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VB Series, 2005/06 / Scorecard

VB Series - 11th match

Australia v South Africa

Australia won by 57 runs

ODI no. 2323 | 2005/06 season
Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
5 February 2006 - day/night (50-over match)


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist†	c †Boucher b Langeveldt	88	66	14	0	133.33
17.1 short ball on the off stump, moving away, Gilchrist goes back and pulls, gets the top edge and ball goes high up in the air, Boucher gets underneath and takes the skier 138/2
SM Katich	c Kemp b van der Wath	11	17	1	0	64.70
8.1 OUT!!fraction short outside off stump, nipping away, Katich goes for the cut and gets the outside edge, good catch taken by Kemp at wide first slip 65/1
RT Ponting*	c Gibbs b Botha	72	61	8	0	118.03
29.3 OUT! flighted ball around the off stump, Ponting moves forward and tries to work it away, turns it straight to Gibbs at mid-wicket, simple catch taken 203/4
A Symonds	c Hall b Smith	7	12	1	0	58.33
22.1 arm ball just outside off stump, Symonds tries to hit over straight, mistimes it completely and ball goes in the air, Hall at mid-off runs back and takes a very good catch 168/3
DR Martyn	run out (Smith/†Boucher)	79	75	5	0	105.33
49.6 from Langeveldt, RUN OUT low full toss, Martyn hits it away to mid-wicket, Smith slides and misfields, they go for the second run and Smith throws at the batsman end, Boucher does well and Martyn is well short 344/6
MJ Clarke	c Rudolph b Hall	27	37	0	0	72.97
40.5 OUT good length ball on the off stump, batsman lofts it flat and straight to Rudolph at long-on 263/5
MEK Hussey	not out	47	33	4	1	142.42

Extras	(lb 4, w 8, nb 1)	13

Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	344	(6.88 runs per over)

Did not bat B Lee, NW Bracken, SR Clark, GB Hogg

Fall of wickets 1-65 (Katich, 8.1 ov), 2-138 (Gilchrist, 17.1 ov), 3-168 (Symonds, 22.1 ov), 4-203 (Ponting, 29.3 ov), 5-263 (Clarke, 40.5 ov), 6-344 (Martyn, 49.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ van der Wath	10	0	76	1	7.60	(1w)
8.1 to Katich, OUT!!fraction short outside off stump, nipping away, Katich goes for the cut and gets the outside edge, good catch taken by Kemp at wide first slip 65/1
M Zondeki	4	0	42	0	10.50	(2w)

AJ Hall	10	0	69	1	6.90	(1w)
40.5 to Clarke, OUT good length ball on the off stump, batsman lofts it flat and straight to Rudolph at long-on 263/5
CK Langeveldt	6	0	49	1	8.16	(1nb, 2w)
17.1 to Gilchrist, short ball on the off stump, moving away, Gilchrist goes back and pulls, gets the top edge and ball goes high up in the air, Boucher gets underneath and takes the skier 138/2
GC Smith	10	0	52	1	5.20	(2w)
22.1 to Symonds, arm ball just outside off stump, Symonds tries to hit over straight, mistimes it completely and ball goes in the air, Hall at mid-off runs back and takes a very good catch 168/3
J Botha	10	0	52	1	5.20
29.3 to Ponting, OUT! flighted ball around the off stump, Ponting moves forward and tries to work it away, turns it straight to Gibbs at mid-wicket, simple catch taken 203/4


South Africa innings (target: 345 runs from 50 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	c †Gilchrist b Lee	6	8	1	0	75.00
2.1 OUT! short ball banged in on the leg stump, shaping in, Smith tries to tuck it away and gets the glove, Gilchrist takes a great one-handed catch down the leg, amazing diving catch! 7/1
HH Dippenaar	c Hussey b Clark	27	29	4	0	93.10
10.3 OUT: length delivery outside leg stump, Dippenaar lofts it on the front-foot but hits it high in the air to deep forward square leg, Hussey runs backwards and takes a great catch 52/2
HH Gibbs	c †Gilchrist b Symonds	46	54	6	0	85.18
19.2 OUT! arm ball on the off stump, Gibbs tries to work it awy through square leg, ball just clips the pads and onto Gilchrist, Gibbs drags his foot outside, Gilchrist does the rest 105/3
MV Boucher†	c Hopes b Symonds	76	83	3	2	91.56
36.3 OUT flat one on the stumps, Boucher tries to loft it over the ropes but gets it high up in the air to long-on where Hopes takes a good catch just inside the ropes 199/5
JM Kemp	c Bracken b Hogg	28	36	3	0	77.77
31.6 OUT flighted ball, wrong'un, kemp tries to loft it over long-on, mistimes and ball goes high up in the air to long-off, Bracken takes a simple catch 172/4
AG Prince	run out (Ponting)	25	37	0	0	67.56
44.4 Bracken to Rudolph, OUT ;length ball, defended on the front-foot to short extra-cover, they take off for the single and bit of mix-up, Ponting htis direct at the batsman end 236/6
JA Rudolph	not out	31	39	2	0	79.48

JJ van der Wath	not out	37	16	2	4	231.25

Extras	(lb 7, w 2, nb 2)	11

Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	287	(5.74 runs per over)

Did not bat AJ Hall, J Botha, CK Langeveldt

Fall of wickets 1-7 (Smith, 2.1 ov), 2-52 (Dippenaar, 10.3 ov), 3-105 (Gibbs, 19.2 ov), 4-172 (Kemp, 31.6 ov), 5-199 (Boucher, 36.3 ov), 6-236 (Prince, 44.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	6	0	31	1	5.16	(1nb, 1w)
2.1 to Smith, OUT! short ball banged in on the leg stump, shaping in, Smith tries to tuck it away and gets the glove, Gilchrist takes a great one-handed catch down the leg, amazing diving catch! 7/1
NW Bracken	9	0	51	0	5.66	(1w)

SR Clark	10	0	70	1	7.00	(1nb)
10.3 to Dippenaar, OUT: length delivery outside leg stump, Dippenaar lofts it on the front-foot but hits it high in the air to deep forward square leg, Hussey runs backwards and takes a great catch 52/2
JR Hopes	5	0	35	0	7.00

A Symonds	10	0	42	2	4.20
19.2 to Gibbs, OUT! arm ball on the off stump, Gibbs tries to work it awy through square leg, ball just clips the pads and onto Gilchrist, Gibbs drags his foot outside, Gilchrist does the rest 105/3 36.3 to Boucher, OUT flat one on the stumps, Boucher tries to loft it over the ropes but gets it high up in the air to long-on where Hopes takes a good catch just inside the ropes 199/5
GB Hogg	10	0	51	1	5.10
31.6 to Kemp, OUT flighted ball, wrong'un, kemp tries to loft it over long-on, mistimes and ball goes high up in the air to long-off, Bracken takes a simple catch 172/4

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Points Australia 4, South Africa 0

Australia replacement JR Hopes for SM Katich (South Africa innings, 10.3 ov)
South Africa replacement CK Langeveldt for M Zondeki (Australia innings, 14.0 ov)
Player of the match AC Gilchrist (Australia)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and PD Parker
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Match notes