| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | c Smith b Ntini | 37 | 136 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 41.57 | |
| ML Hayden | c Rudolph b Ntini | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RT Ponting* | lbw b Pollock | 71 | 155 | 107 | 12 | 0 | 66.35 | |
| BJ Hodge | c †Boucher b Ntini | 41 | 121 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 42.70 | |
| MEK Hussey | c Langeveldt b Ntini | 23 | 84 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 45.09 | |
| A Symonds | b Nel | 13 | 48 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 44.82 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Gibbs b Ntini | 6 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| SK Warne | lbw b Langeveldt | 24 | 51 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| B Lee | not out | 19 | 48 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 65.51 | |
| NW Bracken | c †Boucher b Nel | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 90.90 | |
| GD McGrath | c †Boucher b Nel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 6) | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 75.2 overs; 348 mins) | 258 | (3.42 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 19 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 2.42 | |||
| M Ntini | 19 | 3 | 64 | 5 | 3.36 | |||
| CK Langeveldt | 17 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 5.88 | (6nb) | ||
| A Nel | 17.2 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 1.67 | |||
| JM Kemp | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 | (2w) |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AB de Villiers | b Warne | 68 | 166 | 109 | 10 | 0 | 62.38 | |
| GC Smith* | c Ponting b Bracken | 34 | 91 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 52.30 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Lee | 21 | 58 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 48.83 | |
| JA Rudolph | c Langer b Lee | 8 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| AG Prince | lbw b Warne | 28 | 102 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 35.44 | |
| JM Kemp | c Hodge b McGrath | 7 | 44 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 24.13 | |
| MV Boucher† | c Hayden b Warne | 62 | 115 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 80.51 | |
| SM Pollock | b Lee | 34 | 52 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 97.14 | |
| A Nel | not out | 4 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| CK Langeveldt | lbw b Lee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Ntini | c Hodge b Lee | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 120.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, nb 12) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 81.2 overs; 364 mins) | 296 | (3.63 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 18 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 3.27 | |||
| B Lee | 22.2 | 1 | 93 | 5 | 4.16 | (8nb) | ||
| NW Bracken | 12 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 3.83 | |||
| SK Warne | 29 | 4 | 92 | 3 | 3.17 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | b Pollock | 47 | 180 | 114 | 8 | 0 | 41.22 | |
| ML Hayden | c †Boucher b Langeveldt | 20 | 43 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 60.60 | |
| B Lee | lbw b Langeveldt | 32 | 62 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 60.37 | |
| RT Ponting* | c †Boucher b Ntini | 53 | 161 | 106 | 4 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| BJ Hodge | not out | 203 | 469 | 332 | 22 | 0 | 61.14 | |
| MEK Hussey | c †Boucher b Pollock | 58 | 172 | 121 | 8 | 0 | 47.93 | |
| A Symonds | c Gibbs b Langeveldt | 25 | 79 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 51.02 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Rudolph b Nel | 44 | 68 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 75.86 | |
| SK Warne | lbw b Kemp | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| NW Bracken | not out | 14 | 46 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 17) | 27 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets dec; 146.4 overs; 651 mins) | 528 | (3.60 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat GD McGrath |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 36 | 6 | 98 | 2 | 2.72 | (6nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 34 | 8 | 113 | 1 | 3.32 | |||
| CK Langeveldt | 31 | 3 | 117 | 3 | 3.77 | (8nb) | ||
| A Nel | 28 | 2 | 104 | 1 | 3.71 | (1w) | ||
| JA Rudolph | 6.4 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4.35 | |||
| JM Kemp | 11 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 5.27 | (3nb) |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 491 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | lbw b Bracken | 30 | 100 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Hodge b Warne | 12 | 76 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 21.05 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Warne b Lee | 33 | 129 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 31.73 | |
| JA Rudolph | not out | 102 | 431 | 283 | 13 | 0 | 36.04 | |
| AG Prince | lbw b Warne | 8 | 55 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 17.77 | |
| JM Kemp | c Ponting b Warne | 55 | 213 | 166 | 9 | 0 | 33.13 | |
| MV Boucher† | not out | 13 | 52 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extras | (b 18, lb 13, nb 3) | 34 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 126 overs; 533 mins) | 287 | (2.27 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat SM Pollock, CK Langeveldt, A Nel, M Ntini |
| Fall of wickets1-35 (de Villiers, 17.3 ov), 2-55 (Smith, 22.4 ov), 3-109 (Gibbs, 48.3 ov), 4-138 (Prince, 61.5 ov), 5-250 (Kemp, 113.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 24 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 1.62 | (1nb) | ||
| B Lee | 31 | 9 | 83 | 1 | 2.67 | (2nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 47 | 21 | 83 | 3 | 1.76 | |||
| NW Bracken | 19 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 1.94 | |||
| A Symonds | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| BJ Hodge | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series 3-match series level 0-0 |
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Player of the match
BJ Hodge (Australia) |
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Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and BR Doctrove (West Indies) TV umpire DJ Harper Match referee BC Broad (England) |
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Close of play 16 Dec day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 38/0 (AB de Villiers 14*, GC Smith 18*, 7 ov) 17 Dec day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 38/1 (JL Langer 15*, B Lee 0*, 11 ov) 18 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 310/4 (BJ Hodge 91*, MEK Hussey 54*, 99 ov) 19 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 85/2 (HH Gibbs 17*, JA Rudolph 18*, 36 ov) 20 Dec day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 287/5 (126 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 20, 2005 Hero of the day: Jacques Rudolph © Getty Images |
Dec 20, 2005 Jacques Rudolph and Mark Boucher celebrate a famous draw © Getty Images |
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