- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 gets a late outswinger, which he half plays and leaves, hits the face and Gilchrist dives to his left and takes a great catch, what a start for the Aussies 1/149.3 tries to belt the cover off it, lobs up to mid off 245/75.4 tries to drive outside, only succeeds to edge it and Gilchrist dives to take his second catch 9/219.5 short ball that didn't get up, tries to pull - hit in front of middle and leg, Lloyds is in no doubt 81/328.2 a slower ball that becomes a full toss; pulled out to deep mid wicket, Hussey runs in and takes a great catch 118/437.4 advances to drive, gets a thick edge and Gilchrist takes his third catch 170/540.2 gets a very full ball that reverse swings, hits him on the pads, perhaps hitting leg stump 173/649.5 has a massive swing, misses Gilchrist throw to Lee who hits the bowlers end stumps - TV rules he is a mile out, Lloyds should have given it out 246/849.6 Pollock has a swing, Hall calls for a bye and is thrown out by the keeper 246/9Extras11 (b 1, lb 3, w 2, pen 5)TOTAL246/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.92)Did not bat: M NtiniFall of wickets: 1-1 (Graeme Smith, 1.2 ov), 2-9 (Herschelle Gibbs, 5.4 ov), 3-81 (AB de Villiers, 19.5 ov), 4-118 (Jacques Kallis, 28.2 ov), 5-170 (Mark Boucher, 37.4 ov), 6-173 (Justin Kemp, 40.2 ov), 7-245 (Boeta Dippenaar, 49.3 ov), 8-246 (Roger Telemachus, 49.5 ov), 9-246 (Andrew Hall, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Lee 10 0 55 1 5.5 33 6 2 0 0 NW Bracken 10 2 36 2 3.6 38 4 0 0 0 SR Clark 10 1 49 1 4.9 34 7 0 0 0 ML Lewis 10 0 38 2 3.8 33 3 0 0 0 A Symonds 6 0 31 1 5.16 13 1 0 1 0 MEK Hussey 2 0 15 0 7.5 7 1 1 0 0 MJ Clarke 2 0 13 0 6.5 4 1 0 1 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR21.1 short and wide outside the off stump and Gilchrist belts it straight to de Villers at cover, Kallis strikes first ball! 99/217.5 finally the breakthrough! short ball and Katich pulls it away towards deep midwicket, got the height but not the distance, Kallis runs in from the deep, dives foward and takes it inces away from the ground, fantastic effort! 87/122.4 short of a good length delivery, bit wide outside the off stump, Ponting plays a shot filled with nothingness and the edge goes straight to Bouncher behind the stumps, Telemachus on a roll here! South Africa right back in this game now 101/422.2 this is getting interesting! Telemachus comes up with a beauty, bit of drift in and shaping away from the batsman after hitting the deck, Martyn defends on the back-foot, ball clips the edge and goes behind, Boucher dives across to his right and takes a good low catch, Australia three down 100/342.6 Telemachus does it again! good length delivery on the middle and leg stump line, Symonds makes room looking to drives inside out but get nowhere with the shot and the ball crashes into the woodwork - horrible shot to say the least and that's a massive wicket for South Africa. 218/731.3 Gone! short ball outside the off stump, Clarke pulls it on the front foot, only manages to top edged it, ball lobs up behind the stumps, Boucher nicely settles under it 140/539.5 game on! driven straight to Hall at mid-off, Hussey is out of his crease and Hall scores a direct hit at the bowler's end, they go upstairs and the RED light flashes, that's a crucial wicket 192/643.1 Lee too joins the procession! short of a good length delivery, coming in with the angle, Lee defends on the back-foot and is beaten by the extra bounce, edge goes straight to Bouncer behind the stumps and he doesn't drop many! 218/847.6 brilliant stuff! it's a yorker, it's swinging in and it's bowled! goes right through Bracken and the furniture is rearranged, this is going down to the wire! 241/9Extras13 (b 1, lb 2, nb 3, w 7)TOTAL247/9 (49.1 Overs, RR: 5.02)Fall of wickets: 1-87 (Simon Katich, 17.5 ov), 2-99 (Adam Gilchrist, 21.1 ov), 3-100 (Damien Martyn, 22.2 ov), 4-101 (Ricky Ponting, 22.4 ov), 5-140 (Michael Clarke, 31.3 ov), 6-192 (Michael Hussey, 39.5 ov), 7-218 (Andrew Symonds, 42.6 ov), 8-218 (Brett Lee, 43.1 ov), 9-241 (Nathan Bracken, 47.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SM Pollock 5 2 22 0 4.4 22 3 0 0 1 M Ntini 10 1 50 1 5 41 9 0 0 0 AJ Hall 9.1 1 52 2 5.67 33 6 1 0 0 R Telemachus 10 1 34 3 3.4 40 3 0 0 2 JH Kallis 9 0 46 2 5.11 34 7 0 3 0 JM Kemp 4 0 17 0 4.25 13 2 0 0 0 GC Smith 2 0 23 0 11.5 4 0 2 4 0
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- 50 runs 12.3 overs 75 balls 58 minutes 7*4`s 1*6 1 extra
- 50 runs 12.3 overs 75 balls 58 minutes 7*4`s 1*6 1 extra
- 54 run p/ship (Dippenaar 26)(de Villiers 34) 49 balls 38 minutes 7*4`s 2*6`s 1 extra
- HH Dippenaar 50 runs 111 minutes 80 balls 6*4s
- 103 runs 25.4 overs 154 balls 113 minutes 10*4`s 3*6`s 1 extra
- 5 penalty runs over 32.6
- 50 run p/ship (Dippenaar 79)(Boucher 19) 38 minutes 52 balls 3*4`s
- 152 runs 32.6 overs 200 balls 148 minutes 13*4`s 3*6`s
- 200 nruns 44.3 overs 269 balls 198 minutes 17*4`s 3*6`s 10 extras
- HH dippenaar 100 runs 209 minutes 141 balls 9*4`s
- 53 run p/ship (Dippenaar 100)(Pollock 34) 31 minutes 42 balls 6*4`s
- SM Pollock 50 runs 36 minutes 28 balls 8*4`s
- Australia
- 52 runs 8.2 overs 51 balls 34 minutes 8*4`s 1 extra
- 52 runs 8.2 overs 34 minutes 51 balls 8*4`s 1 extra
- 100 runs 21.6 overs 133 balls 97 minutes 14*4`s 1*6 1 extra
- Telemachus takes his 50th wicket
- 150 runs 34.2 overs 211 balls 157 minutes 20*4`s 1*6 5 extra
- A Symonds 52 runs 69 minutes 50 balls 5*4`s 2*6`s
- 50 run p/ship (Symonds 56)(Hussey 19) 32 minutes 52 balls 3*4`s 2*6`s
- 201 runs 40.5 overs 254 balls 187 minutes 24*4`s 3*6`s 10 extras
Australia tour of South Africa 2005-06 News
South Africa's go-to man
Remember that Makhaya Ntini is a man who bowls his heart out for a living, and rides his lungs out on a mountain bike for fun. But, at the age of 28, he has made the startling discovery that he is, despite all previous suggestions to the contrary, mortal
The new and improved Ntini
Makhaya Ntini has shown over the last 15 months that he can crank it up against the best batsmen in the world, while Pakistan's ability to come back from the dead was confirmed at Kandy
Marsh rules himself out of selector's job
Rod Marsh has ruled himself out of contention for the Australian selector's job which is soon to be vacated by Trevor Hohns
Langer dismisses fears of early retirement
Justin Langer may be forced into retirement if doctors discover any long-term damage from the head injury he sustained during the final Test in South Africa
South Africa didn't deserve to win, says Ponting
Ricky Ponting believes that South Africa didn't deserve to win any of the six Tests the two teams have played over the last four months in Australia and South Africa


