22/03Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 22-25 2018
South Africa won by 322 runs
Player of the Match
Morne Morkel
Morne MorkelSouth Africa
22/03Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 22-25 2018
South Africa won by 322 runs
Player of the Match
Morne Morkel
Morne MorkelSouth Africa

Best performances - Batsmen

D Elgar
D Elgar
141(284) 20x4 - 1x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 29 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
2 16 15 6 38 19 12 33
AK Markram
AK Markram
84(145) 10x4 - 2x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 19 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
8 9 7 9 19 6 7 19

Best performances - Bowlers

M Morkel
M Morkel
O9.4
M3
R23
W5
Eco2.37
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W1W
PJ Cummins
PJ Cummins
O26
M6
R78
W4
Eco3.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • 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

6
D Elgar4 (12)
AK Markram0 (11)
86
HM Amla31 (87)
D Elgar48 (86)
128
AB de Villiers64 (95)
D Elgar54 (89)
14
F du Plessis5 (14)
D Elgar5 (11)
2
D Elgar0 (9)
T Bavuma1 (12)
6
D Elgar3 (16)
Q de Kock3 (11)
12
VD Philander8 (23)
D Elgar4 (22)
3
D Elgar0 (1)
KA Maharaj3 (7)
50
D Elgar23 (38)
K Rabada22 (42)
4
M Morkel4 (4)
D Elgar0 (0)

Australia - 1st - Innings

43
DA Warner30 (14)
CT Bancroft11 (19)
18
UT Khawaja5 (22)
CT Bancroft11 (10)
11
SPD Smith5 (18)
CT Bancroft4 (8)
78
SE Marsh26 (63)
CT Bancroft51 (56)
0
MR Marsh0 (9)
CT Bancroft0 (10)
6
TD Paine0 (9)
MR Marsh5 (13)
17
TD Paine11 (16)
PJ Cummins4 (40)
2
TD Paine0 (6)
MA Starc2 (5)
66
TD Paine19 (33)
NM Lyon47 (38)
14
TD Paine4 (20)
JR Hazlewood10 (14)

South Africa - 2nd - Innings

28
D Elgar14 (23)
AK Markram14 (32)
76
HM Amla31 (80)
AK Markram41 (68)
47
AB de Villiers18 (38)
AK Markram29 (45)
45
AB de Villiers25 (32)
F du Plessis20 (44)
5
AB de Villiers0 (1)
T Bavuma5 (4)
68
AB de Villiers20 (65)
Q de Kock48 (66)
55
VD Philander35 (37)
Q de Kock17 (31)
30
VD Philander9 (23)
K Rabada20 (46)
8
VD Philander3 (12)
KA Maharaj5 (14)
11
VD Philander5 (7)
M Morkel6 (7)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

57
DA Warner31 (57)
CT Bancroft26 (64)
2
UT Khawaja1 (8)
DA Warner1 (10)
0
UT Khawaja0 (1)
SPD Smith0 (5)
0
SE Marsh0 (1)
SPD Smith0 (0)
16
SPD Smith7 (16)
MR Marsh9 (15)
11
TD Paine4 (9)
MR Marsh7 (13)
0
TD Paine0 (0)
PJ Cummins0 (1)
8
TD Paine1 (2)
MA Starc7 (14)
0
TD Paine0 (5)
NM Lyon0 (0)
13
TD Paine4 (11)
JR Hazlewood5 (6)

Match Coverage

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ABD's double

5

No. of times AB de Villiers has made two fifty-plus scores in the same Tests, including this match. The last he did so was way back in 2011. SA have lost two of the previous 4 times he scored 50+ in both inns.

Morkel's milestone

300+

Wickets for Morne Morkel in Tests. He has become the fifth for South Africa after Donald, Pollock, Ntini and Steyn to complete 300 wickets.

Elgar carries again

3

No. of times Dean Elgar has carried his bat in a Test inns, including this Test. He equals Desmond Haynes who had also done it three times.

Killing spell

4/8

Pat Cummins' spell in the third session on day one in which he picked up 4 wickets for 8 runs in 8 overs. He rattled through the middle-order dismissing De Villiers, Du Plessis Bavuma and De Kock in that spell.

Faf fails

8.75

Faf du Plessis' average in this series, which is his second-lowest in any Test series. He averaged 8.57 in the series against India in 2015-16 which is his lowest.

ABD's hot form

6

No. of 50+ scores for AB de Villiers in 7 Tests since his return. He averages over 55 in these matches.

Hazlewood again

7

No. of times Hashim Amla has got out to Josh Hazlewood in Tests, in 9 innings. Only Broad has dismissed Amla on more occasions, 8 times in 29 inns.