| 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 # 2349Australia 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 wicketSeries: South Africa wins the 5-ODI series 3-2
 Toss: AustraliaUmpires: 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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