03/11Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Australia at Perth, Nov 3-7 2016
South Africa won by 177 runs
Player of the Match
Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa
03/11Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Australia at Perth, Nov 3-7 2016
South Africa won by 177 runs
Player of the Match
Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa

Best performances - Batsmen

JP Duminy
JP Duminy
141(225) 20x4 - 1x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 54 runs
  • 8x4 - 1x6
22 10 18 5 9 10 32 35
D Elgar
D Elgar
127(316) 17x4 - 1x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 36 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
20 8 4 14 18 23 25 15

Best performances - Bowlers

K Rabada
K Rabada
O31
M6
R92
W5
Eco2.96
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
VD Philander
VD Philander
O19.2
M2
R56
W4
Eco2.89
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Partnerships

  • SA - 1st
  • AUS - 1st
  • SA - 2nd
  • AUS - 2nd

South Africa - 1st - Innings

0
SC Cook0 (4)
D Elgar0 (0)
5
HM Amla0 (5)
D Elgar5 (10)
15
JP Duminy8 (17)
D Elgar7 (12)
12
JP Duminy3 (6)
F du Plessis9 (20)
49
F du Plessis28 (54)
T Bavuma20 (40)
71
T Bavuma31 (46)
Q de Kock40 (48)
23
VD Philander10 (32)
Q de Kock13 (21)
48
KA Maharaj16 (19)
Q de Kock31 (26)
4
Q de Kock0 (6)
K Rabada0 (0)
15
DW Steyn4 (4)
K Rabada11 (12)

Australia - 1st - Innings

158
SE Marsh55 (115)
DA Warner97 (100)
9
SE Marsh5 (15)
UT Khawaja4 (17)
1
SE Marsh1 (1)
SPD Smith0 (4)
13
SE Marsh2 (17)
AC Voges10 (16)
0
AC Voges0 (12)
MR Marsh0 (8)
21
AC Voges17 (32)
PM Nevill4 (33)
1
PM Nevill1 (1)
MA Starc0 (5)
29
PM Nevill18 (19)
PM Siddle11 (16)
11
PM Siddle7 (9)
JR Hazlewood4 (5)
1
PM Siddle0 (0)
NM Lyon0 (2)

South Africa - 2nd - Innings

35
SC Cook12 (55)
D Elgar18 (46)
10
HM Amla1 (7)
D Elgar9 (14)
250
JP Duminy141 (225)
D Elgar85 (221)
29
F du Plessis14 (37)
D Elgar15 (35)
22
F du Plessis14 (18)
T Bavuma8 (18)
6
F du Plessis4 (9)
Q de Kock2 (10)
116
VD Philander49 (93)
Q de Kock62 (90)
72
VD Philander24 (50)
KA Maharaj41 (34)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

52
SE Marsh15 (41)
DA Warner35 (33)
0
SE Marsh0 (4)
UT Khawaja0 (0)
92
UT Khawaja49 (98)
SPD Smith34 (91)
2
AC Voges1 (12)
UT Khawaja1 (2)
50
UT Khawaja20 (43)
MR Marsh26 (52)
50
PM Nevill16 (43)
UT Khawaja27 (39)
16
PM Nevill3 (16)
MA Starc13 (24)
18
PM Nevill5 (28)
PM Siddle13 (32)
65
PM Nevill28 (53)
JR Hazlewood29 (71)
16
PM Nevill8 (13)
NM Lyon8 (22)

Match Coverage

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WACA again

2012

Last time Australia lost a home Test, before this - also to South Africa at WACA by 309 runs. They had won 14 of the 18 Tests since then and four were drawn.

Khawaja in good flow

65

Previous highest score for Khawaja in second innings. He has gone past that score. All his four centuries had come in 1st innings.

Big task

406

Australia's highest score in the fourth-innings of Tests, which came at Lord's in 2009. They have been set a target of 539 in this match.

Enough to win?

414

Highest total in the 4th inns of a Test at WACA, by South Africa in 2008-09. South Africa's lead has already gone past that mark.

Elgar's best

121

Previous highest score for Elgar in Tests, which came against WI in Port Elizabeth 2014-15. He has gone past that mark in this innings.

Doing it again

3

No. of instances of two centuries for visiting team in the 3rd inns of a Test at WACA, including this. Two of those have been by SA; they did the same in 2012-13.

Duminy vs Australia

3

No. of 100's made by Duminy against Aus. This is his 1st 100 against any team in the 2nd inn of a Test.Previously he made 166 in Melbourne and 123 in Port Elizabeth.

Elgar and Duminy Partnership

1

Number of 100 + partnerships for the 3rd wicket for South Africa in Australia since readmission before today. Kallis and Amla added 165 in Brisbane in 2012.

Rare Failure

1

Total runs scored by Hashim Amla in this Test match. This is the lowest he has scored in a Test match since 2006. Previous instance was vs India in Durban.

Back with a bang

4/56

Philander's best bowling figures in Australia. During his previous tour in 2012 he took only 4 wickets from 67 overs in 2 matches.

Rare Collapse

1978

Previous instance when Aus lost their top 5 wkts for fewer than 23 runs at home.They have gone from 158/0 to 181/5.Last time this happened was vs Eng in Brisbane

Warner vs Steyn

4

Number of times Steyn has dismissed Warner. Warner has scored 207 runs against him at a SR of 96.2.