The Plays of the day from the third day of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town21-Mar-2009
Simon Katich collected two wickets in five deliveries © Getty Images
AB de Villiers v AB McDonald
In the battle of the ABs it was de Villiers who came out on top whenhe smashed the first four balls from a McDonald over for sixes. Thetension was rising around Newlands as McDonald ran in for the fifthball as the fans wondered if they were about to witness the firsttimes six sixes had been hit in a Test over. de Villiers charged downthe pitch but it wasn’t to be; he dug out a yorker and took a single,and the over ended up costing 25. It was the everbowled by an Australian in Test cricket and the greatest number ofruns South Africa had ever picked up from a Test over. Remarkably, itfinished with a wicket when McDonald knocked over Albie Morkel fromthe sixth ball.One extra record
Australia conceded 62 extras and it was the most they had ever given away in a Test innings. Brad Haddin had a tough time and let through 19 byes and there were also 24 leg-byes, 10 no-balls and 9 wides. Theprevious Australian record was 52 extras, which they conceded lastyear against India in Bangalore, as well as at the Gabba in the 1982-83 Ashes. But they were well short of the all-time record of 76, which India gave away against Pakistan in Bangalore just over a year ago.Kat chases tail
As South Africa pushed past 400 and then 500 and then 600, onlookerswere wondering how long it would be before Simon Katich was given abowl. Katich had wrapped up the tail in Durban but with the specialistlegspinner Bryce McGain in the side – even though he was struggling -Ponting decided against handing the ball to his left-arm part-timer.Until the 150th over. And when he did, Katich picked up an lbwdecision in his first over. It was overturned on review but inKatich’s second over he collected two wickets and Australia closed outthe South African innings soon after.Rook takes bishop
The fanatical fans competition was back at Newlands and after adisappointing response from the Durban supporters last Test the Cape Town outfits were a cut above. The three finalists included two separate teams dressed up as castles – clearly sucking up to the lager company who sponsored the competition – and a pair of men dressed aspriests and holding a JP Duminy sign (Duminy’s surname translatesroughly as priest). In the end it was the castles who took the prize.