MatchesMen's TestSouth Africa tour of Australia 2005/06

Australia v South Africa

2nd Test · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 Dec 2005 – 30 Dec 2005

Australia won by 184 runs

Australia 1st innings355119.3 overs

South Africa 1st innings311111 overs

Australia 2nd innings321/7d83 overs

South Africa 2nd innings18173.5 overs

Australia 1st innings 355 (119.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PA Jaques	c JA Rudolph b SM Pollock	2	12	0	0	16.7
ML Hayden	c GC Smith b SM Pollock	65	177	9	0	36.7
RT Ponting	c HH Gibbs b A Nel	117	198	13	0	59.1
BJ Hodge	c GC Smith b SM Pollock	7	26	1	0	26.9
MEK Hussey	b M Ntini	122	203	14	4	60.1
A Symonds	c MV Boucher b A Nel	0	1	0	0	0.0
AC Gilchrist	c HH Gibbs b A Nel	2	7	0	0	28.6
SK Warne	c N Boje b A Nel	9	14	1	0	64.3
B Lee	lbw b M Ntini	4	16	0	0	25.0
SCG MacGill	b M Ntini	4	11	1	0	36.4
GD McGrath	not out	11	56	0	0	19.6
Extras		12
Total	all out, 119.3 overs	355

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (PA Jaques, 2.6 ov), 154-2 (ML Hayden, 54.4 ov), 176-3 (BJ Hodge, 62.2 ov), 207-4 (RT Ponting, 74.4 ov), 207-5 (A Symonds, 74.5 ov), 213-6 (AC Gilchrist, 78.2 ov), 227-7 (SK Warne, 82.4 ov), 239-8 (B Lee, 89.1 ov), 248-9 (SCG MacGill, 91.6 ov), 355-10 (MEK Hussey, 119.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
SM Pollock	26	5	67	3	2.58	119	0	2
M Ntini	22.3	3	70	3	3.11	105	0	0
JH Kallis	21.5	4	69	0	3.16	97	2	0
A Nel	31	6	84	4	2.71	151	0	2
N Boje	18.1	3	59	0	3.25	74	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	2	18	PA Jaques 2, ML Hayden 0
2	152	310	ML Hayden 65, RT Ponting 80
3	22	46	RT Ponting 15, BJ Hodge 7
4	31	74	RT Ponting 22, MEK Hussey 7
5	0	1	MEK Hussey 0, A Symonds 0
6	6	21	MEK Hussey 3, AC Gilchrist 2
7	14	26	MEK Hussey 5, SK Warne 9
8	12	39	MEK Hussey 8, B Lee 4
9	9	17	MEK Hussey 4, SCG MacGill 4
10	107	165	MEK Hussey 95, GD McGrath 11

South Africa 1st innings 311 (111 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	lbw b GD McGrath	61	141	9	0	43.3
GC Smith	lbw b B Lee	22	42	2	0	52.4
HH Gibbs	b A Symonds	94	234	15	0	40.2
JH Kallis	b B Lee	23	90	2	0	25.6
AG Prince	c RT Ponting b SK Warne	6	19	0	0	31.6
JA Rudolph	b B Lee	13	36	2	0	36.1
MV Boucher	lbw b A Symonds	23	40	4	0	57.5
SM Pollock	lbw b A Symonds	9	21	1	0	42.9
N Boje	b SK Warne	12	27	2	0	44.4
A Nel	c MEK Hussey b SCG MacGill	14	21	3	0	66.7
M Ntini	not out	10	10	2	0	100.0
Extras		24
Total	all out, 111 overs	311

Fall of wickets: 36-1 (GC Smith, 14.1 ov), 122-2 (AB de Villiers, 42.1 ov), 184-3 (JH Kallis, 69.2 ov), 192-4 (AG Prince, 73.5 ov), 214-5 (JA Rudolph, 85.1 ov), 260-6 (MV Boucher, 96.4 ov), 265-7 (HH Gibbs, 98.4 ov), 281-8 (SM Pollock, 104.1 ov), 291-9 (N Boje, 107.4 ov), 311-10 (A Nel, 110.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
GD McGrath	27	13	57	1	2.11	141	3
B Lee	28	5	92	3	3.29	133	9
A Symonds	20	6	50	3	2.50	98	3
SK Warne	21	7	62	2	2.95	97	0
SCG MacGill	15	3	41	1	2.73	72	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	36	85	AB de Villiers 9, GC Smith 22
2	86	168	AB de Villiers 52, HH Gibbs 27
3	62	163	HH Gibbs 34, JH Kallis 23
4	8	27	HH Gibbs 2, AG Prince 6
5	22	68	HH Gibbs 9, JA Rudolph 13
6	46	69	HH Gibbs 17, MV Boucher 23
7	5	12	HH Gibbs 5, SM Pollock 0
8	16	33	SM Pollock 9, N Boje 6
9	10	21	N Boje 6, A Nel 4
10	20	20	A Nel 10, M Ntini 10

Australia 2nd innings 321/7d (83 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	137	242	17	2	56.6
PA Jaques	lbw b A Nel	28	44	3	0	63.6
RT Ponting	lbw b SM Pollock	11	29	0	0	37.9
BJ Hodge	c MV Boucher b A Nel	24	63	3	0	38.1
MEK Hussey	c JH Kallis b GC Smith	31	74	2	0	41.9
A Symonds	c A Nel b JH Kallis	72	54	5	6	133.3
AC Gilchrist	c AG Prince b JH Kallis	0	1	0	0	0.0
SK Warne	not out	0	0	0	0	–
Extras		18
Total	7 wickets declared, 83 overs	321

Did not bat: SCG MacGill, B Lee, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 53-1 (PA Jaques, 14.1 ov), 82-2 (RT Ponting, 25.2 ov), 131-3 (BJ Hodge, 44.1 ov), 193-4 (MEK Hussey, 67.2 ov), 317-5 (ML Hayden, 82.3 ov), 321-6 (A Symonds, 82.5 ov), 321-7 (AC Gilchrist, 82.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
SM Pollock	23	5	60	1	2.61	114	5
M Ntini	8	2	17	0	2.13	38	0
JH Kallis	11	0	58	3	5.27	38	1
A Nel	20	3	71	2	3.55	83	0
N Boje	14	1	65	0	4.64	52	0
GC Smith	7	0	41	1	5.86	23	3

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	53	85	ML Hayden 20, PA Jaques 28
2	29	67	ML Hayden 18, RT Ponting 11
3	49	113	ML Hayden 21, BJ Hodge 24
4	62	139	ML Hayden 28, MEK Hussey 31
5	124	91	ML Hayden 50, A Symonds 68
6	4	2	A Symonds 4, AC Gilchrist 0
7	0	1	AC Gilchrist 0, SK Warne 0

South Africa 2nd innings 181 (73.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	25	52	3	0	48.1
AB de Villiers	st AC Gilchrist b SK Warne	8	44	1	0	18.2
HH Gibbs	b SK Warne	9	11	2	0	81.8
JH Kallis	c AC Gilchrist b A Symonds	9	26	2	0	34.6
AG Prince	c ML Hayden b SK Warne	26	120	2	0	21.7
JA Rudolph	b A Symonds	4	5	1	0	80.0
MV Boucher	c RT Ponting b SK Warne	5	18	0	0	27.8
SM Pollock	not out	67	120	8	1	55.8
N Boje	b GD McGrath	13	38	0	1	34.2
A Nel	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	2	7	0	0	28.6
M Ntini	b SCG MacGill	2	6	0	0	33.3
Extras		11
Total	all out, 73.5 overs	181

Fall of wickets: 39-1 (AB de Villiers, 15.2 ov), 45-2 (GC Smith, 16.3 ov), 58-3 (HH Gibbs, 19.1 ov), 64-4 (JH Kallis, 24.4 ov), 72-5 (JA Rudolph, 26.3 ov), 82-6 (MV Boucher, 33.1 ov), 130-7 (AG Prince, 55.3 ov), 166-8 (N Boje, 70.1 ov), 178-9 (A Nel, 72.2 ov), 181-10 (M Ntini, 73.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
GD McGrath	15	3	44	3	2.93	72	0	0
B Lee	10.5	4	23	0	2.12	51	0	1
SK Warne	28	7	74	4	2.64	139	1	3
A Symonds	4	2	6	2	1.50	21	0	0
SCG MacGill	16	7	28	1	1.75	81	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	39	91	GC Smith 24, AB de Villiers 8
2	6	7	GC Smith 1, HH Gibbs 5
3	13	16	HH Gibbs 4, JH Kallis 8
4	6	33	JH Kallis 1, AG Prince 5
5	8	11	AG Prince 4, JA Rudolph 4
6	10	40	AG Prince 4, MV Boucher 5
7	48	134	AG Prince 13, SM Pollock 34
8	36	88	SM Pollock 22, N Boje 13
9	12	13	SM Pollock 10, A Nel 2
10	3	10	SM Pollock 1, M Ntini 2

Match details

Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Player of the match: MEK Hussey
Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
Season: 2005/06
Umpires: Asad Rauf, SA Bucknor
Match referee: BC Broad
Source: Cricsheet match 226372