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 0.5Mitchell Starc bowls short of length delivery to Dean Elgar, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Boundary!

Over 2.5Mitchell Starc bowls pitched up delivery to Aiden Markram, leans forward and drives it gloriously past covers for a boundary.Boundary!

Over 4.2Mitchell Starc bowls short of length delivery to Dean Elgar, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Boundary!

Over 7.2Pat Cummins bowls pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it past covers.Boundary!

Over 14.5J Hazlewood bowls short of length delivery to Aiden Markram, goes back and across and punches it past the fielder at point. Boundary!

Over 15.1Pat Cummins bowls short of length delivery to Hashim Amla, pulls it through squareleg.Boundary!

Over 16.5Nathan Lyon bowls flighted delivery to Hashim Amla, gets forward and drives it straight down the groundBoundary!

Over 19.3 Pat Cummins bowls it short of length to Aiden Markram, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it down to deep backward point fence for four.

Over 20.1 Nathan Lyon bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, Boundary! Just a nudge off the back foot and boom, it keeps running away through backward square.

Over 21.3 SPD Smith bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, Boundary! Gets forward and  smash it out of the ground that he mistimed it and hit it not too far from Marsh, who was late to go to his left. 

Over 23.2 Mitchell Starc bowls it short of length to Hashim Amla, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and steers it down to third man fence for four.

Over 32.6 J Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Aiden Markram, Boundary! Leans in to the drive and plays it beautifully through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 40.4J Hazlewood bowls short of length delivery to Aiden Markram, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 41.5 Pat Cummins good length delivery to AB de Villiers, Boundary! Played that with soft hands so as to ensure that the edges don't carry to hand. Outswinger close to the off stump

Over 43.5 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Aiden Markram, Boundary! Gets forward and  goes hard on the drive, good extentions of the arms and the feet were forward to drive this to the left of cover.

Over 47.2 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Aiden Markram, Boundary! Stood tall, opened the bat face at the last moment and guided it past gully for four.

Over 48.2 J Hazlewood bowls it short of length to AB de Villiers, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and cuts it behind square on the off side and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 51.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, Boundary! Gets forward and drives it wide of mid on and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 51.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a back of length delivery to AB de Villiers, Boundary!g Backs way in the crease and steers it down to third man fence for four.

Over 52.6J Hazlewood to Faf du Plessis Boundary! ...

Over 55.3 Pat Cummins good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Gets the freedom to free his arms and square drives the ball past point. The off-stump guard ensured he could reach out with more conviction to that widish ball.

Over 57.2 Pat Cummins good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Gets forward and wrists over the ball to send it behind square and to the fence for a four. He really did well to keep it along the ground.

Over 58.5 Nathan Lyon bowls a tossed up delivery to AB de Villiers, Boundary! Stays on the front foot and brings out the reverse paddle and sends the ball away from the man at point for a four.

Over 60.4 Nathan Lyon bowls a tossed up delivery to Temba Bavuma, Boundary! Gets a fat top-edge on the sweep and the ball sails over the man at short fine leg for a four.

Over 66.4Nathan Lyon bowls short of length delivery to Quinton de Kock, goes back and cuts it away towards the thirdman region.Boundary!

Over 68.1Nathan Lyon bowls flighted delivery to Quinton de Kock, plays a sweep shot through squareleg.Boundary!

Over 68.4Nathan Lyon bowls flighted delivery to AB de Villiers, plays a reverse sweep through thirdman.Boundary!

Over 72.2Mitchell Marsh to Quinton de Kock Boundary! ...

Over 72.6Mitchell Marsh to Quinton de Kock Boundary! ...

Over 73.5Nathan Lyon bowls quicker and flatter in the air to AB de Villiers, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

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