Series · 2009

South Africa in Australia Test Series 2008/09

Test · 3 matches · 17 Dec 2008 to 3 Jan 2009

South Africa won the series 2–1

AustraliaSouth Africa

Most runs

#PlayerSpanInnsRunsHSAvgSR100s
1 Michael Clarke 2008–2009 6 383 138 76.60 47.88 1
2 Graeme Smith 2008–2009 6 326 108 65.20 65.73 1
3 Simon Katich 2008–2009 6 297 83 49.50 54.70 0
4 Ricky Ponting 2008–2009 6 285 101 47.50 69.68 1
5 Hashim Amla 2008–2009 6 259 59 51.80 50.10 0
6 JP Duminy 2008–2009 5 246 166 61.50 40.07 1
7 AB de Villiers 2008–2009 5 243 106* 60.75 43.16 1
8 Brad Haddin 2008–2009 5 228 94 45.60 58.61 0
9 Jacques Kallis 2008–2009 5 187 63 37.40 55.33 0
10 Mitchell Johnson 2008–2009 5 146 64 36.50 53.87 0

Most wickets

#PlayerSpanInnsWktsBestAvgEcon5w
1 Dale Steyn 2008–2009 6 18 5/67 26.17 3.59 2
2 Mitchell Johnson 2008–2009 6 17 8/61 25.88 2.76 1
3 Peter Siddle 2008–2009 6 13 5/59 27.38 2.44 1
4 Paul Harris 2008–2009 6 10 3/84 38.70 2.85 0
5 Morné Morkel 2008–2009 6 9 2/38 42.67 3.43 0
6 Makhaya Ntini 2008–2009 6 9 4/72 50.00 3.67 0
7 Jacques Kallis 2008–2009 6 7 3/24 38.29 2.92 0
8 Nathan Hauritz 2008–2009 4 5 3/98 50.80 2.51 0
9 Andrew McDonald 2009 2 3 2/32 24.33 2.09 0
10 Doug Bollinger 2009 2 2 2/53 65.50 2.98 0

Highest scores

#PlayerRunsBalls4s6sTeamMatch
1 JP Duminy 166 340 18 0 South Africa 26 Dec 2008 v Australia
2 Michael Clarke 138 250 17 0 Australia 3 Jan 2009 v South Africa
3 Graeme Smith 108 147 13 0 South Africa 17 Dec 2008 v Australia
4 AB de Villiers 106* 186 9 0 South Africa 17 Dec 2008 v Australia
5 Ricky Ponting 101 126 11 1 Australia 26 Dec 2008 v South Africa

Best bowling

#PlayerFiguresOversEconTeamMatch
1 Mitchell Johnson 8/61 24 2.54 Australia 17 Dec 2008 v South Africa
2 Peter Siddle 5/59 27.5 2.12 Australia 3 Jan 2009 v South Africa
3 Dale Steyn 5/67 20.2 3.30 South Africa 26 Dec 2008 v Australia
4 Dale Steyn 5/87 29 3.00 South Africa 26 Dec 2008 v Australia
5 Makhaya Ntini 4/72 19.5 3.63 South Africa 17 Dec 2008 v Australia

Results

3rd Test · South Africa in Australia Test Series 2009 · 3 Jan 2009
AUSAustralia 445 & 257/4d
SASouth Africa 327/9 & 272
Australia won by 103 runs
2nd Test · South Africa in Australia Test Series 2008 · 26 Dec 2008
AUSAustralia 394 & 247
SASouth Africa 459 & 183/1
South Africa won by 9 wickets
1st Test · South Africa in Australia Test Series 2008 · 17 Dec 2008
AUSAustralia 375 & 319
SASouth Africa 281 & 414/4
South Africa won by 6 wickets