Monday, 13 March 2006

OMG. South Africa win the greatest game

So, I went to bed feeling pretty content that Australia was going to win the fifth one day international after watching their amazing innings in which they scored 434 runs.

When I woke up, I checked the results and I couldn't believe what happened. South Africa chased the score down and WON

Unbelievable

ODI # 2349
Australia in South Africa, 2005-06, 5th One-Day International
South Africa v Australia
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
12 March 2006 (50-over match)

Result: South Africa won by 1 wicket
Series: South Africa wins the 5-ODI series 3-2

Toss: Australia
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and BG Jerling
TV Umpire: KH Hurter
Match Referee: BC Broad (Eng)
Man of the Match: HH Gibbs and RT Ponting
Player of the Series: SM Pollock (SA)

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Hall             b Telemachus          55  68  44  9 0
SM Katich             c Telemachus       b Ntini               79 138  90  9 1
*RT Ponting           c Dippenaar        b Telemachus         164 154 105 13 9
MEK Hussey            c Ntini            b Hall                81  75  51  9 3
A Symonds             not out                                  27  23  13  3 1
B Lee                 not out                                   9  13   7  0 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 5, nb 10)                       19
Total                 (4 wickets, 50 overs, 234 mins)         434

DNB: DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, NW Bracken, SR Clark, ML Lewis.

FoW: 1-97 (Gilchrist, 15.2 ov), 2-216 (Katich, 30.3 ov), 3-374 (Hussey, 46.1 ov), 4-407 (Ponting, 47.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W Ntini 9 0 80 1 (1w) Hall 10 0 80 1 (2nb) van der Wath 10 0 76 0 (1nb, 1w) Telemachus 10 1 87 2 (7nb, 3w) Smith 4 0 29 0 Kallis 6 0 70 0 Kemp 1 0 8 0

South Africa innings (target: 435 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6 *GC Smith c Hussey b Clarke 90 100 55 13 2 HH Dippenaar b Bracken 1 6 7 0 0 HH Gibbs c Lee b Symonds 175 142 111 21 7 AB de Villiers c Clarke b Bracken 14 43 20 1 0 JH Kallis c & b Symonds 20 22 21 1 0 +MV Boucher not out 50 79 43 4 0 JM Kemp c Martyn b Bracken 13 20 17 0 0 JJ van der Wath c Ponting b Bracken 35 20 18 1 3 R Telemachus c Hussey b Bracken 12 10 6 2 0 AJ Hall c Clarke b Lee 7 9 4 1 0 M Ntini not out 1 3 1 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 4) 20 Total (9 wickets, 49.5 overs, 228 mins) 438

FoW: 1-3 (Dippenaar, 1.2 ov), 2-190 (Smith, 22.1 ov), 3-284 (de Villiers, 30.5 ov), 4-299 (Gibbs, 31.5 ov), 5-327 (Kallis, 37.4 ov), 6-355 (Kemp, 42.1 ov), 7-399 (van der Wath, 46.3 ov), 8-423 (Telemachus, 48.2 ov), 9-433 (Hall, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W Lee 7.5 0 68 1 (3nb, 1w) Bracken 10 0 67 5 Clark 6 0 54 0 Lewis 10 0 113 0 (1nb, 1w) Symonds 9 0 75 2 Clarke 7 0 49 1

Australia full substitute: GB Hogg (unused).

South Africa full substitute: RJ Peterson (unused).


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