Australia vs South Africa 5th ODI 2006 Greatest Cricket Match Ever (World Record ODI) Highlights

South Africa won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining)

• ODI no. 2349 | 2005/06 season
• Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
• 12 March 2006 (50-over match)

	Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AC Gilchrist†	c Hall b Telemachus	55	68	44	9	0	125.00
	SM Katich	c Telemachus b Ntini	79	138	90	9	1	87.77
	RT Ponting*	c Dippenaar b Telemachus	164	154	105	13	9	156.19
	MEK Hussey	c Ntini b Hall	81	75	51	9	3	158.82
	A Symonds	not out	27	23	13	3	1	207.69
	B Lee	not out	9	13	7	0	0	128.57
	Extras	(lb 4, w 5, nb 10)	19
	Total	(4 wickets; 50 overs; 234 mins)	434	(8.68 runs per over)

Did not bat DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, NW Bracken, SR Clark, ML Lewis

Fall of wickets 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	Econ
	M Ntini	9	0	80	1	8.88	(1w)
	AJ Hall	10	0	80	1	8.00	(2nb)
	JJ van der Wath	10	0	76	0	7.60	(1nb, 1w)
	R Telemachus	10	1	87	2	8.70	(7nb, 3w)
	GC Smith	4	0	29	0	7.25
	JH Kallis	6	0	70	0	11.66
	JM Kemp	1	0	8	0	8.00

	South Africa innings (target: 435 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith*	c Hussey b Clarke	90	100	55	13	2	163.63
	HH Dippenaar	b Bracken	1	6	7	0	0	14.28
	HH Gibbs	c Lee b Symonds	175	142	111	21	7	157.65
	AB de Villiers	c Clarke b Bracken	14	43	20	1	0	70.00
	JH Kallis	c & b Symonds	20	22	21	1	0	95.23
	MV Boucher†	not out	50	79	43	4	0	116.27
	JM Kemp	c Martyn b Bracken	13	20	17	0	0	76.47
	JJ van der Wath	c Ponting b Bracken	35	20	18	1	3	194.44
	R Telemachus	c Hussey b Bracken	12	10	6	2	0	200.00
	AJ Hall	c Clarke b Lee	7	9	4	1	0	175.00
	M Ntini	not out	1	3	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 4)	20
	Total	(9 wickets; 49.5 overs; 228 mins)	438	(8.78 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 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	Econ
	B Lee	7.5	0	68	1	8.68	(3nb, 1w)
	NW Bracken	10	0	67	5	6.70
	SR Clark	6	0	54	0	9.00
	ML Lewis	10	0	113	0	11.30	(1nb, 1w)
	A Symonds	9	0	75	2	8.33
	MJ Clarke	7	0	49	1	7.00

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series South Africa won the 5-match series 3-2

Players of the match HH Gibbs (South Africa) and RT Ponting (Australia) Player of the series SM Pollock (South Africa)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BG Jerling TV umpire KH Hurter Match referee BC Broad (England)

Match notes

4th Umpire - M Erasmus Australia 50 runs in 33 mins off 47 balls in 7.5 overs, 9x4, 0x6 Gilchrist/Katich 50 partnership in 33mins off 47 balls, 9x4, 0x6 (Contributions: Gilchrist 29, Katich 23, Extras 0) Gilchrist 50 runs in 50 mins off 35 balls, 8x4 Australia 100 runs in 76 mins off 102 balls in 16.3overs, 14x4, 1x6 Katich 50 runs in 86 mins off 60 balls, 6x4, 1x6 Australia 150 runs in 103 mins off 143 balls in 23 overs, 21x4, 1x6 Ponting/Katich 50 partnership in 35 mins off 49 balls, 7x4, 0x6 (Contributions: Ponting 31, Katich 19, Extras 3) Ponting 50 runs in 51 mins off 43 balls, 6x4, 2x6 Australia 200 runs in 127 mins off 178 balls in 28.5 overs, 25x4, 4x6 Australia 250 runs in 154 mins off 213 balls in 34.3 overs, 29x4, 6x6 Ponting/Hussey 50 partnership in 30 mins off 38 balls, 4x4, 2x6 (Contributions: Ponting 23, Hussey 28, Extras 2) Australia 300 runs in 179 mins off 246 balls in 39.5 over, 34x4, 7x6 Hussey 50 runs in 49 minutes off 33 balls, 17x4, 1x6 Ponting/Hussey 100 partnership in 53 mins off 68 balls, 11x4, 2x6 (Contributions: Ponting 40, Hussey 56, Extras 4) Australia 350 runs in 200 mins off 273 balls in 44 overs, 38x4, 10x6 Ponting/Hussey 150 partnership in 71 mins off 92 balls, 12x4, 7x6 (Contributions: Ponting 68, Hussey 79, Extras 5) Ponting 150 runs in 145 mins off 99 balls, 11x4, 9x6 Australia 400 runs in 218 mins off 295 balls in 47 overs, 40x4, 14x6 South Africa 50 runs in 32 minutes off 45 balls in 7.1 overs, 7x4, 1x6 Smith/Gibbs 50 partnership in 28 mins off 39 balls, 7x4, 1x6 (Contributions: Smith 21, Gibbs 24, Extras 5) South Africa 100 runs in 59 mins off 78 balls in 12.2 overs, 14x4, 1x6 Gibbs 50 runs in 57 mins off 46 balls, 6x4, 1x6 Smith 50 runs in 71 mins off 33 balls, 10x4 South Africa 100 runs in 86 mins off 115 balls, 21x4, 1x6 Smith/Gibbs 150 partnership in 80 mins off 108 balls, 21x4, 1x6 (Contributions: Smith 69, Gibbs 68, Extras 13) South Africa 200 runs in 105 mins off 142 balls in 22 overs, 22x4, 5x6 Gibbs 100 runs in 104 mins off 79 balls, 11x4, 3x6 Gibbs 150 runs in 129 mins off 100 balls, 19x4, 5x6 Gibbs/de Villiers 50 partnership in 20 mins off 24 balls, 7x4, 2x6 (Contributions: Gibbs 44, de Villiers 6, Extras 2) South Africa 300 runs in 152 mins off 199 balls, 36x4, 9x6 South Africa 350 runs in 183 mins off 256 balls, 37x4, 9x4 Boucher 50 runs in 78 mins off 43 balls, 4x4 South Africa 400 runs in 207 mins off 286 balls, 38x4, 12x6 Boucher 50 runs in 78 mins off 43 balls, 4x4