Australia v South Africa
Australia won by 57 runs
VB Series, Match 115 February 2006Sydney Cricket Ground
Australiabatted first
344/650 ov
South Africatarget 345 in 50 overs
287/650 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match AC Gilchrist
Australia innings
344/650 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c MV Boucher b CK Langeveldt | 88 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 133.3 |
| SM Katich | c JM Kemp b JJ van der Wath | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 64.7 |
| RT Ponting | c HH Gibbs b J Botha | 72 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 118.0 |
| A Symonds | c AJ Hall b GC Smith | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 |
| DR Martyn | run out (GC Smith, MV Boucher) | 79 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 105.3 |
| MJ Clarke | c JA Rudolph b AJ Hall | 27 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 |
| MEK Hussey | not out | 47* | 33 | 4 | 1 | 142.4 |
| Extras | lb 4, w 8, nb 1 | 13 | ||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 6.88 | 344 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350
1-65 SM Katich2-138 AC Gilchrist3-168 A Symonds4-203 RT Ponting5-263 MJ Clarke6-344 DR Martyn
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ van der Wath | 10 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 7.60 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M Zondeki | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 10.50 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| AJ Hall | 10 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 6.90 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CK Langeveldt | 6 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 8.17 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| GC Smith | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 5.20 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J Botha | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 5.20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings chasing 345
287/650 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
| HH Dippenaar | c MEK Hussey b SR Clark | 27 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 93.1 |
| HH Gibbs | c AC Gilchrist b A Symonds | 46 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 85.2 |
| MV Boucher | c JR Hopes b A Symonds | 76 | 83 | 3 | 2 | 91.6 |
| JM Kemp | c NW Bracken b GB Hogg | 28 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 77.8 |
| AG Prince | run out (RT Ponting) | 25 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 67.6 |
| JA Rudolph | not out | 31* | 39 | 2 | 0 | 79.5 |
| JJ van der Wath | not out | 37* | 16 | 2 | 4 | 231.3 |
| Extras | lb 7, w 2, nb 2 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 5.74 | 287 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350
1-7 GC Smith2-52 HH Dippenaar3-105 HH Gibbs4-172 JM Kemp5-199 MV Boucher6-236 AG Prince
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