Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> HH Gibbs (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 31
--> PL Symcox (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 1
--> RT Ponting (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 48
--> SK Warne (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 4
--> SK Warne reached 300 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed JH Kallis, his 6th wicket in the South Africa second innings
Lunch: South Africa 1/47 (Bacher 30*, Kallis 3*, 22 overs) Tea: South Africa 3/140 (Cronje 25*, Gibbs 43*, 64 overs) Start of play delayed 30 minutes due to dampness on a batting strip adjacent to the Test pitch, due to overwatering on the previous day. Attendance: 34,952. Lunch: South Africa 287 all out (Donald 4*, 124.1 overs) Tea: Australia 2/78 (Blewett 19*, M Waugh 11*, 36 overs) Floodlights turned on at 2.55pm. Rain ends play at 5.54pm. Attendance: 27,246. Lunch: Australia 4/259 (SR Waugh 57*, Ponting 19*, 96 overs) Tea: Australia 5/332 (Ponting 48*, Bevan 12*, 126 overs) Floodlights turned on at 4.40pm. Attendance: 26,118. Lunch: South Africa 3/21 (Kallis 12*, Gibbs 0*; 16 overs) Tea: South Africa: 7/85 (Kallis 40*, Symcox 18*; 39 overs) Floodlights switched on at 2.40pm. Rain stopped play at 3.05pm. Tea was taken during the interruption. Play resumed at 6.20pm, with stumps rescheduled to 7.00pm. Taylor claimed the additional half-hour with the score 9/112. The match ended at 7.10pm. No further play would have been possible on the day with a heavy downpour commencing as the final delivery was bowled. Attendance: 17,169. Match aggregate: 105,125.
