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THE CRAZIEST SERIES OF THE YEAR
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FIXTURES

DATE	TIME	FORMAT	MATCH	VENUE
Friday 02-Nov-12 to Sunday 04-Nov-12	10:30 local 23:30 GMT (Prev. Day) 05:00 IST	3- Day Warm-Up Match	Australia A vs South Aficans	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Match Result	Australia A Won The Toss & Chose To Bat Australia A 480/7d and 13/1d; South Africans 277/6d Match drawn
DATE	TIME	FORMAT	MATCH	VENUE
Friday 09-Nov-12 to Tuesday 13-Nov-12	10:00 local 00:00 GMT 05:30 IST	1st Test	Australia vs South Africa	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Match Result	South Africa Won The Toss & Chose To Bat South Africa 450 and 166/5; Australia 565/5d Match drawn
DATE	TIME	FORMAT	MATCH	VENUE
Thursday 22-Nov-12 to Monday 26-Nov-12	10:30 local 00:00 GMT 05:30 IST	2nd Test	Australia vs South Africa	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Match Result	Australia Won The Toss & Chose To Bat Australia 550 and 267/8d; South Africa 388 and 248/8 Match drawn
DATE	TIME	FORMAT	MATCH	VENUE
Friday 30-Nov-12 to Monday 03-Dec-12	10:30 local 02:30 GMT 08:00 IST	3rd Test	Australia vs South Africa	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Match Result	South Africa Won The Toss & Chose To Bat South Africa 225 and 569; Australia 163 and 322 South Africa won by 309 runs

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SQUADS
AUSTRALIA SQUAD

Australia A Squad	Australia Test Squad (1st Test)	Australia Test Squad (2nd Test)	Australia Test Squad (3rd Test)
Phillip Hughes Rob Quiney Liam Davis Alex Doolan Andrew McDonald (Capt) Tim Paine (WK) Steven Smith Moises Henriques Glenn Maxwell John Hastings Nathan Coulter-Nile	David Warner Ed Cowan Shane Watson Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (Capt) Michael Hussey Matthew Wade (WK) Peter Siddle James Pattinson Ben Hilfenhaus Mitchell Starc Nathan Lyon Rob Quiney	David Warner Ed Cowan Shane Watson Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (Capt) Michael Hussey Matthew Wade (WK) Peter Siddle James Pattinson Ben Hilfenhaus Mitchell Starc Nathan Lyon Rob Quiney	David Warner Ed Cowan Shane Watson Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (Capt) Michael Hussey Matthew Wade (WK) Peter Siddle Mitchell Johnson Ben Hilfenhaus Mitchell Starc Nathan Lyon Josh Hazelwood John Hastings

SOUTH AFRICA SQUAD

South Africa Test Squad

Graeme Smith (Capt) Hashim Amla AB de Villiers (WK) Dean Elgar Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir Jacques Kallis Rory Kleinveldt Morne Morkel Alviro Petersen Robbie Peterson Vernon Philander Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn Thami Tsolekile (WK) Ryan Mclaren

Withdrawn Players

1.JP Duminy (due to Heel Injury)

STATS OF ALL AUSTRALIA VS SOUTH AFRICA SERIES
CLICK HERE

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‎* * * * * Least balls bowled to get 300 Test wickets * * * * *

1. Waqar Younis - 12602 balls

2. Alan Donald - 13690 balls

3. Malcolm Marshall - 13755 balls

- Dale Steyn has 299 wickets in 12578 balls.

- He needs a wicket in his next 24 balls to be quickest!!!

DASTY BEST FAST BOWLER IN THIS ERA

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Punter bowling last time

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‎* * * * * Least balls bowled to get 300 Test wickets * * * * *

1. Waqar Younis - 12602 balls

2. Alan Donald - 13690 balls

3. Malcolm Marshall - 13755 balls

- Dale Steyn has 299 wickets in 12578 balls.

- He needs a wicket in his next 24 balls to be quickest!!!

DASTY BEST FAST BOWLER IN THIS ERA

Fastest to 300 Wickets

Dennis Lillee - 56 Matches

Mutiah Muralitharan - 58 Matches

Sir Richard Hadlee - 61 Matches

Malcolm Marshall - 61 Matches

Steyn now has 299 wickets in 60 matches
So probably , in his next test vs Nzl,starting on 3rd Jan, Steyn will join hadlee and marshall with 61 matches and 300 wickets.

[Deep Dey]

South Africa rightly the best side - Clarke


"I don't want to take anything away from South Africa," Clarke said. "They showed why they're the No.1 Test team in the world. On the other hand I want to pay credit to the Australian boys to be able to fight it out so tough and stay strong up until this Test match. What South Africa showed us is when they had momentum, they ran with it for as long as they possibly could and when they didn't have [it], they did everything in their power to fight their backsides off to try and grab it back.

"There's probably a few occasions throughout the series where we had momentum and didn't run with it for long enough, that's for sure. Against these teams, the best teams, you can't afford to do that … There's plenty of pros and cons and that's something we need to do over the next few days, to assess where we continue to improve and the positives we can take from this series, the areas we need to get better if we want to be the No.1 team in the world."

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‎* * * * * Least balls bowled to get 300 Test wickets * * * * *

1. Waqar Younis - 12602 balls

2. Alan Donald - 13690 balls

3. Malcolm Marshall - 13755 balls

- Dale Steyn has 299 wickets in 12578 balls.

- He needs a wicket in his next 24 balls to be quickest!!!

DASTY BEST FAST BOWLER IN THIS ERA

Fastest to 300 Wickets

Dennis Lillee - 56 Matches

Mutiah Muralitharan - 58 Matches

Sir Richard Hadlee - 61 Matches

Malcolm Marshall - 61 Matches

Steyn now has 299 wickets in 60 matches
So probably , in his next test vs Nzl,starting on 3rd Jan, Steyn will join hadlee and marshall with 61 matches and 300 wickets.

Strange
to know that there is no
wasim Akram,Glenn Mcgrath,Craig McDermott in that list

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Michael Clark has a great year (2012) so far, he has scored four double centuries in this year, and become the first ever batsman to do this. Clark has scored 1,358 runs so far with the help of four double centuries. Due to his brilliant performances, people are comparing him with GREAT Donald Bradman.

Not only Clark become the first ever batsman to score four double centuries in a calender year, he is also eyeing to break Pakistan Muhammad Yousaf's record of most runs (1,788) in a calender year, that he made in 2006 when Pakistan hosted West Indies.

Muhammad Yousaf over took West Indies' Sir Viv Richards' record, which had been unbroken for 30 years. Yousaf needed 588 runs to break the record in 3 Tests and he scored 665 runs, which is most runs by a Pakistani in 3 match Test series.

Just into his 9th Test of the year (2012), Michael Clark scores 1358 runs. Clark needs 431 runs to break the record of most runs in a calender year. To achieve this milestone , he has two Tests remaining (vs Sri Lanka). Yousaf scored 665 runs in three Tests while he needed 588 runs to break the record; Clark needs 431 in 2 Tests to break the record.

Michael Clark will have 11 Tests this year, the same number of matches Yousaf played in 2006 and Viv Richards in 1976.

For all these action, we have to wait for the Australia vs Sri Lanka series.


This article is written and edited by Waqar Asghar

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Hope you all Liked this article by Waqar Asghar and also hoping to get more articles from him for Cricket World in future !

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lol

DEEP posted this AGES AGO when he scored Double against Saf in 2nd test

you didnt saw that and now posting some ones article...

anyways Nice and Short article

Well done Mate

[Deep Dey]

Due to his brilliant performances, people are comparing him with GREAT Donald Bradman.

No one can ever , i mean ever match with don

no one,simply no one

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Due to his brilliant performances, people are comparing him with GREAT Donald Bradman.

No one can ever , i mean ever match with don

no one,simply no one

dont wanna make a DEBATE

but i can say Sachin Tendulkar can MATCH WITH DON

because Donald Bradman never played in any other ground except England Australia

Donald Bradman played only on ENGLISH AND AUSsies sOIL which both are Same pitches and almost Equal

Don averaged 99.94 in 80 innings all of them in HIS HOME TURF(ENGLand VEry SIMILAR TO AUS)

Where as Tendulkar scored runs against each and every team
He played in every team

got runs every where

some times its hard to say but Sachin is better than Bradman as well

Scoring 99.94 in HOME also a tough ..there has to be a lots of talent to do that

but scoring at 45+ in every COUNTRY is also a Talent and that cannot be neglected.

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AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS AGAINST ENGLAND IN FIRST TEST OF ASHES SERIES IN 1928-----> Interestingly that WAS THE DEBUT TEST FOR THE GREAT SIR DONALD GEORGE BRADMAN ..

he Scored 18 and 1 in both the innings of that Test Match

that was the ONLY TIME Bradman scored less than 50 runs in a TEST MATCH even after PLAYING 2 INNINGS.


Dean Elgar got a PAIR ON DEBUT BUT STILL HE TASTED a SUCCESS..

Hopefully a bit of fortune that Hastings didnt have such a bad debut as Bradman

[Deep Dey]

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS AGAINST ENGLAND IN FIRST TEST OF ASHES SERIES IN 1928-----> Interestingly that WAS THE DEBUT TEST FOR THE GREAT SIR DONALD GEORGE BRADMAN ..

he Scored 18 and 1 in both the innings of that Test Match

that was the ONLY TIME Bradman scored less than 50 runs in a TEST MATCH even after PLAYING 2 INNINGS.


Dean Elgar got a PAIR ON DEBUT BUT STILL HE TASTED a SUCCESS..

Hopefully a bit of fortune that Hastings didnt have such a bad debut as Bradman

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS

NOT ONLY ITS AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST DEFEAT, IT IS THE BIGGEST DEFEAT FOR ANY TEAM IN TERMS OF RUNS IN TEST HISTORY.


UNFORTUNATELY BRADMAN WAS ALSO PART OF BIGGEST TEST DEFEAT IN TERMS OF BY AN INNINGS, BRADMAN DID NOT BAT IN BOTH INNINGS BECAUSE OF INJURY WHILE BOWLING AND AUSTRALIA LOST BY AN INNINGS OF SOME 570-575 RUNS.

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AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS AGAINST ENGLAND IN FIRST TEST OF ASHES SERIES IN 1928-----> Interestingly that WAS THE DEBUT TEST FOR THE GREAT SIR DONALD GEORGE BRADMAN ..

he Scored 18 and 1 in both the innings of that Test Match

that was the ONLY TIME Bradman scored less than 50 runs in a TEST MATCH even after PLAYING 2 INNINGS.


Dean Elgar got a PAIR ON DEBUT BUT STILL HE TASTED a SUCCESS..

Hopefully a bit of fortune that Hastings didnt have such a bad debut as Bradman

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS

NOT ONLY ITS AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST DEFEAT, IT IS THE BIGGEST DEFEAT FOR ANY TEAM IN TERMS OF RUNS IN TEST HISTORY.


UNFORTUNATELY BRADMAN WAS ALSO PART OF BIGGEST TEST DEFEAT IN TERMS OF BY AN INNINGS, BRADMAN DID NOT BAT IN BOTH INNINGS BECAUSE OF INJURY WHILE BOWLING AND AUSTRALIA LOST BY AN INNINGS OF SOME 570-575 RUNS.

Innings and 575 RUNS

that was also against ENGLAND IN ASHES



thats why they say ENGLAND AS ARCH RIVALS

[Deep Dey]

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS AGAINST ENGLAND IN FIRST TEST OF ASHES SERIES IN 1928-----> Interestingly that WAS THE DEBUT TEST FOR THE GREAT SIR DONALD GEORGE BRADMAN ..

he Scored 18 and 1 in both the innings of that Test Match

that was the ONLY TIME Bradman scored less than 50 runs in a TEST MATCH even after PLAYING 2 INNINGS.


Dean Elgar got a PAIR ON DEBUT BUT STILL HE TASTED a SUCCESS..

Hopefully a bit of fortune that Hastings didnt have such a bad debut as Bradman

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS

NOT ONLY ITS AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST DEFEAT, IT IS THE BIGGEST DEFEAT FOR ANY TEAM IN TERMS OF RUNS IN TEST HISTORY.


UNFORTUNATELY BRADMAN WAS ALSO PART OF BIGGEST TEST DEFEAT IN TERMS OF BY AN INNINGS, BRADMAN DID NOT BAT IN BOTH INNINGS BECAUSE OF INJURY WHILE BOWLING AND AUSTRALIA LOST BY AN INNINGS OF SOME 570-575 RUNS.

Innings and 575 RUNS

that was also against ENGLAND IN ASHES



thats why they say ENGLAND AS ARCH RIVALS

AND SIR LEN HUTTON SCORED EPIC 364 IN THAT MATCH AND WALLY HAMMOND DECLARED ENGLISH INNINGS AT 902/7 ONLY BECAUSE BRADMAN WAS INJURED AND HE COULDN'T HAVE BATTED

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AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS AGAINST ENGLAND IN FIRST TEST OF ASHES SERIES IN 1928-----> Interestingly that WAS THE DEBUT TEST FOR THE GREAT SIR DONALD GEORGE BRADMAN ..

he Scored 18 and 1 in both the innings of that Test Match

that was the ONLY TIME Bradman scored less than 50 runs in a TEST MATCH even after PLAYING 2 INNINGS.


Dean Elgar got a PAIR ON DEBUT BUT STILL HE TASTED a SUCCESS..

Hopefully a bit of fortune that Hastings didnt have such a bad debut as Bradman

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS

NOT ONLY ITS AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST DEFEAT, IT IS THE BIGGEST DEFEAT FOR ANY TEAM IN TERMS OF RUNS IN TEST HISTORY.


UNFORTUNATELY BRADMAN WAS ALSO PART OF BIGGEST TEST DEFEAT IN TERMS OF BY AN INNINGS, BRADMAN DID NOT BAT IN BOTH INNINGS BECAUSE OF INJURY WHILE BOWLING AND AUSTRALIA LOST BY AN INNINGS OF SOME 570-575 RUNS.

Innings and 575 RUNS

that was also against ENGLAND IN ASHES



thats why they say ENGLAND AS ARCH RIVALS

AND SIR LEN HUTTON SCORED EPIC 364 IN THAT MATCH AND WALLY HAMMOND DECLARED ENGLISH INNINGS AT 902/7 ONLY BECAUSE BRADMAN WAS INJURED AND HE COULDN'T HAVE BATTED

Gotta be loving those STATS ..

Just because of Bradman walter declared

if Bradman would have been fit Walter wouldnt have declared

[Deep Dey]

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS AGAINST ENGLAND IN FIRST TEST OF ASHES SERIES IN 1928-----> Interestingly that WAS THE DEBUT TEST FOR THE GREAT SIR DONALD GEORGE BRADMAN ..

he Scored 18 and 1 in both the innings of that Test Match

that was the ONLY TIME Bradman scored less than 50 runs in a TEST MATCH even after PLAYING 2 INNINGS.


Dean Elgar got a PAIR ON DEBUT BUT STILL HE TASTED a SUCCESS..

Hopefully a bit of fortune that Hastings didnt have such a bad debut as Bradman

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS

NOT ONLY ITS AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST DEFEAT, IT IS THE BIGGEST DEFEAT FOR ANY TEAM IN TERMS OF RUNS IN TEST HISTORY.


UNFORTUNATELY BRADMAN WAS ALSO PART OF BIGGEST TEST DEFEAT IN TERMS OF BY AN INNINGS, BRADMAN DID NOT BAT IN BOTH INNINGS BECAUSE OF INJURY WHILE BOWLING AND AUSTRALIA LOST BY AN INNINGS OF SOME 570-575 RUNS.

Innings and 575 RUNS

that was also against ENGLAND IN ASHES



thats why they say ENGLAND AS ARCH RIVALS

AND SIR LEN HUTTON SCORED EPIC 364 IN THAT MATCH AND WALLY HAMMOND DECLARED ENGLISH INNINGS AT 902/7 ONLY BECAUSE BRADMAN WAS INJURED AND HE COULDN'T HAVE BATTED

Gotta be loving those STATS ..

Just because of Bradman walter declared

if Bradman would have been fit Walter wouldnt have declared

YEAH CORRECT HE WOULDNT HAVE DECLARED

INFACT I GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM WISDEN ARTICLE

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AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS AGAINST ENGLAND IN FIRST TEST OF ASHES SERIES IN 1928-----> Interestingly that WAS THE DEBUT TEST FOR THE GREAT SIR DONALD GEORGE BRADMAN ..

he Scored 18 and 1 in both the innings of that Test Match

that was the ONLY TIME Bradman scored less than 50 runs in a TEST MATCH even after PLAYING 2 INNINGS.


Dean Elgar got a PAIR ON DEBUT BUT STILL HE TASTED a SUCCESS..

Hopefully a bit of fortune that Hastings didnt have such a bad debut as Bradman

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TEST DEFEAT WAS 675 RUNS

NOT ONLY ITS AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST DEFEAT, IT IS THE BIGGEST DEFEAT FOR ANY TEAM IN TERMS OF RUNS IN TEST HISTORY.


UNFORTUNATELY BRADMAN WAS ALSO PART OF BIGGEST TEST DEFEAT IN TERMS OF BY AN INNINGS, BRADMAN DID NOT BAT IN BOTH INNINGS BECAUSE OF INJURY WHILE BOWLING AND AUSTRALIA LOST BY AN INNINGS OF SOME 570-575 RUNS.

Innings and 575 RUNS

that was also against ENGLAND IN ASHES



thats why they say ENGLAND AS ARCH RIVALS

AND SIR LEN HUTTON SCORED EPIC 364 IN THAT MATCH AND WALLY HAMMOND DECLARED ENGLISH INNINGS AT 902/7 ONLY BECAUSE BRADMAN WAS INJURED AND HE COULDN'T HAVE BATTED

Gotta be loving those STATS ..

Just because of Bradman walter declared

if Bradman would have been fit Walter wouldnt have declared

YEAH CORRECT HE WOULDNT HAVE DECLARED

INFACT I GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM WISDEN ARTICLE

i got this from CRICINFo

while i was reading commentary for todays day of play

i read this
and posted in group and here

Stunned with the DEBUT of Bradman and performances of Wally Hammond and Sir Len Hutton

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Describing Australian great Ricky Ponting, who retired from international cricket, as his favourite, India batsman Yuvraj Singh on Monday said he was amazed by the attitude of the lion-hearted player.

“Sad Ricky Ponting has retired! But was amazed with his attitude on the field… a lion hearted player! Specially the way he fielded,” tweeted Yuvraj

“One of my fav(ourite) and greats of the game has retired! So long punter (Ponting) u were a treat to watch. Last big motive for younger guys would be the Ponting innings of 140 in the world cup final (2003) against India (that) took the game away from us,” read Yuvraj’s twitter post.

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outh Africa captain Graeme Smith thinks home advantage will give England the edge in the first of two Ashes series against Australia next year.

Uniquely qualified to comment having just led his team to a series win in England followed by Monday's triumph in Australia, Smith said he was choosing his words carefully given his location. "I think the challenge for Australia is going to be winning in England," he told reporters after South Africa's 309-run win over Australia in Perth secured them the three-match series 1-0.

"I think (England) do play well in their own conditions. They know how to win there and to be able to adapt and play well there is going to be the challenge for Australia. "They certainly have the players but from a mindset point of view, I think being a home series for England, I guess they'd have to be favourites."

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Ricky Ponting is "one of the true legends of the sport" the International Cricket Council (ICC) said of the former Australia captain who ended his test career on Monday.

"His contribution to the international game has been immense and quite rightly he will be remembered as one of the true legends of the sport," ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said in a statement. "Ricky was a team man but along the way collected many personal accolades and is the only player to have won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year at the LG ICC Awards for two years in succession (2006 and 2007).

"We wish him well in the next stage of his career and look forward to his ongoing involvement in the game beyond the boundary," Richardson said.

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Why does Smith interfer in ASHES

SMITH MIND UR OWN BUSINESS

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South Africa's marks out of ten, for the Test series against Australia by CRICINFO

1.Hashim Amla (377 runs at 62.83) - 9 out of 10

2.Faf du Plessis (293 runs at 146.50) - 9 out of 10

3.Graeme Smith (255 runs at 42.50, 10 catches) - 8 out of 10

4.Morne Morkel (14 wickets at 28.50) - 8 out of 10

5.Jacques Kallis (339 runs at 56.50, 2 wickets at 24.50, 5 catches) - 7.5 out of 10

6.AB de Villiers (276 runs at 55.20, 8 catches, 1 stumping) - 7 out of 10

7.Dale Steyn (12 wickets at 30.83) - 7 out of 10

8.Alviro Petersen (200 runs at 33.33, 1 catch) - 6.5 out of 10

9.Robin Peterson (6 wickets at 28.50) - 5.5 out of 10

10.Vernon Philander (4 wickets at 49.75) - 5 out of 10

11.Rory Kleinveldt (4 wickets at 60.75, 1 catch) - 4.5 out of 10

12.Jacques Rudolph (74 runs at 18.50) - 3 out of 10

13.Dean Elgar (1 match, 0 runs, 1 catch) - 1 out of 10

14.Imran Tahir (1 match, 0 wickets, 260 runs) - 0 out of 10

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Australia's marks out of ten for the Test series against South Africa by CRICINFO

1.Michael Clarke (576 runs at 144.00, 7 catches) - 9 out of 10

2.Michael Hussey (295 runs at 59.00) - 8 out of 10

3.Ed Cowan (228 runs at 45.60) - 7 out of 10

4.Peter Siddle (9 wickets at 38.00) - 7 out of 10

5.James Pattinson (5 wickets at 38.40) - 7 out of 10

6.David Warner (206 runs at 41.20) - 6 out of 10

7.Nathan Lyon (12 wickets at 40.50) - 6 out of 10

8.Mitchell Starc (8 wickets at 26.12) - 6 out of 10

9.Matthew Wade (121 runs at 30.25, 8 catches, 1 stumping) - 5 out of 10

10.Ben Hilfenhaus (6 wickets at 35.50) - 5 out of 10

11.Mitchell Johnson (6 wickets at 27.33, 4 catches) - 5 out of 10

12.Shane Watson (35 runs at 17.50, 1 wicket at 46.00) - 4 out of 10

13.Ricky Ponting (32 runs at 6.40) - 3 out of 10

14.Rob Quiney (9 runs at 3.00, 5 catches)

15.John Hastings (1 wicket at 153.00, 52 runs at 26.00)

[Deep Dey]

The overall batting average for the series was 41.18 runs per wicket, which is the highest in the 25 series that these two teams have played. The last time they played, in 2011-12 in South Africa, the average was 26.77, which is the second-lowest. The 12 hundreds scored in the series is also a record for these two teams in a three-Test series.
Link for overall batting averages in last 25 series between Australia & South Africa
Australia had a higher overall batting average than South Africa

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Michael Clarke was outstanding, scoring 576 runs in five innings. It's the highest by a batsman in a three-Test series between these two teams. Ironically, the second-highest is 515 in the 2005-06 series in Australia. The other Australian batsman who stood out for his consistency in the series was Michael Hussey: in five innings, he topped 50 three times, and averaged 59.

Most Runs made in a 3 test match series between Aus & SA

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In this three-Test series, there were 2 batsmen who scored more than 100 runs against a bowler: Clarke dominated Morkel, scoring 154 off 164 balls, & getting dismissed only once, while de Villiers scored 101 off Lyon. Clarke also scored 91 off 125 for 2 dismissals against Steyn, which means his average vs South Africa's two best bowlers of the series was 81.67.

On the other hand, though Hussey had a superb series overall, he struggled against these two bowlers, scoring 111 and getting dismissed five times - an average of 22.20.

The only bowler to dismiss a batsman more than three times in the series was Lyon: he nailed Rudolph four times in 100 balls, conceding only 28 runs. Lyon was thus singlehandedly responsible for ruining Rudolph's series: against all other bowlers, Rudolph scored 46 runs off 103 balls, without being dismissed once.

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	Wickets	Average	Strike rate	Economy rate	5WI/ 10WM
South Africa - pace	36	35	60.1	3.48	1/ 0
Australia - pace	36	39.02	76.6	3.05	1/ 0
South Africa - spin	6	93.33	90.17	6.21	0/ 0
Australia - spin	14	44	93.4	2.82	0/ 0

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