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Australia vs South Africa First Test at Perth

AUS v SA, 1st Test, Perth: Historic win for South Africa at Perth (SA 1:0)

AB de Villiers hit an unbeaten century to guide South Africa to a successful record-breaking run chase of 414 -the second biggest run chase in Test history against Australia at the WACA in Perth on Sunday.
De Villiers was unbeaten on a cracking 106 and debutant JP Duminy was not out on 50 as South Africa produced a great batting display on the fifth and final day to win the opening Test by a comfortable six-wicket margin. Captain Graeme Smith had given them a perfect start in their second innings with a magnificent 109, adding 153 runs for the third wicket with Hashim Amla (53).
Mitchell Johnson , who took eight for 61 in the first innings, continued chipping away at the wickets in the second innings but the South African middle order came to the party in fine style.
Resuming on 227 for three, veteran Jacques Kallis hit a timely half-century (57) and was involved in a 124-run partnership for the fourth wicket with de Villiers to give the visitors the upperhand. But the wicket of Kallis, with South Africa needing another 111 runs for victory, left the match evenly poised.
De Villiers then took centrestage and he along with Duminy scored runs at will as the Australian bowlers seemed completely clueless. De Villiers hit nine boundaries in 186 deliveries, his seventh Test century, as South Africa coasted to the victory target in 119.2 overs in the post lunch session.
Incidentally, the highest run-chase in Test cricket had come also against Australia when the West Indies chased down a mammoth 418 for seven at St John's in 2003.

Top Five Run Chases
Runs	Year	Venue	Results
418–7	2003	St John's	West Indies beat Australia
414–4	2008	Perth	South Africa beat Australia
406–4	1976	Port of Spain	India beat West Indies
404–3	1948	Headingley	Australia beat England
387–4	2008	Chennai	India beat England

AUS v SA, 1st Test, Perth: South Africa 281 & 414-4 beat Australia 375 & 319 by 6 wickets

Australia vs South Africa Cricket Series 2008-09

First Test at Perth

Scorecard

Australia 1st Innings 375 all out (98.5 overs)	Australia 2nd Innings 319 all out (97.0 overs)
South Africa 1st Innings 281 all out (89.5 overs)	South Africa 2nd Innings 414 for 4 (119.2 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hayden	c Smith	b Ntini	12	13	3	0
Katich	lbw	b M Morkel	83	151	8	1
Ponting	c de Villiers	b Ntini	0	1	0	0
M Hussey	c de Villiers	b Steyn	0	7	0	0
Clarke	c Smith	b Harris	62	141	7	0
Symonds	c McKenzie	b Harris	57	68	6	0
Haddin	c Duminy	b Ntini	46	68	4	2
Lee	c Duminy	b Steyn	29	46	4	0
Krejza	not out		30	45	3	0
Johnson	lbw	b M Morkel	18	24	1	0
Siddle	c Boucher	b Ntini	23	34	3	0
Extras		5nb 3w 7lb	15
Total		all out	375	(98.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Ntini 19.5 1 72 4 Steyn 23.0 4 81 2 Kallis 15.0 2 65 0 M Morkel 20.0 1 80 2 Harris 21.0 2 70 2

Fall of wicket   14 Hayden 14 Ponting 15 M Hussey 164 Katich 166 Clarke 259 Symonds 298 Haddin 303 Lee 341 Johnson 375 Siddle

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McKenzie	c Krejza	b Johnson	2	31	0	0
Smith		b Johnson	48	94	6	0
Amla		b Krejza	47	67	5	0
Kallis	c Haddin	b Johnson	63	111	6	1
de Villiers	c Haddin	b Johnson	63	130	7	1
Duminy	c Haddin	b Johnson	1	11	0	0
Boucher	c Katich	b Siddle	26	65	2	0
M Morkel	c Krejza	b Johnson	1	10	0	0
Harris	c Krejza	b Johnson	0	3	0	0
Steyn	c Haddin	b Johnson	8	9	1	0
Ntini	not out		5	15	1	0
Extras		7nb 5w 5lb	17
Total		all out	281	(89.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Lee 21.0 3 59 0 Johnson 24.0 4 61 8 Krejza 25.0 2 102 1 Siddle 16.5 5 44 1 Symonds 3.0 1 10 0

Fall of wicket   16 McKenzie 106 Amla 110 Smith 234 de Villiers 237 Kallis 238 Duminy 241 M Morkel 241 Harris 256 Steyn 281 Boucher

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hayden	c and b	Steyn	4	22	1	0
Katich	c Boucher	b Kallis	37	55	3	0
Ponting	c Boucher	b Harris	32	55	4	0
M Hussey		b Ntini	8	35	0	0
Clarke	c Kallis	b Steyn	25	67	2	0
Symonds	c Smith	b Harris	37	97	2	1
Haddin	st Boucher	b Harris	94	136	7	4
Lee	c de Villiers	b Kallis	5	6	1	0
Krejza	c de Villiers	b Kallis	32	63	5	0
Johnson	c Kallis	b M Morkel	21	35	4	0
Siddle	not out		4	18	0	0
Extras		7nb 2w 4b 7lb	20
Total		all out	319	(97.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 19.0 3 81 2 Ntini 21.0 2 76 1 Harris 27.0 3 85 3 Kallis 14.0 4 24 3 M Morkel 16.0 4 42 1

Fall of wicket   25 Hayden 59 Katich 88 Ponting 88 M Hussey 148 Clarke 157 Symonds 162 Lee 241 Krejza 278 Johnson 319 Haddin

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	lbw	b Johnson	108	147	13	0
McKenzie	c Haddin	b Johnson	10	52	1	0
Amla	c Haddin	b Lee	53	112	6	0
Kallis	c M Hussey	b Johnson	57	106	4	2
de Villiers	not out		106	186	9	0
Duminy	not out		50	119	4	1
Extras		6nb 2w 13b 9lb	30
Total		for 4	414	(119.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Lee 27.0 4 73 1 Johnson 34.2 5 98 3 Siddle 26.0 2 84 0 Krejza 24.0 2 102 0 Clarke 8.0 0 35 0

Fall of wicket   19 McKenzie 172 Smith 179 Amla 303 Kallis

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