Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06

Australians in South Africa in 2005-06

	Australia	South Africa
Dates	26 February – 4 April 2006
Captains	Ricky Ponting	Graeme Smith
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Ricky Ponting 348	Jacques Kallis 227
Most wickets	Stuart Clark 20	Makhaya Ntini 19
Player of the series	Stuart Clark
One Day International series
Result	South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Ricky Ponting 233	Herschelle Gibbs 258
Most wickets	Nathan Bracken 9	Makhaya Ntini 11
Player of the series	Shaun Pollock
Twenty20 series
Result	South Africa won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Brett Lee 43	Graeme Smith 89
Most wickets	Mick Lewis 2	Andrew Hall 3
Player of the series	Graeme Smith

Australian cricket team toured South Africa for cricket matches during the 2005–06 South African cricket season. Australia won the Tests with a 3–0 whitewash, but lost both the limited overs series, the one-off Twenty20 and the five-match ODI, which was concluded with what was described as "the greatest ODI ever".

1 Squads
2 Twenty20 Match
3 One-Day Series
4 Test series
5 References

Squads

Australia^[1]	South Africa^[2]	Some more for Twenty20 in SA team
Ricky Ponting c Adam Gilchrist w Simon Katich Damien Martyn Andrew Symonds Michael Clarke Michael Hussey Shane Watson Brad Hogg Brett Lee Nathan Bracken Stuart Clark Mick Lewis Mitchell Johnson Phil Jaques	Graeme Smith c Mark Boucher w AB de Villiers Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Justin Kemp Charl Langeveldt Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Robin Peterson Shaun Pollock Ashwell Prince Johannes van der Wath	Loots Bosman Neil McKenzie Justin Ontong Robin Peterson Roger Telemachus Thandi Tshabalala

Twenty20 Match

South Africa v Australia (24 February)

South Africa	201/4	SA won the match by 2 runs ^[3]
South Africa	GC Smith 89* (58) HH Gibbs 56 (34) ML Lewis 2/31 (4 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (D/N) Umpires: M Erasmus and KH Hurter Man of the Match: GC Smith
Australia	199/7
Australia	B Lee 43* (21) GB Hogg 41 (25) AJ Hall 3/22 (4 overs)

One-Day Series

First One-Day: South Africa v Australia (26 February)

Australia	229/8 (47)	SA won the match by 6 wickets (D/L method) ^[4]
Australia	MEK Hussey 56 (102) MJ Clarke 53 (109) SM Pollock 3/23 (10 overs) M Ntini 2/42 (9 overs)	SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa (D/N) Umpires: BG Jerling (Rsa) and JW Lloyds (Eng) Man of the Match: GC Smith
South Africa	207/4 (37.3)
South Africa	GC Smith 119* (124) AB de Villiers 43 (51) NW Bracken 1/27 (8 overs) GB Hogg 1/30 (8 overs)

Second One-Day: South Africa v Australia (3 March)

This was Australia's second worst loss in their history of One Day internationals.

South Africa	289/7	SA won the match by 196 runs ^[5]
South Africa	HH Gibbs 66 (71) JM Kemp 51* (41) SR Watson 2/46 (10 overs) GB Hogg 2/48 (9 overs)	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa (D/N) Umpires: KH Hurter (Rsa) and JW Lloyds (Eng) Man of the Match: M Ntini
Australia	93
Australia	SR Watson 27 (39) MEK Hussey 22 (49) M Ntini 6/22 (9.3 overs) A Nel 3/30 (8 overs)

Third One-Day: South Africa v Australia (5 March)

Australia	254/6	AUS won the match by 24 runs ^[6]
Australia	RT Ponting 62 (82) DR Martyn 51 (69) SM Pollock 2/45 (10 overs) AJ Hall 1/39 (9 overs)	St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: BG Jerling (Rsa) and JW Lloyds (Eng) Man of the Match: B Lee
South Africa	230
South Africa	SM Pollock 69 (74) AB de Villiers 68 (92) B Lee 4/48 (9 overs) SR Watson 2/49 (10 overs)

Fourth One-Day: South Africa v Australia (10 March)

South Africa	246/9	AUS won the match by 1 wicket ^[7]
South Africa	HH Dippenaar 101 (145) SM Pollock 53* (33) NW Bracken 2/36 (10 overs) ML Lewis 2/38 (10 overs)	Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa (D/N) Umpires: KH Hurter (Rsa) and JW Lloyds (Eng) Man of the Match: HH Dippenaar
Australia	247/9
Australia	AC Symonds 76 (71) SM Katich 46 (68) R Telemachus 3/34 (10 overs) JH Kallis 2/46 (9 overs)

Fifth One-Day: South Africa v Australia (12 March)

Main article: Australia in South Africa, 5th ODI, 2006

The 5th One Day International cricket match between South Africa and Australia, played on 12 March 2006 at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, has been acclaimed by many media commentators as being one of the greatest One Day International matches ever played. The match broke many cricket records, including both the first and the second team innings score of over 400 runs. Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 434 for 4 off their 50 overs, smashing the previous record of 398-5 by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 1996. In reply, South Africa scored 438-9, winning by one wicket with one ball to spare.

Australia	434/4	South Africa won by 1 wicket ^[8]
Australia	RT Ponting 164 (105) SM Katich 79 (90) R Telemachus 2/87 (10 overs) M Ntini 1/80 (9 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa (D/N) Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Brian Jerling Man of the Match: HH Gibbs and RT Ponting
South Africa	438/9 (49.5 overs)
South Africa	HH Gibbs 175 (111) GC Smith 90 (55) NW Bracken 5/67 (10 overs) AC Symonds 2/75 (9 overs)

Test series

First Test (16-18 March 2006)

South Africa	205 (63.5 overs)	&	197 (63.5 overs)	Australia won by seven wickets ^[9]
South Africa	N Boje 31 (60) S Clark 5-55		JA Rudolph 41 (146) SR Clark 4-34	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and BR Doctrove (WI) Man of the Match: SR Clark (Aus)
Australia	308 (87.2 overs)	&	95/3 (27.1 overs)
Australia	ML Hayden 94 (236) JH Kallis 3-51		JL Langer 34 (91) M Ntini 3-28

As well as gaining his Test match debut, Stuart Clark, in scoring the best bowling figures for both of South Africa's innings, won himself Man of The Match.

Second Test (24-28 March 2006)

Australia	369 (127.1 overs)	&	4-307 (dec) (82.4 overs)	Australia won by 112 runs ^[10]
Australia	RT Ponting 103 (225) M Ntini 3-81		RT Ponting 116 (187) N Boje 2-87	Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and BR Doctrove (WI) Man of the Match: SK Warne (Aus)
South Africa	267 (88.4 overs)	&	297 (99.5 overs)
South Africa	JH Kallis 114 (223) B Lee 5-69		MV Boucher 51* (156) SK Warne 6-86

Third Test (31 March-4 April 2006)

South Africa	303 (97.2 overs)	&	258 (71.3 overs)	Australia won by two wickets ^[11]
South Africa	AG Prince 93 (170) B Lee 3-57		MV Boucher 63 (92) SR Clark 4-64	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and AL Hill (NZ) Man of the Match: B Lee (Aus)
Australia	270 (62.5 overs)	&	291/8 (91.4 overs)
Australia	MEK Hussey 75 (153) M Ntini 6-100		DR Martyn 101 (208) M Ntini 4-78

References

^ Australia in Pakistan February - April 2006, India Squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 27 February 2006
^ Pakistani Squad from BBC Sport, published 9 January 2006
^ Twenty20 Australia v South Africa at Johannesburg, 24 Feb 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 27 February 2006
^ [1], scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 27 February 2006
^ [2], scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 4 March 2006
^ [3], scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 10 March 2006
^ [4], scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 10 March 2006
^ [5], scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 13 March 2006
^ Scorecard Australians in South Africa, 1st Test 16-18 March 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 7 April 2006
^ Scorecard Australians in South Africa, 2nd Test 24-28 March 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 20 April 2006
^ Scorecard Australians in South Africa, 3rd Test 31 March-4 April 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 20 April 2006

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International cricket in 2005–06

Preceding season: International cricket in 2005

August 2005	Zimbabwe v New Zealand – South Africa Academy in Pakistan – Videocon Tri–Series – Sri Lanka v Bangladesh

September 2005	South Africa A in Sri Lanka – Australia A in Pakistan – Zimbabwe v India – A-team Tri Series in Sri Lanka

October 2005	ICC Super Series – South Africa v New Zealand (one-day matches) – India v Sri Lanka

November 2005	Australia v West Indies – Pakistan v England – India v South Africa

December 2005	Chappell–Hadlee Trophy – Australia v South Africa – New Zealand v Sri Lanka

January 2006	VB Series – Pakistan v India

February 2006	ICC Under–19 World Cup – New Zealand v West Indies – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka – South Africa v Australia – Kenya v Zimbabwe

March 2006	India v England– Bangladesh v Kenya – Sri Lanka v Pakistan

April 2006	Bangladesh v Australia – South Africa v New Zealand (Test matches) – DLF Cup (India v Pakistan)

Following season: International cricket in 2006