- BATSMENRB4s6sSR17.1 short ball on the off stump, moving away, Gilchrist goes back and pulls, gets the top edge and ball goes high up in the air, Boucher gets underneath and takes the skier 138/28.1 OUT!!fraction short outside off stump, nipping away, Katich goes for the cut and gets the outside edge, good catch taken by Kemp at wide first slip 65/129.3 OUT! flighted ball around the off stump, Ponting moves forward and tries to work it away, turns it straight to Gibbs at mid-wicket, simple catch taken 203/422.1 arm ball just outside off stump, Symonds tries to hit over straight, mistimes it completely and ball goes in the air, Hall at mid-off runs back and takes a very good catch 168/349.6 RUN OUT low full toss, Martyn hits it away to mid-wicket, Smith slides and misfields, they go for the second run and Smith throws at the batsman end, Boucher does well and Martyn is well short 344/640.5 OUT good length ball on the off stump, batsman lofts it flat and straight to Rudolph at long-on 263/5Extras13 (lb 4, nb 1, w 8)TOTAL344/6 (50 Overs, RR: 6.88)Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Simon Katich, 8.1 ov), 2-138 (Adam Gilchrist, 17.1 ov), 3-168 (Andrew Symonds, 22.1 ov), 4-203 (Ricky Ponting, 29.3 ov), 5-263 (Michael Clarke, 40.5 ov), 6-344 (Damien Martyn, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JJ van der Wath 10 0 76 1 7.60 27 9 1 1 0 M Zondeki 4 0 42 0 10.50 9 6 0 2 0 AJ Hall 10 0 69 1 6.90 23 8 0 1 0 CK Langeveldt 6 0 49 1 8.16 14 7 0 2 1 GC Smith 10 0 52 1 5.20 20 2 0 2 0 J Botha 10 0 52 1 5.20 20 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.1 OUT! short ball banged in on the leg stump, shaping in, Smith tries to tuck it away and gets the glove, Gilchrist takes a great one-handed catch down the leg, amazing diving catch! 7/110.3 OUT: length delivery outside leg stump, Dippenaar lofts it on the front-foot but hits it high in the air to deep forward square leg, Hussey runs backwards and takes a great catch 52/219.2 OUT! arm ball on the off stump, Gibbs tries to work it awy through square leg, ball just clips the pads and onto Gilchrist, Gibbs drags his foot outside, Gilchrist does the rest 105/336.3 OUT flat one on the stumps, Boucher tries to loft it over the ropes but gets it high up in the air to long-on where Hopes takes a good catch just inside the ropes 199/531.6 OUT flighted ball, wrong'un, kemp tries to loft it over long-on, mistimes and ball goes high up in the air to long-off, Bracken takes a simple catch 172/444.4 OUT ;length ball, defended on the front-foot to short extra-cover, they take off for the single and bit of mix-up, Ponting htis direct at the batsman end 236/6Extras11 (lb 7, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL287/6 (50 Overs, RR: 5.74)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Graeme Smith, 2.1 ov), 2-52 (Boeta Dippenaar, 10.3 ov), 3-105 (Herschelle Gibbs, 19.2 ov), 4-172 (Justin Kemp, 31.6 ov), 5-199 (Mark Boucher, 36.3 ov), 6-236 (Ashwell Prince, 44.4 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
5 February 2006 - day/night match (50-over match)
South Africa replacement
CK Langeveldt for M Zondeki (Australia innings, 14.0 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Australia 4, South Africa 0
Match Notes
- 4th Umpire - RD Goodger
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