4th Match: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne (Dock), Jan 20, 2006

ODI no. 2316

VB Series - 4th Match Australia v South Africa

2005/06 season

Played at Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, on 20 January 2006 - day/night (50-over match) Result Australia won by 59 runs

	Australia innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		DR Martyn	b Pollock	11	9	9	2	0	122.22
		PA Jaques	c Boucher b van der Wath	94	145	112	14	0	83.92
		RT Ponting	c Smith b Hall	9	30	19	1	0	47.36
		A Symonds	c Prince b Steyn	7	22	14	1	0	50.00
		MJ Clarke	c Boucher b van der Wath	34	65	44	4	0	77.27
		MEK Hussey	c Kruger b Hall	18	37	31	0	0	58.06
		BJ Haddin	b Pollock	1	3	4	0	0	25.00
		JR Hopes	c Botha b Hall	38	56	47	1	0	80.85
		B Lee	b Smith	6	9	9	0	0	66.66
		BR Dorey	c Kemp b Hall	2	13	8	0	0	25.00
		GD McGrath	not out	2	7	6	0	0	33.33
		Extras	(lb 3, w 13, nb 7)	23
		Total	(all out; 49.2 overs; 210 mins)	245	(4.96 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-17 (Martyn, 2.4 ov), 2-55 (Ponting, 9.6 ov), 3-85 (Symonds, 14.5 ov), 4-172 (Clarke, 30.3 ov), 5-177 (Jaques, 32.5 ov), 6-181 (Haddin, 34.1 ov), 7-208 (Hussey, 40.3 ov), 8-221 (Lee, 43.4 ov), 9-238 (Dorey, 47.1 ov), 10-245 (Hopes, 49.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SM Pollock	10	2	31	2	3.10	(1w)
	DW Steyn	5	0	58	1	11.60	(7nb, 2w)
	AJ Hall	9.2	0	35	4	3.75	(1w)
	GJP Kruger	6	0	35	0	5.83	(2w)
	J Botha	10	0	47	0	4.70
	JJ van der Wath	5	0	21	2	4.20	(1w)
	GC Smith	4	0	15	1	3.75	(2w)

	South Africa innings (target: 246 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		GC Smith	c Haddin b Lee	9	19	17	1	0	52.94
		HH Dippenaar	b Lee	41	130	93	3	0	44.08
		AJ Hall	b Lee	1	7	4	0	0	25.00
		HH Gibbs	lbw b Hogg	39	70	53	4	1	73.58
		AG Prince	b Lee	21	35	27	1	1	77.77
		MV Boucher	lbw b Hogg	5	21	12	0	0	41.66
		JM Kemp	b Lee	3	6	8	0	0	37.50
		JJ van der Wath	c Haddin b Hogg	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
		SM Pollock	c Haddin b Dorey	46	36	31	1	4	148.38
		J Botha	not out	15	40	25	1	0	60.00
		GJP Kruger	c Symonds b McGrath	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 1)	6
		Total	(all out; 47 overs; 200 mins)	186	(3.95 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-12 (Smith, 4.3 ov), 2-16 (Hall, 6.2 ov), 3-84 (Gibbs, 24.5 ov), 4-114 (Dippenaar, 31.5 ov), 5-119 (Prince, 33.3 ov), 6-123 (Kemp, 35.2 ov), 7-123 (Boucher, 36.2 ov), 8-124 (van der Wath, 36.6 ov), 9-185 (Pollock, 45.3 ov), 10-186 (Kruger, 46.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	10	1	22	5	2.20	(2w)
	GD McGrath	9	2	35	1	3.88	(1nb)
	BR Dorey	9	1	51	1	5.66
	JR Hopes	7	1	28	0	4.00
	GB Hogg	10	0	32	3	3.20
	A Symonds	2	0	15	0	7.50

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first Points Australia 5, South Africa 0 ODI debuts BR Dorey and PA Jaques (Australia); JJ van der Wath (South Africa) Australia replacement GB Hogg for PA Jaques (South Africa innings, 20.0 ov) South Africa replacement JJ van der Wath for DW Steyn (Australia innings, 18.0 ov) Player of the match B Lee (Australia) Umpires MR Benson (England) and DJ Harper TV umpire PD Parker Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Match notes

• Australia innings
• Australia: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 6
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• Drinks: Australia - 85/3 in 14.5 overs (PA Jaques 47, MJ Clarke 0)
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• PA Jaques: 50 off 55 balls (10 x 4)
• Australia: 100 runs in 17.2 overs (115 balls), Extras 12
• Australia: 150 runs in 26.2 overs (171 balls), Extras 20
• Drinks: Australia - 175/4 in 32.0 overs (PA Jaques 92, MEK Hussey 1)
• Australia: 200 runs in 37.4 overs (240 balls), Extras 21
• South Africa innings
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• Drinks: South Africa - 43/2 in 17.0 overs (HH Dippenaar 21, HH Gibbs 12)
• South Africa: 50 runs in 17.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 0
• South Africa: 100 runs in 29.5 overs (179 balls), Extras 2
• South Africa: 150 runs in 41.6 overs (254 balls), Extras 4