South Africa v Australia @ Newlands, Cape Town
3 March 2006
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: KH Hurter, JW Lloyds
Third Umpire: BG Jerling
Match Referee: BC Broad
Super Sub 1st Innings: South Africa full substitute: AG Prince (unused).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: Australia full substitute: MG Johnson (unused).
Match Result: South Africa won by 196 runs
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | b Stuart Clark | 24 | 29 | 36 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | b Shane Watson | 31 | 43 | 60 | 6 | - | |
| 3. Herschelle Gibbs | c & b Brad Hogg | 66 | 71 | 105 | 8 | - | |
| 4. AB de Villiers | b Shane Watson | 18 | 23 | 33 | 3 | - | |
| +5. Mark Boucher | lbw b Brad Hogg | 42 | 59 | 67 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6. Justin Kemp | not out | 51 | 41 | 73 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | c Michael Clarke b Brett Lee | 38 | 27 | 36 | 3 | 2 | |
| 8. Robin Peterson | c Damien Martyn b Stuart Clark | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Andrew Hall | not out | 4 | 4 | 14 | - | - | |
| 10. Andre Nel | |||||||
| 11. Makhaya Ntini |
| FOW | 1-45 (Graeme Smith), 2-57 (Boeta Dippenaar), 3-95 (AB de Villiers), 4-175 (Herschelle Gibbs), 5-192 (Mark Boucher), 6-254 (Shaun Pollock), 7-262 (Robin Peterson). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 5w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 215 mins) 289 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 8 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 10 | 2 | 69 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Watson | 10 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 9 | 1 | 48 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *+1. Adam Gilchrist | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| 2. Simon Katich | c AB de Villiers b Andre Nel | 16 | 47 | 79 | 3 | - | |
| 3. Phil Jaques | c Justin Kemp b Makhaya Ntini | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Boeta Dippenaar b Makhaya Ntini | 4 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| 5. Michael Clarke | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 1 | 15 | 17 | - | - | |
| 6. Mike Hussey | c Justin Kemp b Andre Nel | 22 | 48 | 69 | 2 | 1 | |
| 7. Shane Watson | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 27 | 39 | 70 | 3 | - | |
| 8. Brad Hogg | c Shaun Pollock b Robin Peterson | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Brett Lee | c Boeta Dippenaar b Andre Nel | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| 10. Nathan Bracken | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 20 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Stuart Clark | not out | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-1 (Phil Jaques), 3-5 (Damien Martyn), 4-7 (Michael Clarke), 5-33 (Simon Katich), 6-57 (Mike Hussey), 7-70 (Brad Hogg), 8-71 (Brett Lee), 9-86 (Nathan Bracken), 93 (Shane Watson). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 34.3 ovs, 150 mins) 93 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 9.3 | 4 | 22 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andre Nel | 8 | 2 | 30 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Peterson | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
South Africa: Makhaya Ntini, Andre Nel, Andrew Hall, Robin Peterson, Shaun Pollock, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs, Boeta Dippenaar, Graeme Smith
Australia: Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken, Brett Lee, Brad Hogg, Shane Watson, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Damien Martyn, Phil Jaques, Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist
