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Test Match #1779 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
2005-2006 Australia v South Africa - 2nd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
26th December, 2005
 
 Australia 355 & 321/7 dec
South Africa 311 & 181
Australia won by 184 runs

 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Philip Jaques c Rudolph b Pollock 2  12  0  0 16.67 0.56%
Matthew Hayden c Smith b Pollock 65  177  9  0 36.72 18.31%
Ricky Ponting* c Gibbs b Nel 117  198  13  0 59.09 32.96%
Bradley Hodge c Smith b Pollock 7  26  1  0 26.92 1.97%
Michael Hussey b Ntini 122  203  14  4 60.10 34.37%
Andrew Symonds c †Boucher b Nel 0  1  0  0 0.00
Adam Gilchrist† c Gibbs b Nel 2  7  0  0 28.57 0.56%
Shane Warne c Boje b Nel 9  14  1  0 64.29 2.54%
Brett Lee lbw b Ntini 4  16  0  0 25.00 1.13%
Stuart MacGill b Ntini 4  11  1  0 36.36 1.13%
Glenn McGrath not out 11  56  0  0 19.64 3.10%
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 4) 12  
Total All Out   (119.3 overs @ 2.97 rpo) 355
Fall of Wickets
 
1-2 Jaques, 2-154 Hayden, 3-176 Hodge, 4-207 Ponting, 5-207 Symonds, 6-213 Gilchrist,
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7-227 Warne, 8-239 Lee, 9-248 MacGill, 10-355 Hussey
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Shaun Pollock 26.0 5 67 3 2.58 30.00
Makhaya Ntini 22.3 3 70 3 3.11 30.00
Jacques Kallis 21.5 4 69 0 3.16
Andre Nel 31.0 6 84 4 2.71 40.00
Nico Boje 18.1 3 59 0 3.25
 
 
South Africa   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
AB de Villiers lbw b McGrath 61  141  9  0 43.26 19.61%
Graeme Smith* lbw b Lee 22  42  2  0 52.38 7.07%
Herschelle Gibbs b Symonds 94  234  15  0 40.17 30.23%
Jacques Kallis b Lee 23  90  2  0 25.56 7.40%
Ashwell Prince c Ponting b Warne 6  19  0  0 31.58 1.93%
Jacques Rudolph b Lee 13  36  2  0 36.11 4.18%
Mark Boucher† lbw b Symonds 23  40  4  0 57.50 7.40%
Shaun Pollock lbw b Symonds 9  21  1  0 42.86 2.89%
Nico Boje b Warne 12  27  2  0 44.44 3.86%
Andre Nel c Hussey b MacGill 14  21  3  0 66.67 4.50%
Makhaya Ntini not out 10  10  2  0 100.00 3.22%
Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 15) 24  
Total All Out   (111.0 overs @ 2.80 rpo) 311
Fall of Wickets
 
1-36 Smith, 2-122 de Villiers, 3-184 Kallis, 4-192 Prince, 5-214 Rudolph, 6-260 Boucher,
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7-265 Gibbs, 8-281 Pollock, 9-291 Boje, 10-311 Nel
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Glenn McGrath 27.0 13 57 1 2.11 10.00
Brett Lee 28.0 5 92 3 3.29 30.00
Andrew Symonds 20.0 6 50 3 2.50 30.00
Shane Warne 21.0 7 62 2 2.95 20.00
Stuart MacGill 15.0 3 41 1 2.73 10.00
 
 
Australia   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Matthew Hayden c †Boucher b Kallis 137  242  17  2 56.61 42.68%
Philip Jaques lbw b Nel 28  44  3  0 63.64 8.72%
Ricky Ponting* lbw b Pollock 11  29  0  0 37.93 3.43%
Bradley Hodge c †Boucher b Nel 24  63  3  0 38.10 7.48%
Michael Hussey c Kallis b Smith 31  74  2  0 41.89 9.66%
Andrew Symonds c Nel b Kallis 72  54  5  6 133.33 22.43%
Adam Gilchrist† c Prince b Kallis 0  1  0  0 0.00
Shane Warne not out 0  0  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 3, nb 9) 18  
Total 7 wickets declared   (83.0 overs @ 3.87 rpo) 321
 
Did not Bat
 
Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath
Fall of Wickets
 
1-53 Jaques, 2-82 Ponting, 3-131 Hodge, 4-193 Hussey, 5-317 Hayden, 6-321 Symonds,
nbsp;
7-321 Gilchrist
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Shaun Pollock 23.0 5 60 1 2.61 10.00
Makhaya Ntini 8.0 2 17 0 2.13
Jacques Kallis 11.0 0 58 3 5.27 30.00
Andre Nel 20.0 3 71 2 3.55 20.00
Nico Boje 14.0 0 65 0 4.64
Graeme Smith 7.0 0 41 1 5.86 10.00
 
 
South Africa   2nd Innings  (target 366)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Graeme Smith* c †Gilchrist b McGrath 25  52  3  0 48.08 13.81%
AB de Villiers st †Gilchrist b Warne 8  44  1  0 18.18 4.42%
Herschelle Gibbs b Warne 9  11  2  0 81.82 4.97%
Jacques Kallis c †Gilchrist b Symonds 9  26  2  0 34.62 4.97%
Ashwell Prince c Hayden b Warne 26  120  2  0 21.67 14.36%
Jacques Rudolph b Symonds 4  5  1  0 80.00 2.21%
Mark Boucher† c Ponting b Warne 5  18  0  0 27.78 2.76%
Shaun Pollock not out 67  120  8  1 55.83 37.02%
Nico Boje b McGrath 13  38  0  1 34.21 7.18%
Andre Nel c †Gilchrist b McGrath 2  7  0  0 28.57 1.10%
Makhaya Ntini b MacGill 2  6  0  0 33.33 1.10%
Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 4) 11  
Total All Out   (74.0 overs @ 2.45 rpo) 181
Fall of Wickets
 
1-39 de Villiers, 2-45 Smith, 3-58 Gibbs, 4-64 Kallis, 5-72 Rudolph, 6-82 Boucher,
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7-130 Prince, 8-166 Boje, 9-178 Nel, 10-181 Ntini
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Glenn McGrath 15.0 3 44 3 2.93 30.00
Brett Lee 11.0 4 23 0 2.09
Shane Warne 28.0 7 74 4 2.64 40.00
Andrew Symonds 4.0 2 6 2 1.50 20.00
Stuart MacGill 16.0 7 28 1 1.75 10.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series 2005-2006 Australia v South Africa - 2nd Test
Match No. Test #1779
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Michael Hussey
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 239/8, 89.1 overs (MEK Hussey 23*)
Day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 169/2, 58 overs (HH Gibbs 54*, JH Kallis 17*)
Day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 110/2, 37 overs (ML Hayden 45*, BJ Hodge 17*)
Day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 99/6, 42 overs (AG Prince 16*, SM Pollock 13*)
Day 5 - South Africa 2nd Innings 181, 74.0 overs - end of match

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