Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane (D/N)
Toss : Australia won the toss, elected to bat first
Umpires : Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel
Match Result : South Africa won by 5 wickets; Points : SA 5, Aus 1
Man of the Match : Shaun Pollock
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) b Shaun Pollock 0 (1)
Simon Katich c Smith b Shaun Pollock 0 (7)
Ricky Ponting (C) c&b Monde Zondeki 33 (47) 6 ‘4s’
Damien Martyn b Shaun Pollock 12 (18) 2 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds c Boucher b Andrew Hall 9 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke c Boucher b Andrew Hall 8 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Mike Hussey b Garnett Kruger 73 (108) 5 ‘4s’
Brett Lee run out (Pollock) 57 (72) 1 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Nathan Bracken not out 7 (12)
Stuart Clark b Andrew Hall 15 (10) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Glenn McGrath run out (Hall) 0 (1)
Extras: 14 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 4 Byes: 3 Leg Byes: 3)
Total: 228 all out (Overs: 49.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Gilchrist, 0.1 ovs), 2-4 (Katich, 2.4 ovs), 3-29 (Martyn, 8.1 ovs), 4-60 (Ponting, 14.1 ovs), 5-64 (Symonds, 15.4 ovs), 6-71 (Clarke, 17.6 ovs), 7-194 (Hussey, 44.5 ovs), 8-207 (Lee, 47.4 ovs), 9-228 (Stuart Clark, 49.4 ovs), 10-228 (McGrath, 49.5 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Shaun Pollock 10-2-30-3 (1nb)
Garnett Kruger 9-1-43-1 (2w 4nb)
Andrew Hall 9.5-1-43-3 (1w)
Monde Zondeki 10-2-63-1
Jacques Kallis 6-0-23-0 (1nb)
Graeme Smith 5-0-19-0
South Africa (Target : 229 from 50 Overs)
Graeme Smith (C) c Katich b Glenn McGrath 12 (26) 1 ‘4s’
Boeta Dippenaar run out (Stuart Clark) 74 (115) 8 ‘4s’
Jacques Kallis run out (Symonds) 0 (1)
Herschelle Gibbs c Martyn b Nathan Bracken 16 (27) 2 ‘4s’
Ashwell Prince c Hussey b Glenn McGrath 19 (41) 2 ‘4s’
Mark Boucher (WK) not out 63 (62) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Justin Kemp not out 29 (22) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Shaun Pollock
Andrew Hall
Garnett Kruger
Monde Zondeki
Extras: 18 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 9)
Total: 231/5 (Overs: 48.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-27 (Graeme Smith, 7.5 ovs), 2-27 (Kallis, 8.3 ovs), 3-55 (Gibbs, 14.4 ovs), 4-125 (Prince, 31.6 ovs), 5-162 (Dippenaar, 40.5 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Brett Lee 10-1-47-0 (3w)
Glenn McGrath 9-0-35-2
Nathan Bracken 8.5-1-37-1
Stuart Clark 10-0-41-0 (2w)
James Hopes 8-0-44-0
Andrew Symonds 3-0-14-0
- ODI Debut for Garnett Kruger (SA)
- Australia Full Substitute : James Hopes (replaced Damien Martyn after 18 overs of the South African innings)
- South Africa Full Substitute : Johan Botha (unused)