Men's Test · South Africa tour of Australia · Match 3

South Africa v Australia

2 Jan 2006 to 6 Jan 2006 · Sydney Cricket Ground

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia288/2 (60.3 ov)

Australia batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langerb CK Langeveldt	b CK Langeveldt	20	32	5	0	62.5
ML Haydencaught b J Botha	caught b J Botha	90	134	11	0	67.2
RT Ponting*not out	not out	143	159	16	0	89.9
BJ Hodge*not out	not out	27	42	3	0	64.3
Extras	8 (lb 1, w 3, nb 4)
Total	288/2 (60.3 ov)

Did not bat: MEK Hussey, A Symonds, AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 1-30 (JL Langer, 11.2 ov), 2-212 (ML Hayden, 44.4 ov)

South Africa bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
SM Pollock	14	2	55	0	3.93	1	2
CK Langeveldt	14	1	52	1	3.71	0	2
A Nel	7	0	46	0	6.57	0	0
J Botha	12.3	0	77	1	6.16	1	0
JH Kallis	2	0	8	0	4.00	0	0
JA Rudolph	11	0	49	0	4.45	1	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.