Australia v South Africa, Melbourne Cricket Ground

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

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1168 runs at 31.6 per wicket.

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

SK Warne4/74

A Nel4/84

GD McGrath3/44

A Symonds3/50

Top score

137

ML Hayden · Australia

Biggest stand

152

2nd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–20

3 wkts for 20 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 184 runs

Length5 days

Australia

355 /10 (119.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PA Jaques	c JA Rudolph b SM Pollock	2	12	0	0	16.67
ML Hayden	c GC Smith b SM Pollock	65	177	9	0	36.72
RT Ponting	c HH Gibbs b A Nel	117	198	13	0	59.09
BJ Hodge	c GC Smith b SM Pollock	7	26	1	0	26.92
MEK Hussey	b M Ntini	122	203	14	4	60.10
A Symonds	c MV Boucher b A Nel	0	1	0	0	0.00
AC Gilchrist	c HH Gibbs b A Nel	2	7	0	0	28.57
SK Warne	c N Boje 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	SR
AB de Villiers	lbw b GD McGrath	61	141	9	43.26
GC Smith	lbw b B Lee	22	42	2	52.38
HH Gibbs	b A Symonds	94	234	15	40.17
JH Kallis	b B Lee	23	90	2	25.56
AG Prince	c RT Ponting b SK Warne	6	19	0	31.58
JA Rudolph	b B Lee	13	36	2	36.11
MV Boucher	lbw b A Symonds	23	40	4	57.50
SM Pollock	lbw b A Symonds	9	21	1	42.86
N Boje	b SK Warne	12	27	2	44.44
A Nel	c MEK Hussey b SCG MacGill	14	21	3	66.67
M Ntini*	not out	10	10	2	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 MV Boucher 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 MV Boucher b A Nel	24	63	3	0	38.10
MEK Hussey	c JH Kallis b GC Smith	31	74	2	0	41.89
A Symonds	c A Nel b JH Kallis	72	54	5	6	133.33
AC Gilchrist	c AG Prince 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 AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	25	52	3	0	48.08
AB de Villiers	st AC Gilchrist b SK Warne	8	44	1	0	18.18
HH Gibbs	b SK Warne	9	11	2	0	81.82
JH Kallis	c AC Gilchrist b A Symonds	9	26	2	0	34.62
AG Prince	c ML Hayden b SK Warne	26	120	2	0	21.67
JA Rudolph	b A Symonds	4	5	1	0	80.00
MV Boucher	c RT Ponting 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 AC Gilchrist 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)