loss, South Africa needed 42 overs to score the remaining 153 runs for a memorable win and the moment came soon after lunch when Hashim Amla flicked Michael Clarke behind square leg for two runs. In a match where Smith struck two fifties, JP Duminy scored his maiden hundred and Ponting scored 101 and 99, Dale Steyn was adjudged Man of the Match for his match haul of 10 for 154 besides the crucial 76 he scored in the first innings.
Graeme Smith was the lone South African wicket to fall in the second innings. The South African captain was trapped leg before by Nathan Hauritz after making a 94-ball 75 with 10 boundaries in it. Fellow opener Neil McKenzie (59) and Amla (30) remained not out after guiding the team to a historic win.
Ponting, meanwhile, became the first Australian captain in 16 years to suffer a series defeat on home soil. Last time Australia lost a series at home was against the West Indies in 1992-93.

AUS v SA, 2nd Test, Melbourne: South Africa 459 & 183-1 beat Australia 394 & 247 by 9 wickets

Australia vs South Africa Cricket Series 2008-09

Second Test at Melbourne

Scorecard

Australia 1st Innings 394 all out (113.4 overs)	Australia 2nd Innings 247 all out (84.2 overs)
South Africa 1st Innings 459 all out (153.0 overs)	South Africa 2nd Innings 183 for 1 (48.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hayden	c Duminy	b Ntini	8	17	1	0
Katich		b Steyn	54	109	6	0
Ponting	c Amla	b Harris	101	126	11	1
M Hussey	c Boucher	b Steyn	0	9	0	0
Clarke	not out		88	208	4	1
Symonds	c Kallis	b M Morkel	27	55	5	0
Haddin	c Smith	b Ntini	40	71	5	0
Lee	c Kallis	b Steyn	21	21	5	0
Johnson		b Steyn	0	3	0	0
Hauritz	c Smith	b Steyn	12	21	2	0
Siddle	c de Villiers	b Kallis	19	49	1	0
Extras		7nb 5b 12lb	24
Total		all out	394	(113.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 29.0 6 87 5 Ntini 27.0 7 108 2 Kallis 18.4 4 55 1 M Morkel 22.0 3 89 1 Harris 17.0 3 38 1

Fall of wicket   21 Hayden 128 Katich 143 M Hussey 184 Ponting 223 Symonds 277 Haddin 322 Lee 326 Johnson 352 Hauritz 394 Siddle

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	c Haddin	b Siddle	62	113	7	0
McKenzie		b Siddle	0	5	0	0
Amla	c Symonds	b Johnson	19	30	1	0
Kallis	c Haddin	b Hauritz	26	53	2	0
de Villiers		b Siddle	7	51	0	0
Duminy	c Siddle	b Hauritz	166	340	18	0
Boucher	c M Hussey	b Hauritz	3	15	0	0
M Morkel		b Johnson	21	39	4	0
Harris	c Johnson	b M Hussey	39	67	4	0
Steyn		b Siddle	76	191	9	1
Ntini	not out		2	29	0	0
Extras		15nb 5b 13lb 5pen	38
Total		all out	459	(153.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Lee 13.0 2 68 0 Siddle 34.0 9 81 4 Johnson 39.0 6 127 2 Hauritz 43.0 13 98 3 Clarke 8.0 0 26 0 M Hussey 5.0 0 22 1 Symonds 11.0 3 14 0

Fall of wicket   1 McKenzie 39 Amla 102 Kallis 126 Smith 132 de Villiers 141 Boucher 184 M Morkel 251 Harris 431 Steyn 459 Duminy

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hayden	c Duminy	b Steyn	23	28	3	0
Katich	c Boucher	b Steyn	15	40	2	0
Ponting	c Smith	b M Morkel	99	169	8	0
M Hussey	c Amla	b M Morkel	2	8	0	0
Clarke	c McKenzie	b Steyn	29	79	4	0
Symonds	c Kallis	b Steyn	0	5	0	0
Haddin	c Kallis	b Ntini	10	35	0	1
Lee		b Kallis	8	21	1	0
Johnson	not out		43	85	5	0
Hauritz		b Kallis	3	23	0	0
Siddle	c Boucher	b Steyn	6	18	0	0
Extras		5nb 1b 3lb	9
Total		all out	247	(84.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 20.2 3 67 5 Ntini 14.0 1 26 1 M Morkel 15.0 2 46 2 Harris 21.0 1 47 0 Kallis 14.0 1 57 2

Fall of wicket   37 Hayden 40 Katich 49 M Hussey 145 Clarke 145 Symonds 165 Haddin 180 Lee 212 Ponting 231 Hauritz 247 Siddle

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	lbw	b Hauritz	75	94	10	0
McKenzie	not out		59	140	3	1
Amla	not out		30	62	2	0
Extras		8nb 2w 9lb	19
Total		for 1	183	(48.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Lee 10.0 0 49 0 Siddle 14.0 5 34 0 Johnson 11.0 1 36 0 Hauritz 10.0 0 41 1 Clarke 3.0 0 14 0

Fall of wicket   121 Smith

Umpires: Aleem Dar, B R Doctrove
Australia: Hayden, Katich, Ponting (Captain), M Hussey, Clarke, Symonds, Haddin (Wicket Keeper), Lee, Hauritz, Johnson, Siddle
South Africa: Smith (Captain), McKenzie, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher (Wicket Keeper), M Morkel, Harris, Steyn, Ntini