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South Africa tour of Australia 2005/06

26 Dec 2005 to 2 Jan 2006 · Australia · 2 matches

RESULT

Australia won 2-0

Every match

Every match
Date	Match	Format	Result	Ground
26 Dec 2005	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 184 runs	Melbourne Cricket Ground
2 Jan 2006	South Africa v Australia	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets	Sydney Cricket Ground

Leading players

Most Test runs
Batter	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
Ricky Ponting	Australia	2	4	391	143*	130.33	69.82	3	0
Matthew Hayden	Australia	2	4	296	137	74.00	52.48	1	2
Michael Hussey	Australia	2	3	198	122	66.00	51.03	1	0
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	2	4	197	94	49.25	53.53	0	2
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2	4	193	111	64.33	39.63	1	1

Most Test wickets
Bowler	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Andre Nel	South Africa	2	4	10	4/81	28.20	3.43	49.30	0
Shane Warne	Australia	2	4	8	4/74	35.87	2.98	72.00	0
Glenn McGrath	Australia	2	4	7	3/44	32.42	2.49	78.00	0
Brett Lee	Australia	2	4	7	3/82	35.00	3.08	68.14	0
Andrew Symonds	Australia	2	3	6	3/50	20.83	2.65	47.00	0

Highest individual Test scores
Score	Batter	Team	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
143*	Ricky Ponting	Australia	159	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02
137	Matthew Hayden	Australia	242	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26
122	Michael Hussey	Australia	203	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26
120	Ricky Ponting	Australia	174	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02
119	Ashwell Prince	South Africa	271	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02

Best Test bowling figures
Figures	Bowler	Team	Balls	Opponent	Ground	Date
4/74	Shane Warne	Australia	168	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26
4/81	Andre Nel	South Africa	145	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02
4/84	Andre Nel	South Africa	186	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26
3/33	Stuart MacGill	Australia	36	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02
3/44	Glenn McGrath	Australia	90	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26

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