RESULT

Australia vs South Africa Scorecard, Australia vs South Africa, 26 December, 2005, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

AUS

355/10 (119.3 ov) & 321/7 (83.0 ov)

311/10 (111.0 ov) & 181/10 (74.0 ov)

Australia won by 184 runs

Australia 1st Innings

355/10 (119.3 ov)

RR 2.98

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Phil Jaques c Rudolph b Pollock	2	12	0	0	16.67
Matthew Hayden c Smith b Pollock	65	177	9	0	36.72
Ricky Ponting c Gibbs b Nel	117	198	13	0	59.09
Brad Hodge c Smith b Pollock	7	26	1	0	26.92
Michael Hussey b Ntini	122	203	14	4	60.10
Andrew Symonds c †Boucher b Nel	0	1	0	0	0.00
Adam Gilchrist c Gibbs b Nel	2	7	0	0	28.57
Shane Warne c Boje b Nel	9	14	1	0	64.29
Brett Lee lbw b Ntini	4	16	0	0	25.00
Stuart MacGill b Ntini	4	11	1	0	36.36
Glenn McGrath not out	11	56	0	0	19.64
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 4, p 0)	12
TOTAL (2.98 RUNS PER OVER)	355/10 (119.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 2-1 (Phil Jaques, 0 ov), 154-2 (Matthew Hayden, 0 ov), 207-4 (Ricky Ponting, 0 ov), 176-3 (Brad Hodge, 0 ov), 355-10 (Michael Hussey, 0 ov), 207-5 (Andrew Symonds, 0 ov), 213-6 (Adam Gilchrist, 0 ov), 227-7 (Shane Warne, 0 ov), 239-8 (Brett Lee, 0 ov), 248-9 (Stuart MacGill, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Shaun Pollock	26	5	67	3	2.58
Makhaya Ntini	22.3	3	70	3	3.11
Jacques Kallis	21.5	4	69	0	3.16
Andre Nel	31	6	84	4	2.71
Nicky Boje	18.1	3	59	0	3.25

South Africa 1st Innings

311/10 (111.0 ov)

RR 2.80

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers lbw b McGrath	61	141	9	0	43.26
Graeme Smith lbw b Lee	22	42	2	0	52.38
Herschelle Gibbs b Symonds	94	234	15	0	40.17
Jacques Kallis b Lee	23	90	2	0	25.56
Ashwell Prince c Ponting b Warne	6	19	0	0	31.58
Jacques Rudolph b Lee	13	36	2	0	36.11
Mark Boucher lbw b Symonds	23	40	4	0	57.50
Shaun Pollock lbw b Symonds	9	21	1	0	42.86
Nicky Boje b Warne	12	27	2	0	44.44
Andre Nel c Hussey b MacGill	14	21	3	0	66.67
Makhaya Ntini not out	10	10	2	0	100.00
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 7, w 0, nb 15, p 0)	24
TOTAL (2.80 RUNS PER OVER)	311/10 (111.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 122-2 (AB de Villiers, 0 ov), 36-1 (Graeme Smith, 0 ov), 265-7 (Herschelle Gibbs, 0 ov), 184-3 (Jacques Kallis, 0 ov), 192-4 (Ashwell Prince, 0 ov), 214-5 (Jacques Rudolph, 0 ov), 260-6 (Mark Boucher, 0 ov), 281-8 (Shaun Pollock, 0 ov), 291-9 (Nicky Boje, 0 ov), 311-10 (Andre Nel, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Glenn McGrath	27	13	57	1	2.11
Brett Lee	28	5	92	3	3.29
Andrew Symonds	20	6	50	3	2.50
Shane Warne	21	7	62	2	2.95
Stuart MacGill	15	3	41	1	2.73

Australia 2nd Innings

321/7 (83.0 ov)

RR 3.87

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden c †Boucher b Kallis	137	242	17	2	56.61
Phil Jaques lbw b Nel	28	44	3	0	63.64
Ricky Ponting lbw b Pollock	11	29	0	0	37.93
Brad Hodge c †Boucher b Nel	24	63	3	0	38.10
Michael Hussey c Kallis b Smith	31	74	2	0	41.89
Andrew Symonds c Nel b Kallis	72	54	5	6	133.33
Adam Gilchrist c Prince b Kallis	0	1	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 6, lb 3, w 0, nb 9, p 0)	18
TOTAL (3.87 RUNS PER OVER)	321/7 (83.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 317-5 (Matthew Hayden, 0 ov), 53-1 (Phil Jaques, 0 ov), 82-2 (Ricky Ponting, 0 ov), 131-3 (Brad Hodge, 0 ov), 193-4 (Michael Hussey, 0 ov), 321-6 (Andrew Symonds, 0 ov), 321-7 (Adam Gilchrist, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Shaun Pollock	23	5	60	1	2.61
Makhaya Ntini	8	2	17	0	2.13
Jacques Kallis	11	0	58	3	5.27
Andre Nel	20	3	71	2	3.55
Nicky Boje	14	0	65	0	4.64
Graeme Smith	7	0	41	1	5.86

South Africa 2nd Innings (target 366)

181/10 (74.0 ov)

RR 2.45

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith c †Gilchrist b McGrath	25	52	3	0	48.08
AB de Villiers st †Gilchrist b Warne	8	44	1	0	18.18
Herschelle Gibbs b Warne	9	11	2	0	81.82
Jacques Kallis c †Gilchrist b Symonds	9	26	2	0	34.62
Ashwell Prince c Hayden b Warne	26	120	2	0	21.67
Jacques Rudolph b Symonds	4	5	1	0	80.00
Mark Boucher c Ponting b Warne	5	18	0	0	27.78
Shaun Pollock not out	67	120	8	1	55.83
Nicky Boje b McGrath	13	38	0	1	34.21
Andre Nel c †Gilchrist b McGrath	2	7	0	0	28.57
Makhaya Ntini b MacGill	2	6	0	0	33.33
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 6, w 1, nb 4, p 0)	11
TOTAL (2.45 RUNS PER OVER)	181/10 (74.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 45-2 (Graeme Smith, 0 ov), 39-1 (AB de Villiers, 0 ov), 58-3 (Herschelle Gibbs, 0 ov), 64-4 (Jacques Kallis, 0 ov), 130-7 (Ashwell Prince, 0 ov), 72-5 (Jacques Rudolph, 0 ov), 82-6 (Mark Boucher, 0 ov), 166-8 (Nicky Boje, 0 ov), 178-9 (Andre Nel, 0 ov), 181-10 (Makhaya Ntini, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Glenn McGrath	15	3	44	3	2.93
Brett Lee	11	4	23	0	2.09
Shane Warne	28	7	74	4	2.64
Andrew Symonds	4	2	6	2	1.50
Stuart MacGill	16	7	28	1	1.75

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs South Africa
DATE & TIME: Monday, December 26, 2005 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne