TestNo. 1392MenScorecard

Australia v South Africa

Match drawn

26 to 30 December 1997Melbourne

Australia

309 & 25796.2 ov

South Africa

186 & 273/7122 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

309121.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	caught	6	33	55	0	0	18.2
Mark Taylor	caught	20	78	98	1	0	25.6
Greg Blewett	stumped	26	114	156	1	0	22.8
Mark Waugh	caught	0	18	21	0	0	0.0
Steve Waugh	caught	96	188	264	9	0	51.1
Ricky Ponting	bowled	105	208	269	14	0	50.5
Ian Healy	bowled	16	25	28	2	0	64.0
Paul Reiffel	bowled	27	54	77	2	0	50.0
Shane Warne	caught	1	8	11	0	0	12.5
Michael Kasprowicz	caught	0	3	8	0	0	0.0
Glenn McGrath	not out	0*	5	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 6, nb 5	12
Total	all out, 121.2 overs	309

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-18 Matthew Elliott2-42 Mark Taylor3-44 Mark Waugh4-77 Greg Blewett5-222 Steve Waugh6-250 Ian Healy7-302 Ricky Ponting8-309 Paul Reiffel9-309 Shane Warne10-309 Michael Kasprowicz

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Allan Donald	29	6	74	3	2.55	2
Shaun Pollock	28	6	76	1	2.71	2
Lance Klusener	19	3	48	1	2.53	2
Brian McMillan	10	3	19	1	1.90	0
Pat Symcox	27.2	4	69	4	2.52	0
Jacques Kallis	4	2	5	0	1.25	0
Hansie Cronje	4	2	11	0	2.75	0

South Africa innings

186106.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Adam Bacher	caught	3	35	53	0	0	8.6
Gary Kirsten	caught	83	256	323	7	0	32.4
Jacques Kallis	caught	15	57	77	1	0	26.3
Daryll Cullinan	run out	5	29	39	0	0	17.2
Hansie Cronje	caught	0	2	3	0	0	0.0
Brian McMillan	caught	48	189	227	2	0	25.4
Shaun Pollock	lbw	7	25	28	1	0	28.0
David Richardson	lbw	1	9	10	0	0	11.1
Lance Klusener	lbw	11	35	47	1	0	31.4
Pat Symcox	bowled	4	9	12	1	0	44.4
Allan Donald	not out	0*	2	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 2, w 1, nb 6	9
Total	all out, 106.5 overs	186

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-28 Adam Bacher2-62 Jacques Kallis3-75 Daryll Cullinan4-76 Hansie Cronje5-138 Gary Kirsten6-155 Shaun Pollock7-158 David Richardson8-182 Brian McMillan9-182 Lance Klusener10-186 Pat Symcox

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Glenn McGrath	17	9	20	1	1.18	0	0
Paul Reiffel	14	5	32	0	2.29	0	2
Michael Kasprowicz	13.5	3	28	3	2.02	0	2
Shane Warne	42	15	64	3	1.52	1	2
Mark Waugh	18	8	28	2	1.56	0	0
Steve Waugh	2	0	12	0	6.00	0	0

Australia innings

25796.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor	caught	59	195	248	4	0	30.3
Matthew Elliott	lbw	1	19	28	0	0	5.3
Greg Blewett	caught	6	7	10	0	0	85.7
Mark Waugh	bowled	1	12	15	0	0	8.3
Steve Waugh	caught	17	27	43	2	0	63.0
Ricky Ponting	caught	32	84	113	2	0	38.1
Ian Healy	bowled	4	17	39	0	0	23.5
Paul Reiffel	not out	79*	115	154	6	0	68.7
Shane Warne	caught	10	16	19	2	0	62.5
Michael Kasprowicz	caught	19	43	62	2	0	44.2
Glenn McGrath	caught	18	47	66	0	0	38.3
Extras	b 4, lb 3, nb 4	11
Total	all out, 96.2 overs	257

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-4 Matthew Elliott2-10 Greg Blewett3-12 Mark Waugh4-44 Steve Waugh5-106 Ricky Ponting6-128 Mark Taylor7-128 Ian Healy8-146 Shane Warne9-208 Michael Kasprowicz10-257 Glenn McGrath

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Allan Donald	27	8	59	6	2.19	3
Shaun Pollock	21.2	5	56	3	2.63	1
Pat Symcox	35	9	90	1	2.57	0
Brian McMillan	2	0	6	0	3.00	0
Lance Klusener	9	2	28	0	3.11	0
Hansie Cronje	2	0	11	0	5.50	0

South Africa innings chasing 381

273/7122 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	bowled	0	14	23	0	0	0.0
Adam Bacher	caught	39	109	149	1	0	35.8
Jacques Kallis	bowled	101	279	357	6	0	36.2
Daryll Cullinan	bowled	0	8	10	0	0	0.0
Hansie Cronje	caught	70	143	170	2	0	49.0
Brian McMillan	caught	16	69	84	2	0	23.2
Shaun Pollock	not out	15*	70	101	1	0	21.4
David Richardson	lbw	11	39	47	0	0	28.2
Lance Klusener	not out	6*	10	16	1	0	60.0
Extras	b 5, lb 4, nb 6	15
Total	7 wickets, 122 overs	273

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-1 Gary Kirsten2-88 Adam Bacher3-88 Daryll Cullinan4-211 Hansie Cronje5-229 Jacques Kallis6-241 Brian McMillan7-260 David Richardson

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Glenn McGrath	28	11	57	1	2.04	0
Paul Reiffel	18	7	24	2	1.33	2
Michael Kasprowicz	14	1	45	0	3.21	0
Shane Warne	44	11	97	3	2.20	8
Mark Waugh	10	0	25	0	2.50	0
Steve Waugh	7	2	12	1	1.71	0
Greg Blewett	1	0	4	0	4.00	0

Tests in December 1997

3 matches

TestScorecardIndia512 & 181/9d42.4Sri Lanka361/9 & 166/782Match drawnWankhede, 3 December TestScorecardWest Indies216 & 21252.4Pakistan417 & 15/05Pakistan won by 10 wicketsKarachi, 6 December TestScorecardAustralia309 & 25796.2South Africa186 & 273/7122Match drawnMelbourne, 26 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1392
Dates: 26 to 30 December 1997
Ground: Melbourne
Result: Match drawn
In the database: Scorecard

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    "bowling": [{"player": "Allan Donald", "overs": "29", "wickets": 3, ...}, ...]
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Australia v South Africa

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