Australia v South Africa
Australia won by 80 runs
VB Series, Match 103 February 2006Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Australiabatted first
281/750 ov
South Africatarget 282 in 50 overs
201/950 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match MEK Hussey
Australia innings
281/750 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | b AJ Hall | 33 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 76.7 |
| SM Katich | c SM Pollock b JJ van der Wath | 25 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 58.1 |
| RT Ponting | c JJ van der Wath b J Botha | 53 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 84.1 |
| DR Martyn | c J Botha b GC Smith | 34 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 73.9 |
| A Symonds | run out (JJ van der Wath) | 65 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 108.3 |
| MJ Clarke | run out (AG Prince, GC Smith) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| MEK Hussey | b JJ van der Wath | 62 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 140.9 |
| B Lee | not out | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 2 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 5.62 | 281 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290
1-45 AC Gilchrist2-71 SM Katich3-145 DR Martyn4-163 RT Ponting5-167 MJ Clarke6-276 MEK Hussey7-281 A Symonds
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 10 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2.00 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CK Langeveldt | 6 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 8.33 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| AJ Hall | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 5.60 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JJ van der Wath | 10 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 8.20 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GC Smith | 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 5.90 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J Botha | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.00 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings chasing 282
201/950 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | lbw b B Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HH Dippenaar | c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 |
| JA Rudolph | run out (MEK Hussey) | 19 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 48.7 |
| HH Gibbs | b JR Hopes | 33 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 82.5 |
| J Botha | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 46 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 75.4 |
| AG Prince | run out (BR Dorey, AC Gilchrist) | 24 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 61.5 |
| JM Kemp | c JR Hopes b B Lee | 20 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| MV Boucher | c RT Ponting b B Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SM Pollock | c DR Martyn (sub) b A Symonds | 16 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 94.1 |
| AJ Hall | not out | 19* | 35 | 0 | 0 | 54.3 |
| JJ van der Wath | not out | 8* | 14 | 0 | 1 | 57.1 |
| Extras | w 6, nb 1 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 9 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 4.02 | 201 | ||||
Did not batCK Langeveldt
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290
1-0 GC Smith2-13 HH Dippenaar3-48 JA Rudolph4-69 HH Gibbs5-117 AG Prince6-155 JM Kemp7-156 MV Boucher8-156 J Botha9-183 SM Pollock
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