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

AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, January 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2006. South Africa in Australia 2005/06 - 3rd Test Australia won by eight wickets. SOUTH AFRICA R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s A.B.de Villiers c Gilchrist b Lee 2 18 25 - - (2) lbw b Lee 1 4 6 - - *G.C.Smith lbw b Lee 39 77 125 6 - (1) lbw b McGrath 5 9 12 - - H.H.Gibbs b McGrath 27 49 64 5 - run out (Hodge) 67 74 98 11 - J.H.Kallis c McGrath b Symonds 111 275 361 17 - not out 50 96 179 3 - A.G.Prince lbw b Warne 119 271 395 13 - c Ponting b MacGill 18 30 38 2 - J.A.Rudolph c Gilchrist b McGrath 38 110 143 5 - c McGrath b MacGill 4 7 6 - - †M.V.Boucher c Gilchrist b MacGill 5 23 31 - - st Gilchrist b MacGill 11 13 15 2 - S.M.Pollock c Hodge b Lee 46 64 89 3 - not out 26 21 25 2 1 J.Botha not out 20 46 63 2 - A.Nel c Hodge b Warne 12 8 8 2 - C.K.Langeveldt not out 1 3 4 - - Extras b 9, lb 6, nb 16 31 b 3, lb 4, w 3, nb 2 12 (9 wkts dec; 154.4 ov; 660 mins) 451 (6 wkts dec; 42 ov; 192 mins) 194 AUSTRALIA R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s J.L.Langer b Langeveldt 25 20 25 3 - b Langeveldt 20 32 49 5 - M.L.Hayden b Langeveldt 4 11 16 - - c Smith b Botha 90 134 197 11 - *R.T.Ponting lbw b Kallis 120 174 257 12 1 not out 143 159 201 16 - B.J.Hodge c Rudolph b Nel 6 23 36 - - not out 27 42 53 3 - M.E.K.Hussey c Boucher b Botha 45 111 149 8 - A.Symonds lbw b Nel 12 51 78 1 - †A.C.Gilchrist c Boucher b Nel 86 109 156 10 2 S.K.Warne c Boucher b Nel 0 1 2 - - B.Lee c Smith b Kallis 17 40 48 3 - S.C.G.MacGill c Nel b Pollock 29 21 53 5 - G.D.McGrath not out 1 12 34 - - Extras lb 10, w 2, nb 2 14 lb 1, w 3, nb 4 8 (95.1 ov; 431 mins) 359 (2 wkts; 60.3 ov; 251 mins) 288 Australia O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall SAf Aus SAf Aus McGrath 34 17 65 2 - - 15 2 61 1 - 1 1 16 (1) 22 (2) 4 (2) 30 (1) Lee 30.4 7 82 3 - 11 10 3 48 1 - 1 2 69 (3) 35 (1) 6 (1) 212 (2) Symonds 23 4 69 1 - 3 3 86 (2) 54 (4) 92 (3) Warne 36 5 106 2 - - (3) 11 1 45 0 3 - 4 305 (4) 184 (5) 123 (5) Hussey 2 0 12 0 - 2 5 344 (5) 222 (3) 129 (6) MacGill 29 5 102 1 - - (4) 6 1 33 3 - - 6 355 (7) 226 (6) 152 (7) 7 394 (6) 226 (8) South Africa O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb 8 433 (8) 263 (9) Pollock 25 3 109 1 - 2 14 2 55 0 1 2 9 449 (10) 322 (10) Langeveldt 24 4 108 2 1 - 14 1 52 1 - 2 10 359 (7) Nel 24.1 3 81 4 - - 7 0 46 0 - - Kallis 15 4 25 2 1 - (5) 2 0 8 0 - - Botha 7 2 26 1 - - (4) 12.3 0 77 1 1 - Rudolph 11 0 49 0 1 - Umpires: Aleem Dar and B.F.Bowden. Third umpire: R.L.Parry. Referee: B.C.Broad. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: South Africa (1) 230-3 (Kallis 80, Prince 62, 74 overs); 2nd day: Australia (1) 54-3 (Ponting 13, 14.2 overs); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 4-1 (Smith 3, 1.3 overs); 4th day: South Africa (2) 94-3 (Kallis 14, Prince 0, 22 overs). Man of the Match: R.T.Ponting. R.T.Ponting passed 8,000 runs in Test matches when he reached 10 in the first innings. 33 Australia in 2005/06