Australia v South Africa @ Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
3 February 2006
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: Aleem Dar, PD Parker
Third Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: JJ Crowe
Super Sub 1st Innings: Australia full substitute: JR Hopes (DR Martyn, South Africa innings, 12.0 ov).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: South Africa full substitute: J Botha (CK Langeveldt, Australia innings, 25.0 ov).
Match Result: Australia won by 80 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | b Andrew Hall | 33 | 43 | 41 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Simon Katich | c Shaun Pollock b Johannes van der Wath | 25 | 43 | 70 | 2 | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Johannes van der Wath b Johan Botha | 53 | 63 | 102 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Johan Botha b Graeme Smith | 34 | 46 | 55 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Andrew Symonds | run out (Johannes van der Wath > ) | 65 | 60 | 84 | 5 | 1 | |
| 6. Michael Clarke | run out (Ashwell Prince > Graeme Smith) | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| 7. Mike Hussey | b Johannes van der Wath | 62 | 44 | 58 | 9 | - | |
| 8. Brett Lee | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 9. Brett Dorey | |||||||
| 10. Stuart Clark | |||||||
| 11. Brad Hogg | |||||||
| %12. James Hopes |
| FOW | 1-45 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-71 (Simon Katich), 3-145 (Damien Martyn), 4-163 (Ricky Ponting), 5-167 (Michael Clarke), 6-276 (Mike Hussey), 7-281 (Andrew Symonds). |
| Extras | 1b, 1lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 215 mins) 281 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 2 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Charl Langeveldt | 6 | 0 | 50 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Johannes van der Wath | 10 | 0 | 82 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Johan Botha | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | lbw b Brett Lee | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark | 9 | 23 | 31 | - | - | |
| 3. Jacques Rudolph | run out (Mike Hussey > ) | 19 | 39 | 57 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Herschelle Gibbs | b James Hopes | 33 | 40 | 52 | 5 | - | |
| %5. Johan Botha | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 46 | 61 | 107 | 4 | - | |
| 6. Ashwell Prince | run out (Brett Dorey > Adam Gilchrist) | 24 | 39 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Justin Kemp | c James Hopes b Brett Lee | 20 | 30 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| +8. Mark Boucher | c Ricky Ponting b Brett Lee | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 9. Shaun Pollock | c sub b Andrew Symonds | 16 | 17 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Andrew Hall | not out | 19 | 35 | 36 | - | - | |
| 11. Johannes van der Wath | not out | 8 | 14 | 13 | - | 1 | |
| 12. Charl Langeveldt |
| FOW | 1-0 (Graeme Smith), 2-13 (Boeta Dippenaar), 3-48 (Jacques Rudolph), 4-69 (Herschelle Gibbs), 5-117 (Ashwell Prince), 6-155 (Justin Kemp), 7-156 (Mark Boucher), 8-156 (Johan Botha), 9-183 (Shaun Pollock). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs, 209 mins) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 10 | 2 | 30 | 4 | (1w,1nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 8 | 1 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brett Dorey | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| James Hopes | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
Australia: Brad Hogg, Stuart Clark, Brett Lee, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Damien Martyn, Ricky Ponting, Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist, Brett Dorey, James Hopes
South Africa: Johannes van der Wath, Andrew Hall, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Justin Kemp, Ashwell Prince, Johan Botha, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Rudolph, Boeta Dippenaar, Graeme Smith, Charl Langeveldt
