South Africa v Australia @ Kingsmead, Durban
10 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: RJ Peterson (unused).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: Australia full substitute: GB Hogg (unused).
Match Result: Australia won by 1 wickets
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Adam Gilchrist b Nathan Bracken | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | c Michael Clarke b Brett Lee | 101 | 145 | 220 | 9 | - | |
| 3. Herschelle Gibbs | c Adam Gilchrist b Nathan Bracken | 1 | 10 | 18 | - | - | |
| 4. AB de Villiers | lbw b Michael Lewis | 38 | 45 | 63 | 4 | 2 | |
| 5. Jacques Kallis | c Michael Hussey b Andrew Symonds | 21 | 27 | 34 | 1 | 1 | |
| +6. Mark Boucher | c Adam Gilchrist b Michael Lewis | 19 | 27 | 42 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Justin Kemp | lbw b Stuart Clark | 1 | 9 | 10 | - | - | |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | not out | 53 | 33 | 45 | 8 | - | |
| 9. Roger Telemachus | run out (Adam Gilchrist > ) | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 10. Andrew Hall | run out (Adam Gilchrist > ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini |
| FOW | 1-1 (Graeme Smith), 2-9 (Herschelle Gibbs), 3-81 (AB de Villiers), 4-118 (Jacques Kallis), 5-170 (Mark Boucher), 6-173 (Justin Kemp), 7-245 (Boeta Dippenaar), 8-246 (Roger Telemachus), 9-246 (Andrew Hall). |
| Extras | 1b, 3lb, 2w, 0nb, 5pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs, 224 mins) 246 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 10 | 2 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 10 | 1 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Lewis | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Michael Hussey | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c AB de Villiers b Jacques Kallis | 45 | 44 | 93 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2. Simon Katich | c Jacques Kallis b Andrew Hall | 46 | 68 | 75 | 5 | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Mark Boucher b Roger Telemachus | 7 | 17 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Mark Boucher b Roger Telemachus | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| 5. Andrew Symonds | b Roger Telemachus | 76 | 71 | 96 | 9 | 2 | |
| 6. Michael Clarke | c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis | 7 | 23 | 42 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Michael Hussey | run out (Andrew Hall > ) | 19 | 24 | 34 | 2 | - | |
| 8. Brett Lee | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 6 | 8 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Nathan Bracken | b Andrew Hall | 7 | 14 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Stuart Clark | not out | 16 | 18 | 28 | 2 | - | |
| 11. Michael Lewis | not out | 4 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-87 (Simon Katich), 2-99 (Adam Gilchrist), 3-100 (Damien Martyn), 4-101 (Ricky Ponting), 5-140 (Michael Clarke), 6-192 (Michael Hussey), 7-218 (Andrew Symonds), 8-218 (Brett Lee), 9-241 (Nathan Bracken). |
| Extras | 1b, 2lb, 7w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 49.1 ovs, 228 mins) 247 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 5 | 2 | 22 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 1 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 9.1 | 1 | 52 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Telemachus | 10 | 1 | 34 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 9 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Justin Kemp | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
South Africa: Makhaya Ntini, Andrew Hall, Roger Telemachus, Shaun Pollock, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs, Boeta Dippenaar, Graeme Smith
Australia: Michael Lewis, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken, Brett Lee, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Damien Martyn, Ricky Ponting, Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist
