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Australia 355/10 & 321/7
South Africa 311/10 & 181/10
Australia won by 184 runs
Australia v South Africa 2005 · 1st Test Melbourne Cricket Ground 26–30 Dec 2005
Australia
355 /10 (119.3 ov)
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
PA Jaques c & b SM Pollock 2 12 0 0 16.67
ML Hayden c & b SM Pollock 65 177 9 0 36.72
RT Ponting c & b A Nel 117 198 13 0 59.09
BJ Hodge c & b SM Pollock 7 26 1 0 26.92
MEK Hussey b M Ntini 122 203 14 4 60.10
A Symonds c & b A Nel 0 1 0 0 0.00
AC Gilchrist c & b A Nel 2 7 0 0 28.57
SK Warne c & b A Nel 9 14 1 0 64.29
B Lee lbw b M Ntini 4 16 0 0 25.00
SCG MacGill b M Ntini 4 11 1 0 36.36
GD McGrath* not out 11 56 0 0 19.64
Extras 12 (b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 4)
Total 355/10 (119.3 ov)
Bowler O M R W Econ
SM Pollock 26.0 5 67 3 2.58
M Ntini 22.3 3 70 3 3.11
JH Kallis 21.5 4 69 0 3.16
A Nel 31.0 6 84 4 2.71
N Boje 18.1 3 59 0 3.25
Fall of wickets
1-2 (PA Jaques, 2.6)·2-154 (ML Hayden, 54.4)·3-176 (BJ Hodge, 62.2)·4-207 (RT Ponting, 74.4)·5-207 (A Symonds, 74.5)·6-213 (AC Gilchrist, 78.2)·7-227 (SK Warne, 82.4)·8-239 (B Lee, 89.1)·9-248 (SCG MacGill, 91.6)·10-355 (MEK Hussey, 119.3)
South Africa
311 /10 (111.0 ov)
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
AB de Villiers lbw b GD McGrath 61 141 9 0 43.26
GC Smith lbw b B Lee 22 42 2 0 52.38
HH Gibbs b A Symonds 94 234 15 0 40.17
JH Kallis b B Lee 23 90 2 0 25.56
AG Prince c & b SK Warne 6 19 0 0 31.58
JA Rudolph b B Lee 13 36 2 0 36.11
MV Boucher lbw b A Symonds 23 40 4 0 57.50
SM Pollock lbw b A Symonds 9 21 1 0 42.86
N Boje b SK Warne 12 27 2 0 44.44
A Nel c & b SCG MacGill 14 21 3 0 66.67
M Ntini* not out 10 10 2 0 100.00
Extras 24 (b 2, lb 7, nb 15)
Total 311/10 (111.0 ov)
Bowler O M R W Econ
GD McGrath 27.0 13 57 1 2.11
B Lee 28.0 5 92 3 3.29
A Symonds 20.0 6 50 3 2.50
SK Warne 21.0 7 62 2 2.95
SCG MacGill 15.0 3 41 1 2.73
Fall of wickets
1-36 (GC Smith, 14.1)·2-122 (AB de Villiers, 42.1)·3-184 (JH Kallis, 69.2)·4-192 (AG Prince, 73.5)·5-214 (JA Rudolph, 85.1)·6-260 (MV Boucher, 96.4)·7-265 (HH Gibbs, 98.4)·8-281 (SM Pollock, 104.1)·9-291 (N Boje, 107.4)·10-311 (A Nel, 110.6)
Australia
321 /7 (83.0 ov)
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
ML Hayden c & b JH Kallis 137 242 17 2 56.61
PA Jaques lbw b A Nel 28 44 3 0 63.64
RT Ponting lbw b SM Pollock 11 29 0 0 37.93
BJ Hodge c & b A Nel 24 63 3 0 38.10
MEK Hussey c & b GC Smith 31 74 2 0 41.89
A Symonds c & b JH Kallis 72 54 5 6 133.33
AC Gilchrist c & b JH Kallis 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras 18 (b 6, lb 3, nb 9)
Total 321/7 (83.0 ov)
Bowler O M R W Econ
SM Pollock 23.0 5 60 1 2.61
M Ntini 8.0 2 17 0 2.12
JH Kallis 11.0 0 58 3 5.27
A Nel 20.0 3 71 2 3.55
N Boje 14.0 1 65 0 4.64
GC Smith 7.0 0 41 1 5.86
Fall of wickets
1-53 (PA Jaques, 14.1)·2-82 (RT Ponting, 25.2)·3-131 (BJ Hodge, 44.1)·4-193 (MEK Hussey, 67.2)·5-317 (ML Hayden, 82.3)·6-321 (A Symonds, 82.5)·7-321 (AC Gilchrist, 82.6)
South Africa
181 /10 (73.5 ov)
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
GC Smith c & b GD McGrath 25 52 3 0 48.08
AB de Villiers st b SK Warne 8 44 1 0 18.18
HH Gibbs b SK Warne 9 11 2 0 81.82
JH Kallis c & b A Symonds 9 26 2 0 34.62
AG Prince c & b SK Warne 26 120 2 0 21.67
JA Rudolph b A Symonds 4 5 1 0 80.00
MV Boucher c & b SK Warne 5 18 0 0 27.78
SM Pollock* not out 67 120 8 1 55.83
N Boje b GD McGrath 13 38 0 1 34.21
A Nel c & b GD McGrath 2 7 0 0 28.57
M Ntini b SCG MacGill 2 6 0 0 33.33
Extras 11 (lb 6, w 1, nb 4)
Total 181/10 (73.5 ov)
Bowler O M R W Econ
GD McGrath 15.0 3 44 3 2.93
B Lee 10.5 4 23 0 2.12
SK Warne 28.0 7 74 4 2.64
A Symonds 4.0 2 6 2 1.50
SCG MacGill 16.0 7 28 1 1.75
Fall of wickets
1-39 (AB de Villiers, 15.2)·2-45 (GC Smith, 16.3)·3-58 (HH Gibbs, 19.1)·4-64 (JH Kallis, 24.4)·5-72 (JA Rudolph, 26.3)·6-82 (MV Boucher, 33.1)·7-130 (AG Prince, 55.3)·8-166 (N Boje, 70.1)·9-178 (A Nel, 72.2)·10-181 (M Ntini, 73.6)