After twin tons, SA strike with ball
22 Feb 2014 7:05 AM IST
Australia were 112 for four in Port Elizabeth at the close in reply to South Africa’s first innings total of 423. De Villiers (116) and Duminy (123) posted a sixth wicket partnership of 149 as Australia conceded a total of 400 or more for the first time in 13 Test matches.
De Villiers continued his prolific run-scoring form as he notched his 19th Test century, while Duminy ended a string of low scores to record his third Test hundred.
It was De Villiers’ sixth century during a record sequence of 12 Test matches in which he has scored a half-century or better and never been dismissed for under double figures.
Vernon Philander struck early in the Australian innings when he trapped Chris Rogers leg before wicket for five - the third successive single figure score by the left-handed opener. Fellow opener David Warner counter-attacked but Parnell plunged Australia into trouble. Playing on his home ground in his first Test match in four years, he had Alex Doolan and Shaun Marsh caught behind with his first and third deliveries.
Warner was dropped on 43 when Morne Morkel got a ball to lift sharply and Warner edged it high to De Villiers’ left. But South Africa struck again when Philander returned for his second spell and had Australian captain Michael Clarke caught at cover for 19. Warner finished the day with 65 not out off 67 balls and nightwatchman Nathan Lyon was 12 not out. But South Africa failed to ask for a review when Lyon edged the ball down the legside off Dale Steyn in the penultimate over and he was dropped at gully by Duminy.
BRIEF SCORES:
south Africa 423 (duminy 123, AB 116, Lyon 5/130)Aus: 112/4 (Warner 65*)
De Villiers continued his prolific run-scoring form as he notched his 19th Test century, while Duminy ended a string of low scores to record his third Test hundred.
It was De Villiers’ sixth century during a record sequence of 12 Test matches in which he has scored a half-century or better and never been dismissed for under double figures.
Vernon Philander struck early in the Australian innings when he trapped Chris Rogers leg before wicket for five - the third successive single figure score by the left-handed opener. Fellow opener David Warner counter-attacked but Parnell plunged Australia into trouble. Playing on his home ground in his first Test match in four years, he had Alex Doolan and Shaun Marsh caught behind with his first and third deliveries.
Warner was dropped on 43 when Morne Morkel got a ball to lift sharply and Warner edged it high to De Villiers’ left. But South Africa struck again when Philander returned for his second spell and had Australian captain Michael Clarke caught at cover for 19. Warner finished the day with 65 not out off 67 balls and nightwatchman Nathan Lyon was 12 not out. But South Africa failed to ask for a review when Lyon edged the ball down the legside off Dale Steyn in the penultimate over and he was dropped at gully by Duminy.
BRIEF SCORES:
south Africa 423 (duminy 123, AB 116, Lyon 5/130)Aus: 112/4 (Warner 65*)
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