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Test no. 1780

South Africa in Australia Test Series - 3rd Test
Australia v South Africa

2005/06 season

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 2,3,4,5,6 January 2006 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 8 wickets


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AB de Villiers	c Gilchrist b Lee	2	25	18	0	0	11.11
	GC Smith	lbw b Lee	39	125	77	6	0	50.64
	HH Gibbs	b McGrath	27	64	49	5	0	55.10
	JH Kallis	c McGrath b Symonds	111	361	275	17	0	40.36
	AG Prince	lbw b Warne	119	395	271	13	0	43.91
	JA Rudolph	c Gilchrist b McGrath	38	138	110	5	0	34.54
	MV Boucher	c Gilchrist b MacGill	5	29	23	0	0	21.73
	SM Pollock	c Hodge b Lee	46	86	64	3	0	71.87
	J Botha	not out	20	62	46	2	0	43.47
	A Nel	c Hodge b Warne	12	10	8	2	0	150.00
	CK Langeveldt	not out	1	4	3	0	0	33.33
	Extras	(b 9, lb 6, nb 16)	31

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 154.4 overs; 660 mins)	451	(2.91 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-16 (de Villiers, 5.6 ov), 2-69 (Gibbs, 20.3 ov), 3-86 (Smith, 28.1 ov), 4-305 (Kallis, 104.3 ov), 5-344 (Prince, 121.5 ov), 6-355 (Boucher, 128.4 ov), 7-394 (Rudolph, 140.5 ov), 8-433 (Pollock, 152.1 ov), 9-449 (Nel, 153.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	34	17	65	2	1.91
B Lee	30.4	7	82	3	2.67	(11nb)
A Symonds	23	4	69	1	3.00	(3nb)
SK Warne	36	5	106	2	2.94
MEK Hussey	2	0	12	0	6.00	(2nb)
SCG MacGill	29	5	102	1	3.51


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	b Langeveldt	25	23	20	3	0	125.00
	ML Hayden	b Langeveldt	4	15	11	0	0	36.36
	RT Ponting	lbw b Kallis	120	257	174	12	1	68.96
	BJ Hodge	c Rudolph b Nel	6	33	23	0	0	26.08
	MEK Hussey	c Boucher b Botha	45	149	111	8	0	40.54
	A Symonds	lbw b Nel	12	77	51	1	0	23.52
	AC Gilchrist	c Boucher b Nel	86	156	109	10	2	78.89
	SK Warne	c Boucher b Nel	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	B Lee	c Smith b Kallis	17	49	40	3	0	42.50
	SCG MacGill	c Nel b Pollock	29	52	21	5	0	138.09
	GD McGrath	not out	1	33	12	0	0	8.33
	Extras	(lb 10, w 2, nb 2)	14

	Total	(all out; 95.1 overs; 431 mins)	359	(3.77 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-22 (Hayden, 3.5 ov), 2-35 (Langer, 5.4 ov), 3-54 (Hodge, 14.2 ov), 4-184 (Hussey, 49.6 ov), 5-222 (Ponting, 63.2 ov), 6-226 (Symonds, 66.5 ov), 7-226 (Warne, 66.6 ov), 8-263 (Lee, 77.5 ov), 9-322 (MacGill, 88.3 ov), 10-359 (Gilchrist, 95.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	25	3	109	1	4.36	(2nb)
CK Langeveldt	24	4	108	2	4.50	(1w)
A Nel	24.1	3	81	4	3.35
JH Kallis	15	4	25	2	1.66	(1w)
J Botha	7	2	26	1	3.71


South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith	lbw b McGrath	5	12	9	0	0	55.55
	AB de Villiers	lbw b Lee	1	7	4	0	0	25.00
	HH Gibbs	run out (Hodge)	67	99	74	11	0	90.54
	JH Kallis	not out	50	180	96	3	0	52.08
	AG Prince	c Ponting b MacGill	18	39	30	2	0	60.00
	JA Rudolph	c McGrath b MacGill	4	5	7	0	0	57.14
	MV Boucher	st Gilchrist b MacGill	11	14	13	2	0	84.61
	SM Pollock	not out	26	24	21	2	1	123.80
	Extras	(b 3, lb 4, w 3, nb 2)	12

	Total	(6 wickets dec; 42 overs; 200 mins)	194	(4.61 runs per over)

Did not bat J Botha, A Nel, CK Langeveldt

Fall of wickets1-4 (de Villiers, 1.3 ov), 2-6 (Smith, 2.4 ov), 3-92 (Gibbs, 21.4 ov), 4-123 (Prince, 30.6 ov), 5-129 (Rudolph, 32.3 ov), 6-152 (Boucher, 36.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	15	2	61	1	4.06	(1nb)
B Lee	10	3	48	1	4.80	(1nb)
SK Warne	11	1	45	0	4.09	(3w)
SCG MacGill	6	1	33	3	5.50


Australia 2nd innings (target: 287 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	b Langeveldt	20	49	32	5	0	62.50
	ML Hayden	c Smith b Botha	90	197	134	11	0	67.16
	RT Ponting	not out	143	202	159	16	0	89.93
	BJ Hodge	not out	27	51	42	3	0	64.28
	Extras	(lb 1, w 3, nb 4)	8

	Total	(2 wickets; 60.3 overs; 258 mins)	288	(4.76 runs per over)

Did not bat MEK Hussey, A Symonds,

AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-30 (Langer, 11.2 ov), 2-212 (Hayden, 44.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	14	2	55	0	3.92	(2nb, 1w)
CK Langeveldt	14	1	52	1	3.71	(2nb)
A Nel	7	0	46	0	6.57
J Botha	12.3	0	77	1	6.16	(1w)
JH Kallis	2	0	8	0	4.00
JA Rudolph	11	0	49	0	4.45	(1w)

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series Australia won the 3-match series 2-0

Test debut J Botha (South Africa)
Player of the match RT Ponting (Australia)
Player of the series RT Ponting (Australia)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee BC Broad (England)

Close of play
2 Jan day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 230/3 (JH Kallis 80*, AG Prince 62*, 74 ov)
3 Jan day 2 - Australia 1st innings 54/3 (RT Ponting 13*, 14.2 ov)
4 Jan day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 4/1 (GC Smith 3*, 1.3 ov)
5 Jan day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 94/3 (JH Kallis 14*, AG Prince 0*, 22 ov)
6 Jan day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 288/2 (60.3 ov) - end of match

Match notes

4th Umpire - RJ Tucker
12th Men: NW Bracken (Australia) and N Boje (South Africa)

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
Drinks: South Africa - 73/2 (Gibbs 34, Kallis 1)
South Africa: 50 in 12.5 overs (79 balls), Extras 2
HH Gibbs: 50 off 58 balls, (9x4)

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