MatchesMen's TestSouth Africa tour of Australia 2022/23

Australia v South Africa

3rd Test · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 4 Jan 2023 – 8 Jan 2023

Match drawn Rain likely

Australia 1st innings475/4d131 overs

South Africa 1st innings255108 overs

South Africa 2nd innings106/241.5 overs

Australia 1st innings 475/4d (131 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	not out	195	368	19	1	53.0
DA Warner	c M Jansen b A Nortje	10	11	2	0	90.9
M Labuschagne	c K Verreynne b A Nortje	79	151	13	0	52.3
SPD Smith	c & b KA Maharaj	104	192	11	2	54.2
TM Head	c HE van der Dussen b K Rabada	70	59	8	1	118.6
MT Renshaw	not out	5	11	1	0	45.5
Extras		12
Total	4 wickets declared, 131 overs	475

Did not bat: JR Hazlewood, AT Carey, NM Lyon, AC Agar, PJ Cummins

Fall of wickets: 12-1 (DA Warner, 3.4 ov), 147-2 (M Labuschagne, 46.6 ov), 356-3 (SPD Smith, 109.1 ov), 468-4 (TM Head, 128.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
K Rabada	28	3	119	1	4.25	119	0	4
A Nortje	22	5	55	2	2.50	105	0	2
M Jansen	25	4	79	0	3.16	112	1	0
KA Maharaj	25	1	108	1	4.32	89	0	0
SR Harmer	31	3	109	0	3.52	127	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	12	22	UT Khawaja 1, DA Warner 10
2	135	260	UT Khawaja 53, M Labuschagne 79
3	209	373	UT Khawaja 98, SPD Smith 104
4	112	116	UT Khawaja 41, TM Head 70
Unbroken	7	15	UT Khawaja 2, MT Renshaw 5

South Africa 1st innings 255 (108 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	15	34	2	0	44.1
SJ Erwee	b NM Lyon	18	55	2	0	32.7
H Klaasen	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	2	22	0	0	9.1
T Bavuma	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	35	74	1	2	47.3
K Zondo	lbw b PJ Cummins	39	83	2	2	47.0
K Verreynne	c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins	19	39	2	0	48.7
M Jansen	c AT Carey b TM Head	11	78	1	0	14.1
SR Harmer	b JR Hazlewood	47	165	4	0	28.5
KA Maharaj	lbw b JR Hazlewood	53	81	6	1	65.4
K Rabada	c & b NM Lyon	3	22	0	0	13.6
A Nortje	not out	0	0	0	0	–
Extras		13
Total	all out, 108 overs	255

Fall of wickets: 22-1 (D Elgar, 8.5 ov), 37-2 (SJ Erwee, 17.5 ov), 37-3 (H Klaasen, 18.3 ov), 85-4 (T Bavuma, 38.1 ov), 130-5 (K Zondo, 48.4 ov), 137-6 (K Verreynne, 52.4 ov), 167-7 (M Jansen, 73.6 ov), 252-8 (KA Maharaj, 100.4 ov), 255-9 (SR Harmer, 106.6 ov), 255-10 (K Rabada, 107.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JR Hazlewood	23	7	48	4	2.09	114	2
PJ Cummins	23	7	60	3	2.61	108	2
NM Lyon	40	16	88	2	2.20	199	0
AC Agar	14	3	30	0	2.14	63	1
TM Head	7	1	21	1	3.00	28	0
SPD Smith	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	22	53	D Elgar 15, SJ Erwee 6
2	15	54	SJ Erwee 12, H Klaasen 2
3	0	4	H Klaasen 0, T Bavuma 0
4	48	118	T Bavuma 35, K Zondo 12
5	45	63	K Zondo 27, K Verreynne 16
6	7	24	K Verreynne 3, M Jansen 4
7	30	128	M Jansen 7, SR Harmer 23
8	85	160	SR Harmer 24, KA Maharaj 53
9	3	38	SR Harmer 0, K Rabada 3
10	0	6	K Rabada 0, A Nortje 0

South Africa 2nd innings 106/2 (41.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SJ Erwee	not out	42	125	6	0	33.6
D Elgar	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	10	25	1	0	40.0
H Klaasen	b JR Hazlewood	35	61	3	0	57.4
T Bavuma	not out	17	42	1	0	40.5
Extras		2
Total	2 wickets, 41.5 overs	106

Did not bat: KA Maharaj, SR Harmer, K Zondo, M Jansen, A Nortje, K Verreynne, K Rabada

Fall of wickets: 27-1 (D Elgar, 8.1 ov), 75-2 (H Klaasen, 26.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JR Hazlewood	5	2	9	1	1.80	25	0
AC Agar	8	2	28	0	3.50	37	0
PJ Cummins	8	1	16	1	2.00	38	0
NM Lyon	15	5	32	0	2.13	73	0
TM Head	2	0	4	0	2.00	9	0
SPD Smith	1	0	8	0	8.00	2	0
M Labuschagne	2.5	1	9	0	3.18	15	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	27	49	SJ Erwee 17, D Elgar 10
2	48	113	SJ Erwee 13, H Klaasen 35
Unbroken	31	89	SJ Erwee 12, T Bavuma 17

Match details

Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Player of the match: UT Khawaja
Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia
Season: 2022/23
Umpires: CB Gaffaney, PR Reiffel
Match referee: RB Richardson
Rain: Draw with only 280.5 of ~450 overs bowled (62%)
Source: Cricsheet match 1317494