| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| PA Jaques | c Rudolph b Pollock | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| ML Hayden | c Smith b Pollock | 65 | 228 | 177 | 9 | 0 | 36.72 | |
| RT Ponting* | c Gibbs b Nel | 117 | 298 | 198 | 13 | 0 | 59.09 | |
| BJ Hodge | c Smith b Pollock | 7 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26.92 | |
| MEK Hussey | b Ntini | 122 | 247 | 203 | 14 | 4 | 60.09 | |
| A Symonds | c †Boucher b Nel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Gibbs b Nel | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| SK Warne | c Boje b Nel | 9 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 64.28 | |
| B Lee | lbw b Ntini | 4 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| SCG MacGill | b Ntini | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 11 | 120 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 19.64 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 4) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 119.3 overs; 506 mins) | 355 | (2.97 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 26 | 5 | 67 | 3 | 2.57 | (2nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 22.3 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 3.11 | |||
| JH Kallis | 21.5 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 3.16 | (2w) | ||
| A Nel | 31 | 6 | 84 | 4 | 2.70 | (2nb) | ||
| N Boje | 18.1 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 3.24 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AB de Villiers | lbw b McGrath | 61 | 178 | 141 | 9 | 0 | 43.26 | |
| GC Smith* | lbw b Lee | 22 | 62 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 52.38 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Symonds | 94 | 347 | 234 | 15 | 0 | 40.17 | |
| JH Kallis | b Lee | 23 | 108 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 25.27 | |
| AG Prince | c Ponting b Warne | 6 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 31.57 | |
| JA Rudolph | b Lee | 13 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 36.11 | |
| MV Boucher† | lbw b Symonds | 23 | 48 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 57.50 | |
| SM Pollock | lbw b Symonds | 9 | 37 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| N Boje | b Warne | 12 | 43 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| A Nel | c Hussey b MacGill | 14 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, nb 15) | 24 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 111 overs; 467 mins) | 311 | (2.80 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 27 | 13 | 57 | 1 | 2.11 | (3nb) | ||
| B Lee | 28 | 5 | 92 | 3 | 3.28 | (9nb) | ||
| A Symonds | 20 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 2.50 | (3nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 21 | 7 | 62 | 2 | 2.95 | |||
| SCG MacGill | 15 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 2.73 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ML Hayden | c †Boucher b Kallis | 137 | 356 | 242 | 17 | 2 | 56.61 | |
| PA Jaques | lbw b Nel | 28 | 64 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 63.63 | |
| RT Ponting* | lbw b Pollock | 11 | 48 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 37.93 | |
| BJ Hodge | c †Boucher b Nel | 24 | 80 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| MEK Hussey | c Kallis b Smith | 31 | 94 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 41.89 | |
| A Symonds | c Nel b Kallis | 72 | 69 | 54 | 5 | 6 | 133.33 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Prince b Kallis | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SK Warne | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 3, nb 9) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets dec; 83 overs; 361 mins) | 321 | (3.86 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat B Lee, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath |
| Fall of wickets1-53 (Jaques, 14.1 ov), 2-82 (Ponting, 25.2 ov), 3-131 (Hodge, 44.1 ov), 4-193 (Hussey, 67.2 ov), 5-317 (Hayden, 82.3 ov), 6-321 (Symonds, 82.5 ov), 7-321 (Gilchrist, 82.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 23 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 2.60 | (5nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2.12 | |||
| JH Kallis | 11 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 5.27 | (1nb) | ||
| A Nel | 20 | 3 | 71 | 2 | 3.55 | |||
| N Boje | 14 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 4.64 | |||
| GC Smith | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 5.85 | (3nb) |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 366 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c †Gilchrist b McGrath | 25 | 70 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 48.07 | |
| AB de Villiers | st †Gilchrist b Warne | 8 | 64 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Warne | 9 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 81.81 | |
| JH Kallis | c †Gilchrist b Symonds | 9 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 34.61 | |
| AG Prince | c Hayden b Warne | 26 | 147 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 21.66 | |
| JA Rudolph | b Symonds | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| MV Boucher† | c Ponting b Warne | 5 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 27.77 | |
| SM Pollock | not out | 67 | 156 | 120 | 8 | 1 | 55.83 | |
| N Boje | b McGrath | 13 | 58 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 34.21 | |
| A Nel | c †Gilchrist b McGrath | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| M Ntini | b MacGill | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 1, nb 4) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 74 overs; 307 mins) | 181 | (2.44 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 15 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 2.93 | |||
| B Lee | 11 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 2.09 | (1nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 28 | 7 | 74 | 4 | 2.64 | (3nb, 1w) | ||
| A Symonds | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1.50 | |||
| SCG MacGill | 16 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1.75 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
PA Jaques
(Australia) Player of the match MEK Hussey (Australia) |
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Umpires
Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and SA Bucknor (West Indies) TV umpire RL Parry Match referee BC Broad (England) |
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Close of play 26 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 239/8 (MEK Hussey 23*, 89.1 ov) 27 Dec day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 169/2 (HH Gibbs 54*, JH Kallis 17*, 58 ov) 28 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 110/2 (ML Hayden 45*, BJ Hodge 17*, 37 ov) 29 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 99/6 (AG Prince 16*, SM Pollock 13*, 42 ov) 30 Dec day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 181 (74 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 30, 2005 Andrew Symonds acknowledges the MCG crowd © Getty Images |
Dec 30, 2005 Brett Lee waves to the crowd © Getty Images |
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