South Africa v Australia, Johannesburg

South Africa 303/10 & 258/10

Australia 270/9 & 294/8

Australia won by 2 wickets

Australia v South Africa 2005 · 5th Test The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 31 Mar 2006 – 4 Apr 2006

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1125 runs at 30.4 per wicket.

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Ntini6/100

SR Clark4/64

M Ntini4/78

B Lee3/57

Top score

101

DR Martyn · Australia

Biggest stand

165

3rd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–30

3 wkts for 30 · Australia

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultAustralia won by 2 wickets

Length5 days

South Africa

303 /10 (97.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AB de Villiers	c DR Martyn b SR Clark	12	45	1	26.67
HH Gibbs	b MS Kasprowicz	16	44	2	36.36
HH Dippenaar	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	32	69	7	46.38
JH Kallis	b B Lee	37	92	6	40.22
AG Prince	c JL Langer b B Lee	93	170	11	54.71
JA Rudolph	c ML Hayden b SK Warne	25	44	4	56.82
MV Boucher	lbw b A Symonds	24	53	2	45.28
SM Pollock	c RT Ponting b SR Clark	8	17	2	47.06
N Boje	c JL Langer b MS Kasprowicz	43	46	9	93.48
A Nel	c DR Martyn b B Lee	0	8	0	0.00
M Ntini*	not out	0	5	0	0.00

Extras 13 (lb 4, nb 9)

Total 303/10 (97.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	24.0	8	57	3	2.38
SR Clark	28.0	8	81	3	2.89
MS Kasprowicz	24.2	5	86	2	3.53
SK Warne	13.0	2	49	1	3.77
A Symonds	8.0	2	26	1	3.25

Fall of wickets

1-26 (AB de Villiers, 13.3)·2-38 (HH Gibbs, 16.4)·3-97 (HH Dippenaar, 36.3)·4-106 (JH Kallis, 44.5)·5-161 (JA Rudolph, 60.1)·6-233 (MV Boucher, 77.3)·7-251 (SM Pollock, 83.1)·8-285 (AG Prince, 92.6)·9-303 (A Nel, 96.1)·10-303 (N Boje, 97.2)

Australia

270 /9 (62.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	c AB de Villiers b M Ntini	34	40	5	1	85.00
ML Hayden	c HH Gibbs b M Ntini	3	7	0	0	42.86
DR Martyn	c A Nel b M Ntini	21	23	2	1	91.30
MEK Hussey	lbw b N Boje	73	153	11	0	47.71
A Symonds	lbw b M Ntini	4	11	0	0	36.36
AC Gilchrist	c JA Rudolph b A Nel	12	24	3	0	50.00
SK Warne	c SM Pollock b M Ntini	36	33	7	0	109.09
B Lee	c N Boje b M Ntini	64	68	6	2	94.12
MS Kasprowicz	c HH Gibbs b SM Pollock	2	17	0	0	11.76

Extras 21 (b 5, lb 14, w 2)

Total 270/9 (62.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Ntini	18.5	2	100	6	5.31
A Nel	15.0	2	42	1	2.80
SM Pollock	15.0	2	56	1	3.73
JH Kallis	10.0	2	43	0	4.30
N Boje	4.0	1	10	1	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-12 (ML Hayden, 2.1)·2-68 (DR Martyn, 10.2)·3-73 (RT Ponting, 14.1)·4-89 (A Symonds, 16.6)·5-106 (AC Gilchrist, 24.7)·6-174 (SK Warne, 38.6)·7-242 (MEK Hussey, 55.3)·8-260 (MS Kasprowicz, 61.6)·9-270 (B Lee, 62.5)

South Africa

258 /10 (71.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	b SR Clark	4	15	0	0	26.67
HH Gibbs	c DR Martyn b SK Warne	53	87	6	1	60.92
HH Dippenaar	c ML Hayden b SR Clark	20	21	4	0	95.24
JH Kallis	lbw b SR Clark	27	82	4	0	32.93
AG Prince	c A Symonds b SK Warne	9	30	1	0	30.00
SM Pollock	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	44	47	6	0	93.62
JA Rudolph	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	0	3	0	0	0.00
MV Boucher	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	63	92	9	0	68.48
N Boje	c A Symonds b SK Warne	4	14	1	0	28.57
A Nel*	not out	18	41	3	0	43.90
M Ntini	b B Lee	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 6, lb 4, w 1, nb 5)

Total 258/10 (71.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	18.3	4	57	3	3.08
SR Clark	18.0	4	64	4	3.56
MS Kasprowicz	2.0	0	12	0	6.00
A Symonds	5.0	0	18	0	3.60
RT Ponting	2.0	1	7	0	3.50
SK Warne	26.0	5	90	3	3.46

Fall of wickets

1-9 (AB de Villiers, 3.4)·2-55 (HH Dippenaar, 11.3)·3-100 (HH Gibbs, 28.1)·4-120 (AG Prince, 36.6)·5-130 (JH Kallis, 39.5)·6-140 (JA Rudolph, 41.5)·7-186 (SM Pollock, 53.2)·8-194 (N Boje, 56.5)·9-258 (MV Boucher, 71.1)·10-258 (M Ntini, 71.3)

Australia

294 /8 (91.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c AB de Villiers b M Ntini	0	7	0	0	0.00
MEK Hussey	lbw b N Boje	89	197	12	0	45.18
RT Ponting	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	20	32	1	1	62.50
DR Martyn	lbw b SM Pollock	101	208	13	1	48.56
A Symonds	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	29	26	4	1	111.54
AC Gilchrist	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	0	1	0	0	0.00
SK Warne	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	3	8	0	0	37.50
B Lee*	not out	24	46	4	0	52.17
SR Clark	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	10	13	2	0	76.92
MS Kasprowicz*	not out	7	13	1	0	53.85

Extras 11 (b 1, lb 9, nb 1)

Total 294/8 (91.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Ntini	26.0	4	78	4	3.00
A Nel	2.0	1	4	0	2.00
SM Pollock	25.4	3	81	1	3.16
JH Kallis	18.0	6	44	2	2.44
N Boje	19.0	5	65	1	3.42
AB de Villiers	1.0	0	12	0	12.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (ML Hayden, 2.1)·2-33 (RT Ponting, 13.2)·3-198 (MEK Hussey, 66.1)·4-228 (A Symonds, 70.6)·5-229 (AC Gilchrist, 71.2)·6-237 (SK Warne, 73.3)·7-258 (DR Martyn, 83.6)·8-275 (SR Clark, 88.5)