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Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005-06

Australia in South Africa in 2005-06
  Flag of Australia.svg Flag of South Africa.svg
  Australia South Africa
Dates 26 February – 4 April 2006
Captains Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith
Test series
Result Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Ricky Ponting 348 Jacques Kallis 227
Most wickets Stuart Clark 20 Makhaya Ntini 19
Player of the series Stuart Clark
One Day International series
Results South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Ricky Ponting 233 Herschelle Gibbs 258
Most wickets Nathan Bracken 9 Makhaya Ntini 11
Player of the series Shaun Pollock
Twenty20 International series
Results South Africa won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Brett Lee 43 Graeme Smith 89
Most wickets Mick Lewis 2 Andrew Hall 3
Player of the series Graeme Smith

Australian cricket team toured South Africa for cricket matches during the 2005–06 South African cricket season. Australia won the Tests with a 3–0 whitewash, but lost both the limited overs series, the one-off Twenty20 and the five-match ODI, which was concluded with what was described as "the greatest ODI ever".

South Africa v Australia (24 February)

GC Smith 89* (58)
HH Gibbs 56 (34)
ML Lewis 2/31 (4 overs)

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (D/N)
Umpires: M Erasmus and KH Hurter
Man of the Match: GC Smith

B Lee 43* (21)
GB Hogg 41 (25)
AJ Hall 3/22 (4 overs)

MEK Hussey 56 (73)
MJ Clarke 53 (82)
SM Pollock 3/23 (10 overs)
M Ntini 2/42 (9 overs)

SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa (D/N)
Umpires: BG Jerling (Rsa) and JW Lloyds (Eng)
Man of the Match: GC Smith

GC Smith 119* (124)
AB de Villiers 43 (30)
NW Bracken 1/27 (8 overs)
GB Hogg 1/30 (8 overs)


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