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South Africa 225 & 230/2 (38.0 ov)

Australia 163

South Africa lead by 292 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Stumps - Day 2

• South Africa in Australia Test Series - 3rd Test
• Test no. 2064 | 2012/13 season
• Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
• 30 November, 1,2,3,4 December 2012 (5-day match)

	South Africa 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith*	c Clarke b Watson	16	30	1	0	53.33
	11.3 80.9 mph, they go in with a new pace attack, but it is that man Watson who strikes, good length, close to off, Smith lunges forward to defend against the sharp angle, and the edge carries safely to first slip 38/1
	AN Petersen	b Starc	30	73	4	0	41.09
	22.4 83.4 mph, Starc breaks through, close to lunch, the fuller length and late inswing does it, Petersen plays outside the line, it bursts through the gate and his stumps are rattled, Starc is delighted, the crowd roars, and then they have to check for the no-ball, drains the moment of all spontaneity, halts it midway, but Starc is safe, and the celebration can resume 61/2
	HM Amla	run out (Warner)	11	43	2	0	25.58
	26.5 Johnson to de Villiers, trouble, trouble, Amla cannot build on that drop, AB taps to covers and runs, Warner runs in too, from point, picks up the ball and catches Amla just short with a direct hit 67/4
	JH Kallis	b Starc	2	7	0	0	28.57
	24.3 86.1 mph, Mitchell Starc, you beauty, you ripper, you've taken out the great man at the stroke of lunch, similar to the way Petersen went, bowled through the gate, pitched up full, swinging in late, Kallis lured into a drive without moving his feet, and another one sneaks through 63/3
	AB de Villiers†	c Clarke b Hastings	4	12	1	0	33.33
	27.4 82.6 mph, Hastings has his first Test strike, not by brute force, but a simple ploy of keeping it full outside off stump, this one was angled in closer, made AB push at it, and then changed direction sharply, swerving away to take a healthy nick into the captain's hands at first slip 67/5
	D Elgar	c †Wade b Johnson	0	12	0	0	0.00
	30.5 88.5 mph, Mitchell Johnson has deserved this wicket, if not a couple more today, he's had Elgar expecting the short ball, sent in a few pitched up deliveries, and now he digs it into the body, it doesn't rise too much, Elgar pulls awkwardly, Wade settles under the tame top-edge 75/6
	F du Plessis	not out	78	142	12	0	54.92
	RJ Peterson	c †Wade b Lyon	31	45	3	0	68.88
	47.3 54.8 mph, Lyon has struck, against the run of play, short of a length delivery, wide too, there to be cut, but it kicks and turns, Peterson chases it and edges it through to Wade, who had moved into position behind the line very well 132/7
	VD Philander	c Hussey b Lyon	30	54	2	1	55.55
	67.1 54.4 mph, Michael Hussey takes a skier that took ages to come down, Lyon tossing it up from round the stumps, Philander going after it, hitting it straight up, Hussey was under it at deep mid on as it eventually swirled down 196/8
	DW Steyn	b Johnson	2	11	0	0	18.18
	70.2 85.1 mph, Johnson strikes, Steyn wanted to leave that back of a length delivery, but was late on the decision, the ball takes the inside edge and crashes into the stumps even as Steyn was raising his bat 206/9
	M Morkel	c Hastings b Lyon	17	15	4	0	113.33
	73.6 55.0 mph, oh Morne, he sees a bit of flight on off, and swats it straight to mid on, third for Lyon 225/10
	Extras	(lb 2, w 2)	4
	Total	(all out; 74 overs)	225	(3.04 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-38 (Smith, 11.3 ov), 2-61 (Petersen, 22.4 ov), 3-63 (Kallis, 24.3 ov), 4-67 (Amla, 26.5 ov), 5-67 (de Villiers, 27.4 ov), 6-75 (Elgar, 30.5 ov), 7-132 (Peterson, 47.3 ov), 8-196 (Philander, 67.1 ov), 9-206 (Steyn, 70.2 ov), 10-225 (Morkel, 73.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MA Starc	16	3	55	2	3.43
	22.4 to Petersen, 83.4 mph, Starc breaks through, close to lunch, the fuller length and late inswing does it, Petersen plays outside the line, it bursts through the gate and his stumps are rattled, Starc is delighted, the crowd roars, and then they have to check for the no-ball, drains the moment of all spontaneity, halts it midway, but Starc is safe, and the celebration can resume 61/2 24.3 to Kallis, 86.1 mph, Mitchell Starc, you beauty, you ripper, you've taken out the great man at the stroke of lunch, similar to the way Petersen went, bowled through the gate, pitched up full, swinging in late, Kallis lured into a drive without moving his feet, and another one sneaks through 63/3
	JW Hastings	20	2	51	1	2.55
	27.4 to de Villiers, 82.6 mph, Hastings has his first Test strike, not by brute force, but a simple ploy of keeping it full outside off stump, this one was angled in closer, made AB push at it, and then changed direction sharply, swerving away to take a healthy nick into the captain's hands at first slip 67/5
	SR Watson	9	2	22	1	2.44	(1w)
	11.3 to Smith, 80.9 mph, they go in with a new pace attack, but it is that man Watson who strikes, good length, close to off, Smith lunges forward to defend against the sharp angle, and the edge carries safely to first slip 38/1
	MG Johnson	17	3	54	2	3.17	(1w)
	30.5 to Elgar, 88.5 mph, Mitchell Johnson has deserved this wicket, if not a couple more today, he's had Elgar expecting the short ball, sent in a few pitched up deliveries, and now he digs it into the body, it doesn't rise too much, Elgar pulls awkwardly, Wade settles under the tame top-edge 75/6 70.2 to Steyn, 85.1 mph, Johnson strikes, Steyn wanted to leave that back of a length delivery, but was late on the decision, the ball takes the inside edge and crashes into the stumps even as Steyn was raising his bat 206/9
	NM Lyon	12	1	41	3	3.41
	47.3 to Peterson, 54.8 mph, Lyon has struck, against the run of play, short of a length delivery, wide too, there to be cut, but it kicks and turns, Peterson chases it and edges it through to Wade, who had moved into position behind the line very well 132/7 67.1 to Philander, 54.4 mph, Michael Hussey takes a skier that took ages to come down, Lyon tossing it up from round the stumps, Philander going after it, hitting it straight up, Hussey was under it at deep mid on as it eventually swirled down 196/8 73.6 to Morkel, 55.0 mph, oh Morne, he sees a bit of flight on off, and swats it straight to mid on, third for Lyon 225/10

	Australia 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	DA Warner	c †de Villiers b Steyn	13	35	2	0	37.14
	12.1 83.1 mph, Appeal for a caught behind and he's been given out but Warner wants to review this! It was a loose drive outside off, slightly wide, Warner couldn't resist, de Villiers and the rest went up, Warner hesitated for a while and then reviewed after consulting Lyon, there was a noise, this is taking a while I'm afraid, and he has to walk alright 34/3
	EJM Cowan	c Kallis b Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
	0.3 83.2 mph, there is the outside edge and Dale Steyn has needed three balls to strike, Cowan stretching right forward to defend, it is a big stretch, the angle was taking the length delivery away from him, much like what happened to Smith, old man Kallis gobbles up the low catch at second slip 3/1
	SR Watson	lbw b Philander	10	12	1	0	83.33
	5.1 80.3 mph, huge, long appeal for lbw, Philander kept appealing and almost reached the other end, umpire Rauf does not move, Smith goes for a review, length ball, Watson forward to block, it moves in to beat the bat and strike pad below knee roll, no doubt about that, it is hitting middle and leg on replays, and Watson has to go back 18/2
	NM Lyon	c du Plessis b Steyn	7	26	0	0	26.92
	12.4 86.3 mph, caught at gully! What a start for Steyn! Squared him up, good length and swinging towards off, leading edge and it popped straight to du Plessis, cupped it in front of his face 35/4
	RT Ponting	lbw b Philander	4	7	0	0	57.14
	15.2 84.2 mph, Appeal for an LBW and he's been given! But Ponting's reviewing it. And Ponting loses out on the review because the third umpire is convinced that was hitting. Here's how it happened - Ponting was well across his stumps to defend, the ball swung in and hit him just below the top flap of the front pad, looked like hitting middle, there was a doubt if it swung too much and would miss leg, but Ponting was a bit too far across and you could see the leg stump after the final shuffle 43/5
	MJ Clarke*	c †de Villiers b Steyn	5	13	0	0	38.46
	16.2 85.3 mph, Steyn's got the Big Fish with a peach! Clarke was all squared up there, good length on middle and off and moving away slightly, it was fired in at good pace and Ckarke had no time to get across and cover the line, just got the outside edge and taken by de Villiers, Australia 6 for 45 and as Lawry would say: "It's all happening at the WACA" 45/6
	MEK Hussey	c Smith b Morkel	12	40	1	0	30.00
	30.3 87.6 mph, the constant probing over the last two and a half overs have paid off for Morkel! Morkel had complete control over Hussey over that period and really set this up, this was pitched up a bit more from round the wicket, on the channel outside off, Hussey had to play at it and got a thick outside edge to first slip 100/7
	MS Wade†	b Peterson	68	102	7	3	66.66
	45.5 50.7 mph, Look at Peterson celebrate! Tossed up outside off and Wade wanted to slog that away and he missed it completely and it went straight through, Wade just stood in that position knowing he shouldn't have played that, Peterson runs to his right and lets out a war cry 140/8
	JW Hastings	c Petersen b Peterson	32	58	4	0	55.17
	53.1 50.4 mph, wow! Super catch at the boundary to round off the innings! Hastings sees the flight and looks to smash that over long-off, Alviro Petersen cupped the catch over his head, realised quickly that he was back-pedalling too far and was inches away from the rope, had the presence of mind to toss the ball up in the air before stepping outside the boundary, kept his eyes on the ball and took the catch inside the boundary, no doubts about that one 163/10
	MG Johnson	b Peterson	7	22	0	0	31.81
	51.5 51.2 mph, another left-hander is bowled off the slog! Is this an epidemic or what? Peterson's lapping it up, tossed up on middle and it didn't turn, held its line and hit the middle stump, Johnson holds the pose on his knees, head bowed, Australia nine down 162/9
	MA Starc	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 5)	5
	Total	(all out; 53.1 overs)	163	(3.06 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-3 (Cowan, 0.3 ov), 2-18 (Watson, 5.1 ov), 3-34 (Warner, 12.1 ov), 4-35 (Lyon, 12.4 ov), 5-43 (Ponting, 15.2 ov), 6-45 (Clarke, 16.2 ov), 7-100 (Hussey, 30.3 ov), 8-140 (Wade, 45.5 ov), 9-162 (Johnson, 51.5 ov), 10-163 (Hastings, 53.1 ov)

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