24/11Result
3rd Test (D/N), South Africa tour of Australia at Adelaide, Nov 24-27 2016
Australia won by 7 wkts
Player of the Match
Usman KhawajaAustralia
24/11Result
3rd Test (D/N), South Africa tour of Australia at Adelaide, Nov 24-27 2016
Australia won by 7 wkts
Player of the Match
Usman KhawajaAustralia

Best performances - Batsmen

UT Khawaja
145(308) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 55 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
24 6 16 24 36 9 15 15
F du Plessis
F du Plessis
118(164) 17x4 - 0x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 25 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
12 10 12 10 21 27 7 19

Best performances - Bowlers

JR Hazlewood
JR Hazlewood
O22
M5
R68
W4
Eco3.09
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
MA Starc
MA Starc
O23.2
M5
R80
W4
Eco3.42
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

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

South Africa - 1st - Innings

12
SC Cook6 (25)
D Elgar5 (17)
24
HM Amla5 (11)
SC Cook15 (21)
8
SC Cook3 (5)
JP Duminy5 (11)
51
SC Cook16 (48)
F du Plessis32 (56)
22
F du Plessis14 (26)
T Bavuma8 (34)
32
F du Plessis8 (17)
Q de Kock24 (33)
12
F du Plessis8 (6)
VD Philander4 (9)
54
F du Plessis36 (40)
KJ Abbott17 (50)
5
F du Plessis4 (7)
K Rabada1 (6)
39*
F du Plessis16 (12)
T Shamsi18 (23)

Australia - 1st - Innings

19
UT Khawaja6 (48)
MT Renshaw10 (46)
18
UT Khawaja6 (14)
DA Warner11 (25)
137
UT Khawaja75 (121)
SPD Smith59 (113)
99
UT Khawaja40 (73)
PSP Handscomb54 (78)
4
UT Khawaja3 (10)
NJ Maddinson0 (12)
6
UT Khawaja1 (1)
MS Wade4 (6)
44
UT Khawaja14 (41)
MA Starc29 (68)
30
JR Hazlewood4 (15)
MA Starc24 (23)
13
NM Lyon13 (8)
JR Hazlewood0 (0)
13
JM Bird6 (17)
JR Hazlewood7 (11)

South Africa - 2nd - Innings

1
SC Cook1 (2)
D Elgar0 (3)
81
HM Amla45 (80)
SC Cook29 (73)
49
SC Cook23 (66)
JP Duminy26 (70)
23
SC Cook11 (25)
F du Plessis12 (26)
36
SC Cook13 (27)
T Bavuma21 (31)
4
SC Cook4 (6)
KJ Abbott0 (5)
7
SC Cook2 (12)
Q de Kock5 (16)
34
SC Cook13 (19)
VD Philander17 (34)
15
SC Cook8 (8)
K Rabada7 (9)
0
SC Cook0 (2)
T Shamsi0 (1)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

64
DA Warner47 (51)
MT Renshaw12 (61)
0
UT Khawaja0 (2)
MT Renshaw0 (0)
61
SPD Smith40 (52)
MT Renshaw21 (75)
2*
PSP Handscomb1 (4)
MT Renshaw1 (1)

Match Coverage

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winning debutants

2

Instances of two debutants remaining unbeaten at the end of a successful chase in Tests; the previous such instance was in 1880

Warner's run-outs

1

Number of times Warner had been run out in 100 Test innings before this series; in this series, he has been run out twice in six innings

Converting starts

4

Number of times, in 10 Test innings, that Stephen Cook has gone past 25. He has converted two of those into hundreds

Hazlewood's bunny

5

Number of times Hazlewood has dismissed Amla in this series; no other bowler has dismissed Amla more than 4 times in a series. Amla averages 5.80 against him

Starc's first-over strikes

20

Wickets that Starc has taken in the first over of an innings in all international cricket since Jan 2015 - no other bowler has taken more than 7 in this period

At home in Australia

67.42

Khawaja's average in home Tests - he has scored 944 runs in 16 inngs, 4 hundreds. In away Tests he averages 30.29 - 515 runs in 18 inngs

Khawaja doubles opening runs

12.37

Khawaja's average while opening in first-class matches in AUS before this innings. He had made just 99 runs from 8 inns before this.

Khawaja's home run

7

Fifty-plus scores for Khawaja in Tests at home. He has made at least one such score in each of the 6 home Tests he has batted in since 2015.

Lyon on the prowl

100+

Overs now Nathan Lyon has gone without a wicket in first-class matches. His last wicket came in the first innings of the Perth Test.