| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | c †Boucher b Kallis | 35 | 167 | 125 | 5 | 0 | 28.00 | |
| ML Hayden | c de Villiers b Ntini | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RT Ponting* | c Gibbs b Boje | 103 | 320 | 225 | 11 | 0 | 45.77 | |
| DR Martyn | c Kallis b Ntini | 57 | 171 | 134 | 10 | 0 | 42.53 | |
| MEK Hussey | lbw b Kallis | 75 | 228 | 155 | 10 | 1 | 48.38 | |
| B Lee | c †Boucher b Ntini | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| A Symonds | lbw b Nel | 13 | 83 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 24.52 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c †Boucher b Nel | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| SK Warne | c de Villiers b Pollock | 36 | 56 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 116.12 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c de Villiers b Nel | 7 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| SR Clark | not out | 13 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 86.66 | |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 10, w 2, nb 7) | 28 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 127.1 overs; 555 mins) | 369 | (2.90 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 32 | 11 | 73 | 1 | 2.28 | (7nb, 1w) | ||
| M Ntini | 24 | 4 | 81 | 3 | 3.37 | |||
| A Nel | 31 | 8 | 83 | 3 | 2.67 | (1w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 21.1 | 8 | 52 | 2 | 2.45 | |||
| N Boje | 19 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 3.21 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c Langer b Lee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Hayden b Clark | 50 | 175 | 137 | 4 | 0 | 36.49 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Kasprowicz | 9 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 64.28 | |
| JH Kallis | c & b Clark | 114 | 344 | 223 | 17 | 0 | 51.12 | |
| AG Prince | c Symonds b Warne | 33 | 86 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 54.09 | |
| JA Rudolph | c Hussey b Warne | 13 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 31.70 | |
| MV Boucher† | b Lee | 19 | 74 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 44.18 | |
| SM Pollock | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| N Boje | not out | 6 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| A Nel | c Hayden b Lee | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| M Ntini | c Ponting b Lee | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 14) | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 88.4 overs; 394 mins) | 267 | (3.01 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 19.4 | 5 | 69 | 5 | 3.50 | (6nb) | ||
| MS Kasprowicz | 14 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 4.28 | (6nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 25 | 2 | 80 | 2 | 3.20 | |||
| A Symonds | 11 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1.45 | (2nb) | ||
| MEK Hussey | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| SR Clark | 18 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 2.05 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | c Pollock b Boje | 37 | 73 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 69.81 | |
| ML Hayden | c †Boucher b Ntini | 102 | 309 | 217 | 12 | 0 | 47.00 | |
| RT Ponting* | c Boje b Pollock | 116 | 273 | 187 | 12 | 2 | 62.03 | |
| DR Martyn | not out | 15 | 51 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 40.54 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Nel b Boje | 24 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 266.66 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 1, nb 7) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets dec; 82.4 overs; 361 mins) | 307 | (3.71 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat A Symonds, MEK Hussey, SK Warne, B Lee, MS Kasprowicz, SR Clark |
| Fall of wickets1-49 (Langer, 16.2 ov), 2-250 (Hayden, 71.5 ov), 3-278 (Ponting, 80.1 ov), 4-307 (Gilchrist, 82.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 19 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 2.89 | (7nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 15 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 4.13 | |||
| N Boje | 26.4 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 3.26 | |||
| A Nel | 14 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 4.14 | |||
| JH Kallis | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 5.00 | (1w) |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 410 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AB de Villiers | st †Gilchrist b Warne | 46 | 117 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 57.50 | |
| GC Smith* | c Langer b Warne | 40 | 133 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Warne b Clark | 17 | 55 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 38.63 | |
| JH Kallis | lbw b Warne | 7 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 21.87 | |
| AG Prince | c Hussey b Clark | 7 | 49 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 18.91 | |
| JA Rudolph | c Langer b Warne | 36 | 81 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 69.23 | |
| MV Boucher† | not out | 51 | 221 | 156 | 9 | 0 | 32.69 | |
| SM Pollock | b Lee | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| N Boje | c sub (MJ Clarke) b Kasprowicz | 48 | 82 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| A Nel | c Hayden b Warne | 14 | 68 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 30.43 | |
| M Ntini | lbw b Warne | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 8, nb 14) | 27 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 99.5 overs; 438 mins) | 297 | (2.97 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 22 | 6 | 65 | 1 | 2.95 | (4nb) | ||
| SR Clark | 21 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 2.19 | (1nb) | ||
| A Symonds | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.00 | (3nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 35.5 | 9 | 86 | 6 | 2.40 | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 12 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 4.25 | (6nb) | ||
| MEK Hussey | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 3-match series 2-0 |
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Player of the match
SK Warne (Australia) |
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Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and BR Doctrove (West Indies) TV umpire BG Jerling Match referee BC Broad (England) |
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Close of play 24 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 228/5 (MEK Hussey 10*, A Symonds 4*, 88 ov) 25 Mar day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 140/2 (AB de Villiers 48*, JH Kallis 72*, 39.2 ov) 26 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 125/1 (ML Hayden 36*, RT Ponting 48*, 36 ov) 27 Mar day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 29/0 (AB de Villiers 17*, GC Smith 10*, 7.1 ov) 28 Mar day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 297 (99.5 ov) - end of match |
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Mar 28, 2006 A delighted Ricky Ponting applauds from the balcony © Getty Images |
Mar 28, 2006 Got 'im! Australia mob Shane Warne after he wraps up the match with Makhaya Ntini's wicket © Getty Images |
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