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Test no. 1789

Australia in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
South Africa v Australia

2005/06 season

Played at Newlands, Cape Town, on 16,17,18 March 2006 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 7 wickets


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith	c Gilchrist b Clark	19	75	58	2	0	32.75
	AB de Villiers	b Kasprowicz	8	39	29	1	0	27.58
	HH Gibbs	b Clark	18	71	46	3	0	39.13
	JH Kallis	c Hayden b Clark	6	10	12	0	0	50.00
	AG Prince	c Hayden b Lee	17	105	67	1	0	25.37
	JA Rudolph	c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz	10	15	14	2	0	71.42
	MV Boucher	c Gilchrist b Clark	16	29	23	3	0	69.56
	AJ Hall	c Hayden b Lee	24	73	55	3	0	43.63
	N Boje	lbw b Clark	31	60	48	5	0	64.58
	A Nel	lbw b Lee	18	50	31	1	1	58.06
	M Ntini	not out	17	25	15	1	1	113.33
	Extras	(lb 6, nb 15)	21

	Total	(all out; 63.5 overs; 280 mins)	205	(3.21 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-24 (de Villiers, 9.3 ov), 2-42 (Smith, 17.3 ov), 3-48 (Kallis, 19.5 ov), 4-61 (Gibbs, 25.3 ov), 5-76 (Rudolph, 28.2 ov), 6-104 (Boucher, 35.2 ov), 7-124 (Prince, 43.3 ov), 8-148 (Hall, 51.6 ov), 9-173 (Boje, 57.5 ov), 10-205 (Nel, 63.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	14.5	2	37	3	2.49	(1nb)
MS Kasprowicz	13	0	44	2	3.38	(10nb)
A Symonds	10	2	22	0	2.20	(2nb)
SR Clark	17	3	55	5	3.23	(1nb)
SK Warne	9	0	41	0	4.55	(1nb)


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	lbw b Nel	16	40	31	3	0	51.61
	ML Hayden	c Rudolph b Ntini	94	236	173	14	1	54.33
	RT Ponting	c Hall b Kallis	74	178	112	8	1	66.07
	DR Martyn	c Boucher b Kallis	22	81	59	3	0	37.28
	MEK Hussey	c Boucher b Hall	6	32	23	0	0	26.08
	A Symonds	c Nel b Boje	55	82	47	3	4	117.02
	AC Gilchrist	c Smith b Kallis	12	20	19	1	0	63.15
	SK Warne	c de Villiers b Boje	7	30	18	1	0	38.88
	B Lee	c Gibbs b Ntini	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
	MS Kasprowicz	not out	6	28	20	0	0	30.00
	SR Clark	c Gibbs b Nel	8	23	19	0	0	42.10
	Extras	(lb 7, w 1)	8

	Total	(all out; 87.2 overs; 389 mins)	308	(3.52 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-21 (Langer, 9.5 ov), 2-175 (Ponting, 50.3 ov), 3-192 (Hayden, 54.5 ov), 4-214 (Hussey, 61.6 ov), 5-236 (Martyn, 70.2 ov), 6-272 (Gilchrist, 74.6 ov), 7-294 (Symonds, 79.3 ov), 8-294 (Lee, 80.3 ov), 9-296 (Warne, 81.2 ov), 10-308 (Clark, 87.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Ntini	21	2	76	2	3.61
A Nel	22.2	6	45	2	2.01
AJ Hall	16	2	66	1	4.12
N Boje	16	4	63	2	3.93
JH Kallis	12	0	51	3	4.25	(1w)


South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AB de Villiers	c Gilchrist b Lee	7	18	12	1	0	58.33
	GC Smith	lbw b Warne	16	63	34	2	0	47.05
	HH Gibbs	b Lee	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	JH Kallis	c Gilchrist b Clark	36	86	50	5	0	72.00
	AG Prince	c Gilchrist b Clark	27	89	64	3	0	42.18
	JA Rudolph	b Warne	41	146	112	6	0	36.60
	MV Boucher	c Langer b Kasprowicz	2	33	21	0	0	9.52
	AJ Hall	not out	34	105	69	4	0	49.27
	N Boje	c & b Clark	14	18	15	3	0	93.33
	A Nel	b Clark	4	4	5	1	0	80.00
	M Ntini	c Kasprowicz b Warne	6	13	6	1	0	100.00
	Extras	(w 3, nb 7)	10

	Total	(all out; 63.5 overs; 291 mins)	197	(3.08 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-20 (de Villiers, 4.2 ov), 2-20 (Gibbs, 4.4 ov), 3-37 (Smith, 11.3 ov), 4-75 (Kallis, 21.3 ov), 5-92 (Prince, 31.4 ov), 6-108 (Boucher, 38.5 ov), 7-158 (Rudolph, 55.6 ov), 8-179 (Boje, 60.1 ov), 9-183 (Nel, 60.6 ov), 10-197 (Ntini, 63.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	17	5	47	2	2.76	(2nb, 1w)
MS Kasprowicz	12	0	39	1	3.25	(3nb)
SR Clark	16	7	34	4	2.12	(2w)
SK Warne	18.5	1	77	3	4.08	(2nb)


Australia 2nd innings (target: 95 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	b Ntini	34	91	56	4	0	60.71
	ML Hayden	c Gibbs b Ntini	32	87	70	4	0	45.71
	RT Ponting	lbw b Ntini	1	13	4	0	0	25.00
	DR Martyn	not out	9	30	13	0	0	69.23
	MEK Hussey	not out	14	23	20	1	0	70.00
	Extras	(lb 5)	5

	Total	(3 wickets; 27.1 overs; 125 mins)	95	(3.49 runs per over)

Did not bat A Symonds,

AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, MS Kasprowicz, SR Clark

Fall of wickets1-71 (Hayden, 20.3 ov), 2-71 (Langer, 20.6 ov), 3-76 (Ponting, 22.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Nel	7	1	25	0	3.57
M Ntini	10	3	28	3	2.80
AJ Hall	5	1	16	0	3.20
N Boje	5.1	1	21	0	4.06

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debut SR Clark (Australia)
Player of the match SR Clark (Australia)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BR Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire KH Hurter
Match referee BC Broad (England)

Close of play
16 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 63/1 (ML Hayden 22*, RT Ponting 20*, 23 ov)
17 Mar day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 70/3 (JH Kallis 31*, AG Prince 14*, 20 ov)
18 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 95/3 (27.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes

South African 1st Innings
50 up in 92 mins off 132 balls including 4 fours
100 up in 152 mins off 221 balls including 11 fours
150 up in 231 mins off 328 balls including 18 fours
SR Clark achieved a fifer on debut
Australian 1st Innings
Official Attendance: 6,978
50 up in 86 mins off 117 balls including 7 fours
ML Hayden passed 7000 Test runs
2nd Wicket 50 Partnership in 75 mins off 103 balls including 5 fours (Hayden 18, Ponting 28)
100 up in 148 mins off 210 balls including 14 fours
ML Hayden 50 in 162 mins off 117 balls including 8 fours
2nd Wicket 100 Partnership in 127 mins off 174 balls including 11 fours and a six (Hayden 47, Ponting 47
RT Ponting 50 in 129 mins off 86 balls including 5 fours and a six
150 up in 199 mins off 275 balls including 19 fours and a six
2nd Wicket 150 Partnership in 171 mins off 234 balls including 18 fours and 2 sixes (Hayden 73, Ponting 73)
200 up in 242 mins off 337 balls including 27 fours and 2 sixes
250 up in 324 mins off 439 balls including 31 fours and 2 sixes
A Symonds 50 in 82 mins off 46 balls including 3 fours and 4 sixes
300 up in 371 mins off 504 balls including 33 fours and 6 sixes
New ball taken at 84.0
Official Attendance: 8,172
South African 2nd Innings
50 up in 78 mins off 90 balls including 6 fours
100 up in 173 mins off 215 balls including 14 fours
150 up in 248 mins off 335 balls including 20 fours
6th Wicket 50 Partnership in 67 mins off 108 balls including 5 fours (Rudolph 24, Hall 20)
Australian 2nd Innings
Official Attendance: 12,779
50 up in 63 mins off 86 balls including 6 fours