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RSA flag RSAWon toss. Elected to bat
205 & 197 Series badge AUS
308 & 95-3 AUS flag
Overs: 63.5 RR: 3.09 vs spin: 4.09
vs seam: 2.67
 Overs: 27.1 RR: 3.50 vs spin: 4.06
vs seam: 3.14
Thu 16/03/06 South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 7 wickets
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South Africa - 1st Inns 205 (63.5; RR: 3.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GC Smith c Gilchrist b Clark 19 58 2 0 32.76
AB de Villiers b Kasprowicz 8 29 1 0 27.59
HH Gibbs b Clark 18 46 3 0 39.13
JH Kallis c Hayden b Clark 6 12 0 0 50.00
AG Prince c Hayden b Lee 17 67 1 0 25.37
JA Rudolph c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 10 14 2 0 71.43
MV Boucher c Gilchrist b Clark 16 23 3 0 69.57
AJ Hall c Hayden b Lee 24 55 3 0 43.64
N Boje lbw b Clark 31 48 5 0 64.58
A Nel lbw b Lee 18 31 1 1 58.06
M Ntini not out 17 15 1 1 113.33
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 15nb) 21  
TOTAL 205 all out (63.5 overs; RR: 3.21)

Fall of wickets

24-1 (AB de Villiers 9.3 ov), 42-2 (GC Smith 17.3 ov), 48-3 (JH Kallis 19.5 ov), 61-4 (HH Gibbs 25.3 ov), 76-5 (JA Rudolph 28.2 ov), 104-6 (MV Boucher 35.2 ov), 124-7 (AG Prince 43.3 ov), 148-8 (AJ Hall 51.6 ov), 173-9 (N Boje 57.5 ov), 205-10 (A Nel 63.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
B Lee 14.5 2 37 3 2.64 0 1
MS Kasprowicz 13.0 0 44 2 3.38 0 10
A Symonds 10.0 2 22 0 2.20 0 2
SR Clark 17.0 3 55 5 3.24 0 1
SK Warne 9.0 0 41 0 4.56 0 1

Australia - 1st Inns 308 (87.2; RR: 3.53)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JL Langer lbw b Nel 16 31 3 0 51.61
ML Hayden c Rudolph b Ntini 94 173 14 1 54.34
RT Ponting c Hall b Kallis 74 112 8 1 66.07
DR Martyn c Boucher b Kallis 22 59 3 0 37.29
MEK Hussey c Boucher b Hall 6 23 0 0 26.09
A Symonds c Nel b Boje 55 47 3 4 117.02
AC Gilchrist c Smith b Kallis 12 19 1 0 63.16
SK Warne c Villiers b Boje 7 18 1 0 38.89
B Lee c Gibbs b Ntini 0 3 0 0 0.00
MS Kasprowicz not out 6 20 0 0 30.00
SR Clark c Gibbs b Nel 8 19 0 0 42.11
Extras (0b, 7lb, 1w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 308 all out (87.2 overs; RR: 3.53)

Fall of wickets

21-1 (JL Langer 9.5 ov), 175-2 (RT Ponting 50.3 ov), 192-3 (ML Hayden 54.5 ov), 214-4 (MEK Hussey 61.6 ov), 236-5 (DR Martyn 70.2 ov), 272-6 (AC Gilchrist 74.6 ov), 294-7 (A Symonds 79.3 ov), 294-8 (B Lee 80.3 ov), 296-9 (SK Warne 81.2 ov), 308-10 (SR Clark 87.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
M Ntini 21.0 2 76 2 3.62 0 0
A Nel 22.2 6 45 2 2.05 0 0
AJ Hall 16.0 2 66 1 4.13 0 0
N Boje 16.0 4 63 2 3.94 0 0
JH Kallis 12.0 0 51 3 4.25 1 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 197 (63.5; RR: 3.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AB de Villiers c Gilchrist b Lee 7 12 1 0 58.33
GC Smith lbw b Warne 16 34 2 0 47.06
HH Gibbs b Lee 0 2 0 0 0.00
JH Kallis c Gilchrist b Clark 36 50 5 0 72.00
AG Prince c Gilchrist b Clark 27 64 3 0 42.19
JA Rudolph b Warne 41 112 6 0 36.61
MV Boucher c Langer b Kasprowicz 2 21 0 0 9.52
AJ Hall not out 34 69 4 0 49.28
N Boje c & b Clark 14 15 3 0 93.33
A Nel b Clark 4 5 1 0 80.00
M Ntini c Kasprowicz b Warne 6 6 1 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 0lb, 3w, 7nb) 10  
TOTAL 197 all out (63.5 overs; RR: 3.09)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (AB de Villiers 4.2 ov), 20-2 (HH Gibbs 4.4 ov), 37-3 (GC Smith 11.3 ov), 75-4 (JH Kallis 21.3 ov), 92-5 (AG Prince 31.4 ov), 108-6 (MV Boucher 38.5 ov), 158-7 (JA Rudolph 55.6 ov), 179-8 (N Boje 60.1 ov), 183-9 (A Nel 60.6 ov), 197-10 (M Ntini 63.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
B Lee 17.0 5 47 2 2.76 1 2
MS Kasprowicz 12.0 0 39 1 3.25 0 3
SR Clark 16.0 7 34 4 2.13 2 0
SK Warne 18.5 1 77 3 4.28 0 2

Australia - 2nd Inns 95-3 (27.1; RR: 3.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JL Langer b Ntini 34 56 4 0 60.71
ML Hayden c Gibbs b Ntini 32 70 4 0 45.71
RT Ponting lbw b Ntini 1 4 0 0 25.00
DR Martyn not out 9 13 0 0 69.23
MEK Hussey not out 14 20 1 0 70.00
A Symonds  
AC Gilchrist  
SK Warne  
B Lee  
MS Kasprowicz  
SR Clark  
Extras (0b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 95-3 (27.1 overs; RR: 3.50)

Fall of wickets

71-1 (ML Hayden 20.3 ov), 71-2 (JL Langer 20.6 ov), 76-3 (RT Ponting 22.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
A Nel 7.0 1 25 0 3.57 0 0
M Ntini 10.0 3 28 3 2.80 0 0
AJ Hall 5.0 1 16 0 3.20 0 0
N Boje 5.1 1 21 0 4.20 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 1st Test

Date

Thursday March 16, 2006

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

8:30am UTC

Venue

Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town

Umpires

BR Doctrove, Aleem Dar

South Africa Team

Playing XI

JH Kallis, N Boje, HH Gibbs, MV Boucher, AJ Hall, M Ntini, AG Prince, A Nel, JA Rudolph, GC Smith, AB de Villiers

Australia Team

Playing XI

SK Warne, DR Martyn, JL Langer, ML Hayden, RT Ponting, MS Kasprowicz, AC Gilchrist, A Symonds, B Lee, MEK Hussey, SR Clark