Australia Vs South Africa 3rd Test 04 January 2023

3rd Test • Sydney Cricket Ground • Sydney

Australia

475/4d (131)

South Africa

255 & 106/2 (41.5)

Match Drawn

Info

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Scorecard

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Date & Time

04 Jan, 05:00 AM IST

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground

Match

3rd Test,

South Africa tour of Australia

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Richard Kettleborough (England, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

Australia elected to bat

Pitch Report

Pace BowlingAverage

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

402Avg Runs

9Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

360Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

3rd Innings

243Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

4th Innings

220Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AUS

4- 5

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Australia

South Africa

Players to Watch

Top Batters

David Warner

AUS . BAT

203 Runs

2 Matches

Kyle Verreynne

SA . WK

149 Runs

2 Matches

Travis Head

AUS . ALL

143 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Kagiso Rabada

SA . BOWL

10 Wkts

2 Matches

Pat Cummins

AUS . BOWL

8 Wkts

2 Matches

Nathan Lyon

AUS . BOWL

8 Wkts

2 Matches

Player of the Match Usman Khawaja

195(368)

AUS s 1st

SA s 1st

SA s 2nd

Info

Australia s 1st Innings

475/4d (131)

Batters

Usman Khawaja

195

368

52.99

Not out

David Warner

90.91

c Jansen b Nortje

Marnus Labuschagne

151

52.32

c Verreynne b Nortje

Steven Smith

104

192

54.17

c & b Maharaj

Travis Head

118.64

c (sub Dussen) b Rabada

Matt Renshaw

45.45

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 6, W: 1)

TOTAL

(131 Ov, RR: 3.63)

475/4

Did not Bat

Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

Bowlers

EXT

Kagiso Rabada

119

4.25

Anrich Nortje

2.50

Marco Jansen

3.16

Keshav Maharaj

108

4.32

Simon Harmer

109

3.52

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

David Warner

c Jansen b Nortje

1-12

3.4

Marnus Labuschagne

c Verreynne b Nortje

2-147

46.6

Steven Smith

c & b Maharaj

3-356

109.1

Travis Head

c (sub Dussen) b Rabada

4-468

128.3

South Africa s 1st Innings

255/10 (108)

Batters

Dean Elgar

44.12

c Carey b Hazlewood

Sarel Erwee

32.73

b Lyon

Heinrich Klaasen

9.09

c Carey b Cummins

Temba Bavuma

47.30

c Carey b Hazlewood

Khaya Zondo

46.99

lbw b Cummins

Kyle Verreynne

48.72

c Smith b Cummins

Marco Jansen

14.10

c Carey b Head

Simon Harmer

165

28.48

b Hazlewood

Keshav Maharaj

65.43

lbw b Hazlewood

Kagiso Rabada

13.64

c & b Lyon

Anrich Nortje

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 1, NB: 5, W: 0)

TOTAL

(108 Ov, RR: 2.36)

255/10

Bowlers

EXT

Josh Hazlewood

2.09

Pat Cummins

2.61

Nathan Lyon

2.20

Ashton Agar

2.14

Travis Head

3.00

Steven Smith

0.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dean Elgar

c Carey b Hazlewood

1-22

8.5

Sarel Erwee

b Lyon

2-37

17.5

Heinrich Klaasen

c Carey b Cummins

3-37

18.3

Temba Bavuma

c Carey b Hazlewood

4-85

38.1

Khaya Zondo

lbw b Cummins

5-130

48.4

Kyle Verreynne

c Smith b Cummins

6-137

52.4

Marco Jansen

c Carey b Head

7-167

73.6

Keshav Maharaj

lbw b Hazlewood

8-252

100.4

Simon Harmer

b Hazlewood

9-255

106.6

Kagiso Rabada

c & b Lyon

10-255

107.6

South Africa s 2nd Innings

106/2 (41.5)

Batters

Sarel Erwee

125

33.60

Not out

Dean Elgar

40.00

c Carey b Cummins

Heinrich Klaasen

57.38

b Hazlewood

Temba Bavuma

40.48

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 2, W: 0)

TOTAL

(41.5 Ov, RR: 2.53)

106/2

Did not Bat

Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Simon Harmer

Bowlers

EXT

Josh Hazlewood

1.80

Ashton Agar

3.50

Pat Cummins

2.00

Nathan Lyon

2.13

Travis Head

2.00

Steven Smith

8.00

Marnus Labuschagne

2.5

3.18

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dean Elgar

c Carey b Cummins

1-27

8.1

Heinrich Klaasen

b Hazlewood

2-75

26.6

Match Info

Date & Time

04 Jan, 05:00 AM IST

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground

Match

3rd Test,

South Africa tour of Australia

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Richard Kettleborough (England, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

Australia elected to bat

0 1 0 0 3 0

Over 39

Runs: 4

0 0 0 4 0 0

Over 40

Runs: 4

0 4 0 1 0 0

Over 41

Runs: 5

0 1 0 3nb 0 0 1nb

Over 42

Runs: 5

All Overs

Player of the Match Usman Khawaja

195(368)

Commentary

That's it we have from here for now on this game. Another series comes to an end. We will be back for more. Keep following Sportskeeda for all the action. Till next time, take care and enjoy responsibly. See you soon.

Cummins collects the trophy and the Aussie team pose for photos.

Pat Cummins: The wicket was still pretty good. We knew we were up against it. Keep putting some balls in some good areas, hopefully the luck turned. But that wasn't the case, they batted beautifully. We had 150 overs to try and take 20 wickets on a pretty good batting surface. Really proud of all the efforts. I thought Nathan Lyon was outstanding. I'm really happy with how everyone is travelling. I think everyone can hold their heads up high. Hopefully, we’ve got 10 big Test matches with India, the Ashes and hopefully the WTC Final. Exciting time ahead.

Dean Elgar: It's good to end the tour like this. Touring Australia is never easy. But obviously the message to the group last night was we have got to go out and fight on day five and I think it's going to help us in the future. If you think about it, there's only three or four guys that have toured here in the past. The rest was all brand new experiences. I think the learnings from that is these guys might be playing here again in a couple of years time and obviously there are a lot of learnings out of that. I know I'm the captain but I'm also a runscorer and I know that hasn't worked out of late but I know I'll be back. I know my character and I know I'll come out stronger.

David Warner | Player of the Series: It was a fantastic performance by the whole team. We would have all liked to bat a bit more. But credit to our bowlers. Our bowlers were fantastic. Hopefully this Sydney weather is better next year. Massive away tour now with WTC on the line. If results go our way and we win a couple of games, that’ll put us in good stead to get to the final.

Usman Khawaja | Player of the Match: I'm just enjoying the good times at the moment. [The SCG] can be a grinding wicket, a slow wicket, spin is always in the game so you need to have your options against spin. I would love to have a double ton next to my name but at the end of the day it's a great way to showcase cricket and what cricket stands for. I think any children watching out there, or anyone watching how Australia plays their sport, it's always team first and I think that's very important when you are playing a team game. This is the first time I have beaten a South African team at home. Both teams played well, we had some tough times last series, both on and off the field. But loved the way both teams performed throughout this series.

Steve Smith: We tried a lot out there. Three or four umpire calls didn't go our way. If we take those things, it could be have been different. Today's one I was certain that I caught it, I agree with the other day but today I was confident. It feels really good, plans in place and hopefully, I can keep that up come India. Into some quality Test match cricket after a few days in the BBL. That's part of the game. For me it's just working out how I want to bat. Pre-conceived ideas and hopefully, I can do that in India as well. It has been a nice Test summer, will have a drink with the boys in the dressing room. I mean, its tough to say whether this is the best team. We are in a very good space. This is a really good team and everyone is contributing.

Josh Hazlewood: It was a big challenge at the start of the day 14 wickets was a tough ask. It was back to the old SCG, good fun today; Yeah I think. sticking to the basics. We were getting some reverse swing. I was doing my role with just two quicks. Not the easiest wickets to bowl on. Different time of bowling which we will come up with against India. That's stump-to-stump bowling in India. Worked on the field, it was a big challenge. Playing one Test at a time is a bit frustrating. Body actually feels better in your 2nd or 3rd Test.

As expected the SCG Test ends in a draw. The weather had a large part to play in it. The first three days were badly hampered by rain with the third day being a total washout.

From then on it was a race against time to get a result and even though Australia tried their best, the placidness of the track did not allow them to take 20 wickets.

Earlier in the game, Australia posted a massive 475/4 declared with Usman Khawaja unbeaten on 195. He was set for a double ton but rain and Cummins' declaration took that out of him. A disappointment for sure for the left-hander who registered his highest individual score in Tests.

Labuschagne and Smith made runs too. The latter surpassing Sir Don to go to 30 Test tons. What a summer though for Marnus who must surely be considered to be one of the best Test batsmen going around currently.

In reply South Africa faltered to be bowled out for 255 with Harmer and Maharaj adding respectability to the score after another batting failure.

Hazlewood was the pick with a four-fer as he impressed on his return to the side.

Australia duly enforced the follow-on on the last day, but time was against them and South Africa safely saw it through to eke out a draw.

The series though went to Australia who dominated it to win 2-0.

Stay tuned to know who the Player of the Match and the Series is. Also to hear what the captains have to say.

Match Drawn

Australia 1st innings 475/4 dec in 131 overs
Usman Khawaja 195* | Steve Smith 104 | Anrich Nortje 2/55

South Africa 1st innings 255 all-out in 108 overs
Keshav Maharaj 53 | Josh Hazlewood 4/48 | Pat Cummins 3/60

South Africa 2nd innings 106/2 in 41.5 overs (after being enforced the follow-on)
Sarel Erwee 42* | Josh Hazlewood 1/9

The game is a draw and that's the end of the series as well.

Finally they shake hands and bring the game to a close. Thank heavens!

41.6 Marnus Labuschagne to Sarel Erwee, again a flatter one around off. Defended by Erwee. That has been called a no ball but Pat Cummins has run out of gas and calls it off.

This is becoming pointless now.

41.5 Marnus Labuschagne to Sarel Erwee, flatter on off, again defended by Erwee.

41.4 Marnus Labuschagne to Sarel Erwee, defends this length delivery on middle.

41.4 Marnus Labuschagne to Sarel Erwee, That was a juicy full toss from Labuschagne. Erwee swipes it across the line and gets a coup;e fo runs. The ball stopping inches ahead of the boundary ropes. Overstepping there and no-ball called.

41.3 Marnus Labuschagne to Sarel Erwee, on a fullish length on middle. Defended off the front foot by Erwee.

41.2 Marnus Labuschagne to Temba Bavuma, a tad flatter and quicker around off. Bavuma rocks back and cuts it away down towards deep cover-point for a single.

41.1 Marnus Labuschagne to Temba Bavuma, a flighted delivery on middle and leg. Firmly defended off the front foot by Bavuma.

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