South Africa in Australia Test Series - 3rd Test
Australia won by 8 wickets
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AB de Villiers | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 2 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| GC Smith* | lbw b Lee | 39 | 125 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 50.64 | |
| HH Gibbs | b McGrath | 27 | 64 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 55.10 | |
| JH Kallis | c McGrath b Symonds | 111 | 361 | 275 | 17 | 0 | 40.36 | |
| AG Prince | lbw b Warne | 119 | 395 | 271 | 13 | 0 | 43.91 | |
| JA Rudolph | c †Gilchrist b McGrath | 38 | 138 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 34.54 | |
| MV Boucher† | c †Gilchrist b MacGill | 5 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21.73 | |
| SM Pollock | c Hodge b Lee | 46 | 86 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 71.87 | |
| J Botha | not out | 20 | 62 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 43.47 | |
| A Nel | c Hodge b Warne | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| CK Langeveldt | not out | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 6, nb 16) | 31 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets dec; 154.4 overs; 660 mins) | 451 | (2.91 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 34 | 17 | 65 | 2 | 1.91 | |||
| B Lee | 30.4 | 7 | 82 | 3 | 2.67 | (11nb) | ||
| A Symonds | 23 | 4 | 69 | 1 | 3.00 | (3nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 36 | 5 | 106 | 2 | 2.94 | |||
| MEK Hussey | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | (2nb) | ||
| SCG MacGill | 29 | 5 | 102 | 1 | 3.51 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | b Langeveldt | 25 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 125.00 | |
| ML Hayden | b Langeveldt | 4 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| RT Ponting* | lbw b Kallis | 120 | 257 | 174 | 12 | 1 | 68.96 | |
| BJ Hodge | c Rudolph b Nel | 6 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 26.08 | |
| MEK Hussey | c †Boucher b Botha | 45 | 149 | 111 | 8 | 0 | 40.54 | |
| A Symonds | lbw b Nel | 12 | 77 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 23.52 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c †Boucher b Nel | 86 | 156 | 109 | 10 | 2 | 78.89 | |
| SK Warne | c †Boucher b Nel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| B Lee | c Smith b Kallis | 17 | 49 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 42.50 | |
| SCG MacGill | c Nel b Pollock | 29 | 52 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 138.09 | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 1 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Extras | (lb 10, w 2, nb 2) | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 95.1 overs; 431 mins) | 359 | (3.77 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 25 | 3 | 109 | 1 | 4.36 | (2nb) | ||
| CK Langeveldt | 24 | 4 | 108 | 2 | 4.50 | (1w) | ||
| A Nel | 24.1 | 3 | 81 | 4 | 3.35 | |||
| JH Kallis | 15 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1.66 | (1w) | ||
| J Botha | 7 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3.71 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | lbw b McGrath | 5 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| AB de Villiers | lbw b Lee | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| HH Gibbs | run out (Hodge) | 67 | 99 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 90.54 | |
| JH Kallis | not out | 50 | 180 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 52.08 | |
| AG Prince | c Ponting b MacGill | 18 | 39 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| JA Rudolph | c McGrath b MacGill | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| MV Boucher† | st †Gilchrist b MacGill | 11 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 84.61 | |
| SM Pollock | not out | 26 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 123.80 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 4, w 3, nb 2) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets dec; 42 overs; 200 mins) | 194 | (4.61 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat J Botha, A Nel, CK Langeveldt |
| Fall of wickets1-4 (de Villiers, 1.3 ov), 2-6 (Smith, 2.4 ov), 3-92 (Gibbs, 21.4 ov), 4-123 (Prince, 30.6 ov), 5-129 (Rudolph, 32.3 ov), 6-152 (Boucher, 36.3 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 15 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 4.06 | (1nb) | ||
| B Lee | 10 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 4.80 | (1nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 11 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 4.09 | (3w) | ||
| SCG MacGill | 6 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 5.50 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 287 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | b Langeveldt | 20 | 49 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| ML Hayden | c Smith b Botha | 90 | 197 | 134 | 11 | 0 | 67.16 | |
| RT Ponting* | not out | 143 | 202 | 159 | 16 | 0 | 89.93 | |
| BJ Hodge | not out | 27 | 51 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 64.28 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 3, nb 4) | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets; 60.3 overs; 258 mins) | 288 | (4.76 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat MEK Hussey, A Symonds, AC Gilchrist†, SK Warne, B Lee, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath |
| Fall of wickets1-30 (Langer, 11.2 ov), 2-212 (Hayden, 44.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 14 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 3.92 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| CK Langeveldt | 14 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 3.71 | (2nb) | ||
| A Nel | 7 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 6.57 | |||
| J Botha | 12.3 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 6.16 | (1w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| JA Rudolph | 11 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 4.45 | (1w) |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 3-match series 2-0 |
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Test debut
J Botha
(South Africa) Player of the match RT Ponting (Australia) Player of the series RT Ponting (Australia) |
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Umpires
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand) TV umpire RL Parry Match referee BC Broad (England) |
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Close of play 2 Jan day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 230/3 (JH Kallis 80*, AG Prince 62*, 74 ov) 3 Jan day 2 - Australia 1st innings 54/3 (RT Ponting 13*, 14.2 ov) 4 Jan day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 4/1 (GC Smith 3*, 1.3 ov) 5 Jan day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 94/3 (JH Kallis 14*, AG Prince 0*, 22 ov) 6 Jan day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 288/2 (60.3 ov) - end of match |
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