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Mon, 26 Dec - Fri, 30 Dec 2005 - 00:00 – 2nd Test • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia won by 184 runs
Australia
451/10 (20.00) & 321/7 (83)
South Africa
636/4 (20.00) & 181/10 (74)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
451/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Phil Jaques
c Rudolph b Pollock
2
12
12
0
0
16.66
In 2005
Career
Matthew Hayden
c Smith b Pollock
65
177
228
9
0
36.72
In 2005
Career
Ricky Ponting (c)
c Gibbs b Nel
117
198
298
13
0
59.09
In 2005
Career
Brad Hodge
c Smith b Pollock
7
26
30
1
0
26.92
In 2005
Career
Michael Hussey
b Ntini
122
203
247
14
4
60.09
In 2005
Career
Andrew Symonds
c †Boucher b Nel
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 2005
Career
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
c Gibbs b Nel
2
7
14
0
0
28.57
In 2005
Career
Shane Warne
c Boje b Nel
9
14
18
1
0
64.28
In 2005
Career
Brett Lee
lbw b Ntini
4
16
26
0
0
25.00
In 2005
Career
Stuart MacGill
b Ntini
4
11
13
1
0
36.36
In 2005
Career
Glenn McGrath
not out
11
56
120
0
0
19.64
In 2005
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 4, nb 4, w 2)
12
Total
355 119.3 Ov (RR: 2.97, 506 Mins)
6745
13699
0
741
76
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Shaun Pollock
26.00
5
67
3
2.57
0
0
2
In 2005
Career
Makhaya Ntini
22.30
3
70
3
3.11
0
0
0
In 2005
Career
Jacques Kallis
21.50
4
69
0
3.16
0
2
0
In 2005
Career
Andre Nel
31.00
6
84
4
2.70
2
0
2
In 2005
Career
Nicky Boje
18.10
3
59
0
3.24
2
0
0
In 2005
Career
South Africa innigs
636/4 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
AB de Villiers
lbw b McGrath
61
141
178
9
0
43.26
In 2005
Career
Graeme Smith (c)
lbw b Lee
22
42
62
2
0
52.38
In 2005
Career
Herschelle Gibbs
b Symonds
94
234
347
15
0
40.17
In 2005
Career
Jacques Kallis
b Lee
23
91
108
2
0
25.27
In 2005
Career
Ashwell Prince
c Ponting b Warne
6
19
22
0
0
31.57
In 2005
Career
Jacques Rudolph
b Lee
13
36
40
2
0
36.11
In 2005
Career
Mark Boucher (WK)
lbw b Symonds
23
40
48
4
0
57.50
In 2005
Career
Shaun Pollock
lbw b Symonds
9
21
37
1
0
42.85
In 2005
Career
Nicky Boje
b Warne
12
27
43
2
0
44.44
In 2005
Career
Andre Nel
c Hussey b MacGill
14
21
28
3
0
66.66
In 2005
Career
Makhaya Ntini
not out
10
10
12
2
0
100.00
In 2005
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 7, nb 15)
24
Total
311 111 Ov (RR: 2.80, 467 Mins)
5909
12958
0
798
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Glenn McGrath
27.00
13
57
1
2.11
0
0
3
In 2005
Career
Brett Lee
28.00
5
92
3
3.28
0
0
9
In 2005
Career
Andrew Symonds
20.00
6
50
3
2.50
0
0
3
In 2005
Career
Shane Warne
21.00
7
62
2
2.95
0
0
0
In 2005
Career
Stuart MacGill
15.00
3
41
1
2.73
0
0
0
In 2005
Career
Australia innigs
321/7 (83)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Matthew Hayden
c †Boucher b Kallis
137
242
356
17
2
56.61
In 2005
Career
Phil Jaques
lbw b Nel
28
44
64
3
0
63.63
In 2005
Career
Ricky Ponting (c)
lbw b Pollock
11
29
48
0
0
37.93
In 2005
Career
Brad Hodge
c †Boucher b Nel
24
63
80
3
0
38.09
In 2005
Career
Michael Hussey
c Kallis b Smith
31
74
94
2
0
41.89
In 2005
Career
Andrew Symonds
c Nel b Kallis
72
54
69
5
6
133.33
In 2005
Career
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
c Prince b Kallis
0
1
4
0
0
0.00
In 2005
Career
Shane Warne
not out
0
0
1
0
0
0.00
In 2005
Career
Extras
(b 6, lb 3, nb 9)
18
Total
321/7d 83 Ov (RR: 3.86, 361 Mins)
6099
9633
0
570
152
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Shaun Pollock
23.00
5
60
1
2.60
0
0
5
In 2005
Career
Makhaya Ntini
8.00
2
17
0
2.12
0
0
0
In 2005
Career
Jacques Kallis
11.00
0
58
3
5.27
1
0
1
In 2005
Career
Andre Nel
20.00
3
71
2
3.55
2
0
0
In 2005
Career
Nicky Boje
14.00
1
65
0
4.64
3
0
0
In 2005
Career
Graeme Smith
7.00
0
41
1
5.85
2
0
3
In 2005
Career
South Africa innigs
181/10 (74)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Smith (c)
c †Gilchrist b McGrath
25
52
70
3
0
48.07
In 2005
Career
AB de Villiers
st †Gilchrist b Warne
8
44
64
1
0
18.18
In 2005
Career
Herschelle Gibbs
b Warne
9
11
18
2
0
81.81
In 2005
Career
Jacques Kallis
c †Gilchrist b Symonds
9
26
39
2
0
34.61
In 2005
Career
Ashwell Prince
c Hayden b Warne
26
120
147
2
0
21.66
In 2005
Career
Jacques Rudolph
b Symonds
4
5
8
1
0
80.00
In 2005
Career
Mark Boucher (WK)
c Ponting b Warne
5
18
30
0
0
27.77
In 2005
Career
Shaun Pollock
not out
67
120
156
8
1
55.83
In 2005
Career
Nicky Boje
b McGrath
13
38
58
0
1
34.21
In 2005
Career
Andre Nel
c †Gilchrist b McGrath
2
7
10
0
0
28.57
In 2005
Career
Makhaya Ntini
b MacGill
2
6
5
0
0
33.33
In 2005
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 4, w 1)
11
Total
181 74 Ov (RR: 2.44, 307 Mins)
3439
8493
0
361
38
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Glenn McGrath
15.00
3
44
3
2.93
0
0
0
In 2005
Career
Brett Lee
11.00
4
23
0
2.09
0
0
1
In 2005
Career
Shane Warne
28.00
7
74
4
2.64
1
1
3
In 2005
Career
Andrew Symonds
4.00
2
6
2
1.50
0
0
0
In 2005
Career
Stuart MacGill
16.00
7
28
1
1.75
1
0
0
In 2005
Career
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