TestNo. 1780Men

South Africa v Australia

Australia won by 8 wickets

South Africa tour of Australia, Match 32 January 2006 to 6 January 2006Sydney Cricket Ground

South Africabatted first

451/9d & 194/6d42 ov

Australia

359 & 288/260.3 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match RT Ponting

South Africa innings

451/9d154.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	b 9, lb 6, nb 16	31
Total	9 wickets, 154.4 overs, run rate 2.92	451

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 460

1-16 AB de Villiers2-69 HH Gibbs3-86 GC Smith4-305 JH Kallis5-344 AG Prince6-355 MV Boucher7-394 JA Rudolph8-433 SM Pollock9-449 A Nel

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
GD McGrath	34	17	65	2	1.91	177	11	0
B Lee	30.4	7	82	3	2.67	147	9	11
A Symonds	23	4	69	1	3.00	109	9	3
SK Warne	36	5	106	2	2.94	149	9	0
MEK Hussey	2	0	12	0	6.00	9	2	2
SCG MacGill	29	5	102	1	3.52	121	13	0

Australia innings

35995.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	lb 10, w 2, nb 2	14
Total	all out, 95.1 overs, run rate 3.77	359

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 460

1-22 ML Hayden2-35 JL Langer3-54 BJ Hodge4-184 MEK Hussey5-222 RT Ponting6-226 A Symonds7-226 SK Warne8-263 B Lee9-322 SCG MacGill10-359 AC Gilchrist

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
SM Pollock	25	3	109	1	4.36	101	10	2	0	2
CK Langeveldt	24	4	108	2	4.50	102	15	1	1	0
A Nel	24.1	3	81	4	3.35	106	10	0	0	0
JH Kallis	15	4	25	2	1.67	76	3	0	1	0
J Botha	7	2	26	1	3.71	29	4	0	0	0

South Africa innings

194/6d42 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	b 3, lb 4, w 3, nb 2	12
Total	6 wickets, 42 overs, run rate 4.62	194

Did not batJ Botha, A Nel, CK Langeveldt

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 460

1-4 AB de Villiers2-6 GC Smith3-92 HH Gibbs4-123 AG Prince5-129 JA Rudolph6-152 MV Boucher

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
GD McGrath	15	2	61	1	4.07	64	8	0	0	1
B Lee	10	3	48	1	4.80	43	7	0	0	1
SK Warne	11	1	45	0	4.09	35	3	0	3	0
SCG MacGill	6	1	33	3	5.50	19	2	1	0	0

Australia innings

288/260.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	lb 1, w 3, nb 4	8
Total	2 wickets, 60.3 overs, run rate 4.76	288

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

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 460

1-30 JL Langer2-212 ML Hayden

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
SM Pollock	14	2	55	0	3.93	58	7	1	2
CK Langeveldt	14	1	52	1	3.71	60	6	0	2
A Nel	7	0	46	0	6.57	23	8	0	0
J Botha	12.3	0	77	1	6.16	38	11	1	0
JH Kallis	2	0	8	0	4.00	6	0	0	0
JA Rudolph	11	0	49	0	4.45	34	3	1	0

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Player of the match

RT PontingAustralia

120off 174 balls, 12 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 69.0

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1780
Competition: South Africa tour of Australia
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: Aleem Dar and BF Bowden
TV umpire: RL Parry
Match referee: BC Broad
Season: 2005/06

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 19°C, 5.1 mm rain
Day 2: 28 / 20°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 21 / 20°C, 2.3 mm rain
Day 4: 23 / 20°C, 9.1 mm rain
Day 5: 24 / 20°C, 6.6 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2006-01-02-south-africa-v-australia/scorecard200

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  "result": "Australia won by 8 wickets",
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    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 359, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "South Africa", "runs": 194, "wickets": 6 },
    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 288, "wickets": 2 }
  ],
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  "bowling": [ ... 21 rows ... ]
}

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