South Africa vs Australia Scorecard (Match 3), 5 Mar 2006

Australia in South Africa ODI Series 2005/06

Completed

South Africa

230/10

(47.2 ov)

Australia

254/6

(50.0 ov)

Australia won by 24 runs

Match 3 · ODI · 5 Mar 2006

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Key performer

SM Pollock

South Africa

69 (74) · 2/45

140

FANTASY PTS

B Lee · Australia

6 (3) · 4/48

131

AB de Villiers · South Africa

68 (92) · 1 ro

SCORECARD

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
AC Gilchrist c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	25	33	3	0
SM Katich run out (AB de Villiers)	49	80	4	1
RT Ponting c RJ Peterson b SM Pollock	62	82	5	0
DR Martyn c R Telemachus b M Ntini	51	69	1	1
MJ Clarke run out (MV Boucher)	25	23	0	1
MEK Hussey c HH Gibbs b AJ Hall	22	10	1	2
B Lee not out	6	3	1	0
SR Watson not out	4	3	0	0

Extras 10 (wd 6, nb 3, b 0, lb 1)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
SM Pollock	10.0	1	45	2
M Ntini	9.0	0	56	1
R Telemachus (4wd, 3nb)	8.0	0	59	0
AJ Hall	9.0	1	39	1
RJ Peterson (1wd)	10.0	1	39	0
GC Smith (1wd)	4.0	0	15	0

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
GC Smith c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	10	12	2	0
HH Dippenaar lbw b SR Watson	16	35	2	0
HH Gibbs run out (SR Clark)	16	30	2	0
AB de Villiers c GB Hogg b MJ Clarke	68	92	6	1
MV Boucher c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	5	11	1	0
JM Kemp c NW Bracken b SR Clark	0	5	0	0
SM Pollock b SR Watson	69	74	7	1
AJ Hall c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	5	6	0	0
RJ Peterson c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	3	5	0	0
R Telemachus lbw b NW Bracken	29	13	0	3
M Ntini not out	1	4	0	0

Extras 8 (wd 2, nb 3, b 0, lb 3) · Target 255

Bowler	O	M	R	W
B Lee (3nb)	9.0	2	48	4
NW Bracken (2wd)	8.2	1	40	1
SR Clark	9.0	0	32	1
SR Watson	10.0	0	49	2
MJ Clarke	9.0	0	46	1
GB Hogg	2.0	0	12	0

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Fantasy points

Player	Points
SM Pollock · South Africa	140
B Lee · Australia	131
AB de Villiers · South Africa	76
RT Ponting · Australia	67
AC Gilchrist · Australia	60
SM Katich · Australia	55
DR Martyn · Australia	54
SR Watson · Australia	54
MJ Clarke · Australia	52
NW Bracken · Australia	45
R Telemachus · South Africa	43
AJ Hall · South Africa	42
MEK Hussey · Australia	27
HH Gibbs · South Africa	26
M Ntini · South Africa	26
SR Clark · Australia	25
RJ Peterson · South Africa	23
HH Dippenaar · South Africa	18
MV Boucher · South Africa	14
GC Smith · South Africa	12
GB Hogg · Australia	8
JM Kemp · South Africa	0

Australia won by 24 runs

Toss: South Africa, chose to fieldPlayer of the match: B LeeVenue: St George's Park, Port ElizabethSeries: Australia in South Africa ODI Series 2005/06

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