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AUS v SA, 1st Test, Johannesburg: Australia beat South Africa by 162 runs (AUS 1:0)
Mar 02, 2009
Australia took two wickets in eight balls after tea Monday to beat South Africa by 162 runs in the first cricket Test and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
South Africa was bowled out for 291, well short of their victory target of 454.
Man-of-the-match Mitchell Johnson, who took eight wickets in the match and hit 96 not out in Australia's first innings, finished off the Proteas by bowling Dale Steyn. Earlier, Peter Siddle took his third wicket with the dismissal of Paul Harris.
Johnson finished with figures of 4-112, while Siddle took 3-46.
Australia had claimed three wickets in the middle session for the addition of only 42 runs when the South Africa batsmen could not keep out the opposition's fired-up bowlers.
The Aussie seamers relied on short-pitched bowling to put the batsmen under pressure. The ploy accounted for the prize wicket of JP Duminy, caught in the slips off Siddle for 29, and when Mark Boucher was bowled by a beauty from Hilfenhaus for 24 five overs later, the last of the recognized batsmen was out.
Australia also took three wickets in the first session.
At lunch, South Africa - on 247-5 - were still 207 runs short of their victory target of 454.
AUS v SA, 1st Test, Johannesburg: Australia 466 & 207 beat South Africa 220 & 291 by 162 runs
Umpires: B F Bowden, S A Bucknor South Africa: Smith (C), McKenzie, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher (W), Harris, M Morkel, Steyn, Ntini Australia: Hughes, Katich, Ponting (C), M Hussey, Clarke, North, Haddin (W), McDonald, Johnson, Siddle, Hilfenhaus
