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Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2013/14 / Results

Result - Australia 2-1 (3)

Matches

1st Test: South Africa v Australia at Centurion - Feb 12-15, 2014

Australia 397 and 290/4d; South Africa 206 and 200 (59.4 ov, target: 482)

Australia won by 281 runs

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2nd Test: South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth - Feb 20-23, 2014

South Africa 423 and 270/5d; Australia 246 and 216 (73.4 ov, target: 448)

South Africa won by 231 runs

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3rd Test: South Africa v Australia at Cape Town - Mar 1-5, 2014

Australia 494/7d and 303/5d; South Africa 287 and 265 (134.3 ov, target: 511)

Australia won by 245 runs

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Hodge blows take Australia home

Australia 82 for 5 (Warner 40, Hodge 21*, Duminy 2-5) beat South Africa 80 for 1 (De Kock 41*, du Plessis 27*) by five wickets
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Brad Hodge clubbed the third and fourth deliveries of the last over over deep midwicket to haul Australia home in a seven-over shootout against South Africa in Durban. Steady rain had threatened successive washouts in the series but relented to allow a sizeable crowd some action.

Australia needed 15 going into the final over and Wayne Parnell conceded only a run each off the first two deliveries, but Hodge was to seal it with two balls to spare, the couple of sixes followed by one called wide for height.

David Warner was South Africa's tormentor again at the start of the chase, as he and Aaron Finch took 21 off Lonwabo Tsotsobe's first over. Warner then hit debutant Beuran Hendricks for three successive boundaries in the third over as Australia surged to 44 for 1 in three overs.

South Africa hit back with four strikes in the next three, including Warner, caught in front for 40 off 16 missing a switch-hit against JP Duminy, whose only over went for five and produced two wickets. Momentum had changed sides numerous times in the game, and South Africa seemed to have achieved the final swing in their favour, but Hodge wasn't done yet.

South Africa had plodded to 11 for 1 in three overs after being asked to bat, but Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis took 69 off the final four, swinging and connecting six sixes between them, including successive ones off Dan Christian and Mitchell Starc.

The third and final game is scheduled for Friday at Centurion.

First Twenty20 abandoned due to rain

Match abandoned South Africa v Australia
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	The rain meant no play was possible in Port Elizabeth © AFP  Enlarge
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South Africa and Australia will have to settle for a two-match Twenty20 series after the first game in Port Elizabeth was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Persistent rain in Port Elizabeth meant that no play was possible in the first T20, and the teams will now head to Durban for Wednesday's second match, followed by the third game in Centurion.

The rain was mostly unrelenting in Port Elizabeth and although there were brief periods when the covers appeared set to come off, there was always another shower on the way.

With the World T20 in Bangladesh to follow straight after this series, these matches are the only chance for both sides to find their best T20 form and settle on their preferred line-ups. 

3rd Test: South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Mar 1-5, 2014

Australia 494/7d & 303/5d

South Africa 287 & 265 (134.3 ov)

Australia won by 245 runs

• Australia in South Africa Test Series - 3rd Test
• Test no. 2122 | 2013/14 season
• Played at Newlands, Cape Town
• 1,2,3,4,5 March 2014 (5-day match)

	Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CJL Rogers	c Smith b Steyn	25	57	41	4	0	60.97
	DA Warner	c †de Villiers b Duminy	135	262	152	12	1	88.81
	AJ Doolan	c Steyn b Philander	20	83	66	3	0	30.30
	MJ Clarke*	not out	161	430	301	17	0	53.48
	SPD Smith	b Elgar	84	214	155	9	3	54.19
	SR Watson	c Amla b Duminy	40	50	32	2	3	125.00
	BJ Haddin†	c Amla b Duminy	13	33	21	2	0	61.90
	MG Johnson	c †de Villiers b Duminy	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
	RJ Harris	not out	4	6	3	1	0	133.33
	Extras	(w 6, nb 6)	12
	Total	(7 wickets dec; 127.4 overs; 572 mins)	494	(3.86 runs per over)

Did not bat JL Pattinson, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets 1-65 (Rogers, 13.3 ov), 2-138 (Doolan, 31.3 ov), 3-217 (Warner, 57.4 ov), 4-401 (Smith, 107.5 ov),5-456 (Watson, 118.4 ov), 6-489 (Haddin, 126.5 ov), 7-489 (Johnson, 126.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DW Steyn	10.1	0	44	1	4.32
	VD Philander	26.4	2	116	1	4.35	(1nb)
	M Morkel	23.5	2	94	0	3.94	(4nb, 2w)
	JP Duminy	17	0	73	4	4.29
	KJ Abbott	28	11	68	0	2.42	(1nb)
	D Elgar	22	0	99	1	4.50

	South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith*	c †Haddin b Harris	5	24	19	1	0	26.31
	AN Petersen	c †Haddin b Johnson	53	106	62	8	0	85.48
	D Elgar	c †Haddin b Pattinson	11	35	20	1	0	55.00
	HM Amla	b Harris	38	76	52	6	0	73.07
	AB de Villiers†	c Clarke b Johnson	14	69	37	2	0	37.83
	F du Plessis	c Warner b Johnson	67	171	135	6	0	49.62
	JP Duminy	c †Haddin b Harris	4	16	8	0	0	50.00
	VD Philander	not out	37	194	107	1	0	34.57
	KJ Abbott	b Watson	3	29	25	0	0	12.00
	DW Steyn	c Watson b Johnson	28	38	27	5	0	103.70
	M Morkel	c Watson b Pattinson	7	8	9	1	0	77.77
	Extras	(b 8, lb 3, w 6, nb 3)	20
	Total	(all out; 82.5 overs; 389 mins)	287	(3.46 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-7 (Smith, 4.5 ov), 2-42 (Elgar, 11.4 ov), 3-95 (Petersen, 21.2 ov), 4-121 (Amla, 28.1 ov),5-133 (de Villiers, 35.4 ov), 6-146 (Duminy, 38.6 ov), 7-241 (du Plessis, 67.2 ov), 8-249 (Abbott, 73.6 ov),9-279 (Steyn, 81.3 ov), 10-287 (Morkel, 82.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RJ Harris	22	9	63	3	2.86	(1nb)
	MG Johnson	19	5	42	4	2.21
	JL Pattinson	18.5	4	77	2	4.08	(2nb, 2w)
	SR Watson	9	1	34	1	3.77
	NM Lyon	12	1	53	0	4.41
	SPD Smith	2	0	7	0	3.50

	Australia 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CJL Rogers	run out (Steyn)	39	92	67	6	0	58.20
	DA Warner	c †de Villiers b Abbott	145	243	156	13	4	92.94
	AJ Doolan	c Abbott b Morkel	37	91	87	5	0	42.52
	SR Watson	c Duminy b Abbott	25	31	17	1	2	147.05
	MJ Clarke*	c sub (Q de Kock) b Abbott	0	7	1	0	0	0.00
	SPD Smith	not out	36	29	20	5	0	180.00
	BJ Haddin†	not out	3	6	3	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(b 3, lb 12, nb 3)	18
	Total	(5 wickets dec; 58 overs; 252 mins)	303	(5.22 runs per over)

Did not bat MG Johnson, RJ Harris, JL Pattinson, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets 1-123 (Rogers, 20.2 ov), 2-188 (Doolan, 44.6 ov), 3-245 (Watson, 50.6 ov), 4-257 (Clarke, 52.2 ov),5-290 (Warner, 56.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	M Morkel	13	1	67	1	5.15	(1nb)
	KJ Abbott	14	2	61	3	4.35
	VD Philander	6	0	42	0	7.00	(2nb)
	JP Duminy	19	3	76	0	4.00
	DW Steyn	3	1	24	0	8.00
	D Elgar	3	0	18	0	6.00

	South Africa 2nd innings (target: 511 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AN Petersen	lbw b Harris	9	10	11	0	0	81.81
	GC Smith*	c Doolan b Johnson	3	16	3	0	0	100.00
	D Elgar	b Johnson	0	19	13	0	0	0.00
	HM Amla	lbw b Pattinson	41	148	109	4	0	37.61
	AB de Villiers†	c †Haddin b Harris	43	326	228	6	0	18.85
	KJ Abbott	b Pattinson	7	114	89	1	0	7.86
	F du Plessis	lbw b Smith	47	157	109	5	0	43.11
	JP Duminy	c Lyon b Johnson	43	159	99	8	0	43.43
	VD Philander	not out	51	155	105	6	1	48.57
	DW Steyn	b Harris	1	75	44	0	0	2.27
	M Morkel	b Harris	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 5)	20
	Total	(all out; 134.3 overs; 591 mins)	265	(1.97 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-12 (Petersen, 2.1 ov), 2-12 (Smith, 3.1 ov), 3-15 (Elgar, 5.6 ov), 4-68 (Amla, 36.4 ov),5-95 (Abbott, 66.1 ov), 6-136 (de Villiers, 84.2 ov), 7-173 (du Plessis, 102.1 ov), 8-246 (Duminy, 119.1 ov),9-265 (Steyn, 134.1 ov), 10-265 (Morkel, 134.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RJ Harris	24.3	15	32	4	1.30
	MG Johnson	34	11	92	3	2.70
	JL Pattinson	27	10	62	2	2.29	(3nb, 2w)
	NM Lyon	22	17	10	0	0.45
	SR Watson	9	6	6	0	0.66	(1nb)
	SPD Smith	13	3	43	1	3.30	(1nb)
	MJ Clarke	5	2	7	0	1.40

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 3-match series 2-1

Player of the match DA Warner (Australia) Player of the series DA Warner (Australia)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) TV umpire RK Illingworth (England) Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire AT Holdstock

Close of play Sat, 1 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 331/3 (MJ Clarke 92*, SPD Smith 50*, 88 ov) Sun, 2 Mar - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 494/7 (MJ Clarke 161*, RJ Harris 4*, 127.4 ov) Mon, 3 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 27/0 (CJL Rogers 1*, DA Warner 25*, 6 ov) Tue, 4 Mar - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 71/4 (AB de Villiers 16*, KJ Abbott 1*, 41 ov) Wed, 5 Mar - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 265 (134.3 ov) - end of match