South Africa vs Australia 3rd Test at Cape Town, 22 Mar, 2018

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bat
South Africa 311/10 (97.5)  &  373/10 (112.2)
Australia 255/10 (69.5)  &  107/10 (39.4)
South Africa won by 322 runs
Man of the Match: Morne Morkel
  • Tim Paine 9 * (27)

Over 10.1 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, Boundary! Gets forward and open the face of the bat and guides it away down to third man fence for four.

Over 10.2 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, 1 run, gets forward and defends it to cover and picks up a quick single.

Over 10.3 Morne Morkel bowls it short of length to Usman Khawaja, out Caught by Rabada!! Khawaja goes for the flamingo pull, but gets a steepling top edge to the right of long leg where Rabada makes no mistake.

Over 10.4Morne Morkel to SPD Smith No runs ...

Over 10.5 Morne Morkel good length delivery to SPD Smith, no runs, comes on to the front foot and blocks it on the off side watchfully.

Over 10.6 Morne Morkel good length delivery to SPD Smith, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 12.1Morne Morkel bowls good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 12.2Morne Morkel bowls good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 12.3Morne Morkel bowls short of length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 12.4Morne Morkel bowls short of length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 12.5Morne Morkel bowls good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 12.6Morne Morkel bowls good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 14.1 Morne Morkel good length delivery to SPD Smith, no runs, comes on to the front foot and blocks it towards cover.

Over 14.2 Morne Morkel good length delivery to SPD Smith, no runs, gets behind the line on the back foot and defends it on the off side.

Over 14.3 Morne Morkel bangs it short onto the pitch to SPD Smith, no runs, goes deep in the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 14.4 Morne Morkel bowls a back of length delivery to SPD Smith, out Caught by Elgar!! Smith wanted to defend, the ball jumped on him and he ended up fended away from the body, the bat was just hanging there at an angle and the thick edge flew to gully. 

Over 14.5 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Shaun Marsh, no runs, goes deep in the crease and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 14.6 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Shaun Marsh, no runs, gets behind the line on the front foot and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 16.1 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, no runs, gets cover the off stump line and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 16.2 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, 1 run, gets back in the crease and clips it down to fine leg and gets a single.

Over 16.3 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Shaun Marsh, 1 run, stays inside the crease and open the face of the bat and guides it pass gully and gets a single.

Over 16.4 Morne Morkel bowls a back of length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, no runs, gets on top of the bounce and chops it on the off side with soft hands.

Over 16.5 Morne Morkel bowls a back of length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it well over backward square leg and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 16.6 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, no runs, gets late off the back foot as he defends this short of length delivery under his eyes

Over 18.1 Morne Morkel bowls it short of length to Cameron Bancroft, 1 run, gets on top of the bounce and punches it towards cover.

Over 18.2 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Shaun Marsh, 2 runs, gets forward and tries to push at it, the ball takes the outside edge pass the slips and they picks up couple of runs.

Over 18.3 Morne Morkel bowls a pitched up delivery to Cameron Bancroft, 2 runs, moves across in the crease and clips it down to fine leg and picks up couple of runs.

Over 18.4 Morne Morkel bowls a pitched up delivery to Cameron Bancroft, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it along the ground to long off and picks up couple of runs.

Over 18.5 Morne Morkel good length delivery to Cameron Bancroft, no runs, stays on the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 18.6 Morne Morkel bowls a pitched up delivery to Cameron Bancroft, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven straight pass the bowler and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

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