The second test in Durbin South Africa came to a conclusion overnight EDT. Australia won by a massive 175 runs. Putting their stamp on the No 1 position for a test team in the world. On reflection this is an absolutely brilliant outcome. I mean lets face it if you read my previous posts predating the tour of South Africa, all the way up until the actual first test. I was in serious doubt of this side being able to even challenge South Africa. I seriously thought that the selectors had got it all wrong. I have been made to eat my words, quite frankly I am very happy that is the case. I think all the players that were selected and played in the test matches showed their worth in one way or another, even if they did not perform with the bat they did with the ball or in the field. We also have to take into account what they do off the field that helps others in the side. They say in battle that the plan is followed right up till the first shot is fired, well that would be the same with cricket. Its in the lulls that you take stock and close your basic pouch etc, so the Aussies did in the series. They held to their patience and survived the good bowling and in the lull where the bad balls came the took stock and punished them. Well done lads, really looking forward to the Twenty20 matches and one day games that are coming up. For a full list of these games look at the bottom of the blog page above the stick cricket game, I have listed all up coming games there. So now to the stats or the updated stats I will post them below.
| Australia 2nd Innings | R | M | B | 4 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters name | Fall Of Wicket | Runs | Minutes | Balls Faced | Four's | Sixes |
| Extras | 12b, 2lb, 4nb, 0wd | 18 | ||||
| Total | 5 wickets (dec) , 94.4 overs | 331 | ||||
| Hughes, PJ | c:Morkel b:Ntini | 160 | 376 | 323 | 15 | 3 |
| Katich, SM | c:Harris b:Kallis | 30 | 71 | 47 | 4 | 1 |
| Ponting, RT | c:McKenzie b:Morkel | 81 | 189 | 106 | 12 | 0 |
| Hussey, MEK | c:Kallis b:Duminy | 19 | 53 | 50 | 2 | 0 |
| Clarke, MJ | not out | 23 | 68 | 39 | 2 | 0 |
| North, MJ | c:de Villiers b:Steyn | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Haddin, BJ | ||||||
| McDonald, AB | ||||||
| Johnson, MG | ||||||
| Siddle, PM | ||||||
| Hilfenhaus, BW | ||||||
So the Aussies Declared 5/331 Leaving the South African's with 500 odd runs to chase.
FOW:
1-55 ( Katich, 15.6 ov), 2-219 ( Ponting, 64.3 ov), 3-260 ( Hussey, 78.5 ov), 4-330 ( Hughes, 93.1 ov), 5-331 ( North, 94.4 ov)
| South Africa 2nd Innings | R | M | B | 4 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters name | Fall Of Wicket | Runs | Minutes | Balls Faced | Four's | Sixes |
| Extras | 9b, 15lb, 10nb, 3wd | 37 | ||||
| Total | 10 wickets , 132.2 overs | 370 | ||||
| Amla, HM | c:Ponting b:Siddle | 43 | 124 | 82 | 8 | 0 |
| McKenzie, ND | c:Haddin b:Siddle | 31 | 95 | 78 | 5 | 0 |
| Kallis, JH | c:Ponting b:Johnson | 93 | 246 | 175 | 13 | 0 |
| de Villiers, AB | c:Haddin b:Siddle | 84 | 234 | 199 | 9 | 0 |
| Duminy, JP | c:Haddin b:Hilfenhaus | 17 | 76 | 45 | 3 | 0 |
| Boucher, MV | c&b:North | 25 | 158 | 107 | 1 | 0 |
| Harris, PL | c:Siddle b:Katich | 5 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Morkel, M | c:Haddin b:Katich | 24 | 101 | 78 | 4 | 0 |
| Steyn, DW | st:Haddin b:Katich | 7 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Ntini, M | not out | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Smith, GC | asbsent injured: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FOW:
- ( Smith, ov)1-63 ( McKenzie, 22.2 ov), 2-80 ( Amla, 28.5 ov), 3-267 ( Kallis, 85.5 ov), 4-279 ( de Villiers, 88.6 ov), 5-299 ( Duminy, 101.2 ov), 6-307 ( Harris, 105.2 ov), 7-345 ( Boucher, 125.3 ov), 8-363 ( Morkel, 130.5 ov), 9-370 ( Steyn, 132.2 ov),
Now lets look at the bowling and to our surprise Ricky Pointing Actually bowled Simon Katich what the hell is going on here and would you look what happened....hmmmmmm no less than 3 wickets fell to him.....
Now lets look at the bowling and to our surprise Ricky Pointing Actually bowled Simon Katich what the hell is going on here and would you look what happened....hmmmmmm no less than 3 wickets fell to him.....
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowlers Name | Overs Bowled | Maiden Overs | Runs Against | Wickets Taken | Wides Bowled | No Balls |
| Johnson, MG | 33.0 | 9 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hilfenhaus, BW | 24.0 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Siddle, PM | 28.0 | 12 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| McDonald, AB | 16.0 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| North, MJ | 20.0 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Katich, SM | 11.2 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
In Wrap up well done to the Aussies, commiseratons to the Proteas. They are a worthy opponent. We all know without them challenging Australia then we would not have the serie's we have had over the last few months. I look forward to the Twenty20 games and the One day ones coming up. Thanks for all who follow my blog and even those who pop in for a quick visit. Thanks to Foxsports 3 for showing the Aussies and for when I fell asleep thanks to Cricket Australia for having readily available information I missed.
