Australia v South Africa @ Adelaide Oval
26 January 2009
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: IJ Gould, DJ Harper
Third Umpire: Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle
Match Result: South Africa won by 8 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Shaun Marsh | c Morne Morkel b Dale Steyn | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | - | |
| 2. David Warner | c Morne Morkel b Makhaya Ntini | 1 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Neil McKenzie b Makhaya Ntini | 63 | 70 | 87 | 9 | - | |
| 4. Michael Hussey | lbw b Johan Botha | 28 | 37 | 75 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5. David Hussey | c Herschelle Gibbs b Albie Morkel | 24 | 29 | 41 | 3 | - | |
| +6. Brad Haddin | c Jacques Kallis b Johan Botha | 3 | 10 | 9 | - | - | |
| 7. Cameron White | c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn | 30 | 54 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8. James Hopes | c Neil McKenzie b Dale Steyn | 42 | 44 | 67 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9. Mitchell Johnson | c Morne Morkel b Makhaya Ntini | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| 10. Ben Hilfenhaus | c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel | 5 | 17 | 32 | - | - | |
| 11. Shaun Tait | not out | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (David Warner), 2-17 (Shaun Marsh), 3-110 (Michael Hussey), 4-114 (Ricky Ponting), 5-128 (Brad Haddin), 6-151 (David Hussey), 7-188 (Cameron White), 8-189 (Mitchell Johnson), 9-216 (James Hopes), 222 (Ben Hilfenhaus). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 5w, 2nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48 ovs, 205 mins) 222 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 10 | 1 | 49 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 1 | 52 | 3 | (4w,0nb) |
| Albie Morkel | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Johan Botha | 10 | 0 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jean-Paul Duminy | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Hashim Amla | not out | 80 | 103 | 157 | 7 | - | |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | c Michael Hussey b Ben Hilfenhaus | 38 | 29 | 36 | 8 | - | |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | c Shaun Marsh b James Hopes | 13 | 12 | 13 | 3 | - | |
| +4. AB de Villiers | not out | 82 | 85 | 106 | 6 | 1 | |
| 5. Jean-Paul Duminy | |||||||
| 6. Neil McKenzie | |||||||
| 7. Albie Morkel | |||||||
| *8. Johan Botha | |||||||
| 9. Morne Morkel | |||||||
| 10. Dale Steyn | |||||||
| 11. Makhaya Ntini |
| FOW | 1-58 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-79 (Jacques Kallis). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 5w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 38.1 ovs, 157 mins) 223 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Tait | 9 | 0 | 49 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 8 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 10 | 0 | 63 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| James Hopes | 7.1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Hussey | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Shaun Marsh, David Warner, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Brad Haddin, Cameron White, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Shaun Tait
South Africa: Hashim Amla, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Neil McKenzie, Albie Morkel, Johan Botha, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini