South Africa v Australia @ St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
5 March 2006
Toss: South Africa (field)
Umpires: BG Jerling, JW Lloyds
Third Umpire: KH Hurter
Match Referee: BC Broad
Super Sub 1st Innings: Australia full substitute: MG Johnson (unused).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: South Africa full substitute: AG Prince (unused).
Match Result: Australia won by 24 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock | 25 | 33 | 35 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Simon Katich | run out (AB de Villiers > ) | 49 | 80 | 103 | 4 | 1 | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Robin Peterson b Shaun Pollock | 62 | 82 | 123 | 5 | - | |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Roger Telemachus b Makhaya Ntini | 51 | 69 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5. Michael Clarke | run out (Mark Boucher > ) | 25 | 23 | 42 | - | 1 | |
| 6. Mike Hussey | c Herschelle Gibbs b Andrew Hall | 22 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7. Brett Lee | not out | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Shane Watson | not out | 4 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| 9. Brad Hogg | |||||||
| 10. Nathan Bracken | |||||||
| 11. Stuart Clark |
| FOW | 1-36 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-99 (Simon Katich), 3-173 (Ricky Ponting), 4-214 (Damien Martyn), 5-243 (Mike Hussey), 6-244 (Michael Clarke). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 6w, 3nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs, 208 mins) 254 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 1 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 9 | 0 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Telemachus | 8 | 0 | 59 | 0 | (4w,3nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 9 | 1 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Peterson | 10 | 1 | 39 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | lbw b Shane Watson | 16 | 35 | 75 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Herschelle Gibbs | run out (Stuart Clark > ) | 16 | 30 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| 4. AB de Villiers | c Brad Hogg b Michael Clarke | 68 | 92 | 134 | 6 | 1 | |
| +5. Mark Boucher | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 5 | 11 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Justin Kemp | c Nathan Bracken b Stuart Clark | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | b Shane Watson | 69 | 74 | 80 | 7 | 1 | |
| 8. Andrew Hall | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 5 | 6 | 12 | - | - | |
| 9. Robin Peterson | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 3 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| 10. Roger Telemachus | lbw b Nathan Bracken | 29 | 13 | 17 | - | 3 | |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | not out | 1 | 4 | 14 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Graeme Smith), 2-43 (Herschelle Gibbs), 3-60 (Boeta Dippenaar), 4-68 (Mark Boucher), 5-69 (Justin Kemp), 6-188 (Shaun Pollock), 7-192 (AB de Villiers), 8-197 (Andrew Hall), 9-199 (Robin Peterson), 230 (Roger Telemachus). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 2w, 3nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.2 ovs, 211 mins) 230 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 9 | 2 | 48 | 4 | (0w,3nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 8.2 | 1 | 40 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 9 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Watson | 10 | 0 | 49 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 9 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
South Africa: Makhaya Ntini, Roger Telemachus, Robin Peterson, Andrew Hall, Shaun Pollock, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs, Boeta Dippenaar, Graeme Smith
Australia: Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken, Brad Hogg, Shane Watson, Brett Lee, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Damien Martyn, Ricky Ponting, Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist
