Series · 2006

Australia tour of South Africa 2005/06

Test · 3 matches · 16 Mar 2006 to 31 Mar 2006

Australia won the series 3–0

South AfricaAustralia

Most runs

#PlayerSpanInnsRunsHSAvgSR100s
1 Ricky Ponting 2006 6 348 116 58.00 58.00 2
2 Michael Hussey 2006 5 257 89 64.25 46.90 0
3 Matthew Hayden 2006 6 231 102 38.50 48.53 1
4 Jacques Kallis 2006 6 227 114 37.83 46.23 1
5 Damien Martyn 2006 6 225 101 56.25 47.47 1
6 Ashwell Prince 2006 6 186 93 31.00 43.36 0
7 Mark Boucher 2006 6 175 63 35.00 45.10 0
8 Nicky Boje 2006 6 146 48 29.20 72.64 0
9 AB de Villiers 2006 6 127 50 21.17 39.94 0
10 Jacques Rudolph 2006 6 125 41 20.83 46.99 0

Most wickets

#PlayerSpanInnsWktsBestAvgEcon5w
1 Stuart Clark 2006 6 20 5/55 15.85 2.69 1
2 Makhaya Ntini 2006 6 19 6/100 22.37 3.70 1
3 Brett Lee 2006 6 17 5/69 19.53 2.86 1
4 Shane Warne 2006 6 15 6/86 28.20 3.31 1
5 Jacques Kallis 2006 5 7 3/51 32.86 3.33 0
6 Michael Kasprowicz 2006 6 7 2/44 41.71 3.78 0
7 Nicky Boje 2006 6 7 2/63 43.86 3.42 0
8 André Nel 2006 6 6 3/83 42.83 2.81 0
9 Shaun Pollock 2006 4 4 1/55 66.25 2.89 0
10 Andrew Hall 2006 2 1 1/66 82.00 3.90 0

Highest scores

#PlayerRunsBalls4s6sTeamMatch
1 Ricky Ponting 116 187 12 2 Australia 24 Mar 2006 v South Africa
2 Jacques Kallis 114 223 17 0 South Africa 24 Mar 2006 v Australia
3 Ricky Ponting 103 225 10 0 Australia 24 Mar 2006 v South Africa
4 Matthew Hayden 102 217 12 0 Australia 24 Mar 2006 v South Africa
5 Damien Martyn 101 208 13 1 Australia 31 Mar 2006 v South Africa

Best bowling

#PlayerFiguresOversEconTeamMatch
1 Shane Warne 6/86 35.5 2.40 Australia 24 Mar 2006 v South Africa
2 Makhaya Ntini 6/100 18.5 5.31 South Africa 31 Mar 2006 v Australia
3 Stuart Clark 5/55 17 3.24 Australia 16 Mar 2006 v South Africa
4 Brett Lee 5/69 19.4 3.51 Australia 24 Mar 2006 v South Africa
5 Stuart Clark 4/34 16 2.13 Australia 16 Mar 2006 v South Africa

Results

3rd Test · Australia tour of South Africa 2006 · 31 Mar 2006
SASouth Africa 303 & 258
AUSAustralia 270/9 & 294/8
Australia won by 2 wickets
2nd Test · Australia tour of South Africa 2006 · 24 Mar 2006
AUSAustralia 369 & 307/4d
SASouth Africa 267 & 297
Australia won by 112 runs
1st Test · Australia tour of South Africa 2006 · 16 Mar 2006
SASouth Africa 205 & 197
AUSAustralia 308 & 95/3
Australia won by 7 wickets