| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AB de Villiers | c Martyn b Clark | 12 | 60 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 26.66 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Kasprowicz | 16 | 76 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| HH Dippenaar | c †Gilchrist b Clark | 32 | 101 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 46.37 | |
| JH Kallis* | b Lee | 37 | 123 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 40.21 | |
| AG Prince | c Langer b Lee | 93 | 248 | 170 | 11 | 0 | 54.70 | |
| JA Rudolph | c Hayden b Warne | 25 | 63 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 56.81 | |
| MV Boucher† | lbw b Symonds | 24 | 73 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 45.28 | |
| SM Pollock | c Ponting b Clark | 8 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| N Boje | c Langer b Kasprowicz | 43 | 71 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 93.47 | |
| A Nel | c Martyn b Lee | 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 4, nb 9) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 97.2 overs; 434 mins) | 303 | (3.11 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 24 | 8 | 57 | 3 | 2.37 | (3nb) | ||
| SR Clark | 28 | 8 | 81 | 3 | 2.89 | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 24.2 | 4 | 86 | 2 | 3.53 | (4nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 13 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 3.76 | |||
| A Symonds | 8 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3.25 | (2nb) |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | retired hurt | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| ML Hayden | c Gibbs b Ntini | 3 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| RT Ponting* | c de Villiers b Ntini | 34 | 62 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 85.00 | |
| DR Martyn | c Nel b Ntini | 21 | 34 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 91.30 | |
| MEK Hussey | lbw b Boje | 73 | 202 | 153 | 11 | 0 | 47.71 | |
| A Symonds | lbw b Ntini | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Rudolph b Nel | 12 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| SK Warne | c Pollock b Ntini | 36 | 61 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 109.09 | |
| B Lee | c Boje b Ntini | 64 | 106 | 68 | 6 | 2 | 94.11 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Gibbs b Pollock | 2 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 | |
| SR Clark | not out | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 14, w 2) | 21 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 62.5 overs; 286 mins) | 270 | (4.29 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Ntini | 18.5 | 2 | 100 | 6 | 5.30 | (1w) | ||
| A Nel | 15 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 2.80 | (1w) | ||
| SM Pollock | 15 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 3.73 | |||
| JH Kallis | 10 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 4.30 | |||
| N Boje | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2.50 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AB de Villiers | b Clark | 4 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Martyn b Warne | 53 | 125 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 60.91 | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Hayden b Clark | 20 | 40 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 95.23 | |
| JH Kallis* | lbw b Clark | 27 | 125 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 32.92 | |
| AG Prince | c Symonds b Warne | 9 | 42 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| SM Pollock | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 44 | 77 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 93.61 | |
| JA Rudolph | c †Gilchrist b Clark | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MV Boucher† | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 63 | 138 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 68.47 | |
| N Boje | c Symonds b Warne | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| A Nel | not out | 18 | 72 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 43.90 | |
| M Ntini | b Lee | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 4, w 1, nb 5) | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 71.3 overs; 334 mins) | 258 | (3.60 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 18.3 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 3.08 | (3nb) | ||
| SR Clark | 18 | 4 | 64 | 4 | 3.55 | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | (1nb) | ||
| A Symonds | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.60 | |||
| RT Ponting | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | (1w) | ||
| SK Warne | 26 | 5 | 90 | 3 | 3.46 | (1nb) |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 292 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ML Hayden | c de Villiers b Ntini | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MEK Hussey | lbw b Boje | 89 | 263 | 197 | 12 | 0 | 45.17 | |
| RT Ponting* | c †Boucher b Kallis | 20 | 51 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 62.50 | |
| DR Martyn | lbw b Pollock | 101 | 286 | 208 | 13 | 0 | 48.55 | |
| A Symonds | c †Boucher b Kallis | 29 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 111.53 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c †Boucher b Ntini | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SK Warne | c †Boucher b Ntini | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| B Lee | not out | 24 | 86 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 52.17 | |
| SR Clark | c †Boucher b Ntini | 10 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 76.92 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | not out | 7 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 9, nb 1) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets; 91.4 overs; 388 mins) | 294 | (3.20 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat JL Langer |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Ntini | 26 | 4 | 78 | 4 | 3.00 | |||
| A Nel | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| SM Pollock | 25.4 | 3 | 81 | 1 | 3.15 | (1nb) | ||
| JH Kallis | 18 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 2.44 | |||
| N Boje | 19 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 3.42 | |||
| AB de Villiers | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 3-match series 3-0 |
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Player of the match
B Lee (Australia) Player of the series SR Clark (Australia) |
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Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and AL Hill (New Zealand) TV umpire KH Hurter Match referee BC Broad (England) |
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Apr 4, 2006 Damien Martyn drives during his crucial hundred © Getty Images |
Apr 4, 2006 Ricky Ponting with the series trophy after beating South Africa 3-0 © Getty Images |
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