South Africa v Australia @ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
24th February 2006
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: M Erasmus, KH Hurter
Third Umpire: BG Jerling
Match Referee: BC Broad
Match Result: South Africa won by 2 runs
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | not out | 89 | 58 | 89 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2. Loots Bosman | b Michael Lewis | 23 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 1 | |
| 3. Herschelle Gibbs | lbw b Michael Lewis | 56 | 34 | 46 | 4 | 4 | |
| 4. Shaun Pollock | c Stuart Clark b Shane Watson | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5. Johannes van der Wath | c Michael Clarke b Nathan Bracken | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| +6. AB de Villiers | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7. Neil McKenzie | |||||||
| 8. Andrew Hall | |||||||
| 9. Robin Peterson | |||||||
| 10. Roger Telemachus | |||||||
| 11. Makhaya Ntini |
| FOW | 1-48 (Loots Bosman), 2-159 (Herschelle Gibbs), 3-170 (Shaun Pollock), 4-191 (Johannes van der Wath). |
| Extras | 3b, 10lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 20 ovs, 89 mins) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 4 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Michael Lewis | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Watson | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | lbw b Andrew Hall | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - | |
| 2. Simon Katich | c Graeme Smith b Roger Telemachus | 39 | 22 | 42 | 6 | 1 | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | lbw b Andrew Hall | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c AB de Villiers b Johannes van der Wath | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | - | |
| 5. Michael Clarke | st AB de Villiers b Robin Peterson | 37 | 24 | 33 | - | 3 | |
| 6. Shane Watson | b Robin Peterson | 4 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| 7. Brad Hogg | c Graeme Smith b Andrew Hall | 41 | 25 | 35 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8. Brett Lee | not out | 43 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 2 | |
| 9. Nathan Bracken | not out | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10. Michael Lewis | |||||||
| 11. Stuart Clark |
| FOW | 1-16 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-24 (Ricky Ponting), 3-53 (Damien Martyn), 4-78 (Simon Katich), 5-93 (Shane Watson), 6-124 (Michael Clarke), 7-181 (Brad Hogg). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 5w, 0nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 20 ovs, 95 mins) 199 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Makhaya Ntini | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Roger Telemachus | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Johannes van der Wath | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Peterson | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
South Africa: Graeme Smith, Loots Bosman, Herschelle Gibbs, Shaun Pollock, Johannes van der Wath, AB de Villiers, Neil McKenzie, Andrew Hall, Robin Peterson, Roger Telemachus, Makhaya Ntini
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Michael Lewis, Stuart Clark
