Men's ODI · Australia in South Africa ODI Series · Match 1

South Africa v Australia

26 Feb 2006 · SuperSport Park, Centurion

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

Result

South Africa won by 6 wickets (D/L method)

D/L

Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: GC Smith
Scheduled overs: 50 a side

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Australia	229/8	47.0
South AfricaTarget 204 from 41 overs	207/4	37.3

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

South Africa207/4 (37.3 ov)

South Africa batting, innings 2
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*not out	not out	119	124	12	1	96.0
HH Dippenaarb NW Bracken	b NW Bracken	10	16	2	0	62.5
HH Gibbsrun out	run out	0	1	0	0	0.0
AB de Villierscaught b GB Hogg	caught b GB Hogg	43	30	7	1	143.3
MV Boucherrun out	run out	4	17	0	0	23.5
JM Kemp*not out	not out	24	38	2	0	63.2
Extras	7 (lb 1, w 5, nb 1)
Total	207/4 (37.3 ov)

Did not bat: SM Pollock, RJ Peterson, AJ Hall, M Ntini, A Nel

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (HH Dippenaar, 5.5 ov), 2-28 (HH Gibbs, 6.5 ov), 3-111 (AB de Villiers, 17.1 ov), 4-134 (MV Boucher, 22.6 ov)

Australia bowling, innings 2
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
B Lee	10	0	59	0	5.90	2	1
NW Bracken	8	1	27	1	3.38	2	0
MG Johnson	3	0	28	0	9.33	0	0
ML Lewis	3	0	25	0	8.33	1	0
GB Hogg	8	1	30	1	3.75	0	0
MJ Clarke	3.3	0	19	0	5.43	0	0
SR Watson	2	0	18	0	9.00	0	0

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

Worm

Runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.

View as table

Runs and wickets after each over
Overs	Australia	South Africa
0	0/0	0/0
1	2/0	9/0
2	2/0	10/0
3	4/0	16/0
4	5/1	18/0
5	6/2	24/0
6	19/2	24/1
7	23/2	32/2
8	27/3	38/2
9	28/3	47/2
10	28/3	52/2
11	29/3	55/2
12	29/3	64/2
13	36/3	83/2
14	44/3	91/2
15	48/3	98/2
16	52/3	103/2
17	54/3	111/2
18	58/3	111/3
19	61/3	115/3
20	65/3	121/3
21	72/3	126/3
22	73/3	130/3
23	79/3	134/4
24	82/3	136/4
25	85/3	141/4
26	92/3	148/4
27	98/3	151/4
28	102/3	153/4
29	109/3	155/4
30	122/3	158/4
31	125/3	163/4
32	125/4	170/4
33	129/4	176/4
34	132/5	180/4
35	139/5	186/4
36	142/5	189/4
37	148/5	201/4
37.5	–	207/4
38	151/5	–
39	157/6	–
40	162/6	–
41	166/6	–
42	172/6	–
43	180/6	–
44	186/6	–
45	207/6	–
46	211/7	–
47	229/8	–

Win probability

This match was decided by the D/L method after rain, so its target does not mean what the model assumes. Win probability, projected score and par are hidden.