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5701dThe Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran

Consolation win lifts Australia to No. 2

It may have been a dead rubber, but a resolute Australia scrapped hard in the field to secure a consolation win in Johannesburg and move up to No. 2 in the ODI rankings

5699dCricinfo staff

Australia claim momentum ahead of Pakistan series

Ricky Ponting is confident that Australia's series-ending victory in Johannesburg will give the team momentum heading into next week's one-day contest against Pakistan

5701dAlex Brown

Botha left out of South African squad

South Africa have replaced offspinner Johan Botha, who was reported for a suspect action, and fast bowler Wayne Parnell with Morne Morkel and Makhaya Ntini in their squad for the final ODI against Australia in Johannesburg

Preview

5701dCricinfo staff

Long, tough summer draws to a close

Cricinfo's preview for the fifth one-day international between South Africa and Australia in Johannesburg

South Africa INNINGS		R	B
HH Gibbs	lbw	82	101
GC Smith	caught wk	20	15
JH Kallis	caught wk	64	69
AB de Villiers	bowled	38	42
JP Duminy	caught wk	3	8
MV Boucher	caught	9	10
JA Morkel	caught	5	6
RE van der Merwe	caught	3	4
M Morkel	caught	15	12
DW Steyn	run out	0	1
M Ntini	not out	9	7
EXTRAS	(b 2, lb 1, w 5)
TOTAL	256 (all out; 45.5 ovs)

Australia BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	8.5	0	58	3	6.56	(2w)
NW Bracken	10.0	1	54	2	5.40
B Laughlin	9.0	0	56	1	6.22	(2w)
NM Hauritz	9.0	0	34	2	3.77
JR Hopes	6.0	0	31	1	5.16	(1w)
MJ Clarke	2.0	0	16	0	8.00
DJ Hussey	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	46	HH Gibbs	GC Smith
2nd	104	JH Kallis	HH Gibbs
3rd	38	JH Kallis	AB de Villiers
4th	3	JP Duminy	AB de Villiers
5th	22	MV Boucher	AB de Villiers
6th	13	JA Morkel	AB de Villiers
7th	3	AB de Villiers	RE van der Merwe
8th	9	M Morkel	RE van der Merwe
9th	0	DW Steyn	M Morkel
10th	18	M Ntini	M Morkel