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Fri, 26 Dec - Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 00:00 – 2nd Test • Melbourne Cricket Ground
South Africa won by 9 wickets
Australia
364/10 (18.00)
South Africa
556/10 (20.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
364/10 (18.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Matthew Hayden
c Duminy b Ntini
8
17
31
1
0
47.05
In 2008
Career
Simon Katich
b Steyn
54
109
153
6
0
49.54
In 2008
Career
Ricky Ponting (c)
c Amla b Harris
101
126
197
10
1
80.15
In 2008
Career
Michael Hussey
c †Boucher b Steyn
0
9
16
0
0
0.00
In 2008
Career
Michael Clarke
not out
88
208
330
4
1
42.30
In 2008
Career
Andrew Symonds
c Kallis b Morkel
27
55
56
3
0
49.09
In 2008
Career
Brad Haddin (WK)
c Smith b Ntini
40
71
88
5
0
56.33
In 2008
Career
Brett Lee
c Kallis b Steyn
21
21
33
5
0
100.00
In 2008
Career
Mitchell Johnson
b Steyn
0
3
3
0
0
0.00
In 2008
Career
Nathan Hauritz
c Smith b Steyn
12
21
29
2
0
57.14
In 2008
Career
Peter Siddle
c de Villiers b Kallis
19
49
54
1
0
38.77
In 2008
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 12, nb 7)
24
Total
394 113.4 Ov (RR: 3.46, 500 Mins)
7486
13091
0
703
38
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dale Steyn
29.00
6
87
5
3.00
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
Makhaya Ntini
27.00
7
108
2
4.00
1
0
1
In 2008
Career
Jacques Kallis
18.40
4
55
1
2.94
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
Morne Morkel
22.00
3
89
1
4.04
1
0
6
In 2008
Career
Paul Harris
17.00
3
38
1
2.23
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
South Africa innigs
556/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Smith (c)
c †Haddin b Siddle
62
113
166
6
0
54.86
In 2008
Career
Neil McKenzie
b Siddle
0
5
7
0
0
0.00
In 2008
Career
Hashim Amla
c Symonds b Johnson
19
30
35
1
0
63.33
In 2008
Career
Jacques Kallis
c †Haddin b Hauritz
26
53
81
2
0
49.05
In 2008
Career
AB de Villiers
b Siddle
7
51
57
0
0
13.72
In 2008
Career
Jean-Paul Duminy
c Siddle b Hauritz
166
340
448
18
0
48.82
In 2008
Career
Mark Boucher (WK)
c Hussey b Hauritz
3
15
22
0
0
20.00
In 2008
Career
Morne Morkel
b Johnson
21
39
45
4
0
53.84
In 2008
Career
Paul Harris
c Johnson b Hussey
39
67
74
4
0
58.20
In 2008
Career
Dale Steyn
b Siddle
76
191
238
9
1
39.79
In 2008
Career
Makhaya Ntini
not out
2
29
49
0
0
6.89
In 2008
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 13, nb 15, pen 5)
38
Total
459 153 Ov (RR: 3.00, 615 Mins)
8721
17727
0
836
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Brett Lee
13.00
2
68
0
5.23
0
0
7
In 2008
Career
Peter Siddle
34.00
9
81
4
2.38
0
0
4
In 2008
Career
Mitchell Johnson
39.00
6
127
2
3.25
0
0
3
In 2008
Career
Nathan Hauritz
43.00
13
98
3
2.27
1
0
1
In 2008
Career
Michael Clarke
8.00
0
26
0
3.25
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
Michael Hussey
5.00
0
22
1
4.40
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
Andrew Symonds
11.00
3
14
0
1.27
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
Australia innigs
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Matthew Hayden
c Duminy b Steyn
23
28
48
3
0
82.14
In 2008
Career
Simon Katich
c †Boucher b Steyn
15
40
57
2
0
37.50
In 2008
Career
Ricky Ponting (c)
c Smith b Morkel
99
169
257
7
0
58.57
In 2008
Career
Michael Hussey
c Amla b Morkel
2
8
15
0
0
25.00
In 2008
Career
Michael Clarke
c McKenzie b Steyn
29
79
113
4
0
36.70
In 2008
Career
Andrew Symonds
c Kallis b Steyn
0
5
4
0
0
0.00
In 2008
Career
Brad Haddin (WK)
c Kallis b Ntini
10
35
38
0
1
28.57
In 2008
Career
Brett Lee
b Kallis
8
21
23
1
0
38.09
In 2008
Career
Mitchell Johnson
not out
43
85
111
5
0
50.58
In 2008
Career
Nathan Hauritz
b Kallis
3
23
33
0
0
13.04
In 2008
Career
Peter Siddle
c †Boucher b Steyn
6
18
25
0
0
33.33
In 2008
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 3, nb 5)
9
Total
247 84.2 Ov (RR: 2.92, 370 Mins)
4693
9709
0
418
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dale Steyn
20.20
3
67
5
3.29
0
0
1
In 2008
Career
Makhaya Ntini
14.00
1
26
1
1.85
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
Morne Morkel
15.00
2
46
2
3.06
0
0
4
In 2008
Career
Paul Harris
21.00
1
47
0
2.23
1
0
0
In 2008
Career
Jacques Kallis
14.00
1
57
2
4.07
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
South Africa innigs
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Smith (c)
lbw b Hauritz
75
94
133
10
0
79.78
In 2008
Career
Neil McKenzie
not out
59
140
204
3
1
42.14
In 2008
Career
Hashim Amla
not out
30
62
70
2
0
48.38
In 2008
Career
Extras
(lb 9, nb 8, w 2)
19
Total
183/1 48 Ov (RR: 3.81, 204 Mins)
3477
5624
0
285
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Brett Lee
10.00
0
49
0
4.90
0
0
6
In 2008
Career
Peter Siddle
14.00
5
34
0
2.42
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
Mitchell Johnson
11.00
1
36
0
3.27
0
2
1
In 2008
Career
Nathan Hauritz
10.00
0
41
1
4.10
1
0
1
In 2008
Career
Michael Clarke
3.00
0
14
0
4.66
0
0
0
In 2008
Career
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