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South Africa tour of Australia 2005/06 - Stats

CompletedTest16 Dec 2005 – 2 Jan 2006· International
Australia won the series 2-0

Most runs

PlayerMInnsRunsHSAvgSR4s6s
Ricky Ponting Australia24391143130.3369.82411
Matthew Hayden Australia2429613774.0052.48372
Michael Hussey Australia2319812266.0051.03244
Herschelle Gibbs South Africa241979449.2553.53330
Jacques Kallis South Africa2419311164.3339.63240
Ashwell Prince South Africa2416911942.2538.41170
Shaun Pollock South Africa241486774.0065.49142
Graeme Smith South Africa24913922.7550.56110
Adam Gilchrist Australia23888629.3375.21102
Andrew Symonds Australia23847228.0079.2566

Most wickets

PlayerMOversWktsRunsAvgEcon
André Nel South Africa282.11028228.203.43
Shane Warne Australia296828735.882.99
Glenn McGrath Australia291722732.432.49
Brett Lee Australia279.3724535.003.08
Andrew Symonds Australia247612520.832.66
Stuart MacGill Australia266620434.003.09
Jacques Kallis South Africa249.5516032.003.21
Shaun Pollock South Africa288529158.203.31
Makhaya Ntini South Africa130.338729.002.85
Charl Langeveldt South Africa138316053.334.21

Highest scores

PlayerRunsBalls4s6svs
Ricky Ponting Australia143*159160SA
Matthew Hayden Australia137242172SA
Michael Hussey Australia122203144SA
Ricky Ponting Australia120174121SA
Ashwell Prince South Africa119271130AUS
Ricky Ponting Australia117198130SA
Jacques Kallis South Africa111275170AUS
Herschelle Gibbs South Africa94234150AUS
Matthew Hayden Australia90134110SA
Adam Gilchrist Australia86109102SA

Best bowling figures

PlayerFiguresOversvs
Shane Warne Australia4/7428SA
André Nel South Africa4/8124.1AUS
André Nel South Africa4/8431AUS
Stuart MacGill Australia3/336SA
Glenn McGrath Australia3/4415SA
Andrew Symonds Australia3/5020SA
Jacques Kallis South Africa3/5811AUS
Shaun Pollock South Africa3/6726AUS
Makhaya Ntini South Africa3/7022.3AUS
Brett Lee Australia3/8230.4SA

Most sixes

Player6s4sRuns
Andrew Symonds Australia6684
Michael Hussey Australia424198
Matthew Hayden Australia237296
Shaun Pollock South Africa214148
Adam Gilchrist Australia21088
Ricky Ponting Australia141391
Nicky Boje South Africa1225

Most 50s / 100s

Player100s50sRuns
Ricky Ponting Australia30391
Matthew Hayden Australia12296
Jacques Kallis South Africa11193
Michael Hussey Australia10198
Ashwell Prince South Africa10169
Herschelle Gibbs South Africa02197
Shaun Pollock South Africa01148
Adam Gilchrist Australia0188
Andrew Symonds Australia0184
AB de Villiers South Africa0172

Best strike rate (min 30 balls)

PlayerSRRunsBalls
Stuart MacGill Australia103.133332
Justin Langer Australia86.544552
Andrew Symonds Australia79.2584106
André Nel South Africa77.782836
Adam Gilchrist Australia75.2188117
Ricky Ponting Australia69.82391560
Shaun Pollock South Africa65.49148226
Phil Jaques Australia53.573056
Herschelle Gibbs South Africa53.53197368
Matthew Hayden Australia52.48296564

Best economy (min 10 overs)

PlayerEconOversWkts
Glenn McGrath Australia2.49917
Andrew Symonds Australia2.66476
Makhaya Ntini South Africa2.8530.33
Shane Warne Australia2.99968
Brett Lee Australia3.0879.37
Stuart MacGill Australia3.09666
Jacques Kallis South Africa3.2149.55
Shaun Pollock South Africa3.31885
André Nel South Africa3.4382.110
Nicky Boje South Africa3.8532.10

Most catches (fielder)

Most dismissals (keeper)

PlayerDisCtSt
Adam Gilchrist862
Mark Boucher660

Highest team totals

TeamScoreOversvs
South Africa451/9d154.4AUS
Australia35995.1SA
Australia355119.3SA
Australia321/7d83SA
South Africa311111AUS
Australia288/260.3SA
South Africa194/6d42AUS
South Africa18173.5AUS

Lowest completed totals

TeamScoreOversvs
South Africa18173.5AUS
South Africa311111AUS
Australia355119.3SA
Australia35995.1SA