Australia v South Africa @ Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
9th January 2006
Toss: Australia (feild)
Umpires: BNJ Oxenford, RL Parry
Third Umpire: NS McNamara
Match Referee: RG Archer
Match Result: Australia won by 95 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. James Hopes | c Jacques Kallis b Shaun Pollock | 17 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2. Damien Martyn | c Herschelle Gibbs b Monde Zondeki | 96 | 56 | 79 | 7 | 5 | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Shaun Pollock b Johan Botha | 27 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4. Andrew Symonds | not out | 54 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 2 | |
| 5. Michael Clarke | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6. Michael Hussey | |||||||
| +7. Brad Haddin | |||||||
| 8. Simon Katich | |||||||
| 9. Nathan Bracken | |||||||
| 10. Stuart Clark | |||||||
| 11. Michael Lewis |
| FOW | 1-57 (James Hopes), 2-103 (Ricky Ponting), 3-187 (Damien Martyn), 0 (Michael Lewis). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 8w, 0nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 20 ovs, 82 mins) 209 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Garnett Kruger | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Monde Zondeki | 3 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Johan Botha | 4 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | b James Hopes | 22 | 26 | 32 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | c Brad Haddin b Nathan Bracken | 1 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| 3. Herschelle Gibbs | c Stuart Clark b Nathan Bracken | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| +4. Mark Boucher | c Brad Haddin b Stuart Clark | 29 | 21 | 30 | 5 | - | |
| 5. Shaun Pollock | b Andrew Symonds | 24 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 1 | |
| 6. Jacques Kallis | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7. Jacques Rudolph | not out | 6 | 7 | 19 | - | - | |
| 8. Andrew Hall | c Michael Hussey b James Hopes | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Johan Botha | c Simon Katich b Andrew Symonds | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| 10. Garnett Kruger | c Damien Martyn b Michael Lewis | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| 11. Monde Zondeki | b Michael Lewis | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-7 (Boeta Dippenaar), 2-7 (Herschelle Gibbs), 3-38 (Graeme Smith), 4-56 (Mark Boucher), 5-92 (Shaun Pollock), 6-92 (Jacques Kallis), 7-106 (Andrew Hall), 9-114 (Garnett Kruger), 10-114 (Monde Zondeki). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 1 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 18.3 ovs, 78 mins) 114 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Nathan Bracken | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Lewis | 3.3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| James Hopes | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
Australia: James Hopes, Damien Martyn, Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Simon Katich, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Lewis
South Africa: Graeme Smith, Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Jacques Rudolph, Andrew Hall, Johan Botha, Garnett Kruger, Monde Zondeki
