2nd Test: SA v. Aus: Australia take Revenge, beat SA by 175 runs! Wins Series 2-0!

Congratulations to the Australian team for the way they bounced back after the series loss at home ground. They lost the home series against SA, came back to SA for a 3-test series and won the first two. They also regained their first the number 1 spot in the ICC Rankings.

Hughes, the debutant scored century in both the innings to give Australia the sound start and also to put a good total on the board.

Australia scored 352 in the first innings and curtailed SA to 138, thanks to Johnson and McDonald. They picked 3 wickets each to give 214 runs lead to Australia.

Hughes scored 160 in the 2nd innings, much improvised innings compared to the first, very confident hundred. In the first innings he scored 115 while his other partner Katich scored 108.

SA was set a target of 546 was 244 for 2 at the end of day 4 with Kallis and DeVilliers on the crease. They played for more than 3 hours and built 164 runs in 313 runs to end day 4. With the last day's play, they needed 302 runs with 8 wickets in hand in 90 overs.

But, Australian bowlers picked wickets at regular intervals and tasted the victory again. They removed Kallis and DeVilliers within the first hour itself. Duminy resisted for sometime but could not prevent the defeat. Boucher scored 25 in 107 balls that he faced. Morkel scored 24 in 78 balls.

Katich produced good deliveries to take care of the tail-enders. He picked 3 wickets in his 11.2 overs.

The skipper Greame Smith did not bat as he was injured during the match. He had a broken finger and did not come into bat as he knew that he cannot avoid the inevitable.

PH Hughes was declared man of the match!

Tour: Australia to South Africa
Match: Test No. 2
Date: March 6-10, 2009
Venue: Durban
Captains: GA Smith and Ricky Ponting
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand), Third Umpire: SA Bucknor (West Indies)
Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to bat first
Match Result: Australia won by 175 runs
Series Result: Australia lead the 3 match series 2-0
Man of the Match: Hughes of Australia

Score:
Australia 1st Innings 352 all out in 107.4 overs (PJ Hughes 115, SM Katich 108, Ponting 9, M Hussey 50, M Clarke 3, MJ North 38, Haddin 5, McDonald 4 not out, Johnson 0, Siddle 0, Hilfenhaus 0, Extras--20 (b 6, lb 4, w 2, nb 8), Steyn 25.4-3-83-3, M Ntini 19-4-58-2, M Morkel 24-4-81-1, JH Kallis 15-4-49-2, PL Harris 21-5-66-2, JP Duminy 3-1-5-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-184 (Hughes, 43.5 ov), 2-208 (Ponting, 51.4 ov), 3-259 (Katich, 67.1 ov), 4-266 (Clarke, 70.1 ov), 5-329 (Hussey, 100.6 ov), 6-348 (North, 104.5 ov), 7-348 (Haddin, 105.3 ov), 8-348 (Johnson, 105.4 ov), 9-352 (Siddle, 107.2 ov), 10-352 (Hilfenhaus, 107.4 ov)

South Africa 1st Innigs 138 all out in 57.3 overs (McKenzie 0, Smith 2, Amla 0, Kallis 22, DeVilliers 3, Duminy 73 not out, Boucher 1, Harris 4, Morkel 2, Steyn 8, Ntini 0, Extras--23 (b 10, lb 12, nb 1), Johnson 16-5-37-3, Hilfenhaus 11-2-28-1, McDonald 12-4-25-3, Siddle 13.3-6-20-2, North 4-3-6-0, M Clarke 1-1-0-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (McKenzie, 0.3 ov), 2-0 (Amla, 0.5 ov), 2-3* (Smith, retired not out), 3-6 (de Villiers, 5.3 ov), 3-56* (Kallis, retired not out, 24.5 ov), 4-62 (Boucher, 26.6 ov), 5-104 (Harris, 41.4 ov), 6-104 (Kallis, 41.6 ov), 7-106 (Morkel, 43.3 ov), 8-138 (Steyn, 57.2 ov), 9-138 (Ntini, 57.3 ov)

Australia 2nd Innings (lead by 214 runs) 331 for 5 wickets declared in 94.4 overs (PH Hughes 160, Katich 30, Ponting 81, Hussey 19, Clarke 23 not out, North 0, Extras--18 (b 12, lb 2, nb 4), Steyn 15.4-1-75-1, Ntini 15-2-55-1, M Morkel 14-1-60-1, Kallis 8-0-21-1, Harris 31-8-68-0, Duminy 11-1-38-1)

Fall of Wickets: 1-55 (Katich, 15.6 ov), 2-219 (Ponting, 64.3 ov), 3-260 (Hussey, 78.5 ov), 4-330 (Hughes, 93.1 ov), 5-331 (North, 94.4 ov)

South Africa 2nd Innings (546 target) 370 all out in 132.2 overs (Amal 43, McKenzie 31, Kallis 93, DeVilliers 84, Duminy 17, Boucher 25, Harris 5, M Morkel 24, Steyn 7, Nitni 4 not out, Smith absent hurt, Extras--37 (b 9, lb 15, w 3, nb 10), Johnson 33-9-78-1, Hilfenhaus 24-4-79-1, Siddle 28-12-61-3, McDonald 16-3-47-0, North 20-6-36-1, Katich 11.2-1-45-3)

Fall of Wickets: 1-63 (McKenzie, 22.2 ov), 2-80 (Amla, 28.5 ov), 3-267 (Kallis, 85.5 ov), 4-279 (de Villiers, 88.6 ov), 5-299 (Duminy, 101.2 ov), 6-307 (Harris, 105.2 ov), 7-345 (Boucher, 125.3 ov), 8-363 (Morkel, 130.5 ov), 9-370 (Steyn, 132.2 ov)