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 1.1 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, goes on to the back foot and pushes it towards cover.

Over 1.2 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets forward and defends it to point with open face bat.

Over 1.3 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets forward and defends it to cover watchfully.

Over 1.4 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, hops back and negotiates with dead hands.

Over 1.5 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, comes on to the front foot and pushes it left of mid off and but stop the ball with dive.

Over 1.6 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, goes deep in the crease and nudges it away down the leg side.

Over 3.1 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, hops and drops it dead in the vicinity.

Over 3.2 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 3.3 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets forward and looks to pokes at it, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 3.4 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets  cover the off stump line and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 3.5 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets forward and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 3.6 Vernon Philander bowls a back of length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tucks it behind square on the on side.

Over 5.1 Vernon Philander bowls a pitched up delivery to DA Warner, 3 runs, gets forward and miscues the drive but gets it in the gap wide of cover. Picks up three runs.

Over 6.1 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets inside the line and blocks it from the crease.

Over 6.2 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, stays on the front foot and plays it back to the bowler.

Over 6.3 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets into a false shot. Lucky that he didn't get an edge on that. Looked to play with a closed bat face on the hop.

Over 6.4 Kagiso Rabada bowls a back of length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, goes deep in the crease and defends it towards the on side.

Over 6.5 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets forward and attempts a flashy pull at a short ball and gets beaten for pace.

Over 6.6 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, stays on the front foot and defends it towards cover.

Over 7.6 Vernon Philander good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets forward and blocked off the top half of the blade into the off-side

Over 8.4 Kagiso Rabada bowls it short of length to DA Warner, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and works it down to long leg and gets a single.

Over 9.1 Morne Morkel bowls a pitched up delivery to DA Warner, 2 runs, comes on to the front foot and lofts it over extra cover and picks up couple of runs.

Over 9.2 Morne Morkel good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets inside the line and blocks it from the crease.

Over 9.3 Morne Morkel good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, comes on to the front foot and works it of the pads down the leg side.

Over 9.4 Morne Morkel good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, hopping on the back foot and hoping to work the ball into the leg-side. 

Over 9.5 Morne Morkel good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, goes deep in the crease and pushes it away on the on side.

Over 9.6 Morne Morkel good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, gets waits inside the crease, allows the ball to come to him, drops near his feet and thinks of a quick single, rejected instantly.

Over 10.2 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to DA Warner, 1 run, gets a thick inside edge which deflects off the pad into the leg-side.

Over 10.4 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to DA Warner, no runs, comes on to the front foot and tries to push it away on the off side, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 10.5 Kagiso Rabada good length delivery to DA Warner, Boundary! Jump on the back foot and flick-pull that over mid-wicket, was a bit tucked for room, but Warner ensured he lobbed it over the fieldsman on the leg-side.

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