First-Class Matches Australia 2005/06 and 2006/07 and South Africa 2006/07

AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, December 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 2005. South Africa in Australia 2005/06 - 2nd Test Australia won by 184 runs. AUSTRALIA R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s P.A.Jaques c Rudolph b Pollock 2 12 12 - - (2) lbw b Nel 28 44 64 3 - M.L.Hayden c Smith b Pollock 65 177 228 9 - (1) c Boucher b Kallis 137 242 356 17 2 *R.T.Ponting c Gibbs b Nel 117 198 298 13 - lbw b Pollock 11 29 48 - - B.J.Hodge c Smith b Pollock 7 26 30 1 - c Boucher b Nel 24 63 80 3 - M.E.K.Hussey b Ntini 122 203 247 14 4 c Kallis b Smith 31 74 94 2 - A.Symonds c Boucher b Nel 0 1 2 - - c Nel b Kallis 72 54 69 5 6 †A.C.Gilchrist c Gibbs b Nel 2 7 14 - - c Prince b Kallis 0 1 4 - - S.K.Warne c Boje b Nel 9 14 18 1 - not out 0 0 1 - - B.Lee lbw b Ntini 4 16 26 - - S.C.G.MacGill b Ntini 4 11 13 1 - G.D.McGrath not out 11 56 120 - - Extras b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 4 12 b 6, lb 3, nb 9 18 (119.3 ov; 506 mins) 355 (7 wkts dec; 83 ov; 361 mins) 321 SOUTH AFRICA R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s A.B.de Villiers lbw b McGrath 61 141 178 9 - (2) st Gilchrist b Warne 8 44 64 1 - *G.C.Smith lbw b Lee 22 42 62 2 - (1) c Gilchrist b McGrath 25 52 70 3 - H.H.Gibbs b Symonds 94 234 347 15 - b Warne 9 11 19 2 - J.H.Kallis b Lee 23 90 108 2 - c Gilchrist b Symonds 9 26 39 2 - A.G.Prince c Ponting b Warne 6 19 22 - - c Hayden b Warne 26 120 147 2 - J.A.Rudolph b Lee 13 36 40 2 - b Symonds 4 5 8 1 - †M.V.Boucher lbw b Symonds 23 40 48 4 - c Ponting b Warne 5 18 30 - - S.M.Pollock lbw b Symonds 9 21 37 1 - not out 67 120 156 8 1 N.Boje b Warne 12 27 43 2 - b McGrath 13 38 58 - 1 A.Nel c Hussey b MacGill 14 21 28 3 - c Gilchrist b McGrath 2 7 10 - - M.Ntini not out 10 10 12 2 - b MacGill 2 6 5 - - Extras b 2, lb 7, nb 15 24 lb 6, w 1, nb 4 11 (111 ov; 467 mins) 311 (74 ov; 307 mins) 181 South Africa O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall Aus SAf Aus SAf Pollock 26 5 67 3 - 2 23 5 60 1 - 5 1 2 (1) 36 (2) 53 (2) 39 (2) Ntini 22.3 3 70 3 - - 8 2 17 0 - - 2 154 (2) 122 (1) 82 (3) 45 (1) Kallis 21.5 4 69 0 2 - 11 0 58 3 - 1 3 176 (4) 184 (4) 131 (4) 58 (3) Nel 31 6 84 4 - 2 20 3 71 2 - - 4 207 (3) 192 (5) 193 (5) 64 (4) Boje 18.1 3 59 0 - - 14 0 65 0 - - 5 207 (6) 214 (6) 317 (1) 72 (6) Smith 7 0 41 1 - 3 6 213 (7) 260 (7) 321 (6) 82 (7) 7 227 (8) 265 (3) 321 (7) 130 (5) Australia O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb 8 239 (9) 281 (8) 166 (9) McGrath 27 13 57 1 - 3 15 3 44 3 - - 9 248 (10) 291 (9) 178 (10) Lee 28 5 92 3 - 9 11 4 23 0 - 1 10 355 (5) 311 (10) 181 (11) Symonds 20 6 50 3 - 3 (4) 4 2 6 2 - - Warne 21 7 62 2 - - (3) 28 7 74 4 1 3 MacGill 15 3 41 1 - - 16 7 28 1 - - Umpires: Asad Rauf and S.A.Bucknor. Third umpire: R.L.Parry. Referee: B.C.Broad. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 239-8 (Hussey 23, 89.1 overs); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 169-2 (Gibbs 54, Kallis 17, 58 overs); 3rd day: Australia (2) 110-2 (Hayden 45, Hodge 17, 37 overs); 4th day: South Africa (2) 99-6 (Prince 16, Pollock 13, 42 overs). Man of the Match: M.E.K.Hussey. 32 Australia in 2005/06