Australia take No.2 spot after 47-run win

Apr 17, 2009

Australia made a cautious start after being put in by South Africa, but it was Brad Haddin who provided the visitors with the impetus•AFP

Michael Clarke was also looking in ominous form•Associated Press

Both Australian openers motored along at more than seven an over through the Powerplays •AFP

He then dismissed Callum Ferguson for 41, with the score on 192 for 3•Getty Images

Duminy was on a roll as he had David Hussey stumped by Mark Boucher for 3•Associated Press

Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs started briskly in South Africa's reply•Getty Images

However, Jacques Kallis maintained the tempo, and kept South Africa in the hunt•AFP

Bracken accounted for Kallis, who made 62, and Mitchell Johnson got rid of JP Duminy shortly after as South Africa lost the plot•AFP

When AB de Villiers was bowled by Laughlin for 38, victory for Australia was a mere formality•AFP

Haddin was particularly keen on backing away and lofting over the covers•Associated Press

Haddin was the first to reach fifty, with a six off Jacques Kallis•AFP

But with the score on 127, Haddin holed out to JP Duminy at deep cover•Associated Press

Ricky Ponting scored 40 off 45 balls•Getty Images

James Hopes contributed little after being brilliantly run out by AB de Villiers•Associated Press

The pair added 46 in pretty quick time•AFP

He and Gibbs, during their 104-run stand, threatened to take the game away from Australia•AFP

Hopes then chipped in with the wicket of Mark Boucher, who holed out while trying to counter the creeping asking rate•AFP

Though they lost the final game by 47 runs, South Africa celebrated a satisfying 3-2 series win•Associated Press

Clarke brought up his half-century an over later•AFP

Roelof van der Merwe struck soon after removing Michael Clarke for 66•AFP

But Duminy had him caught by van der Merwe as South Africa clawed back into the match•Getty Images

But it was Michael Hussey's composed 49 that pushed Australia past 300•Getty Images

But Nathan Bracken put an end to their stand, getting Smith to edge one to Haddin•AFP

But Nathan Hauritz trapped Gibbs in front to help Australia fight back•Associated Press

The decisive moment came when Ben Laughlin took a stunner in the deep, just inside the ropes, to dismiss the dangerous Albie Morkel•Associated Press