Australia v South Africa 1st Test

South Africa in Australia - 2022 (2022/23) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 17 December 2022

Australia won by 6 wickets

Australia won by 6 wickets. Travis Head top-scored with 92 for Australia. Pat Cummins took 5/42.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa in Australia - 2022 (2022/23)
Ground: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Dates: 17 December 2022 to 18 December 2022
Toss: Australia, chose to field
Result: Australia won by 6 wickets
Player of the match: Travis Head
Captains: Dean Elgar (South Africa), Pat Cummins (Australia)
Umpires: CB Gaffaney and RJ Tucker
Match referee: RB Richardson

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to field.

South Africa batted first and made 152 all out. Kyle Verreynne top-scored with 64 off 96 balls. Nathan Lyon took 3 for 14 for Australia. From 125 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 27 runs, to 152 for 10.

Australia replied with 218 all out. Travis Head top-scored with 92 off 96 balls. Kagiso Rabada took 4 for 76 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 117-run stand for the fourth wicket between Steven Smith and Travis Head, 54% of the total. Australia led by 66 on first innings.

South Africa made 99 all out in their second innings. Khaya Zondo top-scored with 36 not out off 85 balls. Pat Cummins took 5 for 42 for Australia. From 47 for 4 they lost 5 wickets for 22 runs, to 69 for 9.

Set 34 to win, Australia made 35 for 4. Steven Smith top-scored with 6 off 5 balls. Kagiso Rabada took 4 for 13 for South Africa. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 24 runs, to 24 for 4.

Australia won by 6 wickets.

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 152 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dean Elgar	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	3	10
Sarel Erwee	c Cameron Green b Scott Boland	10	37
Rassie van der Dussen	c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	5	12
Temba Bavuma	b Mitchell Starc	38	70
Khaya Zondo	lbw b Scott Boland	0	2
Kyle Verreynne	c Steven Smith b Nathan Lyon	64	96
Marco Jansen	c Cameron Green b Nathan Lyon	2	19
Keshav Maharaj	c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc	2	6
Kagiso Rabada	not out	10	18
Anrich Nortje	c Travis Head b Nathan Lyon	0	7
Lungi Ngidi	c Cameron Green b Pat Cummins	3	13

Extras 15 · Total 152 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	14	1	41	3
Pat Cummins	12.2	3	35	2
Scott Boland	11	2	28	2
Cameron Green	3	0	20	0
Nathan Lyon	8	2	14	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-12 (Dean Elgar, 4.1 ov), 2-27 (Rassie van der Dussen, 9.1 ov), 3-27 (Sarel Erwee, 10.4 ov), 4-27 (Khaya Zondo, 10.6 ov), 5-125 (Temba Bavuma, 34.3 ov), 6-132 (Marco Jansen, 39.5 ov), 7-135 (Keshav Maharaj, 40.6 ov), 8-139 (Kyle Verreynne, 41.6 ov), 9-145 (Anrich Nortje, 45.1 ov), 10-152 (Lungi Ngidi, 48.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (3) and Sarel Erwee (0)	12	25
second	Sarel Erwee (10) and Rassie van der Dussen (5)	15	30
third	Sarel Erwee (0) and Temba Bavuma (0)	0	9
fourth	Khaya Zondo (0) and Temba Bavuma (0)	0	2
fifth	Temba Bavuma (38) and Kyle Verreynne (58)	98	141
sixth	Kyle Verreynne (5) and Marco Jansen (2)	7	32
seventh	Keshav Maharaj (2) and Kyle Verreynne (1)	3	7
eighth	Kagiso Rabada (0) and Kyle Verreynne (0)	4	6
ninth	Anrich Nortje (0) and Kagiso Rabada (6)	6	19
tenth	Lungi Ngidi (3) and Kagiso Rabada (4)	7	19

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 218 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
David Warner	c Khaya Zondo b Kagiso Rabada	0	1
Usman Khawaja	c Simon Harmer b Anrich Nortje	11	26
Marnus Labuschagne	c Dean Elgar b Marco Jansen	11	24
Steven Smith	b Anrich Nortje	36	68
Travis Head	c Kyle Verreynne b Marco Jansen	92	96
Scott Boland	c Kyle Verreynne b Kagiso Rabada	1	4
Cameron Green	c Sarel Erwee b Marco Jansen	18	19
Alex Carey	not out	22	30
Mitchell Starc	c & b Lungi Ngidi	14	30
Pat Cummins	c Anrich Nortje b Kagiso Rabada	0	3
Nathan Lyon	c Rassie van der Dussen b Kagiso Rabada	0	4

Extras 13 · Total 218 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Kagiso Rabada	17.3	1	76	4
Lungi Ngidi	9	1	35	1
Marco Jansen	9	1	32	3
Anrich Nortje	13	2	52	2
Keshav Maharaj	2	0	17	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (David Warner, 0.1 ov), 2-18 (Marnus Labuschagne, 8.1 ov), 3-27 (Usman Khawaja, 9.2 ov), 4-144 (Steven Smith, 32.2 ov), 5-145 (Scott Boland, 33.1 ov), 6-181 (Cameron Green, 39.2 ov), 7-182 (Travis Head, 39.4 ov), 8-213 (Mitchell Starc, 47.6 ov), 9-214 (Pat Cummins, 48.5 ov), 10-218 (Nathan Lyon, 50.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Usman Khawaja (0) and David Warner (0)	0	1
second	Usman Khawaja (7) and Marnus Labuschagne (11)	18	48
third	Usman Khawaja (4) and Steven Smith (4)	9	8
fourth	Steven Smith (32) and Travis Head (78)	117	138
fifth	Scott Boland (1) and Travis Head (0)	1	5
sixth	Travis Head (14) and Cameron Green (18)	36	37
seventh	Alex Carey (1) and Travis Head (0)	1	2
eighth	Mitchell Starc (14) and Alex Carey (16)	31	51
ninth	Alex Carey (1) and Pat Cummins (0)	1	5
tenth	Nathan Lyon (0) and Alex Carey (4)	4	10

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 99 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Sarel Erwee	c Cameron Green b Pat Cummins	3	23
Dean Elgar	lbw b Pat Cummins	2	4
Rassie van der Dussen	b Mitchell Starc	0	4
Temba Bavuma	lbw b Nathan Lyon	29	61
Khaya Zondo	not out	36	85
Kyle Verreynne	c Steven Smith b Scott Boland	0	2
Marco Jansen	b Scott Boland	0	2
Keshav Maharaj	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	16	18
Kagiso Rabada	c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	3	13
Anrich Nortje	c Cameron Green b Pat Cummins	0	1
Lungi Ngidi	c David Warner b Pat Cummins	9	14

Extras 1 · Total 99 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	11	3	26	2
Pat Cummins	12.4	3	42	5
Scott Boland	8	2	14	2
Nathan Lyon	6	0	17	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (Dean Elgar, 1.4 ov), 2-3 (Rassie van der Dussen, 2.5 ov), 3-5 (Sarel Erwee, 7.2 ov), 4-47 (Temba Bavuma, 23.5 ov), 5-48 (Kyle Verreynne, 24.2 ov), 6-48 (Marco Jansen, 24.4 ov), 7-64 (Keshav Maharaj, 28.5 ov), 8-69 (Kagiso Rabada, 31.5 ov), 9-69 (Anrich Nortje, 31.6 ov), 10-99 (Lungi Ngidi, 37.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (2) and Sarel Erwee (0)	2	10
second	Sarel Erwee (1) and Rassie van der Dussen (0)	1	7
third	Sarel Erwee (2) and Temba Bavuma (0)	2	27
fourth	Khaya Zondo (12) and Temba Bavuma (29)	42	100
fifth	Khaya Zondo (1) and Kyle Verreynne (0)	1	3
sixth	Khaya Zondo (0) and Marco Jansen (0)	0	2
seventh	Keshav Maharaj (16) and Khaya Zondo (0)	16	25
eighth	Khaya Zondo (2) and Kagiso Rabada (3)	5	18
ninth	Khaya Zondo (0) and Anrich Nortje (0)	0	1
tenth	Khaya Zondo (21) and Lungi Ngidi (9)	30	34

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 35 FOR 4

Batter	How out	R	B
Usman Khawaja	c Keshav Maharaj b Kagiso Rabada	2	12
David Warner	c Sarel Erwee b Kagiso Rabada	3	11
Marnus Labuschagne	not out	5	16
Steven Smith	c Kyle Verreynne b Kagiso Rabada	6	5
Travis Head	c Kyle Verreynne b Kagiso Rabada	0	1
Cameron Green	not out	0	2

Did not bat: Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

Extras 19 · Total 35 for 4

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Kagiso Rabada	4	1	13	4
Anrich Nortje	3.5	0	18	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-8 (Usman Khawaja, 2.6 ov), 2-9 (David Warner, 4.4 ov), 3-19 (Steven Smith, 6.3 ov), 4-24 (Travis Head, 6.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Usman Khawaja (2) and David Warner (2)	8	18
second	David Warner (1) and Marnus Labuschagne (0)	1	10
third	Steven Smith (6) and Marnus Labuschagne (4)	10	11
fourth	Travis Head (0) and Marnus Labuschagne (0)	5	1
fifth	Marnus Labuschagne (1) and Cameron Green (0)	11	7

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