South Africa v Australia @ SuperSport Park, Centurion
26 February 2006
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: BG Jerling, JW Lloyds
Third Umpire: KH Hurter
Match Referee: BC Broad
Super Sub 1st Innings: Australia full substitute: SR Clark (unused).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: South Africa full substitute: AG Prince (unused).
Match Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets by D/L method
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *+1. Adam Gilchrist | c Andre Nel b Makhaya Ntini | 14 | 19 | 35 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Simon Katich | b Makhaya Ntini | 2 | 16 | 14 | - | - | |
| 3. Damien Martyn | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| 4. Michael Clarke | c AB de Villiers b Shaun Pollock | 53 | 82 | 109 | 6 | - | |
| 5. Mike Hussey | c Boeta Dippenaar b Shaun Pollock | 56 | 73 | 102 | 4 | 1 | |
| 6. Shane Watson | b Andrew Hall | 22 | 38 | 64 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Brad Hogg | run out (Herschelle Gibbs > ) | 13 | 16 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Brett Lee | not out | 38 | 28 | 41 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9. Nathan Bracken | run out (Mark Boucher > Makhaya Ntini) | 16 | 7 | 8 | - | 2 | |
| 10. Mitchell Johnson | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| 11. Michael Lewis |
| FOW | 1-4 (Simon Katich), 2-5 (Damien Martyn), 3-25 (Adam Gilchrist), 4-125 (Michael Clarke), 5-132 (Mike Hussey), 6-157 (Brad Hogg), 7-208 (Shane Watson), 8-227 (Nathan Bracken). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 8w, 0nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 47 ovs, 202 mins) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 1 | 23 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 9 | 3 | 42 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Andre Nel | 10 | 0 | 62 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Peterson | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | not out | 119 | 124 | 172 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | b Nathan Bracken | 10 | 16 | 26 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Herschelle Gibbs | run out (Michael Clarke > ) | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - | |
| 4. AB de Villiers | c Adam Gilchrist b Brad Hogg | 43 | 30 | 51 | 7 | 1 | |
| +5. Mark Boucher | run out (Simon Katich > Brett Lee) | 4 | 17 | 29 | - | - | |
| 6. Justin Kemp | not out | 24 | 38 | 59 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | |||||||
| 8. Robin Peterson | |||||||
| 9. Andrew Hall | |||||||
| 10. Makhaya Ntini | |||||||
| 11. Andre Nel |
| FOW | 1-24 (Boeta Dippenaar), 2-28 (Herschelle Gibbs), 3-111 (AB de Villiers), 4-134 (Mark Boucher). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 5w, 1nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 37.3 ovs, 172 mins) 207 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 10 | 0 | 59 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 8 | 1 | 27 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Lewis | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 8 | 1 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 3.3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Watson | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
South Africa: Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Andrew Hall, Robin Peterson, Shaun Pollock, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs, Boeta Dippenaar, Graeme Smith
Australia: Michael Lewis, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Bracken, Brett Lee, Brad Hogg, Shane Watson, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Damien Martyn, Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist
