Second Test at Melbourne Australia vs South Africa Cricket Series 2008-09


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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 won the toss and decided to bat
394 all out (113.4 overs)
247 all out (84.2 overs)
459 all out (153.0 overs)
183 for 1 (48.0 overs)

Australia 1st Innings - All out
 
 
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

South Africa 1st Innings - All out
 
 
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

Australia 2nd Innings - All out
 
 
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

South Africa 2nd Innings - Close
 
 
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


Editor: Nishanth Gopinathan.