South Africa v Australia
South Africa won by 8 wickets
21 to 24 March 1997Centurion
South Africawon by 8 wickets
384 & 32/26.4 ov
Australia
227 & 18573.4 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.
Australia innings
22789.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Taylor | caught | 38 | 138 | 197 | 5 | 0 | 27.5 |
| Matthew Hayden | bowled | 10 | 22 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 45.5 |
| Matthew Elliott | caught | 18 | 52 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 34.6 |
| Mark Waugh | bowled | 5 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Steve Waugh | caught | 67 | 132 | 174 | 9 | 0 | 50.8 |
| Greg Blewett | caught | 37 | 90 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 41.1 |
| Michael Bevan | lbw | 6 | 22 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 27.3 |
| Ian Healy | caught | 19 | 47 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 40.4 |
| Shane Warne | lbw | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jason Gillespie | not out | 6* | 24 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Glenn McGrath | bowled | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 4, w 7, nb 9 | 21 | |||||
| Total | all out, 89.5 overs | 227 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-23 Matthew Hayden2-60 Matthew Elliott3-72 Mark Waugh4-110 Mark Taylor5-190 Greg Blewett6-197 Steve Waugh7-212 Michael Bevan8-212 Shane Warne9-226 Ian Healy10-227 Glenn McGrath
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Donald | 20 | 5 | 60 | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | 4 |
| Brett Schultz | 20 | 4 | 52 | 4 | 2.60 | 3 | 8 |
| Hansie Cronje | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Klusener | 14.5 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 1.55 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Symcox | 23 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Kallis | 7 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2.86 | 0 | 1 |
South Africa innings
384134.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Kirsten | caught | 16 | 42 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 38.1 |
| Adam Bacher | lbw | 96 | 322 | 444 | 10 | 1 | 29.8 |
| Brian McMillan | caught | 55 | 119 | 159 | 8 | 0 | 46.2 |
| Daryll Cullinan | bowled | 47 | 103 | 120 | 8 | 0 | 45.6 |
| Pat Symcox | caught | 16 | 30 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 53.3 |
| Jacques Kallis | caught | 2 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 |
| Hansie Cronje | not out | 79* | 111 | 148 | 9 | 2 | 71.2 |
| David Richardson | bowled | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lance Klusener | bowled | 30 | 46 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 65.2 |
| Allan Donald | caught | 8 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 53.3 |
| Brett Schultz | caught | 2 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Extras | b 11, lb 16, w 1, nb 5 | 33 | |||||
| Total | all out, 134.4 overs | 384 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-26 Gary Kirsten2-128 Brian McMillan3-229 Daryll Cullinan4-252 Pat Symcox5-255 Jacques Kallis6-262 Adam Bacher7-262 David Richardson8-330 Lance Klusener9-367 Allan Donald10-384 Brett Schultz
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 40.4 | 15 | 86 | 6 | 2.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gillespie | 31 | 13 | 75 | 3 | 2.42 | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Blewett | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | 0 | 1 |
| Shane Warne | 36 | 11 | 89 | 0 | 2.47 | 0 | 4 |
| Michael Bevan | 15 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Waugh | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 4.86 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
18573.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Taylor | caught | 5 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26.3 |
| Matthew Hayden | lbw | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matthew Elliott | bowled | 12 | 35 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 34.3 |
| Mark Waugh | bowled | 42 | 100 | 139 | 7 | 0 | 42.0 |
| Steve Waugh | not out | 60* | 179 | 266 | 8 | 0 | 33.5 |
| Greg Blewett | bowled | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Michael Bevan | bowled | 5 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Ian Healy | caught | 12 | 24 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Shane Warne | lbw | 12 | 43 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 27.9 |
| Jason Gillespie | bowled | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Glenn McGrath | bowled | 11 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 64.7 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 6, w 4, nb 14 | 26 | |||||
| Total | all out, 73.4 overs | 185 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-5 Matthew Hayden2-10 Mark Taylor3-28 Matthew Elliott4-94 Mark Waugh5-99 Greg Blewett6-108 Michael Bevan7-131 Ian Healy8-164 Shane Warne9-164 Jason Gillespie10-185 Glenn McGrath
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Donald | 18 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 2.00 | 3 | 0 |
| Brett Schultz | 17 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 2.29 | 1 | 9 |
| Lance Klusener | 14.4 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2.73 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Symcox | 19 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 2.58 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Kallis | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 | 0 | 1 |
South Africa innings chasing 29
32/26.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Kirsten | caught | 6 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Adam Bacher | caught | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Brian McMillan | not out | 7* | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 |
| Daryll Cullinan | not out | 12* | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 133.3 |
| Extras | w 1, nb 1 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 6.4 overs | 32 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-11 Adam Bacher2-15 Gary Kirsten
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Gillespie | 3.4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5.18 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Blewett | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4.33 | 0 | 1 |