Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	c †Gilchrist b Lee	2	18	25	0	0	11.11

Graeme Smith (c)	lbw b Lee	39	77	125	6	0	50.64

Herschelle Gibbs	b McGrath	27	49	64	5	0	55.10

Jacques Kallis	c McGrath b Symonds	111	275	361	17	0	40.36

Ashwell Prince	lbw b Warne	119	271	395	13	0	43.91

Jacques Rudolph	c †Gilchrist b McGrath	38	110	138	5	0	34.54

Mark Boucher †	c †Gilchrist b MacGill	5	23	29	0	0	21.73

Shaun Pollock	c Hodge b Lee	46	64	86	3	0	71.87

Johan Botha	not out	20	46	62	2	0	43.47
Andre Nel	c Hodge b Warne	12	8	10	2	0	150.00

Charl Langeveldt	not out	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 9, lb 6, nb 16)	31
Total	154.4 Ov (RR: 2.91, 660 Mins)	451/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (AB de Villiers, 5.6 ov), 2-69 (Herschelle Gibbs, 20.3 ov), 3-86 (Graeme Smith, 28.1 ov), 4-305 (Jacques Kallis, 104.3 ov), 5-344 (Ashwell Prince, 121.5 ov), 6-355 (Mark Boucher, 128.4 ov), 7-394 (Jacques Rudolph, 140.5 ov), 8-433 (Shaun Pollock, 152.1 ov), 9-449 (Andre Nel, 153.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	34	17	65	2	1.91	179	11	0	0	0
20.3 to HH Gibbs, gone! pitched outside off stump and coming in, bit full, Gibbs drives on the front-foot gets beaten, ball knocks the stumps, excellent delivery!. 69/2 140.5 to JA Rudolph, great delivery, pitches on middle stump and swigns away, thick outside edge in the hands of keeper, Gilchrist takes a good sharp catch!. 394/7
Brett Lee	30.4	7	82	3	2.67	150	9	0	0	11
5.6 to AB de Villiers, gone! pitched outside off stump and moving away off the seam, de Villiers comes forward, gets an outside edge to Gilchrist, who takes the catch.. 16/1 28.1 to GC Smith, gone! good ball pitched on the stumps and going straight on, Smith drives, gets beaten, hit on the pad in line with the stumps, loud appeal, given by Umpire Aleem Dar.. 86/3 152.1 to SM Pollock, full ball, on middle and leg stump, driven on the up and in the air straight in the hands of Hodge at mid-on for a simple catch. 433/8
Andrew Symonds	23	4	69	1	3.00	109	9	0	0	3
104.3 to JH Kallis, Gone! Symonds done it again for the Australia, short in length, on leg stump, Kallis pulls it away high in the air to long leg and McGrath takes a well judge catch, a great innings and a wonderfull Partnership comes to an end!. 305/4
Shane Warne	36	5	106	2	2.94	151	9	0	0	0
121.5 to AG Prince, from round the wicket, pitches well wide outside off, in the rough, gets sharp turn, Prince tries to left it, hits on the pad well outside off, shout for lbw, Billy takes his time and raises his finger!. 344/5 153.5 to A Nel, tossed up, outside off, went for the big shot on the off side, top edge in the air to gully, Hodge took a simple catch. 449/9
Michael Hussey	2	0	12	0	6.00	9	2	0	0	2
Stuart MacGill	29	5	102	1	3.51	123	13	0	0	0
128.4 to MV Boucher, full toss, goes for the sweep shot, inside edge onto foot and goes in the air, Gilchrist watches it very closely, runs and dives full length, takes a brilliatn catch!. 355/6

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	b Langeveldt	25	20	23	3	0	125.00

Matthew Hayden	b Langeveldt	4	11	15	0	0	36.36

Ricky Ponting (c)	lbw b Kallis	120	174	257	12	1	68.96

Brad Hodge	c Rudolph b Nel	6	23	33	0	0	26.08

Michael Hussey	c †Boucher b Botha	45	111	149	8	0	40.54

Andrew Symonds	lbw b Nel	12	51	77	1	0	23.52

Adam Gilchrist †	c †Boucher b Nel	86	109	156	10	2	78.89

Shane Warne	c †Boucher b Nel	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Brett Lee	c Smith b Kallis	17	40	49	3	0	42.50

Stuart MacGill	c Nel b Pollock	29	21	52	5	0	138.09

Glenn McGrath	not out	1	12	33	0	0	8.33
Extras	(lb 10, nb 2, w 2)	14
Total	95.1 Ov (RR: 3.77, 431 Mins)	359
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Matthew Hayden, 3.5 ov), 2-35 (Justin Langer, 5.4 ov), 3-54 (Brad Hodge, 14.2 ov), 4-184 (Michael Hussey, 49.6 ov), 5-222 (Ricky Ponting, 63.2 ov), 6-226 (Andrew Symonds, 66.5 ov), 7-226 (Shane Warne, 66.6 ov), 8-263 (Brett Lee, 77.5 ov), 9-322 (Stuart MacGill, 88.3 ov), 10-359 (Adam Gilchrist, 95.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	25	3	109	1	4.36	103	10	2	0	2
88.3 to SCG MacGill, full in length, moves back and again swings hard but this time mistimes it in the air to mid-off where Nel takes a simple catch. 322/9
Charl Langeveldt	24	4	108	2	4.50	102	15	1	1	0
3.5 to ML Hayden, full and bit wide outide off, goes for the cover drive, thick inside edge onto stumps, Hayden goes!. 22/1 5.4 to JL Langer, Gone! short in length, outside off, goes for the pull shot, big inside edge onto stumps, Langeveldt Strikes again!. 35/2
Andre Nel	24.1	3	81	4	3.35	107	10	0	0	0
14.2 to BJ Hodge, Gone! short ball, on leg stump, tries to fend it off, goes in the air and Rudolph takes a simple catch at short leg. 54/3 66.5 to A Symonds, Gone! good inswinging yorker, hits the pad and huge shout for lbw, up goes the finger of Aleem Dar, blla looks missing leg stump, Symonds considered bit unlucky!. 226/6 66.6 to SK Warne, Gone! good length ball, just outside off and moves away, tries to play at it, edges it to keeper, huge shout for caught behind and up goes the finger of Aleem Dar, Nel on a hat-trick!. 226/7 95.1 to AC Gilchrist, Gone! short ball, on leg stump, goes for the pull shot, off the gloves goes in the air and Boucher takes a simple catch down the leg side, an exciting innings comes to an end. 359/10
Jacques Kallis	15	4	25	2	1.66	76	3	0	1	0
63.2 to RT Ponting, fuller length ball, just outside off and nips back a long way in, tries to defend it on the back-foot, hits the pad, shout for lbw and this time finger goes up. 222/5 77.5 to B Lee, short and nasty delivery, tries to fend it off, off the gloves in t he hands of Smith at first slip who takes a simple catch. 263/8
Johan Botha	7	2	26	1	3.71	29	4	0	0	0
49.6 to MEK Hussey, Doosra! pitches on off stump and spins the other way, tries to defend it on the front foot, inner edge onto pads and goes in the aor, Boucher takes a simple cathc, Botha takes his 1st wicket in Test cricket. 184/4

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (c)	lbw b McGrath	5	9	12	0	0	55.55

AB de Villiers	lbw b Lee	1	4	7	0	0	25.00

Herschelle Gibbs	run out (Hodge)	67	74	99	11	0	90.54

Jacques Kallis	not out	50	96	180	3	0	52.08
Ashwell Prince	c Ponting b MacGill	18	30	39	2	0	60.00

Jacques Rudolph	c McGrath b MacGill	4	7	5	0	0	57.14

Mark Boucher †	st †Gilchrist b MacGill	11	13	14	2	0	84.61

Shaun Pollock	not out	26	21	24	2	1	123.80
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, nb 2, w 3)	12
Total	42 Ov (RR: 4.61, 200 Mins)	194/6d
Did not bat: Johan Botha, Andre Nel, Charl Langeveldt
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (AB de Villiers, 1.3 ov), 2-6 (Graeme Smith, 2.4 ov), 3-92 (Herschelle Gibbs, 21.4 ov), 4-123 (Ashwell Prince, 30.6 ov), 5-129 (Jacques Rudolph, 32.3 ov), 6-152 (Mark Boucher, 36.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	15	2	61	1	4.06	64	8	0	0	1
2.4 to GC Smith, good length ball, on off stump and swings in, goes back to defend it, hits the pad in fron of middle stump, bit high on the pad, huge shout for lbw and up goes the finger of Billy Bowden. 6/2
Brett Lee	10	3	48	1	4.80	43	7	0	0	1
1.3 to AB de Villiers, Gone! full and fast delivery, on target, tries to play it on the leg side, hits the pad plumb in front of middle stump, huge shout for lbw, up goes the finger. 4/1
Shane Warne	11	1	45	0	4.09	39	3	0	3	0
Stuart MacGill	6	1	33	3	5.50	19	2	1	0	0
30.6 to AG Prince, caught! long hop, Prince pulls, slightly checking his shot, giving Ponting enough time to leap up and snatch it at his mid wicket position. 123/4 32.3 to JA Rudolph, caught! Rudolph charges down the track in a surprising display of aggression, lofting the ball down the ground to long on where McGrath backs back to take the catch at chest height. 129/5 36.3 to MV Boucher, stumped! steps away and down the track, the ball pitches off and spins away, Gilchrist collects and gets Boucher miles out of his ground. 152/6

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 287 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	b Langeveldt	20	32	49	5	0	62.50

Matthew Hayden	c Smith b Botha	90	134	197	11	0	67.16

Ricky Ponting (c)	not out	143	159	202	16	0	89.93
Brad Hodge	not out	27	42	51	3	0	64.28
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4, w 3)	8
Total	60.3 Ov (RR: 4.76, 258 Mins)	288/2
Did not bat: Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist †, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Justin Langer, 11.2 ov), 2-212 (Matthew Hayden, 44.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	14	2	55	0	3.92	59	7	0	1	2
Charl Langeveldt	14	1	52	1	3.71	60	6	0	0	2
11.2 to JL Langer, bowled! beaten by a ball that nips back in through his defence, cleaning up his stumps. 30/1
Andre Nel	7	0	46	0	6.57	23	8	0	0	0
Johan Botha	12.3	0	77	1	6.16	38	11	0	1	0
44.4 to ML Hayden, caught! charges the delivery, gets a thick outside edge, ball lobs up for an easy catch for Smith at backward point. 212/2
Jacques Kallis	2	0	8	0	4.00	6	0	0	0	0
Jacques Rudolph	11	0	49	0	4.45	34	3	0	1	0

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Mon, 02 Jan - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 230/3 (Jacques Kallis 80*, Ashwell Prince 62*, 74 ov)

Tue, 03 Jan - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 54/3 (Ricky Ponting 13*, 14.2 ov)

Wed, 04 Jan - day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 4/1 (Graeme Smith 3*, 1.3 ov)

Thu, 05 Jan - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 94/3 (Jacques Kallis 14*, Ashwell Prince 0*, 22 ov)

Fri, 06 Jan - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 288/2 (60.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

South Africa: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (93 balls), Extras 9
Drinks: South Africa - 52/1 in 18.0 overs (GC Smith 25, HH Gibbs 16)
South Africa: 100 runs in 31.2 overs (191 balls), Extras 12
Lunch: South Africa - 103/3 in 34.0 overs (JH Kallis 14, AG Prince 8)
South Africa: 150 runs in 49.4 overs (304 balls), Extras 17
JH Kallis: 50 off 116 balls (8x4)
AG Prince: 50 off 106 balls (5x4)
South Africa: 200 runs in 65.4 overs (403 balls), Extras 20

Day 2

South Africa: 250 in 86.4 overs (529 balls), Extras 22
Drinks: South Africa - 253/3 (Kallis 90, Prince 73)
Drinks: South Africa - 280/3 (Kallis 98, Prince 90)
JH Kallis: 100 off 266 balls, (16x4)
South Africa: 300 in 102.1 overs (624 balls), Extras 25
AG Prince: 100 off 214 balls, (11x4)
Drinks: South Africa - 347/5 (Rudolph 20, Boucher 2)
South Africa: 350 in 124.3 overs (762 balls), Extras 29
Tea: South Africa - 390/6 (Rudolph 38, Pollock 19)
South Africa: 400 in 142.2 overs (869 balls), Extras 30
Drinks: South Africa - 433/8 (Botha 16)
South Africa: 450 in 154.2 overs (942 balls), Extras 31
Australia 1st innings
Australia: 50 in 13 overs (78 balls), Extras 6

Day 3

Drinks: Australia - 92/3 (Ponting 42, Hussey 9)
RT Ponting: 50 off 68 balls, (4x4, 1x6)
Australia: 100 in 25.4 overs (154 balls), Extras 6
Australia: 150 in 43.4 overs (262 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: Australia - 194/4 (Ponting 99, Symonds 3)
RT Ponting: 100 off 143 balls, (10x4, 1x6)
Australia: 200 in 54.5 overs (329 balls), Extras 12
Australia: 250 in 74.4 overs (448 balls), Extras 12
Drinks: Australia - 270/8 (Gilchrist 23, MacGill 6)
Australia: 300 in 86.1 overs (517 balls), Extras 13
AC Gilchrist: 50 off 80 balls, (7x4)
Australia: 350 in 93.3 overs (562 balls), Extras 14

Day 4

Day 5

South Africa 100 off 25.1 overs (153 balls)
South Africa 150 off 35.4 overs (216 balls)
Kallis 50 in 178 mins, off 96 balls, 3x4
Lunch: Australia 31/1 (Hayden 8*, Ponting 1*, 12 overs)
Australia 50 off 15.1 overs (92 balls)
Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership off 44 balls
Australia 100 off 22.1 overs (135 balls)
Hayden 50 in 123 mins, off 81 balls, 7x4
Ponting 50 in 75 mins, off 52 balls, 7x4
Hayden/Ponting 100 partnership in 76 mins, off 97 balls
Australia 150 off 30 overs (184 balls)
Hayden/Ponting 150 partnership off 165 balls
Tea: Australia 182/1 (Hayden 75*, Ponting 81*, 39 overs)
Australia 200 off 41.5 overs (255 balls)
Australia 250 off 52.4 overs (320 balls)
Ponting/Hodge 50 partnership off 72 balls

Match Details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	South Africa, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of Australia
Season	2005/06
Player Of The Match	Ricky Ponting
Player Of The Series	Ricky Ponting
Series result	Australia won the 3-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1780
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Johan Botha
Umpires	Aleem Dar Billy Bowden
TV Umpire	Bob Parry
Match Referee	Chris Broad

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
JL Langer	bowled	20	32
ML Hayden	caught	90	134
RT Ponting	not out	143	159
BJ Hodge	not out	27	42
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4, w 3)
Total	288(2 wkts; 60.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	14	2	55	0	3.92 (2 nb)
CK Langeveldt	14	1	52	1	3.71 (2 nb)
A Nel	7	0	46	0	6.57
J Botha	12.3	0	77	1	6.16
JH Kallis	2	0	8	0	4
JA Rudolph	11	0	49	0	4.45

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	30	Justin Langer	Matthew Hayden
2nd	182	Matthew Hayden	Ricky Ponting
3rd	76	Ricky Ponting	Brad Hodge

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