TestNo. 1360MenScorecard

South Africa v Australia

Australia won by 2 wickets

14 to 17 March 1997Gqeberha

South Africa

209 & 16873.4 ov

Australiawon by 2 wickets

108 & 271/893.3 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

South Africa innings

20974.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	caught	0	19	27	0	0	0.0
Adam Bacher	caught	11	34	51	2	0	32.4
Jacques Kallis	caught	0	12	19	0	0	0.0
Daryll Cullinan	caught	34	59	78	4	0	57.6
Hansie Cronje	bowled	0	7	11	0	0	0.0
Herschelle Gibbs	bowled	31	65	93	5	0	47.7
Brian McMillan	caught	55	108	187	7	0	50.9
Shaun Pollock	lbw	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
David Richardson	caught	47	105	116	4	1	44.8
Allan Donald	caught	9	30	46	1	0	30.0
Paul Adams	not out	5*	8	8	1	0	62.5
Extras	b 8, lb 8, w 1	17
Total	all out, 74.4 overs	209

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-13 Gary Kirsten2-17 Jacques Kallis3-21 Adam Bacher4-22 Hansie Cronje5-70 Daryll Cullinan6-95 Herschelle Gibbs7-95 Shaun Pollock8-180 David Richardson9-204 Brian McMillan10-209 Allan Donald

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Glenn McGrath	22	7	66	2	3.00	0
Jason Gillespie	23	10	54	5	2.35	1
Shane Warne	23.4	5	62	3	2.62	0
Greg Blewett	4	2	3	0	0.75	0
Michael Bevan	2	0	8	0	4.00	0

Australia innings

10870.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	caught	0	14	15	0	0	0.0
Mark Taylor	caught	8	44	65	0	0	18.2
Matthew Elliott	run out	23	121	166	4	0	19.0
Mark Waugh	lbw	20	36	67	3	0	55.6
Steve Waugh	caught	8	49	55	1	0	16.3
Greg Blewett	bowled	13	46	82	0	0	28.3
Michael Bevan	caught	0	13	16	0	0	0.0
Ian Healy	caught	5	33	47	0	0	15.2
Shane Warne	lbw	18	27	49	2	0	66.7
Jason Gillespie	not out	1*	37	44	0	0	2.7
Glenn McGrath	caught	0	7	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 7, w 2, nb 2	12
Total	all out, 70.4 overs	108

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-1 Matthew Hayden2-13 Mark Taylor3-48 Mark Waugh4-64 Matthew Elliott5-66 Steve Waugh6-70 Michael Bevan7-85 Ian Healy8-86 Greg Blewett9-106 Shane Warne10-108 Glenn McGrath

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Allan Donald	23	13	18	1	0.78	0	1
Shaun Pollock	6	3	6	2	1.00	0	1
Paul Adams	4	0	5	1	1.25	0	0
Brian McMillan	14	2	32	2	2.29	0	0
Hansie Cronje	14	7	21	2	1.50	0	0
Jacques Kallis	9.4	2	18	1	1.86	2	1

South Africa innings

16873.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	bowled	43	106	138	7	0	40.6
Adam Bacher	caught	49	129	173	7	0	38.0
Jacques Kallis	run out	2	26	31	0	0	7.7
Daryll Cullinan	lbw	2	11	15	0	0	18.2
Hansie Cronje	caught	27	66	89	5	0	40.9
Herschelle Gibbs	caught	7	22	32	0	0	31.8
Brian McMillan	lbw	2	15	20	0	0	13.3
Shaun Pollock	lbw	17	22	27	4	0	77.3
David Richardson	not out	3*	21	32	0	0	14.3
Allan Donald	caught	7	19	22	1	0	36.8
Paul Adams	caught	1	8	5	0	0	12.5
Extras	b 1, lb 5, nb 2	8
Total	all out, 73.4 overs	168

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-87 Gary Kirsten2-98 Jacques Kallis3-99 Adam Bacher4-100 Daryll Cullinan5-122 Herschelle Gibbs6-137 Brian McMillan7-152 Hansie Cronje8-156 Shaun Pollock9-167 Allan Donald10-168 Paul Adams

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Glenn McGrath	13	3	43	1	3.31	2
Jason Gillespie	18	4	49	3	2.72	0
Steve Waugh	4.3	0	16	0	3.56	0
Greg Blewett	7.3	3	16	0	2.13	0
Shane Warne	17.4	7	20	2	1.13	1
Michael Bevan	13	3	18	3	1.38	0

Australia innings chasing 270

271/893.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor	lbw	13	31	43	1	0	41.9
Matthew Hayden	run out	14	37	64	2	0	37.8
Matthew Elliott	caught	44	91	114	8	0	48.4
Mark Waugh	bowled	116	228	323	17	1	50.9
Steve Waugh	caught	18	54	88	1	0	33.3
Greg Blewett	bowled	7	42	46	1	0	16.7
Michael Bevan	caught	24	62	98	3	0	38.7
Ian Healy	not out	10*	9	19	1	1	111.1
Shane Warne	lbw	3	3	6	0	0	100.0
Jason Gillespie	not out	0*	5	7	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 11, lb 8, w 3	22
Total	8 wickets, 93.3 overs	271

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-23 Mark Taylor2-30 Matthew Hayden3-113 Matthew Elliott4-167 Steve Waugh5-192 Greg Blewett6-258 Mark Waugh7-258 Michael Bevan8-265 Shane Warne

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Allan Donald	26	6	75	0	2.88	1	0
Brian McMillan	21	5	46	1	2.19	0	0
Hansie Cronje	9.3	1	36	1	3.79	1	0
Jacques Kallis	16	7	29	3	1.81	0	1
Paul Adams	21	4	66	2	3.14	1	0

Tests in March 1997

7 matches

TestScorecardWest Indies427 & 241/4d66India346 & 99/248Match drawnKingston, 6 March TestScorecardNew Zealand586/7d146Sri Lanka222 & 32886.3New Zealand won by an innings and 36 runsDunedin, 7 March TestScorecardWest Indies296 & 299/6131India436183.4Match drawnPort of Spain, 14 March TestScorecardSouth Africa209 & 16873.4Australia108 & 271/893.3Australia won by 2 wicketsGqeberha, 14 March TestScorecardNew Zealand222 & 27397.4Sri Lanka170 & 20576.2New Zealand won by 120 runsHamilton, 14 March TestScorecardAustralia227 & 18573.4South Africa384 & 32/26.4South Africa won by 8 wicketsCenturion, 21 March TestScorecardWest Indies298 & 14045India319 & 8135.5West Indies won by 38 runsBridgetown, 27 March

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1360
Dates: 14 to 17 March 1997
Ground: Gqeberha
Result: Australia won by 2 wickets
In the database: Scorecard

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