Match Details
Players per side
12(11batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
South Africans , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
13 January 2006 (50-over match)
Mark Boucher, the South Africa wicketkeeper, lost respect for some of Australia's players following events during the tour of Australia
Mickey Arthur, South Africa's coach, reflects on the tour to Australia as the hardest time of his professional life
Australia trounced South Africa by 57 runs at Sydney on Sunday, but Ricky Ponting pinpointed the toss as the deciding factor, despite another swaggering fifty from Adam Gilchrist
Adam Gilchrist generated a high-energy batting performance that gave Australia the ideal warm-up for the VB Series finals as they thrashed South Africa by 57 runs at Sydney
Australia will head into next week's VB Series finals with all major areas firing after an 80-run victory