<page_title> South African cricket team in Australia in 2005–06 </page_title> <section_title> Third Test, Australia v South Africa, 2 January–6 January </section_title> <table> <cell> Australia won by 8 wickets </cell> <cell> RT Ponting 120 A Nel 4–81 </cell> <cell> RT Ponting 143* CK Langeveldt 1–52 </cell> </table>
Ponting hit centuries in both innings of the Test and he was 143 not out where Australia secured a win.