MatchesMen's TestSouth Africa tour of Australia 2005/06

South Africa v Australia

3rd Test · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 2 Jan 2006 – 6 Jan 2006

Australia won by 8 wickets

South Africa 1st innings451/9d154.4 overs

Australia 1st innings35995.1 overs

South Africa 2nd innings194/6d42 overs

Australia 2nd innings288/260.3 overs

South Africa 1st innings 451/9d (154.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	2	18	0	0	11.1
GC Smith	lbw b B Lee	39	77	6	0	50.6
HH Gibbs	b GD McGrath	27	49	5	0	55.1
JH Kallis	c GD McGrath b A Symonds	111	275	17	0	40.4
AG Prince	lbw b SK Warne	119	271	13	0	43.9
JA Rudolph	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	38	110	5	0	34.5
MV Boucher	c AC Gilchrist b SCG MacGill	5	23	0	0	21.7
SM Pollock	c BJ Hodge b B Lee	46	64	3	0	71.9
J Botha	not out	20	46	2	0	43.5
A Nel	c BJ Hodge b SK Warne	12	8	2	0	150.0
CK Langeveldt	not out	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras		31
Total	9 wickets declared, 154.4 overs	451

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (AB de Villiers, 5.6 ov), 69-2 (HH Gibbs, 20.3 ov), 86-3 (GC Smith, 28.1 ov), 305-4 (JH Kallis, 104.3 ov), 344-5 (AG Prince, 121.5 ov), 355-6 (MV Boucher, 128.4 ov), 394-7 (JA Rudolph, 140.5 ov), 433-8 (SM Pollock, 152.1 ov), 449-9 (A Nel, 153.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
GD McGrath	34	17	65	2	1.91	177	0
B Lee	30.4	7	82	3	2.67	147	11
A Symonds	23	4	69	1	3.00	109	3
SK Warne	36	5	106	2	2.94	149	0
MEK Hussey	2	0	12	0	6.00	9	2
SCG MacGill	29	5	102	1	3.52	121	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	16	36	AB de Villiers 2, GC Smith 9
2	53	87	GC Smith 22, HH Gibbs 27
3	17	46	GC Smith 8, JH Kallis 8
4	219	458	JH Kallis 103, AG Prince 101
5	39	104	AG Prince 18, JA Rudolph 19
6	11	41	JA Rudolph 3, MV Boucher 5
7	39	73	JA Rudolph 16, SM Pollock 23
8	39	68	SM Pollock 23, J Botha 16
9	16	10	J Botha 3, A Nel 12
Unbroken	2	5	J Botha 1, CK Langeveldt 1

Australia 1st innings 359 (95.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	b CK Langeveldt	25	20	3	0	125.0
ML Hayden	b CK Langeveldt	4	11	0	0	36.4
RT Ponting	lbw b JH Kallis	120	174	12	1	69.0
BJ Hodge	c JA Rudolph b A Nel	6	23	0	0	26.1
MEK Hussey	c MV Boucher b J Botha	45	111	8	0	40.5
A Symonds	lbw b A Nel	12	51	1	0	23.5
AC Gilchrist	c MV Boucher b A Nel	86	109	10	2	78.9
SK Warne	c MV Boucher b A Nel	0	1	0	0	0.0
B Lee	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	17	40	3	0	42.5
SCG MacGill	c A Nel b SM Pollock	29	21	5	0	138.1
GD McGrath	not out	1	12	0	0	8.3
Extras		14
Total	all out, 95.1 overs	359

Fall of wickets: 22-1 (ML Hayden, 3.5 ov), 35-2 (JL Langer, 5.4 ov), 54-3 (BJ Hodge, 14.2 ov), 184-4 (MEK Hussey, 49.6 ov), 222-5 (RT Ponting, 63.2 ov), 226-6 (A Symonds, 66.5 ov), 226-7 (SK Warne, 66.6 ov), 263-8 (B Lee, 77.5 ov), 322-9 (SCG MacGill, 88.3 ov), 359-10 (AC Gilchrist, 95.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
SM Pollock	25	3	109	1	4.36	101	0	2
CK Langeveldt	24	4	108	2	4.50	102	1	0
A Nel	24.1	3	81	4	3.35	106	0	0
JH Kallis	15	4	25	2	1.67	76	1	0
J Botha	7	2	26	1	3.71	29	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	22	23	JL Langer 12, ML Hayden 4
2	13	11	JL Langer 13, RT Ponting 0
3	19	52	RT Ponting 13, BJ Hodge 6
4	130	214	RT Ponting 84, MEK Hussey 45
5	38	80	RT Ponting 23, A Symonds 10
6	4	21	A Symonds 2, AC Gilchrist 2
7	0	1	AC Gilchrist 0, SK Warne 0
8	37	65	AC Gilchrist 20, B Lee 17
9	59	64	AC Gilchrist 28, SCG MacGill 29
10	37	40	AC Gilchrist 36, GD McGrath 1

South Africa 2nd innings 194/6d (42 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b GD McGrath	5	9	0	0	55.6
AB de Villiers	lbw b B Lee	1	4	0	0	25.0
HH Gibbs	run out	67	74	11	0	90.5
JH Kallis	not out	50	96	3	0	52.1
AG Prince	c RT Ponting b SCG MacGill	18	30	2	0	60.0
JA Rudolph	c GD McGrath b SCG MacGill	4	7	0	0	57.1
MV Boucher	st AC Gilchrist b SCG MacGill	11	13	2	0	84.6
SM Pollock	not out	26	21	2	1	123.8
Extras		12
Total	6 wickets declared, 42 overs	194

Did not bat: A Nel, J Botha, CK Langeveldt

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (AB de Villiers, 1.3 ov), 6-2 (GC Smith, 2.4 ov), 92-3 (HH Gibbs, 21.4 ov), 123-4 (AG Prince, 30.6 ov), 129-5 (JA Rudolph, 32.3 ov), 152-6 (MV Boucher, 36.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
GD McGrath	15	2	61	1	4.07	64	0	1
B Lee	10	3	48	1	4.80	43	0	1
SK Warne	11	1	45	0	4.09	35	3	0
SCG MacGill	6	1	33	3	5.50	19	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	9	GC Smith 3, AB de Villiers 1
2	2	7	GC Smith 2, HH Gibbs 0
3	86	114	HH Gibbs 67, JH Kallis 14
4	31	56	JH Kallis 9, AG Prince 18
5	6	9	JH Kallis 2, JA Rudolph 4
6	23	24	JH Kallis 10, MV Boucher 11
Unbroken	42	33	JH Kallis 15, SM Pollock 26

Australia 2nd innings 288/2 (60.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	b CK Langeveldt	20	32	5	0	62.5
ML Hayden	c GC Smith b J Botha	90	134	11	0	67.2
RT Ponting	not out	143	159	16	0	89.9
BJ Hodge	not out	27	42	3	0	64.3
Extras		8
Total	2 wickets, 60.3 overs	288

Did not bat: AC Gilchrist, MEK Hussey, SCG MacGill, SK Warne, A Symonds, B Lee, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 30-1 (JL Langer, 11.2 ov), 212-2 (ML Hayden, 44.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
SM Pollock	14	2	55	0	3.93	58	1	2
CK Langeveldt	14	1	52	1	3.71	60	0	2
A Nel	7	0	46	0	6.57	23	0	0
J Botha	12.3	0	77	1	6.16	38	1	0
JH Kallis	2	0	8	0	4.00	6	0	0
JA Rudolph	11	0	49	0	4.45	34	1	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	30	68	JL Langer 20, ML Hayden 8
2	182	200	ML Hayden 82, RT Ponting 96
Unbroken	76	95	RT Ponting 47, BJ Hodge 27

Match details

Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Player of the match: RT Ponting
Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia
Season: 2005/06
Umpires: BF Bowden, Aleem Dar
Match referee: BC Broad
Source: Cricsheet match 226373