South Africa v Australia, Sydney Cricket Ground

South Africa 451/9 & 194/6

Australia 359/10 & 288/2

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia v South Africa 2005 · 2nd Test Sydney Cricket Ground 2–6 Jan 2006

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1292 runs at 47.9 per wicket.

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

A Nel4/81

SCG MacGill3/33

B Lee3/82

JH Kallis2/25

Top score

143*

RT Ponting · Australia

Biggest stand

219

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–41

3 wkts for 41 · Australia

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultAustralia won by 8 wickets

Length5 days

South Africa

451 /9 (154.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AB de Villiers	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	2	18	0	11.11
GC Smith	lbw b B Lee	39	77	6	50.65
HH Gibbs	b GD McGrath	27	49	5	55.10
JH Kallis	c GD McGrath b A Symonds	111	275	17	40.36
AG Prince	lbw b SK Warne	119	271	13	43.91
JA Rudolph	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	38	110	5	34.55
MV Boucher	c AC Gilchrist b SCG MacGill	5	23	0	21.74
SM Pollock	c BJ Hodge b B Lee	46	64	3	71.88
J Botha*	not out	20	46	2	43.48
A Nel	c BJ Hodge b SK Warne	12	8	2	150.00
CK Langeveldt*	not out	1	3	0	33.33

Extras 31 (b 9, lb 6, nb 16)

Total 451/9 (154.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	34.0	17	65	2	1.91
B Lee	30.4	7	82	3	2.67
A Symonds	23.0	4	69	1	3.00
SK Warne	36.0	5	106	2	2.94
MEK Hussey	2.0	0	12	0	6.00
SCG MacGill	29.0	5	102	1	3.52

Fall of wickets

1-16 (AB de Villiers, 5.6)·2-69 (HH Gibbs, 20.3)·3-86 (GC Smith, 28.1)·4-305 (JH Kallis, 104.3)·5-344 (AG Prince, 121.5)·6-355 (MV Boucher, 128.4)·7-394 (JA Rudolph, 140.5)·8-433 (SM Pollock, 152.1)·9-449 (A Nel, 153.5)

Australia

359 /10 (95.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	b CK Langeveldt	25	20	3	0	125.00
ML Hayden	b CK Langeveldt	4	11	0	0	36.36
RT Ponting	lbw b JH Kallis	120	174	12	1	68.97
BJ Hodge	c JA Rudolph b A Nel	6	23	0	0	26.09
MEK Hussey	c MV Boucher b J Botha	45	111	8	0	40.54
A Symonds	lbw b A Nel	12	51	1	0	23.53
AC Gilchrist	c MV Boucher b A Nel	86	109	10	2	78.90
SK Warne	c MV Boucher b A Nel	0	1	0	0	0.00
B Lee	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	17	40	3	0	42.50
SCG MacGill	c A Nel b SM Pollock	29	21	5	0	138.10
GD McGrath*	not out	1	12	0	0	8.33

Extras 14 (lb 10, w 2, nb 2)

Total 359/10 (95.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	25.0	3	109	1	4.36
CK Langeveldt	24.0	4	108	2	4.50
A Nel	24.1	4	81	4	3.35
JH Kallis	15.0	4	25	2	1.67
J Botha	7.0	2	26	1	3.71

Fall of wickets

1-22 (ML Hayden, 3.5)·2-35 (JL Langer, 5.4)·3-54 (BJ Hodge, 14.2)·4-184 (MEK Hussey, 49.6)·5-222 (RT Ponting, 63.2)·6-226 (A Symonds, 66.5)·7-226 (SK Warne, 66.6)·8-263 (B Lee, 77.5)·9-322 (SCG MacGill, 88.3)·10-359 (AC Gilchrist, 95.1)

South Africa

194 /6 (42.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b GD McGrath	5	9	0	0	55.56
AB de Villiers	lbw b B Lee	1	4	0	0	25.00
HH Gibbs	run out	67	74	11	0	90.54
JH Kallis*	not out	50	96	3	0	52.08
AG Prince	c RT Ponting b SCG MacGill	18	30	2	0	60.00
JA Rudolph	c GD McGrath b SCG MacGill	4	7	0	0	57.14
MV Boucher	st AC Gilchrist b SCG MacGill	11	13	2	0	84.62
SM Pollock*	not out	26	21	2	1	123.81

Extras 12 (b 3, lb 4, w 3, nb 2)

Total 194/6 (42.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	15.0	2	61	1	4.07
B Lee	10.0	3	48	1	4.80
SK Warne	11.0	1	45	0	4.09
SCG MacGill	6.0	1	33	3	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-4 (AB de Villiers, 1.3)·2-6 (GC Smith, 2.4)·3-92 (HH Gibbs, 21.5)·4-123 (AG Prince, 30.6)·5-129 (JA Rudolph, 32.3)·6-152 (MV Boucher, 36.3)

Australia

288 /2 (60.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
JL Langer	b CK Langeveldt	20	32	5	62.50
ML Hayden	c GC Smith b J Botha	90	134	11	67.16
RT Ponting*	not out	143	159	16	89.94
BJ Hodge*	not out	27	42	3	64.29

Extras 8 (lb 1, w 3, nb 4)

Total 288/2 (60.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	14.0	2	55	0	3.93
CK Langeveldt	14.0	1	52	1	3.71
A Nel	7.0	0	46	0	6.57
J Botha	12.3	0	77	1	6.16
JH Kallis	2.0	0	8	0	4.00
JA Rudolph	11.0	0	49	0	4.45

Fall of wickets

1-30 (JL Langer, 11.2)·2-212 (ML Hayden, 44.4)