Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Best performances - Batsmen

Q de Kock
Q de Kock
104(143) 17x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 30 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
7 11 10 13 29 17 7 10
T Bavuma
T Bavuma
74(204) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 21 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 6 11 7 28 3 2 13

Best performances - Bowlers

KJ Abbott
KJ Abbott
O23.1
M3
R77
W6
Eco3.32
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W1W
JR Hazlewood
JR Hazlewood
O30.5
M10
R89
W6
Eco2.88
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

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

Australia - 1st - Innings

2
DA Warner1 (4)
JA Burns1 (2)
0
UT Khawaja0 (0)
JA Burns0 (6)
6
UT Khawaja4 (25)
SPD Smith2 (14)
0
AC Voges0 (1)
SPD Smith0 (0)
9
CJ Ferguson3 (12)
SPD Smith6 (13)
14
PM Nevill3 (25)
SPD Smith10 (19)
28
SPD Smith18 (28)
JM Mennie10 (22)
7
SPD Smith3 (1)
MA Starc4 (6)
10
SPD Smith2 (3)
JR Hazlewood8 (7)
9
SPD Smith7 (2)
NM Lyon2 (7)

South Africa - 1st - Innings

43
SC Cook23 (48)
D Elgar17 (61)
1
HM Amla1 (3)
SC Cook0 (1)
2
HM Amla1 (7)
JP Duminy1 (4)
30
HM Amla22 (19)
F du Plessis7 (25)
56
HM Amla23 (38)
T Bavuma28 (51)
144
T Bavuma37 (133)
Q de Kock104 (143)
16
VD Philander7 (9)
T Bavuma9 (20)
1
VD Philander0 (0)
KA Maharaj1 (5)
4
VD Philander1 (3)
KJ Abbott3 (9)
29
VD Philander24 (16)
K Rabada5 (11)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

0
DA Warner0 (0)
JA Burns0 (4)
79
UT Khawaja33 (56)
DA Warner45 (78)
50
UT Khawaja31 (65)
SPD Smith18 (44)
6
AC Voges2 (17)
SPD Smith4 (14)
5
CJ Ferguson1 (11)
SPD Smith4 (7)
10
PM Nevill6 (16)
SPD Smith4 (11)
0
SPD Smith0 (0)
JM Mennie0 (2)
1
SPD Smith1 (6)
MA Starc0 (4)
0
JR Hazlewood0 (8)
MA Starc0 (9)
10
NM Lyon4 (4)
JR Hazlewood6 (6)

In elite company

3

Teams which have won 3 successive Test series in Australia: England (1884-1888), West Indies (1984-1992) and South Africa (2008-2016)

Done in a hurry

193.5

Overs bowled in this Test, the fewest balls in a result game in Australia since 1950, when 129.2 eight-ball overs were bowled in an Ashes Test in Brisbane

Out for less than 10

16

Single-digit dismissals for Australian batsmen in this match, which equals their highest in any Test. The last time they had as many was in 1912

Huge Deficit

2

No of instances where RSA had a lead of over 200 vs Aus since readmission.Previous instance was in Capetown in 2009 when they had a lead of 442

Hazlewood strikes

88

Number of wickets taken by Josh Hazlewood in his career- Most by any Australian bowler since his debut.

Good Streak

5

Number of consecutive 50's scored by Quinton de Kock in his last five innings. Before today he scored 82,50,84 and 64.

Poor Home Start

31/6

Australia's second worst start in the first innings of a Test Match at home. In 1978 they lost 6 for 26 vs England at Gabba