South Africa v Australia
Australia won by 8 runs
8 April 1997Johannesburg
South Africa
250/850 ov
Australiawon by 8 runs
258/750 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
258/750 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Blewett | caught | 36 | 59 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 61.0 |
| Michael Di Venuto | lbw | 89 | 114 | 135 | 11 | 0 | 78.1 |
| Stuart Law | caught | 10 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 58.8 |
| Jason Gillespie | caught | 26 | 30 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 86.7 |
| Steve Waugh | bowled | 20 | 23 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 |
| Michael Bevan | caught | 32 | 35 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 91.4 |
| Adam Gilchrist | bowled | 26 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 152.9 |
| Ian Healy | not out | 3* | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Shane Warne | not out | 6* | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 50 overs | 258 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260
1-93 Greg Blewett2-109 Stuart Law3-160 Michael Di Venuto4-167 Jason Gillespie5-202 Steve Waugh6-244 Adam Gilchrist7-248 Michael Bevan
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 4.80 | 0 | 1 |
| Rudi Bryson | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 5.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Donald | 10 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 6.70 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacques Kallis | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | 1 |
| Derek Crookes | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3.70 | 1 | 0 |
| Hansie Cronje | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings chasing 259
250/850 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Bacher | caught | 6 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Herschelle Gibbs | lbw | 22 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 122.2 |
| Derek Crookes | run out | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Daryll Cullinan | bowled | 53 | 74 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 71.6 |
| Jacques Kallis | caught | 55 | 67 | 107 | 2 | 3 | 82.1 |
| Jonty Rhodes | caught | 10 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 76.9 |
| Hansie Cronje | not out | 40* | 49 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 81.6 |
| Shaun Pollock | caught | 40 | 46 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 87.0 |
| David Richardson | bowled | 8 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Rudi Bryson | not out | 4* | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 |
| Extras | lb 6, w 4, nb 2 | 12 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 50 overs | 250 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260
1-27 Herschelle Gibbs2-31 Adam Bacher3-31 Derek Crookes4-132 Daryll Cullinan5-149 Jonty Rhodes6-154 Jacques Kallis7-227 Shaun Pollock8-240 David Richardson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Dale | 10 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 4.00 | 3 | 1 |
| Andy Bichel | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 5.50 | 1 | 1 |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 4.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bevan | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Blewett | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 |