South Africa v Australia 1st Test

Australia tour of South Africa - 2006 (2005/06) · Newlands, Cape Town · 16 March 2006

Australia won by 7 wickets

Australia won by 7 wickets. Matthew Hayden top-scored with 94 for Australia. Stuart Clark took 5/55.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Australia tour of South Africa - 2006 (2005/06)
Ground: Newlands, Cape Town
Dates: 16 March 2006 to 18 March 2006
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
Player of the match: Stuart Clark
Captains: Graeme Smith (South Africa), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Debut: Stuart Clark (Australia)
Umpires: Aleem Dar and BR Doctrove
Match referee: BC Broad

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat. It was Stuart Clark's first Test.

South Africa batted first and made 205 all out. Nicky Boje top-scored with 31 off 48 balls. Stuart Clark took 5 for 55 for Australia. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Newlands, 312 across 13 Tests.

Australia replied with 308 all out. Matthew Hayden top-scored with 94 off 173 balls, and Ricky Ponting made 74. Jacques Kallis took 3 for 51 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 154-run stand for the second wicket between Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting, 50% of the total. Australia led by 103 on first innings.

South Africa made 197 all out in their second innings. Jacques Rudolph top-scored with 41 off 112 balls. Stuart Clark took 4 for 34 for Australia.

Set 95 to win, Australia made 95 for 3. Justin Langer top-scored with 34 off 56 balls. Makhaya Ntini took 3 for 28 for South Africa.

Australia won by 7 wickets.

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 205 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Graeme Smith	c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark	19	58
AB de Villiers	b Michael Kasprowicz	8	29
Herschelle Gibbs	b Stuart Clark	18	46
Jacques Kallis	c Matthew Hayden b Stuart Clark	6	12
Ashwell Prince	c Matthew Hayden b Brett Lee	17	67
Jacques Rudolph	c Adam Gilchrist b Michael Kasprowicz	10	14
Mark Boucher	c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark	16	23
Andrew Hall	c Matthew Hayden b Brett Lee	24	55
Nicky Boje	lbw b Stuart Clark	31	48
Andre Nel	lbw b Brett Lee	18	31
Makhaya Ntini	not out	17	15

Extras 21 · Total 205 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brett Lee	14.5	2	37	3
Michael Kasprowicz	13	0	44	2
Andrew Symonds	10	2	22	0
Stuart Clark	17	3	55	5
Shane Warne	9	0	41	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-24 (AB de Villiers, 9.3 ov), 2-42 (Graeme Smith, 17.3 ov), 3-48 (Jacques Kallis, 19.5 ov), 4-61 (Herschelle Gibbs, 25.3 ov), 5-76 (Jacques Rudolph, 28.2 ov), 6-104 (Mark Boucher, 35.2 ov), 7-124 (Ashwell Prince, 43.3 ov), 8-148 (Andrew Hall, 51.6 ov), 9-173 (Nicky Boje, 57.5 ov), 10-205 (Andre Nel, 63.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Graeme Smith (12) and AB de Villiers (8)	24	61
second	Herschelle Gibbs (8) and Graeme Smith (7)	18	51
third	Jacques Kallis (6) and Herschelle Gibbs (0)	6	14
fourth	Herschelle Gibbs (10) and Ashwell Prince (1)	13	36
fifth	Ashwell Prince (3) and Jacques Rudolph (10)	15	19
sixth	Mark Boucher (16) and Ashwell Prince (7)	28	43
seventh	Andrew Hall (13) and Ashwell Prince (6)	20	50
eighth	Nicky Boje (12) and Andrew Hall (11)	24	52
ninth	Nicky Boje (19) and Andre Nel (5)	25	35
tenth	Makhaya Ntini (17) and Andre Nel (13)	32	37

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 308 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Justin Langer	lbw b Andre Nel	16	31
Matthew Hayden	c Jacques Rudolph b Makhaya Ntini	94	173
Ricky Ponting	c Andrew Hall b Jacques Kallis	74	112
Damien Martyn	c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis	22	59
Michael Hussey	c Mark Boucher b Andrew Hall	6	23
Andrew Symonds	c Andre Nel b Nicky Boje	55	47
Adam Gilchrist	c Graeme Smith b Jacques Kallis	12	19
Shane Warne	c AB de Villiers b Nicky Boje	7	18
Brett Lee	c Herschelle Gibbs b Makhaya Ntini	0	3
Michael Kasprowicz	not out	6	20
Stuart Clark	c Herschelle Gibbs b Andre Nel	8	19

Extras 8 · Total 308 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Makhaya Ntini	21	2	76	2
Andre Nel	22.2	6	45	2
Andrew Hall	16	2	66	1
Nicky Boje	16	4	63	2
Jacques Kallis	12	0	51	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-21 (Justin Langer, 9.5 ov), 2-175 (Ricky Ponting, 50.3 ov), 3-192 (Matthew Hayden, 54.5 ov), 4-214 (Michael Hussey, 61.6 ov), 5-236 (Damien Martyn, 70.2 ov), 6-272 (Adam Gilchrist, 74.6 ov), 7-294 (Andrew Symonds, 79.3 ov), 8-294 (Brett Lee, 80.3 ov), 9-296 (Shane Warne, 81.2 ov), 10-308 (Stuart Clark, 87.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Justin Langer (16) and Matthew Hayden (5)	21	59
second	Matthew Hayden (73) and Ricky Ponting (74)	154	244
third	Damien Martyn (1) and Matthew Hayden (16)	17	26
fourth	Damien Martyn (15) and Michael Hussey (6)	22	43
fifth	Damien Martyn (6) and Andrew Symonds (16)	22	50
sixth	Adam Gilchrist (12) and Andrew Symonds (24)	36	28
seventh	Shane Warne (7) and Andrew Symonds (15)	22	27
eighth	Shane Warne (0) and Brett Lee (0)	0	6
ninth	Shane Warne (0) and Michael Kasprowicz (2)	2	5
tenth	Michael Kasprowicz (4) and Stuart Clark (8)	12	36

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 197 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
AB de Villiers	c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee	7	12
Graeme Smith	lbw b Shane Warne	16	34
Herschelle Gibbs	b Brett Lee	0	2
Jacques Kallis	c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark	36	50
Ashwell Prince	c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark	27	64
Jacques Rudolph	b Shane Warne	41	112
Mark Boucher	c Justin Langer b Michael Kasprowicz	2	21
Andrew Hall	not out	34	69
Nicky Boje	c & b Stuart Clark	14	15
Andre Nel	b Stuart Clark	4	5
Makhaya Ntini	c Michael Kasprowicz b Shane Warne	6	6

Extras 10 · Total 197 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brett Lee	17	5	47	2
Michael Kasprowicz	12	0	39	1
Stuart Clark	16	7	34	4
Shane Warne	18.5	1	77	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-20 (AB de Villiers, 4.2 ov), 2-20 (Herschelle Gibbs, 4.4 ov), 3-37 (Graeme Smith, 11.3 ov), 4-75 (Jacques Kallis, 21.3 ov), 5-92 (Ashwell Prince, 31.4 ov), 6-108 (Mark Boucher, 38.5 ov), 7-158 (Jacques Rudolph, 55.6 ov), 8-179 (Nicky Boje, 60.1 ov), 9-183 (Andre Nel, 60.6 ov), 10-197 (Makhaya Ntini, 63.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Graeme Smith (13) and AB de Villiers (7)	20	26
second	Herschelle Gibbs (0) and Graeme Smith (0)	0	2
third	Jacques Kallis (13) and Graeme Smith (3)	17	42
fourth	Jacques Kallis (23) and Ashwell Prince (14)	38	60
fifth	Ashwell Prince (13) and Jacques Rudolph (4)	17	61
sixth	Mark Boucher (2) and Jacques Rudolph (13)	16	44
seventh	Andrew Hall (20) and Jacques Rudolph (24)	50	108
eighth	Nicky Boje (14) and Andrew Hall (7)	21	25
ninth	Andrew Hall (0) and Andre Nel (4)	4	5
tenth	Andrew Hall (7) and Makhaya Ntini (6)	14	17

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 95 FOR 3

Batter	How out	R	B
Justin Langer	b Makhaya Ntini	34	56
Matthew Hayden	c Herschelle Gibbs b Makhaya Ntini	32	70
Ricky Ponting	lbw b Makhaya Ntini	1	4
Damien Martyn	not out	9	13
Michael Hussey	not out	14	20

Did not bat: Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Michael Kasprowicz, Stuart Clark

Extras 5 · Total 95 for 3

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Andre Nel	7	1	25	0
Makhaya Ntini	10	3	28	3
Andrew Hall	5	1	16	0
Nicky Boje	5.1	1	21	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-71 (Matthew Hayden, 20.3 ov), 2-71 (Justin Langer, 20.6 ov), 3-76 (Ricky Ponting, 22.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Justin Langer (34) and Matthew Hayden (32)	71	123
second	Justin Langer (0) and Ricky Ponting (0)	0	3
third	Damien Martyn (4) and Ricky Ponting (1)	5	7
fourth	Damien Martyn (5) and Michael Hussey (14)	19	30

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