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Australia v South Africa @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
16 January 2009
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: IJ Gould, BNJ Oxenford
Third Umpire: Rod Tucker
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle
Match Result: South Africa won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Shaun Marsh | c Mark Boucher b Morne Morkel | 79 | 97 | 148 | 4 | 1 |
| 2. Michael Hussey | c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Mark Boucher b Johan Botha | 46 | 54 | 71 | 5 | - |
| 4. Michael Clarke | c Hashim Amla b Albie Morkel | 19 | 38 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 5. David Hussey | b Albie Morkel | 52 | 50 | 63 | 5 | - |
| 6. Cameron White | b Johan Botha | 21 | 24 | 31 | 2 | - |
| +7. Brad Haddin | run out (Albie Morkel > ) | 19 | 12 | 19 | 2 | - |
| 8. James Hopes | c Vaughn van Jaarsveld b Morne Morkel | 2 | 4 | 9 | - | - |
| 9. Nathan Bracken | not out | 12 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 10. Ben Hilfenhaus | not out | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Shaun Tait |
| FOW | 1-8 (Michael Hussey), 2-102 (Ricky Ponting), 3-146 (Michael Clarke), 4-174 (Shaun Marsh), 5-223 (Cameron White), 6-231 (David Hussey), 7-254 (James Hopes), 8-259 (Brad Haddin). |
| Extras | 2b, 3lb, 9w, 0nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 271 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 10 | 2 | 49 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Albie Morkel | 9 | 0 | 58 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 10 | 0 | 68 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Johan Botha | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jean-Paul Duminy | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Herschelle Gibbs | b Ben Hilfenhaus | 22 | 28 | 32 | 3 | - |
| 2. Hashim Amla | b Shaun Tait | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | b Michael Clarke | 41 | 49 | 70 | 4 | - |
| 4. Jean-Paul Duminy | c Cameron White b Nathan Bracken | 71 | 93 | 131 | - | - |
| 5. Neil McKenzie | c Ricky Ponting b Ben Hilfenhaus | 63 | 80 | 105 | 6 | - |
| +6. Mark Boucher | b Shaun Tait | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 7. Vaughn van Jaarsveld | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 4 | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 8. Albie Morkel | not out | 40 | 18 | 38 | 4 | 1 |
| *9. Johan Botha | not out | 12 | 18 | 33 | 1 | - |
| 10. Dale Steyn | ||||||
| 11. Morne Morkel |
| FOW | 1-4 (Hashim Amla), 2-36 (Herschelle Gibbs), 3-90 (Jacques Kallis), 4-213 (Jean-Paul Duminy), 5-215 (Mark Boucher), 6-219 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld), 7-221 (Neil McKenzie). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 8w, 0nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49.3 ovs) 272 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Nathan Bracken | 10 | 2 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaun Tait | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 9.3 | 1 | 55 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| James Hopes | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Hussey | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Shaun Marsh, Michael Hussey, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, David Hussey, Cameron White, Brad Haddin, James Hopes, Nathan Bracken, Ben Hilfenhaus, Shaun Tait