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South Africa v Australia @ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
31 March, 1, 2, 3, 4 April 2006 (five-day match)
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, AL Hill
Third Umpire: KH Hurter
Match Referee: BC Broad
Match Result: Australia won by 2 wickets
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. AB de Villiers | c Damien Martyn b Stuart Clark | 12 | 45 | 60 | 1 | - |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | b Michael Kasprowicz | 16 | 44 | 76 | 2 | - |
| 3. Boeta Dippenaar | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark | 32 | 69 | 101 | 7 | - |
| *4. Jacques Kallis | b Brett Lee | 37 | 92 | 123 | 6 | - |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | c Justin Langer b Brett Lee | 93 | 170 | 248 | 11 | - |
| 6. Jacques Rudolph | c Matthew Hayden b Shane Warne | 25 | 44 | 63 | 4 | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | lbw b Andrew Symonds | 24 | 53 | 73 | 2 | - |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | c Ricky Ponting b Stuart Clark | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2 | - |
| 9. Nicky Boje | c Justin Langer b Michael Kasprowicz | 43 | 46 | 71 | 9 | - |
| 10. Andre Nel | c Damien Martyn b Brett Lee | 0 | 8 | 17 | - | - |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | not out | 0 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (AB de Villiers), 2-38 (Herschelle Gibbs), 3-97 (Boeta Dippenaar), 4-106 (Jacques Kallis), 5-161 (Jacques Rudolph), 6-233 (Mark Boucher), 7-251 (Shaun Pollock), 8-285 (Ashwell Prince), 9-303 (Andre Nel), 303 (Nicky Boje). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 0w, 9nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 97.2 ovs, 434 mins) 303 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 24 | 8 | 57 | 3 | (0w,3nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 28 | 8 | 81 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 24.2 | 4 | 86 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Shane Warne | 13 | 2 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 8 | 2 | 26 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | retired hurt | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Herschelle Gibbs b Makhaya Ntini | 3 | 7 | 15 | - | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c AB de Villiers b Makhaya Ntini | 34 | 40 | 62 | 5 | 1 |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Andre Nel b Makhaya Ntini | 21 | 23 | 34 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. Michael Hussey | lbw b Nicky Boje | 73 | 153 | 202 | 11 | - |
| 6. Andrew Symonds | lbw b Makhaya Ntini | 4 | 11 | 13 | - | - |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | c Jacques Rudolph b Andre Nel | 12 | 24 | 37 | 3 | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | c Shaun Pollock b Makhaya Ntini | 36 | 33 | 61 | 7 | - |
| 9. Brett Lee | c Nicky Boje b Makhaya Ntini | 64 | 68 | 106 | 6 | 2 |
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | c Herschelle Gibbs b Shaun Pollock | 2 | 17 | 28 | - | - |
| 11. Stuart Clark | not out | 0 | - | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-12 (Matthew Hayden), 2-68 (Damien Martyn), 3-73 (Ricky Ponting), 4-89 (Andrew Symonds), 5-106 (Adam Gilchrist), 6-174 (Shane Warne), 7-242 (Michael Hussey), 8-260 (Michael Kasprowicz), 9-270 (Brett Lee). |
| Extras | 5b, 14lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 62.5 ovs, 286 mins) 270 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Makhaya Ntini | 18.5 | 2 | 100 | 6 | (1w,0nb) |
| Andre Nel | 15 | 2 | 42 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shaun Pollock | 15 | 2 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 10 | 2 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. AB de Villiers | b Stuart Clark | 4 | 15 | 17 | - | - |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | c Damien Martyn b Shane Warne | 53 | 87 | 125 | 6 | 1 |
| 3. Boeta Dippenaar | c Matthew Hayden b Stuart Clark | 20 | 21 | 40 | 4 | - |
| *4. Jacques Kallis | lbw b Stuart Clark | 27 | 82 | 125 | 4 | - |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | c Andrew Symonds b Shane Warne | 9 | 30 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 6. Shaun Pollock | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 44 | 47 | 77 | 6 | - |
| 7. Jacques Rudolph | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark | 0 | 3 | 9 | - | - |
| +8. Mark Boucher | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 63 | 92 | 138 | 9 | - |
| 9. Nicky Boje | c Andrew Symonds b Shane Warne | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 10. Andre Nel | not out | 18 | 41 | 72 | 3 | - |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | b Brett Lee | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (AB de Villiers), 2-55 (Boeta Dippenaar), 3-100 (Herschelle Gibbs), 4-120 (Ashwell Prince), 5-130 (Jacques Kallis), 6-140 (Jacques Rudolph), 7-186 (Shaun Pollock), 8-194 (Nicky Boje), 9-258 (Mark Boucher), 258 (Makhaya Ntini). |
| Extras | 6b, 4lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 71.3 ovs, 334 mins) 258 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 18.3 | 3 | 57 | 3 | (0w,3nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 18 | 4 | 64 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ricky Ponting | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 26 | 5 | 90 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Matthew Hayden | c AB de Villiers b Makhaya Ntini | 0 | 7 | 9 | - | - |
| 2. Michael Hussey | lbw b Nicky Boje | 89 | 197 | 263 | 12 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis | 20 | 32 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. Damien Martyn | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 101 | 208 | 286 | 13 | - |
| 5. Andrew Symonds | c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis | 29 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| +6. Adam Gilchrist | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 7. Shane Warne | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 3 | 8 | 11 | - | - |
| 8. Brett Lee | not out | 24 | 46 | 86 | 4 | - |
| 9. Stuart Clark | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 13 | 22 | 2 | - |
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | not out | 7 | 13 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 11. Justin Langer |
| FOW | 1-0 (Matthew Hayden), 2-33 (Ricky Ponting), 3-198 (Michael Hussey), 4-228 (Andrew Symonds), 5-229 (Adam Gilchrist), 6-237 (Shane Warne), 7-258 (Damien Martyn), 8-275 (Stuart Clark). |
| Extras | 1b, 9lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 91.4 ovs, 388 mins) 294 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Makhaya Ntini | 26 | 4 | 78 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andre Nel | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaun Pollock | 25.4 | 3 | 81 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 18 | 6 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 19 | 5 | 65 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| AB de Villiers | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
AB de Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs, Boeta Dippenaar, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, Jacques Rudolph, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Nicky Boje, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini