Australia in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
Australia won by 7 wickets
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c †Gilchrist b Clark | 19 | 75 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 32.75 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Kasprowicz | 8 | 39 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 27.58 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Clark | 18 | 71 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 39.13 | |
| JH Kallis | c Hayden b Clark | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| AG Prince | c Hayden b Lee | 17 | 105 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 25.37 | |
| JA Rudolph | c †Gilchrist b Kasprowicz | 10 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| MV Boucher† | c †Gilchrist b Clark | 16 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 69.56 | |
| AJ Hall | c Hayden b Lee | 24 | 73 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 43.63 | |
| N Boje | lbw b Clark | 31 | 60 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 64.58 | |
| A Nel | lbw b Lee | 18 | 50 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 58.06 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 17 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 113.33 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, nb 15) | 21 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 63.5 overs; 280 mins) | 205 | (3.21 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 14.5 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 2.49 | (1nb) | ||
| MS Kasprowicz | 13 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 3.38 | (10nb) | ||
| A Symonds | 10 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2.20 | (2nb) | ||
| SR Clark | 17 | 3 | 55 | 5 | 3.23 | (1nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 9 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 4.55 | (1nb) |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | lbw b Nel | 16 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 51.61 | |
| ML Hayden | c Rudolph b Ntini | 94 | 236 | 173 | 14 | 1 | 54.33 | |
| RT Ponting* | c Hall b Kallis | 74 | 178 | 112 | 8 | 1 | 66.07 | |
| DR Martyn | c †Boucher b Kallis | 22 | 81 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 37.28 | |
| MEK Hussey | c †Boucher b Hall | 6 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 26.08 | |
| A Symonds | c Nel b Boje | 55 | 82 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 117.02 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Smith b Kallis | 12 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 63.15 | |
| SK Warne | c de Villiers b Boje | 7 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 38.88 | |
| B Lee | c Gibbs b Ntini | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | not out | 6 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| SR Clark | c Gibbs b Nel | 8 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 42.10 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 1) | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 87.2 overs; 389 mins) | 308 | (3.52 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Ntini | 21 | 2 | 76 | 2 | 3.61 | |||
| A Nel | 22.2 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 2.01 | |||
| AJ Hall | 16 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 4.12 | |||
| N Boje | 16 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 3.93 | |||
| JH Kallis | 12 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 4.25 | (1w) |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AB de Villiers | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 7 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 | |
| GC Smith* | lbw b Warne | 16 | 63 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Lee | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JH Kallis | c †Gilchrist b Clark | 36 | 86 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 72.00 | |
| AG Prince | c †Gilchrist b Clark | 27 | 89 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 42.18 | |
| JA Rudolph | b Warne | 41 | 146 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 36.60 | |
| MV Boucher† | c Langer b Kasprowicz | 2 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.52 | |
| AJ Hall | not out | 34 | 105 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 49.27 | |
| N Boje | c & b Clark | 14 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 93.33 | |
| A Nel | b Clark | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| M Ntini | c Kasprowicz b Warne | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (w 3, nb 7) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 63.5 overs; 291 mins) | 197 | (3.08 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 17 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 2.76 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| MS Kasprowicz | 12 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 3.25 | (3nb) | ||
| SR Clark | 16 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 2.12 | (2w) | ||
| SK Warne | 18.5 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 4.08 | (2nb) |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 95 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | b Ntini | 34 | 91 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 60.71 | |
| ML Hayden | c Gibbs b Ntini | 32 | 87 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 45.71 | |
| RT Ponting* | lbw b Ntini | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| DR Martyn | not out | 9 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 69.23 | |
| MEK Hussey | not out | 14 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 5) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets; 27.1 overs; 125 mins) | 95 | (3.49 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat A Symonds, AC Gilchrist†, SK Warne, B Lee, MS Kasprowicz, SR Clark |
| Fall of wickets1-71 (Hayden, 20.3 ov), 2-71 (Langer, 20.6 ov), 3-76 (Ponting, 22.1 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Nel | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3.57 | |||
| M Ntini | 10 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2.80 | |||
| AJ Hall | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3.20 | |||
| N Boje | 5.1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 4.06 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
SR Clark
(Australia) Player of the match SR Clark (Australia) |
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Umpires
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BR Doctrove (West Indies) TV umpire KH Hurter Match referee BC Broad (England) |
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Close of play 16 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 63/1 (ML Hayden 22*, RT Ponting 20*, 23 ov) 17 Mar day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 70/3 (JH Kallis 31*, AG Prince 14*, 20 ov) 18 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 95/3 (27.1 ov) - end of match |
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Mar 18, 2006 Justin Langer chops the ball back onto his stumps © Getty Images |
Mar 18, 2006 Mike Hussey and Damien Martyn are delighted after beating South Africa in the first Test © Getty Images |
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