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VB Series, 2005/06 / Scorecard

VB Series - 4th match

Australia v South Africa

Australia won by 59 runs

ODI no. 2316 | 2005/06 season
Played at Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
20 January 2006 - day/night (50-over match)


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
DR Martyn	b Pollock	11	9	9	2	0	122.22
2.4 Pollock to Martyn, OUT (Bowled), Gone! good length delivery outside the off stump, cutting in, Martyn charges down the track and tries to clear the infield, inside edge and ball crashes into the stumps 17/1
PA Jaques	c †Boucher b van der Wath	94	145	112	14	0	83.92
32.5 van der Wath to Jaques, OUT (Caught), short rising delivery, jumps up in the air, gets the glove through to the keeper. 177/5
RT Ponting*	c Smith b Hall	9	30	19	1	0	47.36
9.6 Hall to Ponting, OUT (Caught), Hall strikes, fraction of short delivery outside the off stump, movement off the seam, Ponting defends it off the back foot, ball took the leading edge and flies toward slip, Smith a lone slip fielder dives to his right and taken the splendid catch 55/2
A Symonds	c Prince b Steyn	7	22	14	1	0	50.00
14.5 Steyn to Symonds, OUT (Caught), Danger man Gone! line and length delivery on the middle and leg stump, Symonds flicks it in air to square leg, Prince took the diving catch, Steyn fells much better now 85/3
MJ Clarke	c †Boucher b van der Wath	34	65	44	4	0	77.27
30.3 van der Wath to Clarke, OUT (Caught)! Gone! good ball pitching on middle and off and moving away, little extra bounce, Clarke surpraised by the bounce defends it, thin edge and ball went straight to Boucher 172/4
MEK Hussey	c Kruger b Hall	18	37	31	0	0	58.06
40.3 Hall to Hussey, OUT (Caught), 7 down! short ball on the leg stump, Hussey hooks it on the front foot, ends up top edged it, ball travel high in the air, Kruger took the well judged catch at deep 208/7
BJ Haddin†	b Pollock	1	3	4	0	0	25.00
34.1 Pollock to Haddin, OUT, Bolwed him! wide outside the off stump, Haddin chased it away, big inside edge into the stump, Haddin walks back 181/6
JR Hopes	c Botha b Hall	38	56	47	1	0	80.85
49.2 Hall to Hopes, OUT (Caught), All over! good length delivery outside the off stump, Hopes scoops it over deep covers, Botha fielding in the deep taken a great catch covering lot of ground, that's end of Australian innings 245/10
B Lee	b Smith	6	9	9	0	0	66.66
43.4 Smith to Lee, OUT (Bowled), Gone! tossed up outside the off stump, Lee went for big cover drive, inside edge into the stumps, South African captain strikes 221/8
BR Dorey	c Kemp b Hall	2	13	8	0	0	25.00
47.1 Hall to Dorey, OUT (Caught), good length delilvery on the stump, Dorey makes room himself and drives it to covers, Kemp took the brilliant diving catch there 238/9
GD McGrath	not out	2	7	6	0	0	33.33

Extras	(lb 3, w 13, nb 7)	23

Total	(all out; 49.2 overs; 210 mins)	245	(4.96 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-17 (Martyn, 2.4 ov), 2-55 (Ponting, 9.6 ov), 3-85 (Symonds, 14.5 ov), 4-172 (Clarke, 30.3 ov), 5-177 (Jaques, 32.5 ov), 6-181 (Haddin, 34.1 ov), 7-208 (Hussey, 40.3 ov), 8-221 (Lee, 43.4 ov), 9-238 (Dorey, 47.1 ov), 10-245 (Hopes, 49.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	10	2	31	2	3.10	(1w)
2.4 to Martyn, Pollock to Martyn, OUT (Bowled), Gone! good length delivery outside the off stump, cutting in, Martyn charges down the track and tries to clear the infield, inside edge and ball crashes into the stumps 17/1 34.1 to Haddin, Pollock to Haddin, OUT, Bolwed him! wide outside the off stump, Haddin chased it away, big inside edge into the stump, Haddin walks back 181/6
DW Steyn	5	0	58	1	11.60	(7nb, 2w)
14.5 to Symonds, Steyn to Symonds, OUT (Caught), Danger man Gone! line and length delivery on the middle and leg stump, Symonds flicks it in air to square leg, Prince took the diving catch, Steyn fells much better now 85/3
AJ Hall	9.2	0	35	4	3.75	(1w)
9.6 to Ponting, Hall to Ponting, OUT (Caught), Hall strikes, fraction of short delivery outside the off stump, movement off the seam, Ponting defends it off the back foot, ball took the leading edge and flies toward slip, Smith a lone slip fielder dives to his right and taken the splendid catch 55/2 40.3 to Hussey, Hall to Hussey, OUT (Caught), 7 down! short ball on the leg stump, Hussey hooks it on the front foot, ends up top edged it, ball travel high in the air, Kruger took the well judged catch at deep 208/7 47.1 to Dorey, Hall to Dorey, OUT (Caught), good length delilvery on the stump, Dorey makes room himself and drives it to covers, Kemp took the brilliant diving catch there 238/9 49.2 to Hopes, Hall to Hopes, OUT (Caught), All over! good length delivery outside the off stump, Hopes scoops it over deep covers, Botha fielding in the deep taken a great catch covering lot of ground, that's end of Australian innings 245/10
GJP Kruger	6	0	35	0	5.83	(2w)

J Botha	10	0	47	0	4.70

JJ van der Wath	5	0	21	2	4.20	(1w)
30.3 to Clarke, van der Wath to Clarke, OUT (Caught)! Gone! good ball pitching on middle and off and moving away, little extra bounce, Clarke surpraised by the bounce defends it, thin edge and ball went straight to Boucher 172/4 32.5 to Jaques, van der Wath to Jaques, OUT (Caught), short rising delivery, jumps up in the air, gets the glove through to the keeper. 177/5
GC Smith	4	0	15	1	3.75	(2w)
43.4 to Lee, Smith to Lee, OUT (Bowled), Gone! tossed up outside the off stump, Lee went for big cover drive, inside edge into the stumps, South African captain strikes 221/8


South Africa innings (target: 246 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	c †Haddin b Lee	9	19	17	1	0	52.94
4.3 Lee to Smith, OUT (Caught), Gone! good length delivery just outside the off stump and swinging away, Smith gets forward and defends it, ball kisses the bat and flies to Haddin, First breakthrough for Australia 12/1
HH Dippenaar	b Lee	41	130	93	3	0	44.08
31.5 Lee to Dippenaar, OUT, Bowled him! short of length delivery just outside the off stump, Dippenaar defends it on the back foot, big inside edge and ball took the off stump, very unlucky for Dippenaar 114/4
AJ Hall	b Lee	1	7	4	0	0	25.00
6.2 Lee to Hall, OUT, Bowled him! pitched outside the off stump and nipping back in, Hall misjudged the line and plays a big swing, ball raps the pads and crashes into the timbers 16/2
HH Gibbs	lbw b Hogg	39	70	53	4	1	73.58
24.5 Hogg to Gibbs, OUT (LBW), short of length on the off stump, Gibbs moves back and tries to work it away onside, misses and ball strikes the pads plumb in front 84/3
AG Prince	b Lee	21	35	27	1	1	77.77
33.3 Lee to Prince, OUT (Bowled), another one edged to stumps! pitched outside the off stump and heading straigh, Prince plays it on the back foot, inside edge and ball crashes into the stumps, Brett Lee bowling good line here 119/5
MV Boucher†	lbw b Hogg	5	21	12	0	0	41.66
36.2 Hogg to Boucher, OUT (LBW). tossed up on the middle and leg stump, Boucher sweeps in across the line and got in the pads, huge appeal and Umpires raises his finger 123/7
JM Kemp	b Lee	3	6	8	0	0	37.50
35.2 Lee to Kemp, OUT (Bowled), Another one! pitched on the off stump and kept low, Kemp tries to defend it, beaten completly and ball took the off stump, 5-fer for Brett Lee 123/6
JJ van der Wath	c †Haddin b Hogg	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
36.6 Hogg to van der Wath, OUT (Caught), fraction short outside off stump and turning in, batsman goes back and tries to cut but gets a thick edge to Haddin who takes a good catch 124/8
SM Pollock	c †Haddin b Dorey	46	36	31	1	4	148.38
45.3 Dorey to Pollock, OUT (Caught), Gone! pitched outside the off stump and little movement off the seam, quicker through air, Pollock defends it and edged, keeper does the rest 185/9
J Botha	not out	15	40	25	1	0	60.00

GJP Kruger	c Symonds b McGrath	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
46.6 McGrath to Kruger, OUT (Caught), All over! pitched outside the off stump, Kruger makes himself room and drives it over covers, Symonds took the well judeged catch and it's all over for South Africa 186/10
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 1)	6

Total	(all out; 47 overs; 200 mins)	186	(3.95 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-12 (Smith, 4.3 ov), 2-16 (Hall, 6.2 ov), 3-84 (Gibbs, 24.5 ov), 4-114 (Dippenaar, 31.5 ov), 5-119 (Prince, 33.3 ov), 6-123 (Kemp, 35.2 ov), 7-123 (Boucher, 36.2 ov), 8-124 (van der Wath, 36.6 ov), 9-185 (Pollock, 45.3 ov), 10-186 (Kruger, 46.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	10	1	22	5	2.20	(2w)
4.3 to Smith, Lee to Smith, OUT (Caught), Gone! good length delivery just outside the off stump and swinging away, Smith gets forward and defends it, ball kisses the bat and flies to Haddin, First breakthrough for Australia 12/1 6.2 to Hall, Lee to Hall, OUT, Bowled him! pitched outside the off stump and nipping back in, Hall misjudged the line and plays a big swing, ball raps the pads and crashes into the timbers 16/2 31.5 to Dippenaar, Lee to Dippenaar, OUT, Bowled him! short of length delivery just outside the off stump, Dippenaar defends it on the back foot, big inside edge and ball took the off stump, very unlucky for Dippenaar 114/4 33.3 to Prince, Lee to Prince, OUT (Bowled), another one edged to stumps! pitched outside the off stump and heading straigh, Prince plays it on the back foot, inside edge and ball crashes into the stumps, Brett Lee bowling good line here 119/5 35.2 to Kemp, Lee to Kemp, OUT (Bowled), Another one! pitched on the off stump and kept low, Kemp tries to defend it, beaten completly and ball took the off stump, 5-fer for Brett Lee 123/6
GD McGrath	9	2	35	1	3.88	(1nb)
46.6 to Kruger, McGrath to Kruger, OUT (Caught), All over! pitched outside the off stump, Kruger makes himself room and drives it over covers, Symonds took the well judeged catch and it's all over for South Africa 186/10
BR Dorey	9	1	51	1	5.66
45.3 to Pollock, Dorey to Pollock, OUT (Caught), Gone! pitched outside the off stump and little movement off the seam, quicker through air, Pollock defends it and edged, keeper does the rest 185/9
JR Hopes	7	1	28	0	4.00

GB Hogg	10	0	32	3	3.20
24.5 to Gibbs, Hogg to Gibbs, OUT (LBW), short of length on the off stump, Gibbs moves back and tries to work it away onside, misses and ball strikes the pads plumb in front 84/3 36.2 to Boucher, Hogg to Boucher, OUT (LBW). tossed up on the middle and leg stump, Boucher sweeps in across the line and got in the pads, huge appeal and Umpires raises his finger 123/7 36.6 to van der Wath, Hogg to van der Wath, OUT (Caught), fraction short outside off stump and turning in, batsman goes back and tries to cut but gets a thick edge to Haddin who takes a good catch 124/8
A Symonds	2	0	15	0	7.50

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Points Australia 5, South Africa 0

ODI debuts BR Dorey and PA Jaques (Australia); JJ van der Wath (South Africa)
Australia replacement GB Hogg for PA Jaques (South Africa innings, 20.0 ov)
South Africa replacement JJ van der Wath for DW Steyn (Australia innings, 18.0 ov)
Player of the match B Lee (Australia)

Umpires MR Benson (England) and DJ Harper
TV umpire PD Parker
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Match notes