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South Africa vs Australia Scorecard, 3rd Test, Australia vs South Africa 2022/23
Result · Jan 04 2023, Wed - 04:30 AM (IST)
AUSTRALIA475/4 decl
SOUTH AFRICA255, 106/2 f/o
Match Drawn
CRR:2.53
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in Australia 2022/23 |
| Date: | Jan 04 2023, Wed - 04:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Sydney |
| Venue: | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Toss: | Australia won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Australia Playing XI: | David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Renshaw, Alex Carey (wk), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Heinrich Klaasen, Temba Bavuma, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje |
- Australia have won their last two men’s Tests against South Africa, as many as they won across their seven meetings prior (W2, L5); the last time they enjoyed a longer winning run against the Proteas was a three-match span from January to March in 2009.
- Australia have won their last three men’s Tests against South Africa at home; the last and only time they recorded a longer winning run against the Proteas in such fixtures was an eight-match span from February 1911 to December 1952.
- South Africa have lost their last four men’s Tests; the last time they went on a longer losing run in the format was a five-match span from February to October in 2019.
- Australia have lost only one of their last 21 men’s Tests at the Sydney Cricket Ground (W14, D6), an innings and 83-run loss to England (January 2011); they are undefeated in their 11 matches at the venue since then (W6, D5).
- Australia had a batting dot ball percentage of 70% in men’s Tests in 2022, the second-best rate of any team (England – 69%) and seven percentage points fewer than South Africa (77%).
- South Africa had a bowling average of 23 using spin bowling in men’s Tests in 2022, the best of any team; Australia (32.4) were ranked third in this category (India – 23.6).
- Usman Khawaja (3,967) is 33 away from scoring 4,000 runs in men’s Tests for Australia; Khawaja’s Test batting average at the Sydney Cricket Ground (98.3) is the third best (min. 5 innings) of any player in the history of the format (Wally Hammond – 161.6 and Sachin Tendulkar – 157).
- Batters played and missed at 19% of Anrich Nortje’s (South Africa) balls bowled in men’s Tests in 2022, the highest rate of any player.
- Nathan Lyon (Australia) hit a boundary once every 7.7 balls faced in men’s Tests in 2022, the most frequent of any batter (min. 80 balls faced).
- Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) induced a batting false shot percentage of 30% in men’s Tests in 2022, the second-best rate (min. 100 overs bowled) of any player (Mohammed Shami – 31%).