Australia v South Africa @ Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
20 January 2006
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: MR Benson, DJ Harper
Third Umpire: PD Parker
Match Referee: JJ Crowe
Super Sub 1st Innings: Australia full substitute: GB Hogg (PA Jaques, South Africa innings, 20.0 ov).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: South Africa full substitute: JJ van der Wath (DW Steyn, Australia innings, 18.0 ov).
Match Result: Australia won by 59 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Damien Martyn | b Shaun Pollock | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Phil Jaques | c Mark Boucher b Johannes van der Wath | 94 | 112 | 145 | 14 | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Graeme Smith b Andrew Hall | 9 | 19 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Andrew Symonds | c Ashwell Prince b Dale Steyn | 7 | 14 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Michael Clarke | c Mark Boucher b Johannes van der Wath | 34 | 44 | 65 | 4 | - | |
| 6. Mike Hussey | c Garnett Kruger b Andrew Hall | 18 | 31 | 37 | - | - | |
| +7. Brad Haddin | b Shaun Pollock | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| 8. James Hopes | c Johan Botha b Andrew Hall | 38 | 47 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Brett Lee | b Graeme Smith | 6 | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| 10. Brett Dorey | c Justin Kemp b Andrew Hall | 2 | 8 | 13 | - | - | |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | not out | 2 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| %12. Brad Hogg |
| FOW | 1-17 (Damien Martyn), 2-55 (Ricky Ponting), 3-85 (Andrew Symonds), 4-172 (Michael Clarke), 5-177 (Phil Jaques), 6-181 (Brad Haddin), 7-208 (Mike Hussey), 8-221 (Brett Lee), 9-238 (Brett Dorey), 245 (James Hopes). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 13w, 7nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.2 ovs, 210 mins) 245 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 2 | 31 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dale Steyn | 5 | 0 | 58 | 1 | (2w,7nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 9.2 | 0 | 35 | 4 | (1w,0nb) |
| Garnett Kruger | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Johan Botha | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Johannes van der Wath | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Brad Haddin b Brett Lee | 9 | 17 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | b Brett Lee | 41 | 93 | 130 | 3 | - | |
| 3. Andrew Hall | b Brett Lee | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| 4. Herschelle Gibbs | lbw b Brad Hogg | 39 | 53 | 70 | 4 | 1 | |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | b Brett Lee | 21 | 27 | 35 | 1 | 1 | |
| +6. Mark Boucher | lbw b Brad Hogg | 5 | 12 | 21 | - | - | |
| 7. Justin Kemp | b Brett Lee | 3 | 8 | 6 | - | - | |
| %8. Johannes van der Wath | c Brad Haddin b Brad Hogg | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| 9. Shaun Pollock | c Brad Haddin b Brett Dorey | 46 | 31 | 36 | 1 | 4 | |
| 10. Johan Botha | not out | 15 | 25 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Garnett Kruger | c Andrew Symonds b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| 12. Dale Steyn |
| FOW | 1-12 (Graeme Smith), 2-16 (Andrew Hall), 3-84 (Herschelle Gibbs), 4-114 (Boeta Dippenaar), 5-119 (Ashwell Prince), 6-123 (Justin Kemp), 7-123 (Mark Boucher), 8-124 (Johannes van der Wath), 9-185 (Shaun Pollock), 186 (Garnett Kruger). |
| Extras | 1b, 2lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47 ovs, 200 mins) 186 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 10 | 1 | 22 | 5 | (2w,0nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 9 | 2 | 35 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Brett Dorey | 9 | 1 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| James Hopes | 7 | 1 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 10 | 0 | 32 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Glenn McGrath, Brett Dorey, Brett Lee, James Hopes, Brad Haddin, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Ricky Ponting, Phil Jaques, Damien Martyn, Brad Hogg
South Africa: Garnett Kruger, Johan Botha, Shaun Pollock, Johannes van der Wath, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Boeta Dippenaar, Graeme Smith, Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn
