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Australia v South Africa, 2005/2006, 3rd test
Sydney (SCG), 02/01/2006 - 06/01/2006

Toss: South Africa
Umpires: Aleem Dar, BF Bowden
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets

South Africa
AB de Villiers        c Gilchrist        b Lee                    2
*GC Smith             lbw                b Lee                   39
HH Gibbs                                 b McGrath               27
JH Kallis             c McGrath          b Symonds              111
AG Prince             lbw                b Warne                119
JA Rudolph            c Gilchrist        b McGrath               38
+MV Boucher           c Gilchrist        b MacGill                5
SM Pollock            c Hodge            b Lee                   46
J Botha               not out                                    20
A Nel                 c Hodge            b Warne                 12
CK Langeveldt         not out                                     1
Extras                b 9, lb 6, w 0, nb 16                      31
Total                 for 9 wickets                             451

Fall Of Wickets
1-16 (de Villiers)            2-69 (Gibbs)                  
3-86 (Smith)                  4-305 (Kallis)                
5-344 (Prince)                6-355 (Boucher)               
7-394 (Rudolph)               8-433 (Pollock)               
9-449 (Nel)                   

Bowling
McGrath             34     17    65     2
Lee                 30.4    7    82     3
Symonds             23      4    69     1
Warne               36      5   106     2
Hussey               2      0    12     0
MacGill             29      5   102     1

Australia
JL Langer                                b Langeveldt            25
ML Hayden                                b Langeveldt             4
*RT Ponting           lbw                b Kallis               120
BJ Hodge              c Rudolph          b Nel                    6
MEK Hussey            c Boucher          b Botha                 45
A Symonds             lbw                b Nel                   12
+AC Gilchrist         c Boucher          b Nel                   86
SK Warne              c Boucher          b Nel                    0
B Lee                 c Smith            b Kallis                17
SCG MacGill           c Nel              b Pollock               29
GD McGrath            not out                                     1
Extras                b 0, lb 10, w 2, nb 2                      14
Total                 all out                                   359

Fall Of Wickets
1-22 (Hayden)                 2-35 (Langer)                 
3-54 (Hodge)                  4-184 (Hussey)                
5-222 (Ponting)               6-226 (Symonds)               
7-226 (Warne)                 8-322 (Lee)                   
9-322 (MacGill)               10-359 (Gilchrist)            

Bowling
Pollock             25      3   109     1
Langeveldt          24      4   108     2
Nel                 24.1    3    81     4
Kallis              15      4    25     2
Botha                7      2    26     1

South Africa
*GC Smith             lbw                b McGrath                5
AB de Villiers        lbw                b Lee                    1
HH Gibbs              run out                                    67
JH Kallis             not out                                    50
AG Prince             c Ponting          b MacGill               18
JA Rudolph            c McGrath          b MacGill                4
+MV Boucher           st Gilchrist       b MacGill               11
SM Pollock            not out                                    26
Extras                b 3, lb 4, w 3, nb 2                       12
Total                 for 6 wickets                             194

Fall Of Wickets
1-4 (de Villiers)             2-6 (Smith)                   
3-92 (Gibbs)                  4-123 (Prince)                
5-129 (Rudolph)               6-152 (Boucher)               

Bowling
McGrath             15      2    61     1
Lee                 10      3    48     1
Warne               11      1    45     0
MacGill              6      1    33     3

Australia
JL Langer                                b Langeveldt            20
ML Hayden             c Smith            b Botha                 90
*RT Ponting           not out                                   143
BJ Hodge              not out                                    27
Extras                b 0, lb 1, w 3, nb 4                        8
Total                 for 2 wickets                             288

Fall Of Wickets
1-30 (Langer)                 2-212 (Hayden)                

Bowling
Pollock             14      2    55     0
Langeveldt          14      1    52     1
Nel                  7      0    46     0
Botha               12.3    0    77     1
Kallis               2      0     8     0
Rudolph             11      0    49     0