De Villiers, Kallis steer South Africa to 289

CAPE TOWN (AFP) - Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers shared a century partnership as South Africa made a competitive total of 289 for six in the third one-day international against Australia at Newlands on Thursday. Kallis (70) and De Villiers (80) put on 114 off 131 balls for the third wicket but they were made to work for their runs against disciplined bowling and fielding. Fast bowler Mitchell Johnson was outstanding for Australia, taking four for 34 in his ten overs. Johnson struck an early blow when he had South African captain Graeme Smith caught behind for eight and he took two wickets late in the innings during a batting power play which yielded a relatively modest 38 runs in five overs. Kallis was solid in making his 70 off 87 balls before a powerful pull off Brett Geeves picked out James Hopes at midwicket. De Villiers had some luck with three edged boundaries just wide of the wicketkeeper as he made his 80 off 87 balls before he fell to Johnson in the first over of the final power play. South Africa had only scored 233 after 45 overs at the end of their power play but some powerful hitting by Albie Morkel and Mark Boucher enabled them to add 56 in the last five overs. Smith ended a streak of seven successive losing tosses against opposite number Ricky Ponting. He had no hesitation in batting on a ground where the side batting second under lights has often struggled. The teams went into the third game of a five-match series tied at 1-1. Australia won the first match in Durban by 141 runs but South Africa won by seven wickets in Centurion. South Africa fielded an unchanged team, while Australia brought in seam bowler Geeves for Ben Laughlin. SCOREBOARD SOUTH AFRICA: H. Gibbs c Hopes b Boucher 26 G. Smith c Haddin b Johnson 8 J. Kallis c Hopes b Geeves 70 A. de Villiers c Hauritz b Johnson 80 J. Duminy c M. Hussey b Johnson 32 A. Morkel b Johnson 29 M. Boucher not out 28 R. van der Merwe not out 6 EXTRAS: (lb4, nb4, w2) 10 TOTAL: (6 wkts, 50 overs) 289 Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Smith), 2-50 (Gibbs), 3-164 (Kallis), 4-198 (De Villiers), 5-230 (Duminy), 6-283 (Morkel) BOWLING: Johnson 10-2-34-4 Bracken 10-0-58-1 (w1) Geeves 10-0-67-1 (nb 4, w1) Hauritz 8-0-37-0 Hopes 8-0-64-0 D. Hussey 4-0-25-0 Did not bat: J. Botha, W. Parnell, D. Steyn. Australia: R. Ponting (capt), M. Clarke, B. Haddin, D. Hussey, M. Hussey, C. Ferguson, J. Hopes, M. Johnson, N. Hauritz, N. Bracken, B. Geeves. Match situation: Australia need 290 to win Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SRI), Rudi Koertzen (RSA) TV umpire: Brian Jerling (RSA) Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI).

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