South Africa v Australia, Cape Town

South Africa 205/10 & 197/10

Australia 308/10 & 95/3

Australia won by 7 wickets

Australia v South Africa 2005 · 3rd Test Newlands, Cape Town 16–18 Mar 2006

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 805 runs at 24.4 per wicket.

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

SR Clark5/55

SR Clark4/34

M Ntini3/28

B Lee3/37

Top score

ML Hayden · Australia

Biggest stand

154

2nd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · Australia

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultAustralia won by 7 wickets

Length3 days

South Africa

205 /10 (63.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	19	58	2	0	32.76
AB de Villiers	b MS Kasprowicz	8	29	1	0	27.59
HH Gibbs	b SR Clark	18	46	3	0	39.13
JH Kallis	c ML Hayden b SR Clark	6	12	0	0	50.00
AG Prince	c ML Hayden b B Lee	17	67	1	0	25.37
JA Rudolph	c AC Gilchrist b MS Kasprowicz	10	14	2	0	71.43
MV Boucher	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	16	23	3	0	69.57
AJ Hall	c ML Hayden b B Lee	24	55	3	0	43.64
N Boje	lbw b SR Clark	31	48	5	0	64.58
A Nel	lbw b B Lee	18	31	1	1	58.06
M Ntini*	not out	17	15	1	1	113.33

Extras 21 (lb 6, nb 15)

Total 205/10 (63.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	14.5	2	37	3	2.49
MS Kasprowicz	13.0	0	44	2	3.38
A Symonds	10.0	2	22	0	2.20
SR Clark	17.0	3	55	5	3.24
SK Warne	9.0	0	41	0	4.56

Fall of wickets

1-24 (AB de Villiers, 9.3)·2-42 (GC Smith, 17.3)·3-48 (JH Kallis, 19.5)·4-61 (HH Gibbs, 25.3)·5-76 (JA Rudolph, 28.3)·6-104 (MV Boucher, 35.2)·7-124 (AG Prince, 43.3)·8-148 (AJ Hall, 51.6)·9-173 (N Boje, 57.5)·10-205 (A Nel, 63.5)

Australia

308 /10 (87.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	lbw b A Nel	16	31	3	0	51.61
ML Hayden	c JA Rudolph b M Ntini	94	173	14	1	54.34
RT Ponting	c AJ Hall b JH Kallis	74	112	8	1	66.07
DR Martyn	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	22	59	3	0	37.29
MEK Hussey	c MV Boucher b AJ Hall	6	23	0	0	26.09
A Symonds	c A Nel b N Boje	55	47	3	4	117.02
AC Gilchrist	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	12	19	1	0	63.16
SK Warne	c AB de Villiers b N Boje	7	18	1	0	38.89
B Lee	c HH Gibbs b M Ntini	0	3	0	0	0.00
MS Kasprowicz*	not out	6	20	0	0	30.00
SR Clark	c HH Gibbs b A Nel	8	19	0	0	42.11

Extras 8 (lb 7, w 1)

Total 308/10 (87.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Ntini	21.0	2	76	2	3.62
A Nel	22.2	7	45	2	2.01
AJ Hall	16.0	2	66	1	4.12
N Boje	16.0	4	63	2	3.94
JH Kallis	12.0	0	51	3	4.25

Fall of wickets

1-21 (JL Langer, 9.5)·2-175 (RT Ponting, 50.4)·3-192 (ML Hayden, 54.5)·4-214 (MEK Hussey, 61.6)·5-236 (DR Martyn, 70.2)·6-272 (AC Gilchrist, 74.6)·7-294 (A Symonds, 79.3)·8-294 (B Lee, 80.3)·9-296 (SK Warne, 81.2)·10-308 (SR Clark, 87.2)

South Africa

197 /10 (63.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AB de Villiers	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	7	12	1	58.33
GC Smith	lbw b SK Warne	16	34	2	47.06
HH Gibbs	b B Lee	0	2	0	0.00
JH Kallis	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	36	50	5	72.00
AG Prince	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	27	64	3	42.19
JA Rudolph	b SK Warne	41	112	6	36.61
MV Boucher	c JL Langer b MS Kasprowicz	2	21	0	9.52
AJ Hall*	not out	34	69	4	49.28
N Boje	c & b SR Clark	14	15	3	93.33
A Nel	b SR Clark	4	5	1	80.00
M Ntini	c MS Kasprowicz b SK Warne	6	6	1	100.00

Extras 10 (w 3, nb 7)

Total 197/10 (63.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	17.0	5	47	2	2.76
MS Kasprowicz	12.0	0	39	1	3.25
SR Clark	16.0	7	34	4	2.12
SK Warne	18.5	1	77	3	4.09

Fall of wickets

1-20 (AB de Villiers, 4.2)·2-20 (HH Gibbs, 4.4)·3-37 (GC Smith, 11.3)·4-75 (JH Kallis, 21.3)·5-92 (AG Prince, 31.4)·6-108 (MV Boucher, 38.5)·7-158 (JA Rudolph, 55.7)·8-179 (N Boje, 60.1)·9-183 (A Nel, 60.6)·10-197 (M Ntini, 63.5)

Australia

95 /3 (27.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
JL Langer	b M Ntini	34	56	4	60.71
ML Hayden	c HH Gibbs b M Ntini	32	70	4	45.71
RT Ponting	lbw b M Ntini	1	4	0	25.00
DR Martyn*	not out	9	13	0	69.23
MEK Hussey*	not out	14	20	1	70.00

Extras 5 (lb 5)

Total 95/3 (27.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Nel	7.0	1	25	0	3.57
M Ntini	10.0	3	28	3	2.80
AJ Hall	5.0	1	16	0	3.20
N Boje	5.1	1	21	0	4.06

Fall of wickets

1-71 (ML Hayden, 20.3)·2-71 (JL Langer, 20.6)·3-76 (RT Ponting, 22.1)