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 0.1 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tries to tucks it down the leg side but misses.

Over 0.2 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, 1 run, gets forward and works it away through square leg with soft hands and gets off the mark with single.

Over 1.1 J Hazlewood good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, comes on to the front foot and pushes it straight to the man at point.

Over 1.2 J Hazlewood good length delivery to Dean Elgar, 1 leg bye, gets forward and misses the flick, the ball goes of the pads down to fine leg and picks up a leg bye.

Over 2.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, comes on to the front foot and nudges it towards mid wicket.

Over 2.2 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and watches it along go through to the keeper. 

Over 2.3 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets cover the off stump line and left alone through to the keeper.

Over 2.4 Mitchell Starc bowls it short of length to Dean Elgar, no runs, shuffles across on the back foot and leaves it down the leg side.

Over 2.5 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and once again left alone through to the keeper watchfully.

Over 2.6 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and pushes it away on the off side and picks up an easy single.

Over 3.1 J Hazlewood good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets behind the line on the front foot and blocks it towards the off side.

Over 3.2 J Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, 3 runs, gets forward and drives it along the ground to long off and picks up three runs.

Over 4.1 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, stays  on the front foot and watches it along go through to the keeper.

Over 4.2 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and getting hit on the thigh pad as he missed the tuck by playing down the wrong line.

Over 4.3 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and whips it beautifully through mid wicket and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 4.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, comes on to the front foot and pushes it straight back to the bowler.

Over 4.5 Mitchell Starc bangs it short onto the pitch to Dean Elgar, no runs, goes deep in the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 4.6 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, stays on the front foot and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 6.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and driven straight back to the bowler.

Over 6.2 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, comes on to the front foot and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 6.3 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and looks to play inside the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 6.4 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, comes on to the front foot and watches it along go through to the keeper.

Over 6.5 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Dean Elgar, 2 runs, gets uses his feet and whips it down to deep backward square leg and picks up couple of runs.

Over 6.6 Mitchell Starc good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, stays on the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 7.5 J Hazlewood good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, comes on to the front foot and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 7.6 J Hazlewood bowls a back of length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, goes deep in the crease and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 9.6 Pat Cummins good length delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 10.2 Nathan Lyon bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and flicks it down to deep mid wicket and picks up another single.

Over 10.6 Nathan Lyon bowls it flat in the air to Dean Elgar, no runs, stays inside the crease and chops it towards point.

Over 12.1 Nathan Lyon bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, comes on to the front foot and chops it towards the off side.

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