South Africa tour of Australia 2016

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Day 2: Stumps - Australia lead by 48 runs
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RSA - 259/9 decl
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AUS - 307/6 (102.0 Ovs)
CRR: 3.01

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Khawaja* 138(285)
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Starc 16(50)

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Last wkt: Matthew Wade c de Kock b Philander 4(6)
 
Stats highlights from the first two days of play from the Adelaide Oval:

3 Debutants for Australia in the top six. It is only the third such instance for them in the post-war era, following their Test against New Zealand in Wellington in 1946 and against India in Brisbane in 1977 during the World Series Cricket.

13 Test matches since Australia have fielded the same XI, starting from the day-night Test in Adelaide last year. The last time Australia made five or more changes to their XI from the previous Test was in 1977.

4 Number of times Hashim Amla has fallen to Josh Hazlewood this series. Amla has scored 24 runs off 33 balls from Hazlewood. The only other instance of Amla falling to the same bowler four times in a series was against S Sreesanth in the home series of 2006/07.

110 Overs for Nathan Lyon between his last two wickets in first-class cricket - Keshav Maharaj in the first innings in Perth and Kagiso Rabada in the first innings here. In the interim, he registered figures of 0/146, 0/57, 0/141 and 0/32.

306 Runs scored by Faf du Plessis in his three innings at the Adelaide Oval, getting dismissed just once in the process. He scored 78 and 110* on his Test debut here four years ago, besides his 118* on the first day here.

1 Score by a South African captain against Australia higher than the 118* by Faf du Plessis. Graeme Smith scored 122 at the same venue four years ago. Overall, it is only the third century for a South African captain in Australia.

259 for 9 is the second-lowest total in a declared first innings. The only lower total is 248 for 8 - Hansie Cronje's 'infamous' declaration against England in Centurion in 2000.

76 overs in a declared first innings is the fewest in the first innings of Test matches not interrupted by rain. Australia declared their first innings after 85 overs against India in Hyderabad in 2013 .

18* by Tabriaz Shamshi is the highest for a South African number 11 on debut. The previous highest was 15 by Sivert Samuelson against England in Cape Town way back in 1910.

2 Instances of Australia using two separate opening combinations in consecutive innings in the last 30 years. David Warner and Joe Burns opened in the second innings in Hobart while Usman Khawaja and debutant Matt Renshaw did in the first innings in Adelaide. The only other instance came when David Warner and Glenn Maxwell opened in the last Test of the series against India in Delhi and got replaced by Shane Watson and Chris Rogers for the Ashes opener in Trent Bridge.

138* by Usman Khawaja is the first century for Australia this series. In comparison, South Africa have made four individual hundreds so far. The highest for Australia this series before the Adelaide Test was 97 each by David Warner and Khawaja himself in the Perth Test.

6 Peter Handscomb became the sixth consecutive number five to score a fifty on debut for Australia. The others to do it before him are Michael Bevan, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Brad Hodge and Adam Voges.

0 The last Australian player batting in top six to be dismissed for a duck in his debut innings before Nic Maddinson's blob today was Phillip Hughes, who registered a duck against South Africa in Johannesburg, 2009.

70.88 Average for spinners this series - nine wickets at the cost of 70.88 per scalp. There is only one series in Australia (min 3 Tests) where the spinners averaged more runs per wicket - 72.36 in the series between Pakistan and Australia in 1983/84.

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Aus vs RSA, Adelaide

Day 3: 1st Session - Australia lead by 109 runs

RSA - 259/9 decl

AUS - 368/8 (116.1 Ovs)

Lyon* 11 (6)

Hazlewood 4 (15)

Partnership: 11(6)

Last wkt: Mitchell Starc c and b Rabada 53(91)
 
Aus vs RSA, Adelaide

Day 3: 1st Session - Australia lead by 119 runs

RSA - 259/9 decl

AUS - 378/9 (117.4 Ovs)

Hazlewood* 8 (18)

Bird 4 (4)

Partnership: 8(7)

Last wkt: Nathan Lyon c Amla b Tabraiz Shamsi 13(8)
 
Day 3: 1st Session - Australia lead by 122 runs

AUS - 381/9 (119.0 Ovs)
 
Aus vs RSA, Adelaide

Day 3: 1st Session - Australia lead by 124 runs

RSA - 259/9 decl

AUS - 383-all out (121.1 Ovs)

Hazlewood 11 (26)

Last wkt: Jackson Bird c du Plessis b Rabada 6(17)
 
Aus vs RSA, Adelaide

Day 3: 2nd Session - South Africa trail by 123 runs

AUS - 383

RSA - 259/9 decl, 1/1 (2.0 Ovs)

Amla* 0 (1)

Stephen Cook 1 (8)

Partnership: 0(7)

Last wkt: Dean Elgar c Smith b Starc 0(3)
 
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