Australia v South Africa
South Africa won by 5 wickets
VB Series, Match 215 January 2006Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Australiabatted first
22849.5 ov
South Africatarget 229 in 50 overs
231/548.5 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match SM Pollock
Australia innings
22849.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | b SM Pollock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SM Katich | c GC Smith b SM Pollock | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RT Ponting | c & b M Zondeki | 33 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 70.2 |
| DR Martyn | b SM Pollock | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 |
| A Symonds | c MV Boucher b AJ Hall | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 56.3 |
| MJ Clarke | c MV Boucher b AJ Hall | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 57.1 |
| MEK Hussey | b GJP Kruger | 73 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 68.2 |
| B Lee | run out (SM Pollock, MV Boucher) | 57 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 81.4 |
| NW Bracken | not out | 7* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| SR Clark | b AJ Hall | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 150.0 |
| GD McGrath | run out (MV Boucher, AJ Hall) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 3, lb 3, w 4, nb 4 | 14 | ||||
| Total | all out, 49.5 overs, run rate 4.58 | 228 | ||||
Did not batJR Hopes
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240
1-0 AC Gilchrist2-4 SM Katich3-29 DR Martyn4-60 RT Ponting5-64 A Symonds6-71 MJ Clarke7-194 MEK Hussey8-207 B Lee9-228 SR Clark10-228 GD McGrath
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 10 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 3.00 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GJP Kruger | 9 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 4.78 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| AJ Hall | 9.5 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 4.37 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M Zondeki | 10 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 6.40 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3.83 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GC Smith | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings chasing 229
231/548.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c SM Katich b GD McGrath | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 46.2 |
| HH Dippenaar | run out (SR Clark) | 74 | 115 | 8 | 0 | 64.3 |
| JH Kallis | run out (A Symonds) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HH Gibbs | c DR Martyn b NW Bracken | 16 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 59.3 |
| AG Prince | c MEK Hussey b GD McGrath | 19 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 46.3 |
| MV Boucher | not out | 63* | 62 | 6 | 1 | 101.6 |
| JM Kemp | not out | 29* | 21 | 3 | 1 | 138.1 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 9, w 5 | 18 | ||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 48.5 overs, run rate 4.73 | 231 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240
1-27 GC Smith2-27 JH Kallis3-55 HH Gibbs4-125 AG Prince5-162 HH Dippenaar
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 10 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 4.70 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| GD McGrath | 9 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.89 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NW Bracken | 8.5 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 4.19 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Clark | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 4.10 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| JR Hopes | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 5.50 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A Symonds | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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