Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Damien Martyn	b Pollock	11	9	9	2	0	122.22

Phil Jaques	c †Boucher b van der Wath	94	112	145	14	0	83.92

Ricky Ponting (c)	c Smith b Hall	9	19	30	1	0	47.36

Andrew Symonds	c Prince b Steyn	7	14	22	1	0	50.00

Michael Clarke	c †Boucher b van der Wath	34	44	65	4	0	77.27

Michael Hussey	c Kruger b Hall	18	31	37	0	0	58.06

Brad Haddin †	b Pollock	1	4	3	0	0	25.00

James Hopes	c Botha b Hall	38	47	56	1	0	80.85

Brett Lee	b Smith	6	9	9	0	0	66.66

Brett Dorey	c Kemp b Hall	2	8	13	0	0	25.00

Glenn McGrath	not out	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 3, nb 7, w 13)	23
Total	49.2 Ov (RR: 4.96, 210 Mins)	245
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Damien Martyn, 2.4 ov), 2-55 (Ricky Ponting, 9.6 ov), 3-85 (Andrew Symonds, 14.5 ov), 4-172 (Michael Clarke, 30.3 ov), 5-177 (Phil Jaques, 32.5 ov), 6-181 (Brad Haddin, 34.1 ov), 7-208 (Michael Hussey, 40.3 ov), 8-221 (Brett Lee, 43.4 ov), 9-238 (Brett Dorey, 47.1 ov), 10-245 (James Hopes, 49.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	10	2	31	2	3.10	39	2	0	1	0
2.4 to DR 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 BJ 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
Dale Steyn	5	0	58	1	11.60	15	10	0	2	7
14.5 to A 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
Andrew Hall	9.2	0	35	4	3.75	36	3	0	1	0
9.6 to RT 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 MEK 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 BR 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 JR 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
Garnett Kruger	6	0	35	0	5.83	21	4	0	2	0
Johan Botha	10	0	47	0	4.70	23	2	0	0	0
Johan van der Wath	5	0	21	2	4.20	20	2	0	1	0
30.3 to MJ 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 PA 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
Graeme Smith	4	0	15	1	3.75	13	0	0	2	0
43.4 to B 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 (T: 246 runs from 50 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (c)	c †Haddin b Lee	9	17	19	1	0	52.94

Boeta Dippenaar	b Lee	41	93	130	3	0	44.08

Andrew Hall	b Lee	1	4	7	0	0	25.00

Herschelle Gibbs	lbw b Hogg	39	53	70	4	1	73.58

Ashwell Prince	b Lee	21	27	35	1	1	77.77

Mark Boucher †	lbw b Hogg	5	12	21	0	0	41.66

Justin Kemp	b Lee	3	8	6	0	0	37.50

Johan van der Wath	c †Haddin b Hogg	0	6	7	0	0	0.00

Shaun Pollock	c †Haddin b Dorey	46	31	36	1	4	148.38

Johan Botha	not out	15	25	40	1	0	60.00
Garnett Kruger	c Symonds b McGrath	0	7	5	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 2)	6
Total	47 Ov (RR: 3.95, 200 Mins)	186
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Graeme Smith, 4.3 ov), 2-16 (Andrew Hall, 6.2 ov), 3-84 (Herschelle Gibbs, 24.5 ov), 4-114 (Boeta Dippenaar, 31.5 ov), 5-119 (Ashwell Prince, 33.3 ov), 6-123 (Justin Kemp, 35.2 ov), 7-123 (Mark Boucher, 36.2 ov), 8-124 (Johan van der Wath, 36.6 ov), 9-185 (Shaun Pollock, 45.3 ov), 10-186 (Garnett Kruger, 46.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Lee	10	1	22	5	2.20	41	0	0	2	0
4.3 to GC 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 AJ 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 HH 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 AG 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 JM 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
Glenn McGrath	9	2	35	1	3.88	38	3	1	0	1
46.6 to GJP 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
Brett Dorey	9	1	51	1	5.66	36	3	4	0	0
45.3 to SM 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
James Hopes	7	1	28	0	4.00	29	4	0	0	0
Brad Hogg	10	0	32	3	3.20	35	1	0	0	0
24.5 to HH 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 MV 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 JJ 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
Andrew Symonds	2	0	15	0	7.50	4	0	1	0	0

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Australia innings
Australia: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 6
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Drinks: Australia - 85/3 in 14.5 overs (PA Jaques 47, MJ Clarke 0)
Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
PA Jaques: 50 off 55 balls (10 x 4)
Australia: 100 runs in 17.2 overs (115 balls), Extras 12
Australia: 150 runs in 26.2 overs (171 balls), Extras 20
Drinks: Australia - 175/4 in 32.0 overs (PA Jaques 92, MEK Hussey 1)
Australia: 200 runs in 37.4 overs (240 balls), Extras 21
South Africa innings
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
Drinks: South Africa - 43/2 in 17.0 overs (HH Dippenaar 21, HH Gibbs 12)
South Africa: 50 runs in 17.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 0
South Africa: 100 runs in 29.5 overs (179 balls), Extras 2
South Africa: 150 runs in 41.6 overs (254 balls), Extras 4

Match Details

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	VB Series South Africa tour of Australia
Season	2005/06
Player Of The Match	Brett Lee
Match number	ODI no. 2316
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
AUS Player Replacement	Substitute: Brad Hogg in, Phil Jaques out (2nd innings, 20 ov)
SA Player Replacement	Substitute: Johan van der Wath in, Dale Steyn out (1st innings, 18 ov)
ODI debut	Brett Dorey Phil Jaques Johan van der Wath
Umpires	Daryl Harper Mark Benson
TV Umpire	Peter Parker
Match Referee	Jeff Crowe
Points	Australia 5, South Africa 0

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South Africa Innings

Player Name		R	B
GC Smith	caught	9	17
HH Dippenaar	bowled	41	93
AJ Hall	bowled	1	4
HH Gibbs	lbw	39	53
AG Prince	bowled	21	27
MV Boucher	lbw	5	12
JM Kemp	bowled	3	8
JJ van der Wath	caught	0	6
SM Pollock	caught	46	31
J Botha	not out	15	25
GJP Kruger	caught	0	7
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 2)
Total	186(10 wkts; 47 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	10	1	22	5	2.2
GD McGrath	9	2	35	1	3.88 (1 nb)
BR Dorey	9	1	51	1	5.66
JR Hopes	7	1	28	0	4
GB Hogg	10	0	32	3	3.2
A Symonds	2	0	15	0	7.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	12	Boeta Dippenaar	Graeme Smith
2nd	4	Boeta Dippenaar	Andrew Hall
3rd	68	Herschelle Gibbs	Boeta Dippenaar
4th	30	Boeta Dippenaar	Ashwell Prince
5th	5	Mark Boucher	Ashwell Prince
6th	4	Mark Boucher	Justin Kemp
7th	0	Mark Boucher	Johan van der Wath
8th	1	Shaun Pollock	Johan van der Wath
9th	61	Shaun Pollock	Johan Botha
10th	1	Garnett Kruger	Johan Botha

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VB Series

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	6	2	27	0.787
SL	8	3	5	14	0.032
SA	8	3	5	12	-0.810

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