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Australia v South Africa @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
11 January 2009
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: RJ Tucker, BNJ Oxenford
Third Umpire: Paul Reiffel
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle
Match Result: Australia won by 52 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Shaun Marsh | c Albie Morkel b Lonwabo Tsotsobe | 9 | 9 | - | 1 | - |
| 2. David Warner | c AB de Villiers b Makhaya Ntini | 89 | 43 | - | 7 | 6 |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Dale Steyn b Albie Morkel | 21 | 19 | - | 1 | - |
| 4. David Hussey | c AB de Villiers b Makhaya Ntini | 19 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Cameron White | c Jacques Kallis b Albie Morkel | 7 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| 6. Michael Hussey | run out (Herschelle Gibbs > ) | 7 | 8 | - | - | - |
| +7. Luke Ronchi | c Makhaya Ntini b Dale Steyn | 11 | 5 | - | 2 | - |
| 8. James Hopes | c Johan Botha b Dale Steyn | 13 | 14 | - | - | - |
| 9. Nathan Bracken | b Dale Steyn | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 10. Ben Hilfenhaus | not out | 0 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 11. Shaun Tait | not out | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-38 (Shaun Marsh), 2-97 (Ricky Ponting), 3-140 (David Hussey), 4-140 (David Warner), 5-154 (Cameron White), 6-154 (Michael Hussey), 7-168 (Luke Ronchi), 8-180 (James Hopes), 9-181 (Nathan Bracken). |
| Extras | 2b, 0lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 20 ovs) 182 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Makhaya Ntini | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lonwabo Tsotsobe | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dale Steyn | 4 | 0 | 38 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Johan Botha | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Albie Morkel | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Herschelle Gibbs | lbw b Nathan Bracken | 0 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 2. Jacques Kallis | b Ben Hilfenhaus | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| 3. AB de Villiers | hit wicket b Shaun Tait | 0 | 4 | - | - | - |
| 4. Jean-Paul Duminy | lbw b David Hussey | 78 | 48 | - | 9 | 1 |
| 5. Vaughn van Jaarsveld | c Cameron White b James Hopes | 12 | 15 | - | - | - |
| +6. Mark Boucher | c Michael Hussey b David Hussey | 5 | 7 | - | - | - |
| 7. Albie Morkel | c Cameron White b Nathan Bracken | 12 | 8 | - | 1 | - |
| *8. Johan Botha | not out | 5 | 7 | - | - | - |
| 9. Dale Steyn | c Nathan Bracken b David Hussey | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 10. Makhaya Ntini | b Ben Hilfenhaus | 0 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 11. Lonwabo Tsotsobe | b Shaun Tait | 1 | 7 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-2 (AB de Villiers), 3-12 (Jacques Kallis), 4-65 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld), 5-82 (Mark Boucher), 6-120 (Albie Morkel), 7-123 (Jean-Paul Duminy), 8-125 (Dale Steyn), 9-127 (Makhaya Ntini), 130 (Lonwabo Tsotsobe). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 7w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 18 ovs) 130 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Nathan Bracken | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shaun Tait | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| James Hopes | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| David Hussey | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |