Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06
The Australian cricket team toured South Africa for cricket matches during the 2005–06 South African cricket season. Australia won the Tests with a 3–0 whitewash, but lost both the limited overs series, the one-off Twenty20 and the five-match ODI, which was concluded with what was described as "the greatest ODI ever".
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| Australia | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 26 February – 4 April 2006 | ||
| Captains | Ricky Ponting | Graeme Smith | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Ricky Ponting (348) | Jacques Kallis (227) | |
| Most wickets | Stuart Clark (20) | Makhaya Ntini (19) | |
| Player of the series | Stuart Clark (Aus) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Ricky Ponting (233) | Herschelle Gibbs (258) | |
| Most wickets | Nathan Bracken (9) | Makhaya Ntini (11) | |
| Player of the series | Shaun Pollock (SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Brett Lee (43) | Graeme Smith (89) | |
| Most wickets | Mick Lewis (2) | Andrew Hall (3) | |
| Player of the series | Graeme Smith (SA) | ||
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T20I series edit
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ODI series edit
1st ODI edit
26 February 2006
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- Australia won the toss and decided to bat.
- Australia innings was reduced to 47 overs. South Africa target was 204 runs in 41 overs
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
This was Australia's second worst loss in their history of One Day internationals.
3rd ODI edit
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
5th ODI edit
The 5th One Day International cricket match between South Africa and Australia, played on 12 March 2006 at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, has been acclaimed by many media commentators as being one of the greatest One Day International matches ever played. The match broke many cricket records, including both the first and the second team innings score of over 400 runs. Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 434 for 4 off their 50 overs, beating the previous record of 398-5 by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 1996. In reply, South Africa scored 438–9, winning by one wicket with one ball to spare.
March 12 2006
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- Australia won the toss and chose to bat
- Australia scored the first ever team total over 400 in men's cricket in ODIs.
- Australia scored the highest ever team total in ODIs (434); surpassing Sri Lanka's total of 398 in 1996; before South Africa surpassed it in the same match (438). [Later Surpassed]
- South Africa chasing 484 was the highest successful ODI chase of all time and the highest team total in the second innings in ODIs.
- This match recorded the highest aggregate runs in a match: (872), surpassing the previous record of 693 set by India and Pakistan in 2004.
- This match recorded the most sixes hit in a match in ODIs (26) and the most fours hit in a match in ODIs (89). [Later Surpassed]
- Ricky Ponting (AUS) scored the fastest 150 in ODIs, reaching this target in 99 balls. [Later Surpassed]
- Mick Lewis conceded the most runs in an innings in ODIs (113). He also became the first bowler to concede 100 runs in a fifty-over ODI match. [Later Surpassed]
Test series edit
1st Test edit
16–18 March 2006
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
- SR Clark (AUS) made his Test debut.
As well as gaining his Test match debut, Stuart Clark, in scoring the best bowling figures for both of South Africa's innings, won himself Man of The Match.
2nd Test edit
3rd Test edit
References edit
- ^ Australia in Pakistan February - April 2006, India Squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 27 February 2006
- ^ Pakistani Squad from BBC Sport, published 9 January 2006
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