Australia v South Africa @ Sydney Cricket Ground
5 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 (SM Katich, South Africa innings, 10.3 ov).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: South Africa full substitute: CK Langeveldt (M Zondeki, Australia innings, 14.0 ov).
Match Result: Australia won by 57 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Mark Boucher b Charl Langeveldt | 88 | 66 | - | 14 | - | |
| 2. Simon Katich | c Justin Kemp b Johannes van der Wath | 11 | 17 | - | 1 | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Herschelle Gibbs b Johan Botha | 72 | 61 | - | 8 | - | |
| 4. Andrew Symonds | c Andrew Hall b Graeme Smith | 7 | 12 | - | 1 | - | |
| 5. Damien Martyn | run out (Graeme Smith > Mark Boucher) | 79 | 75 | - | 5 | - | |
| 6. Michael Clarke | c Jacques Rudolph b Andrew Hall | 27 | 37 | - | - | - | |
| 7. Mike Hussey | not out | 47 | 33 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| 8. Brett Lee | |||||||
| 9. Nathan Bracken | |||||||
| 10. Stuart Clark | |||||||
| 11. Brad Hogg | |||||||
| %12. James Hopes |
| FOW | 1-65 (Simon Katich), 2-138 (Adam Gilchrist), 3-168 (Andrew Symonds), 4-203 (Ricky Ponting), 5-263 (Michael Clarke), 6-344 (Damien Martyn). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 8w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 344 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Johannes van der Wath | 10 | 0 | 76 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Monde Zondeki | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 10 | 0 | 69 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Charl Langeveldt | 6 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Johan Botha | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 6 | 8 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | c Mike Hussey b Stuart Clark | 27 | 29 | - | 4 | - | |
| 3. Herschelle Gibbs | c Adam Gilchrist b Andrew Symonds | 46 | 54 | - | 6 | - | |
| +4. Mark Boucher | c James Hopes b Andrew Symonds | 76 | 83 | - | 3 | 2 | |
| 5. Justin Kemp | c Nathan Bracken b Brad Hogg | 28 | 36 | - | 3 | - | |
| 6. Ashwell Prince | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 25 | 37 | - | - | - | |
| 7. Jacques Rudolph | not out | 31 | 39 | - | 2 | - | |
| 8. Johannes van der Wath | not out | 37 | 16 | - | 2 | 4 | |
| 9. Andrew Hall | |||||||
| 10. Johan Botha | |||||||
| %11. Charl Langeveldt | |||||||
| 12. Monde Zondeki |
| FOW | 1-7 (Graeme Smith), 2-52 (Boeta Dippenaar), 3-105 (Herschelle Gibbs), 4-172 (Justin Kemp), 5-199 (Mark Boucher), 6-236 (Ashwell Prince). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 287 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 10 | 0 | 70 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| James Hopes | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Brad Hogg, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken, Brett Lee, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Ricky Ponting, Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist, James Hopes
South Africa: Charl Langeveldt, Johan Botha, Andrew Hall, Johannes van der Wath, Jacques Rudolph, Ashwell Prince, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher, Herschelle Gibbs, Graeme Smith, Boeta Dippenaar, Monde Zondeki
