Saturday 3 January 2009

SOUTH AFRICA wrap up Series Win

SA tour Australia for 3 test matches,One day series and Twenty-20 matches(2009).

S.A won the first test against Australia.Australia chosen the bat first in the second test against S.A.They scored 394 all out in the first innings and then South africa started their dominate by scoring 459.Australia struggled to score runs in the second innings.The highlight of Australia is Ricky Ponting who scored 101 and 99 in the second test.Johnson only scored 43 not out in the second innings.They got only 247 runs all out.Australia sets a target of 182 runs.It was a easy target for South Africa.In the second boxing day,S.A resumed 30 for no loss in the fourth day.S.A dominates very well in the last day of 2nd test.Opener Graeme Smith scores 75 out(LBW),Mckenzie 59 not out with the Amla partnership.Finally S.A scored 183 for one.South Africa won the series 2-0 against Australia in their Home series.It takes 16 years to win the series in Australia.
Dale steyn is the key player for taking 10 wickets and scored 76 runs in the first innings.
Australia loses their dominance and World champions Cricket Era comes to an end

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