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Australia fold for 47, S Africa need 236

November 11, 2011 00:00:00


Australia were bowled out for 47 - their fourth lowest Test total and their lowest for 109 years - by South Africa as 22 wickets fell in one day, reports BBC. The Aussies had started the second day on 214-8 in their first innings and were bowled out for 284, before skittling the Proteas for 96. Having narrowly avoided the follow-on, the home side's pace bowlers then tore into a shell-shocked Australia. After they had slumped from 21-6 to 21-9, only a dogged last-wicket stand by tail-enders Peter Siddle and Nathan Lyon pushed the tourists ahead of the all-time lowest Test score - New Zealand's 26 against England in AFP adds: Shane Watson took five wickets in 20 balls to send South Africa crashing to 96 all out on the second day of the first Test against Australia at Newlands Thursday. The Australian all-rounder enabled his side to take a 188-run first innings lead with a devastating spell in which he took five wickets for 17 runs. South Africa struck back, reducing Australia to 13 for three at tea after an extraordinary session in which 12 wickets fell for 60 runs in 18.1 overs. South Africa were 49 for one at lunch in reply to Australia's 284 but lost nine wickets for 45 runs in 11.3 overs after the interval. Australian captain Michael Clarke took his first innings score to 151 before he was last man out in a frustrating morning for the South Africans in which Australia reached 284 after starting the day precariously placed on 214 for eight. Tailender Peter Siddle made 20 and supported Clarke in a ninth wicket stand of 59, the second best of the innings, as the last two wickets added 70 runs. Watson struck with the second ball after lunch when the Australians successfully called for a review after umpire Ian Gould gave Hashim Amla not out after he was struck on the pad. Replays showed the ball would have hit the top of leg stump. Four balls later Jacques Kallis was out for nought, again after a review, caught at second slip when replays showed he had got a faint edge to an attempted pull which looped off his shoulder to Ricky Ponting. Watson made another double strike, bowling Graeme Smith for 37 off an inside edge and trapping Ashwell Prince leg before wicket with a full, straight ball before AB de Villiers became the third batsman out to a reviewed decision, lbw to Ryan Harris after being given not by umpire Billy Doctrove. Mark Boucher was Watson's fifth victim - with television umpire Billy Bowden again called into action, this time because the batsman queried Gould's lbw decision. Australia first innings: S. Watson c Kallis b Steyn 3 P. Hughes c Boucher b Philander 9 S. Marsh lbw b Steyn 44 R. Ponting lbw b Steyn 8 M. Clarke b Morkel 151 M. Hussey c Boucher b Morkel 1 B. Haddin c Prince b Steyn 5 M. Johnson c Morkel b Philander 20 R. Harris c Morkel b Philander 5 P. Siddle c De Villiers b Morkel 20 N. Lyon not out 1 Extras: (b5, lb7, nb4, w1) 17 Total: (75 overs) 284 South Africa, first innings: J. Rudolph b Harris 18 G. Smith b Watson 37 H. Amla lbw b Watson 3 J. Kallis c Ponting b Watson 0 A. de Villiers lbw b Harris 8 A. Prince lbw b Watson 0 M. Boucher lbw b Watson 4 V. Philander c Ponting b Harris 4 D. Steyn not out 9 M. Morkel run out (Siddle) 1 Imran Tahir b Harris 5 Extras:(lb4, nb2, w1) 7 Total:(24.3 overs) 96 Australia 2nd innings: SR Watson lbw b Steyn 4 PJ Hughes c Rudolph b Morkel 9 RT Ponting lbw b Philander 0 Clarke lbw b Philander 2 Husseyc Prince b Morkel 0 BJ Haddin c Boucher b Philander 0 MG Johnson c Amla b Philander 3 RJ Harris c Smith b Morkel 3 PM Siddle not out 12 SE Marsh lbw b Philander 0 NM Lyon c de Villiers b Steyn 14 Total: (all out; 18 overs; 95 mins) 47

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