TestNo. 1779Men

Australia v South Africa

Australia won by 184 runs

South Africa tour of Australia, Match 226 December 2005 to 30 December 2005Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australiabatted first

355 & 321/7d83 ov

South Africa

311 & 18173.5 ov

Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match MEK Hussey

Australia innings

355119.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 4	12
Total	all out, 119.3 overs, run rate 2.97	355

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-2 PA Jaques2-154 ML Hayden3-176 BJ Hodge4-207 RT Ponting5-207 A Symonds6-213 AC Gilchrist7-227 SK Warne8-239 B Lee9-248 SCG MacGill10-355 MEK Hussey

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
SM Pollock	26	5	67	3	2.58	119	8	0	0	2
M Ntini	22.3	3	70	3	3.11	105	12	0	0	0
JH Kallis	21.5	4	69	0	3.16	97	8	0	2	0
A Nel	31	6	84	4	2.71	151	9	2	0	2
N Boje	18.1	3	59	0	3.25	74	2	2	0	0

South Africa innings

311111 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	b 2, lb 7, nb 15	24
Total	all out, 111 overs, run rate 2.80	311

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-36 GC Smith2-122 AB de Villiers3-184 JH Kallis4-192 AG Prince5-214 JA Rudolph6-260 MV Boucher7-265 HH Gibbs8-281 SM Pollock9-291 N Boje10-311 A Nel

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
GD McGrath	27	13	57	1	2.11	141	8	3
B Lee	28	5	92	3	3.29	133	13	9
A Symonds	20	6	50	3	2.50	98	6	3
SK Warne	21	7	62	2	2.95	97	8	0
SCG MacGill	15	3	41	1	2.73	72	7	0

Australia innings

321/7d83 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	b 6, lb 3, nb 9	18
Total	7 wickets, 83 overs, run rate 3.87	321

Did not batB Lee, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-53 PA Jaques2-82 RT Ponting3-131 BJ Hodge4-193 MEK Hussey5-317 ML Hayden6-321 A Symonds7-321 AC Gilchrist

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
SM Pollock	23	5	60	1	2.61	114	9	0	5
M Ntini	8	2	17	0	2.13	38	2	0	0
JH Kallis	11	0	58	3	5.27	38	6	1	1
A Nel	20	3	71	2	3.55	83	6	2	0
N Boje	14	1	65	0	4.64	52	5	3	0
GC Smith	7	0	41	1	5.86	23	2	2	3

South Africa innings

18173.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	lb 6, w 1, nb 4	11
Total	all out, 73.5 overs, run rate 2.45	181

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-39 AB de Villiers2-45 GC Smith3-58 HH Gibbs4-64 JH Kallis5-72 JA Rudolph6-82 MV Boucher7-130 AG Prince8-166 N Boje9-178 A Nel10-181 M Ntini

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
GD McGrath	15	3	44	3	2.93	72	8	0	0	0
B Lee	10.5	4	23	0	2.12	51	1	0	0	1
SK Warne	28	7	74	4	2.64	139	8	1	1	3
A Symonds	4	2	6	2	1.50	21	1	0	0	0
SCG MacGill	16	7	28	1	1.75	81	1	1	0	0

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Player of the match

MEK HusseyAustralia

122off 203 balls, 14 fours and 4 sixes, strike rate 60.1

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1779
Competition: South Africa tour of Australia
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Umpires: Asad Rauf and SA Bucknor
TV umpire: RL Parry
Match referee: BC Broad
Season: 2005/06

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 25 / 13°C, dry
Day 2: 32 / 15°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 3: 25 / 15°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 4: 30 / 15°C, dry
Day 5: 35 / 18°C, dry

GET/v1/matches/2005-12-26-australia-v-south-africa/scorecard200

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